0001193125-16-729877.txt : 20161004 0001193125-16-729877.hdr.sgml : 20161004 20161004070039 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-729877 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 22 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161003 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20161004 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161004 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Energy Future Holdings Corp /TX/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001023291 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 462488810 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12833 FILM NUMBER: 161917154 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ENERGY PLAZA STREET 2: 1601 BRYAN ST CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 BUSINESS PHONE: 2148124600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1601 BRYAN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 36060 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TXU CORP /TX/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000517 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TEXAS UTILITIES CO /TX/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970805 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TUC HOLDING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960919 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Energy Future Intermediate Holding CO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001445146 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 261191638 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34544 FILM NUMBER: 161917155 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1601 BRYAN STREET CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 BUSINESS PHONE: 214-812-4600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1601 BRYAN STREET CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Energy Future Competitive Holdings Co LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001445049 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 751837355 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34543 FILM NUMBER: 161917156 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1601 BRYAN STREET CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 BUSINESS PHONE: 214-812-4600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1601 BRYAN STREET CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Energy Future Competitive Holdings CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080911 8-K 1 d176523d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) – October 3, 2016

 

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   1-12833   46-2488810

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-34544   26-1191638

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-34543   75-1837355

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

Energy Plaza, 1601 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas 75201

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

214-812-4600

(Registrants’ telephone number, including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Background Information

On April 29, 2014, Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH Corp.”) and the substantial majority of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”), Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC (“EFCH”) and Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (“TCEH”), but excluding Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “Bankruptcy Filing”) under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The cases pending in the Bankruptcy Court concerning the Bankruptcy Filing are referred to in this Current Report on Form 8-K as the “Chapter 11 Cases.” During the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, EFH Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries included in the Bankruptcy Filing (collectively, the “Debtors”) have operated their businesses as debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

On August 29, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Debtors’ Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Plan”) solely as it pertains to EFCH, TCEH and the subsidiaries of TCEH that are Debtors (the “TCEH Debtors”) and the EFH Shared Services Debtors (as defined in the Plan) (the TCEH Debtors together with the EFH Shared Services Debtors, the “T-Side Debtors”).

The Plan provides that the confirmation and effective date of the plan of reorganization with respect to the T-Side Debtors is to occur separate from, and independent of, the confirmation and effective date of the plan of reorganization with respect to EFH Corp., EFIH and their subsidiaries that are Debtors, excluding the T-Side Debtors (the “EFH Debtors”). The EFH Debtors will emerge from the Chapter 11 Cases if, and when, a plan of reorganization with respect to the EFH Debtors receives the requisite approval from holders of claims against, or interests in, the EFH Debtors, the Bankruptcy Court enters an order confirming such plan of reorganization, and the conditions to the effectiveness of such plan of reorganization, as stated therein, are satisfied.

On October 3, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), the Plan with respect to the T-Side Debtors became effective and the T-Side Debtors consummated their reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code and emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases.

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Current Report on Form 8-K have the meanings set forth in the Plan. The Plan, all documents included in the Plan Supplement, and the Confirmation Order are available free of charge at www.efhcaseinfo.com. Information on or connected to this website does not constitute part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Plan, the T-Side Debtors executed the following transactions as part of a tax-free spin-off from EFH Corp:

 

    pursuant to the Plan and the Separation Agreement (the “Separation Agreement”), (a) TCEH contributed all of its interests in its subsidiaries, (b) each of TCEH, EFH Corp. and EFCH contributed certain assets and liabilities related to the TCEH Debtors’ operations, and (c) EFH Corp. transferred sponsorship of certain employee benefit plans (including related assets), programs and policies, to TEX Energy LLC, a recently formed limited liability company (“TEX Energy LLC”), and assigned certain employment agreements to OpCo (as defined below), which agreements were terminated (such transactions collectively, the “Contribution”), in exchange for which TCEH received 100% of the TEX Energy LLC membership interests;

 

    immediately following the completion of the Contribution, TEX Energy LLC contributed certain of the TCEH Assets to TEX Intermediate Company LLC (“IntermediateCo”), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of TEX Energy LLC, which in turn contributed certain of the TCEH Assets to TEX Operations Company, LLC (“OpCo”), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of IntermediateCo, which in turn contributed certain of the TCEH Assets to TEX Asset Company LLC (“AssetCo”), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of OpCo (the “AssetCo Contribution”);

 

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    immediately following the AssetCo Contribution, TEX Preferred LLC (“PrefCo”), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of AssetCo, converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation (the “PrefCo Conversion”);

 

    immediately following the PrefCo Conversion, AssetCo contributed certain of the TCEH Assets to PrefCo (the “PrefCo Contribution”) in exchange for all of PrefCo’s authorized (i) preferred stock, consisting of 70,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “PrefCo Preferred Stock”), and (ii) common stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, and immediately thereafter, and pursuant to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2016 (the “PrefCo Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and among AssetCo and the investors listed therein (the “Purchasers”), AssetCo sold all of the PrefCo Preferred Stock to the Purchasers in exchange for cash and distributed the cash proceeds from such sale to TCEH to fund recoveries under the Plan (the “PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale”);

 

    immediately following the PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale, TEX Energy LLC converted (the “Conversion”) from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation and changed its name to TCEH Corp. (as converted, “TCEH Corp.”); and

 

    immediately following the Conversion, TCEH (i) distributed (A) (1) 427,500,000 shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock (as defined below), and (2) approximately $370,000,000 of cash, which includes the net cash proceeds from the PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale, in each case to the former first lien creditors of TCEH in exchange for the cancellation of their allowed claims against TCEH, and (B) the right to receive recoveries under the unsecured claim of TCEH against EFH Corp. allowed in the amount of $700 million (the “TCEH Settlement Claim”), provided, that following the Effective Date, TCEH Corp. will nominally hold the right to receive recoveries under the TCEH Settlement Claim but the former first lien creditors of TCEH (and their assigns) will hold all legal and equitable entitlement to receive recoveries under the TCEH Settlement Claim, and (ii) deposited the TRA Rights (as defined below) into an escrow account for subsequent distribution to eligible first lien creditors of TCEH (the foregoing transactions collectively, the “Distribution,” and collectively with the Contribution, the Conversion and the PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale, the “Spin-Off”).

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Separation Agreement

On the Effective Date and prior to the Contribution, Conversion and Distribution, EFH Corp., TEX Energy LLC and OpCo entered into the Separation Agreement. Pursuant to the Plan and the Separation Agreement, among other things, the Contribution occurred in exchange for which TCEH received 100% of the TEX Energy LLC membership interests.

The foregoing description of the Separation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Separation Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Tax Matters Agreement

On the Effective Date and prior to the Conversion, TEX Energy LLC, EFH Corp., EFIH, EFIH Finance Inc., and EFH Merger Co. LLC entered into a Tax Matters Agreement (the “Tax Matters Agreement”) whereby the parties agreed to take certain actions and refrain from taking certain actions to preserve the intended tax treatment of the Spin-Off. Pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, among other things:

 

    responsibility for taxes for periods prior to the Spin-Off is allocated between EFH Corp. and TCEH Corp. For periods prior to the Spin-Off, (i) TCEH Corp. is generally required to reimburse EFH Corp. with respect to any taxes paid by EFH Corp. that are attributable to TCEH Corp. and (ii) EFH Corp. is generally required to reimburse TCEH Corp. with respect to any taxes paid by TCEH Corp. that are attributable to EFH Corp.;

 

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    TCEH Corp. is required to indemnify EFH Corp. against taxes, under certain circumstances, if the Internal Revenue Service or another taxing authority successfully challenges the amount of gain relating to the PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale;

 

    subject to certain exceptions, TCEH Corp. is prohibited from taking actions that could reasonably be expected to undermine the intended tax treatment of the Spin-Off or to jeopardize the conclusions of the private letter ruling obtained from the Internal Revenue Service or opinions of counsel received by TCEH or EFH Corp., in each case in connection with the Spin-Off. These restrictions apply for two years after the Spin-Off.

The foregoing description of the Tax Matters Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Tax Matters Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Split Participant Agreement

On the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan and following the effectiveness of the Separation Agreement, OpCo and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“Oncor”) entered into an Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement (the “Split Participant Agreement”). Pursuant to the Split Participant Agreement, among other things, Oncor agrees to provide certain post-retirement welfare and life insurance benefits, and OpCo agrees to provide certain pension benefits (as identified on Schedules I, II and III, as applicable, to the Split Participant Agreement) to certain current and future retirees of EFH Corp., OpCo and Oncor (or one of their direct or indirect subsidiaries) whose employment included service that has been allocated to both (i) Oncor (or one of its predecessor regulated electric transmission and distribution utility businesses) and (ii) EFH Corp. (or one of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is not a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility).

The foregoing description of the Split Participant Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Split Participant Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Transition Services Agreement

On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Plan, EFH Corp. and OpCo entered into a Transition Services Agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”). Pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, among other things:

 

    OpCo will provide certain services to the EFH Debtors, including business services administration, accounting, corporate secretary, tax, human resources, information technology, internal audit and SOX compliance, physical facilities and corporate security, treasury and legal services (collectively, “Transition Services”); and

 

    EFH Corp. will pay to OpCo all reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses (including employee-related overhead and general and administrative expenses) incurred by OpCo related directly to the Transition Services.

OpCo will provide the Transition Services until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2017 or (ii) the closing date of the sale, merger or other similar transaction by which the EFH Debtors effectuate their reorganization and emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases.

The foregoing description of the Transition Services Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Transition Services Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 1.02 Termination of A Material Definitive Agreement.

In accordance with the Plan, on the Effective Date the agreements and instruments governing the TCEH First Lien Secured Claims, the TCEH Unsecured Debt Claims, and the General Unsecured Claims Against EFCH were terminated and the respective obligations thereunder were cancelled.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On the Effective Date (or as soon as practicable thereafter) and pursuant to the Plan, TCEH Corp. issued 427,500,000 shares of common stock of TCEH Corp., par value $0.01 per share (“TCEH Corp. Common Stock”), to TCEH, which distributed the TCEH Corp. Common Stock to holders of allowed TCEH First Lien Secured Claims (the “TCEH Corp. Shares”) in proportion to such claims.

The TCEH Corp. Shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, which generally exempts the offer and sale of securities under a plan of reorganization like the Plan from registration under Section 5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and state laws if certain requirements are satisfied. As a result, the TCEH Corp. Shares generally may be resold without registration under the Securities Act, unless the seller is an “underwriter” with respect to those securities as defined by Section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure and Appointment of Certain EFH Corp. Officers

As of the Effective Date, all of the existing officers of EFH Corp. were removed as officers and the following officers were appointed to the office indicated following such officer’s name: Paul M. Keglevic (Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Restructuring Officer and Chief Accounting Officer), Anthony Horton (Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer) and Andrew M. Wright (Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary).

Paul M. Keglevic, 62, has served as Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Restructuring Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of EFH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to the Effective Date, Mr. Keglevic served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Restructuring Officer of EFH Corp. since October 2013, having previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EFH Corp. from July 2008 to October 2013. Mr. Keglevic has also served as a member of the boards of EFIH since July 2008 and EFIH Finance Inc. since September 2009. Before joining EFH Corp., he was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Keglevic was PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Utility Sector Leader from 2002 to 2008 and Clients and Sector Assurance Leader from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Keglevic serves on the board of directors of Stellus Capital Investment Corporation.

Anthony R. Horton, 55, has served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of EFH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to the Effective Date, Mr. Horton served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of EFH Corp. since 2004. Prior to his role as Treasurer, Mr. Horton was employed by EFH Corp. and its predecessors in various capacities since 1985.

Andrew M. Wright, 49, has served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of EFH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to the Effective Date, Mr. Wright served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of EFH Corp. since April 2012. From December 2007 to April 2012, Mr. Wright was Vice President and Associate General Counsel of EFH Corp. From July 2004 to December 2007, Mr. Wright was Senior Counsel in the EFH Corp. legal department. Prior to joining EFH Corp., he was an attorney at Vinson & Elkins LLP, where he engaged in a corporate practice.

 

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Consulting Arrangements of EFH Corp. Officers

On October 4, 2016, EFH Corp. entered into consulting agreements with each of Donald L. Evans, chairman of the board of EFH Corp., Mr. Horton, Mr. Keglevic and Mr. Wright (collectively, the “EFH Officers”). Under each of the consulting agreements, each of the EFH Officers has been appointed to his respective offices with EFH Corp. and agrees to provide services to EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries in their respective roles. Each consulting agreement provides for a monthly payment in the amount of $100,000 for Mr. Evans, $300,000 for Mr. Keglevic and $125,000 for each of Mr. Horton and Mr. Wright. Each consulting agreement terminates on the effective date of the Plan as it relates to the EFH Debtors.

The foregoing descriptions of the consulting agreements of Messrs. Evans, Horton, Keglevic and Wright do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which are attached as Exhibits 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Consummation of the Plan

On October 4, 2016, TCEH Corp. announced that EFH Corp. had effectuated the Plan solely as it pertains to the T-Side Debtors. A copy of the press release announcing the effectiveness of the Plan and the T-Side Debtors’ emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in the press release furnished as an exhibit hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. In addition, the press release contains statements intended as “forward-looking statements” which are subject to the cautionary statements about forward-looking statements set forth in such press release.

 

Item 8.01 Other Information.

The information set forth under the heading “Background Information” is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Tax Receivable Agreement

On the Effective Date immediately following the PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale and prior to the Conversion and Distribution, TEX Energy LLC and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Transfer Agent, entered into a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”). Pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement, among other things, TCEH Corp. has agreed to pay to holders of beneficial interests in the rights to receive payments under (and otherwise share in the benefits of) the Tax Receivable Agreement (the “TRA Rights”) 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that TCEH Corp. realizes in periods following the Effective Date as a result of (i) certain transactions consummated pursuant to the Plan (including any step-up in tax basis in TCEH Corp.’s assets resulting from the PrefCo Preferred Stock Sale), (ii) the tax basis of all assets acquired by Luminant Holding Company LLC, a former wholly owned direct subsidiary of TCEH (“Luminant Holding”), in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2015, by and between La Frontera Ventures, LLC and Luminant Holding and (iii) tax benefits related to imputed interest deemed to be paid by TCEH Corp. as a result of payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, plus interest accruing from the due date of the applicable tax return.

The foregoing description of the Tax Receivable Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Tax Receivable Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement

On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Plan, following the Conversion, TCEH Corp. entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the initial holders listed therein (the “Holders”) providing for registration of the resale of the Holders’ TCEH Corp. Common Stock and TRA Rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, among other things:

 

    immediately following the earlier of (x) a Form 10 or other registration statement under the Exchange Act registering the TCEH Corp. Common Stock having been declared effective by the Commission or (y) April 30, 2017, TCEH Corp. will be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a shelf registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) for the resale of Registrable Shares (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter and in no event later than 120 days after the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement;

 

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    concurrently with the registration under the Securities Act, TCEH Corp. will be required to seek (i) registration of the TCEH Corp. Common Stock under the Exchange Act (to the extent not already obtained) and (ii) approval to list the TCEH Corp. Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market;

 

    if TCEH Corp. proposes to file certain types of registration statements under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of securities, it will be required to use its reasonable best efforts to offer the other parties to the Registration Rights Agreement the opportunity to register all or part of their shares on the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

    the Holders received the right, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, to request that TCEH Corp. file registration statements (subject to certain limitations on the number of registration statements and the minimum aggregate offering price of shares covered thereby) with the SEC for an underwritten offering of all or part of their respective shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock or TRA Rights (a “Demand Registration”), and TCEH Corp. is required to cause such Demand Registration to be filed with the SEC within (i) 45 days for a registration statement on Form S-1 or (ii) 30 days for a registration statement on Form S-3 and thereafter, in either case, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as reasonably practicable and no later than 120 days after the initial filing of such registration statement; and

 

    all expenses of registration under the Registration Rights Agreement, including the legal fees of one counsel retained by or on behalf of selling Holders, will be paid by TCEH Corp.

The registration rights granted in the Registration Rights Agreement are subject to customary restrictions such as minimums, blackout periods and, if a registration is underwritten, any limitations on the number of shares and TRA Rights to be included in the underwritten offering imposed by the managing underwriter. The Registration Rights Agreement also contains customary indemnification and contribution provisions, and certain representations and warranties made by TCEH Corp. to the Holders.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Stockholders Agreements

On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Plan, TCEH Corp. entered into separate stockholder’s agreements with affiliates of each of Apollo Management Holdings L.P., Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P. and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (the “Stockholders’ Agreements”). Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreements, among other things:

 

   

subject to the proper exercise of fiduciary duties of the board of TCEH Corp. (the “TCEH Corp. Board”), the applicable stockholder will, until the occurrence of a Termination Event (as defined

 

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below), be entitled to designate one person for nomination for election to the TCEH Corp. Board at (i) any meeting of TCEH Corp. stockholders at which directors of a designated class are elected or (ii) if the TCEH Corp. Certificate of Incorporation no longer provides for the division of directors into three classes, any meeting of TCEH Corp. stockholders at which directors are to be elected;

 

    prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, if a vacancy occurs because of the death, disability, disqualification, resignation or removal of the director nominee of an applicable stockholder, subject to the proper exercise of the fiduciary duties of the TCEH Corp. Board, the applicable stockholder will be entitled to designate such person’s successor; and

 

    the rights of each stockholder under its applicable agreement will terminate automatically upon such stockholder ceasing to beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 22,500,000 shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock that were owned by such stockholder on the date of the applicable Stockholder’s Agreement (a “Termination Event”).

The foregoing description of the Stockholders’ Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Stockholder’s Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 99.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Credit Agreement/Collateral Trust Agreement

Reference is made to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by EFH Corp. and EFCH on August 5, 2016 (“Prior Form 8-K”) regarding the DIP Roll Facilities (as defined below). The DIP Roll Facilities consisted of a senior secured, super-priority credit agreement, dated as of August 4, 2016, by and among EFCH, TCEH, the subsidiaries of TCEH party thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative and collateral agent. The DIP Roll Facilities provide for up to $4.25 billion in financing consisting of (i) a $750 million senior secured, super-priority revolving credit facility (the “DIP Revolving Credit Facility”), (ii) a $650 million senior secured, super-priority funded term loan letter of credit facility (the “DIP Term Loan C Facility”) and (iii) a $2.85 billion senior secured, super-priority term loan (the “DIP Term Loan B Facility” and, together with the DIP Term Loan C Facility and the DIP Revolving Credit Facility, collectively, the “DIP Roll Facilities”).

On October 3, 2016, the Conversion Date (as defined in the DIP Roll Facilities) occurred, and the DIP Roll Facilities converted into senior secured exit credit facilities (the “OpCo Credit Facilities”). On the Conversion Date, OpCo assumed all of the rights and obligations of TCEH under the DIP Roll Facilities and the OpCo Credit Facilities and IntermediateCo assumed all of the rights and obligations of EFCH under the DIP Roll Facilities and the OpCo Credit Facilities. The OpCo Credit Facilities consist of a senior secured credit agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, by and among OpCo, as Borrower, IntermediateCo, OpCo’s subsidiary guarantors named therein, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative and collateral agent. On the Conversion Date, the OpCo Credit Facilities consisted of (i) a $750 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “OpCo Revolving Credit Facility”), (ii) a $650 million senior secured funded term loan letter of credit facility (the “OpCo Term Loan C Facility”) and (iii) a $2.85 billion senior secured term loan (the “OpCo Term Loan B Facility”). As of the Conversion Date, there were no borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and approximately $563 million of letters of credit issued and outstanding under the OpCo Term Loan C Facility.

The principal amounts outstanding under the OpCo Credit Facilities bear interest based on applicable LIBOR rates (subject to a LIBOR floor of 1% for loans made under the OpCo Term Loan C Facility and the OpCo Term Loan B Facility) or base rates plus applicable margins as set forth in the OpCo Credit Facilities. The OpCo Credit Facilities also provide for certain additional fees payable to the agents and lenders, as well as availability fees payable with respect to any unused portions of the available OpCo Credit Facilities. The OpCo Credit Facilities will mature on the applicable dates set forth therein.

The obligations under the OpCo Credit Facilities are secured by a lien covering substantially all of OpCo’s and its restricted subsidiaries assets, rights and properties (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the OpCo Credit

 

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Facilities) pursuant to a collateral trust agreement (the “Collateral Trust Agreement”), dated as of October 3, 2016, by and among Delaware Trust Company, OpCo, the RCT (as defined below), and Deutsche Bank, as collateral agent under the OpCo Credit Facilities. Under the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Railroad Commission of Texas (the “RCT”), which among other things, oversees lignite mining activity in Texas, is entitled to receive distributions from the proceeds of collateral prior to the lenders under the OpCo Credit Facilities for amounts related to mining reclamation requirements that OpCo’s Luminant Mining subsidiary has with the RCT if Luminant Mining otherwise fails to meet its reclamation obligations, in an amount not to exceed $975,000,000.

The OpCo Credit Facilities also permit certain hedging agreements to be secured on a pari-passu basis with the OpCo Credit Facilities in the event those hedging agreements meet certain criteria.

The OpCo Credit Facilities provide for affirmative and negative covenants applicable to OpCo and its restricted subsidiaries, including affirmative covenants requiring OpCo to provide financial information, budgets and other information to the agents under the OpCo Credit Facilities, and negative covenants restricting OpCo’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets, make investments, pay dividends or take certain other actions, in each case except as permitted in the OpCo Credit Facilities. OpCo’s ability to borrow under the OpCo Credit Facilities is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions precedent.

The OpCo Credit Facilities provide for certain customary events of default, including events of default resulting from non-payment of principal, interest or other amounts when due, material breaches of representations and warranties, material breaches of covenants in the OpCo Credit Facilities or ancillary loan documents, cross-defaults under other agreements or instruments and the entry of material judgments against OpCo or its restricted subsidiaries. The OpCo Credit Facilities also include, solely with respect to the OpCo Revolving Credit Facility and which is only applicable when the amount of loans under such facility exceed a specified threshold (as described in the OpCo Credit Facilities), an event of default that may arise from OpCo’s failure to meet a financial leverage test. Upon the existence of an event of default, the OpCo Credit Facilities provide that all principal, interest and other amounts due thereunder will become immediately due and payable, either automatically or at the election of specified lenders.

A copy of the OpCo Credit Facilities and the Collateral Trust Agreement are filed as Exhibit 99.5 and 99.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The above description of the OpCo Credit Facilities and the Collateral Trust Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the OpCo Credit Facilities and the Collateral Trust Agreement, respectively.

Election of TCEH Corp. Directors

As of the Effective Date and upon the Conversion, the following directors were appointed to the TCEH Corp. Board: (i) Gavin R. Baiera, (ii) Jennifer Box, (iii) Jeff Hunter, (iv) Michael Liebelson, (v) Cyrus Madon, (vi) Curtis A. Morgan and (vii) Geoff Strong.

Committee Memberships

The TCEH Corp. Board designated the following directors as members of the Audit Committee of the Board: Jeff Hunter and Jennifer Box, with Jeff Hunter serving as Chair.

Appointment of Certain TCEH Corp. Officers

As of the Effective Date and following the Conversion, each of the following officers of TCEH Corp. was appointed to the office set forth following such officer’s name: Curtis A. Morgan (President and Chief Executive Officer), James A. Burke (Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer), Stephanie Zapata Moore (Executive Vice President and General Counsel), and Terry L. Nutt (Senior Vice President and Controller).

Curtis A. Morgan, 56, has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TCEH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to joining TCEH Corp., he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of EquiPower

 

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Resources Corp. since May 2010. Prior to joining EquiPower Resources Corp., he served as an Operating Partner of Energy Capital Partners from May 2009 to May 2010. Prior to joining Energy Capital Partners, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstLight Power Enterprises from November 2006 to April 2009. Mr. Morgan has also held various leadership roles at NRG Energy, Mirant Corporation and Reliant Energy. Mr. Morgan is a director of Summit Midstream GP, LLC, the general partner of Summit Midstream Partners, LP.

James A. Burke, 48, has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TCEH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to joining TCEH Corp. he served as Executive Vice President of EFH Corp. since February 2013 and President and Chief Executive of TXU Energy, a subsidiary of TCEH Corp., since August 2005. Previously, Mr. Burke was Senior Vice President Consumer Markets of TXU Energy.

Stephanie Zapata Moore, 43, has served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of TCEH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to joining TCEH Corp., she served as Vice President and General Counsel of Luminant, a subsidiary of TCEH Corp., since April 2012. Previously, Ms. Moore was Senior Counsel of Luminant from March 2007 to April 2012 and Counsel of a predecessor to Luminant from November 2005 to March 2007. Prior to joining Luminant, she was an attorney at Gardere Wynne Sewell where she engaged in a corporate practice.

Terry L. Nutt, 40, has served as the Senior Vice President and Controller of TCEH Corp. since the Effective Date. Prior to joining TCEH Corp. he served as Senior Vice President and Controller of EFH Corp. since September 2014. He had also recently served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for Luminant, a subsidiary of TCEH Corp., since March 2016. Previously, Mr. Nutt served as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management for EFH Corp. from April 2011 to September 2014 and Controller of Luminant Energy, a subsidiary of TCEH Corp., from January 2008 to April 2011. Prior to joining EFH Corp., he held various finance leadership roles at Dynegy Inc.

Employment Agreements of Certain TCEH Corp. Officers

Effective as of October 4, 2016, TCEH Corp. entered into employment agreements with Curtis A. Morgan, James A. Burke and Stephanie Zapata Moore.

Mr. Morgan’s Employment Arrangements. Mr. Morgan’s employment agreement with TCEH Corp. (the “Morgan Agreement”) has an initial term that ends on October 4, 2019, and thereafter, the Morgan Agreement provides for automatic one-year extensions, unless either TCEH Corp. or Mr. Morgan gives 60 days’ prior written notice electing not to extend the Morgan Agreement. Pursuant to the Morgan Agreement, Mr. Morgan will receive a base salary of no less than $950,000 per year, which may be increased (but not decreased) at the sole discretion of the TCEH Corp. Board. Mr. Morgan also will have the opportunity to earn an annual cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) based upon the achievement of performance metrics approved by the TCEH Corp. Board and subject to the TCEH Corp. Board’s full discretion. Mr. Morgan’s target Annual Bonus opportunity is 100% of his base salary (the “Target Bonus”), and his maximum Annual Bonus opportunity is 200% of the Target Bonus. For calendar year 2016 only, the TCEH Corp. Board will consider alternatives to the typical Annual Bonus opportunity (such as paying a full-year payout based on stub year performance or an agreed upon Annual Bonus to be paid in the normal bonus cycle).

The Morgan Agreement also provides Mr. Morgan with equity compensation. Mr. Morgan’s initial equity award will consist of restricted stock units and stock options and will have an aggregate grant date fair market value of $5,000,000. Following October 4, 2017, the Morgan Agreement provides for annual equity awards, with the amount and form of each such equity award to be determined by the TCEH Corp. Board. All of the equity awards will be subject to the terms of the 2016 Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed below). In addition to providing Mr. Morgan with equity compensation, the Morgan Agreement requires Mr. Morgan to make a cash equity investment in TCEH Corp. common stock equal to $1,250,000, with the timing to be determined in good faith by the TCEH Corp. Board and Mr. Morgan.

The Morgan Agreement also entitles Mr. Morgan to participate in the benefit plans and programs, and receive such perquisites, in each case, as are provided by TCEH Corp. from time to time to its senior executives generally, subject to the terms of such plans and programs and commensurate with Mr. Morgan’s position. Additionally, Mr. Morgan is entitled to receive up to $15,000 per year towards his tax and financial planning.

 

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Upon any termination of employment with TCEH Corp., Mr. Morgan will be entitled to: (i) his accrued but unpaid base salary and any accrued but unused vacation as of the termination date, (ii) any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the termination date, and (iii) any payments and benefits to which he may be entitled under any benefit plans, programs, or arrangements (collectively, the “Accrued Obligations”).

If Mr. Morgan’s employment with TCEH Corp. is terminated by TCEH Corp. without Cause (as defined in the Morgan Agreement) (and other than due to his death or disability), by Mr. Morgan for Good Reason (as defined in the Morgan Agreement) or due to TCEH Corp.’s non-renewal of the employment term, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations and subject to Mr. Morgan’s execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims within the 60 days following his employment termination date, Mr. Morgan will be entitled to: (i) an aggregate amount equal to two times (2x) the sum of (A) his base salary plus (B) (x) the Target Bonus, if such termination occurs prior to October 4, 2018, or (y) the prior year’s Annual Bonus, if such termination occurs on or after October 4, 2018, with such amount payable in 24 equal installments following the termination in accordance with TCEH Corp.’s normal payroll practices; (ii) a pro-rated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (A) the amount of the Annual Bonus that would have been payable to him had his employment not so terminated, based on actual performance measured through the fiscal year of termination, and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in TCEH Corp.’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Pro-Rated Bonus”); (iii) any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year of termination (the “Unpaid Annual Bonus”); (iv) up to 24 months of continued health insurance benefits under the terms of the applicable TCEH Corp. benefit plans, subject to his payment of the employee-portion of the benefit premiums and terminable upon his eligibility for comparable coverage under another employer’s benefit plans (with TCEH Corp. having the alternative to pay the employer-portion of the COBRA continuation coverage premiums instead of providing coverage under its plans under certain circumstances) (the “Health Benefits”); and (v) accelerated vesting of the portion of Mr. Morgan’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the twelve months following termination had he remained employed (with fully vested options to remain exercisable for 90 days following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).

If Mr. Morgan’s employment is terminated within the 18-month period following a change of control of TCEH Corp., then in addition to the Accrued Obligations and subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims within the 60 days following his employment termination date, Mr. Morgan will be entitled to: (i) an aggregate amount equal to 2.99 times the sum of (A) his base salary plus (B) the Target Bonus, with such amount payable in a lump sum; (ii) a pro-rated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (A) the Target Bonus and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in TCEH Corp.’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year; (iii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) the Health Benefits; and (v) accelerated vesting of all of Mr. Morgan’s equity awards that were outstanding as of the change of control.

If Mr. Morgan’s employment with TCEH Corp. is terminated due to his death or disability, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations, Mr. Morgan will be entitled to: (i) the Pro-Rated Bonus; (ii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; and (iii) accelerated vesting of the portion of Mr. Morgan’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the twelve months following termination had he remained employed (with fully vested options to remain exercisable for one year following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).

The Morgan Agreement subjects Mr. Morgan to perpetual confidentiality, assignment of inventions and non-disparagement provisions, as well as non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that apply during his employment and for the 24-month period thereafter.

On the Effective Date, the TCEH Corp. Board approved the grant of stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2016 Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed below) to Mr. Morgan, which grant will have an aggregate grant date fair value of $5,000,000. The grant will consist, on a grant date fair value basis, of 50% stock options and 50% RSUs. The grant date fair value of the stock options and the RSUs will be determined based on the closing price of a share of TCEH Corp. Common Stock on the OTCQX U.S. market on the grant date. The exercise price for the stock options will be determined by the TCEH Corp. Board in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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Mr. Burke’s Employment Arrangements. Mr. Burke’s employment agreement with TCEH Corp. (the “Burke Agreement”) has an initial term that ends on October 4, 2019, and thereafter, the Burke Agreement provides for automatic one-year extensions, unless either TCEH Corp. or Mr. Burke gives 60 days’ prior written notice electing not to extend the Burke Agreement. Pursuant to the Burke Agreement, Mr. Burke will receive a base salary of no less than $750,000 per year, which may be increased (but not decreased) at the sole discretion of the TCEH Corp. Board. Mr. Burke also will have the opportunity to earn an Annual Bonus based upon the achievement of performance metrics approved by the TCEH Corp. Board and subject to the TCEH Corp. Board’s full discretion. Mr. Burke’s target Annual Bonus opportunity is 90% of his base salary (the “Burke Target Bonus”), and his maximum Annual Bonus opportunity is 200% of the Burke Target Bonus. For calendar year 2016 only, the TCEH Corp. Board will consider alternatives to the typical Annual Bonus opportunity (such as paying a full-year payout based on stub year performance or an agreed upon Annual Bonus to be paid in the normal bonus cycle).

The Burke Agreement also provides Mr. Burke with equity compensation. Mr. Burke’s initial equity award will consist of restricted stock units and stock options and will have an aggregate grant date fair market value of $4,000,000. Following October 4, 2017, the Burke Agreement provides for annual equity awards, with the amount and form of each such equity award to be determined by the TCEH Corp. Board. All of the equity awards will be subject to the terms of the 2016 Incentive Plan.

The Burke Agreement also entitles Mr. Burke to participate in the benefit plans and programs, and receive such perquisites, in each case, as are provided by TCEH Corp. from time to time to its senior executives generally, subject to the terms of such plans and programs and commensurate with Mr. Burke’s position. Additionally, Mr. Burke is entitled to receive up to $15,000 per year towards his tax and financial planning.

Upon any termination of employment with TCEH Corp., Mr. Burke will be entitled to the Accrued Obligations.

If Mr. Burke’s employment with TCEH Corp. is terminated by TCEH Corp. without Cause (as defined in the Burke Agreement) (and other than due to his death or disability), by Mr. Burke for Good Reason (as defined in the Burke Agreement) or due to TCEH Corp.’s non-renewal of the employment term, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations and subject to Mr. Burke’s execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims within the 60 days following his employment termination date, Mr. Burke will be entitled to: (i) an aggregate amount equal to two times (2x) the sum of (A) his base salary plus (B) (x) the Burke Target Bonus, if such termination occurs prior to October 4, 2018, or (y) the prior year’s Annual Bonus, if such termination occurs on or after October 4, 2018, with such amount payable in 24 equal installments following the termination in accordance with TCEH Corp.’s normal payroll practices; (ii) a pro-rated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (A) the amount of the Annual Bonus that would have been payable to him had his employment not so terminated, based on actual performance measured through the fiscal year of termination, and (B) the Pro-Rated Bonus; (iii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) up to 24 months of continued the Health Benefits; and (v) accelerated vesting of the portion of Mr. Burke’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the twelve months following termination had he remained employed (with fully vested options to remain exercisable for 90 days following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).

If Mr. Burke’s employment is terminated within the 18-month period following a change of control of TCEH Corp., then in addition to the Accrued Obligations and subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims within the 60 days following his employment termination date, Mr. Burke will be entitled to: (i) an aggregate amount equal to 2.99 times the sum of (A) his base salary plus (B) the Burke Target Bonus, with such amount payable in a lump sum; (ii) a pro-rated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (A) the Burke Target Bonus and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in TCEH Corp.’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year; (iii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) the Health Benefits; and (v) accelerated vesting of all of Mr. Burke’s equity awards that were outstanding as of the change of control.

 

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If Mr. Burke’s employment with TCEH Corp. is terminated due to his death or disability, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations, Mr. Burke will be entitled to: (i) the Pro-Rated Bonus; (ii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; and (iii) accelerated vesting of the portion of Mr. Burke’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the twelve months following termination had he remained employed (with fully vested options to remain exercisable for one year following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).

The Burke Agreement subjects Mr. Burke to perpetual confidentiality, assignment of inventions and non-disparagement provisions, as well as non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that apply during his employment and for the 24-month period thereafter.

On the Effective Date, the TCEH Corp. Board approved the grant of stock options and RSUs under the 2016 Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed below) to Mr. Burke, which grant will have an aggregate grant date fair value of $4,000,000. The grant will consist, on a grant date fair value basis, of 50% stock options and 50% RSUs. The grant date fair value of the stock options and the RSUs will be determined based on the closing price of a share of TCEH Corp. Common Stock on the OTCQX U.S. market on the grant date. The exercise price for the stock options will be determined by Mr. Morgan in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

Ms. Moore’s Employment Arrangements. Ms. Moore’s employment agreement with TCEH Corp. (the “Moore Agreement”) has an initial term that ends on October 4, 2019, and thereafter, the Moore Agreement provides for automatic one-year extensions, unless either TCEH Corp. or Ms. Moore gives 60 days’ prior written notice electing not to extend the Moore Agreement. Pursuant to the Moore Agreement, Ms. Moore will receive a base salary of no less than $415,000 per year, which may be increased (but not decreased) at the sole discretion of the TCEH Corp. Board. Ms. Moore also will have the opportunity to earn an Annual Bonus based upon the achievement of performance metrics approved by the TCEH Corp. Board and subject to the TCEH Corp. Board’s full discretion. Ms. Moore’s target Annual Bonus opportunity is 70% of her base salary (the “Moore Target Bonus”), and her maximum Annual Bonus opportunity is 200% of the Moore Target Bonus. For calendar year 2016 only, the TCEH Corp. Board will consider alternatives to the typical Annual Bonus opportunity (such as paying a full-year payout based on stub year performance or an agreed upon Annual Bonus to be paid in the normal bonus cycle).

The Moore Agreement also provides Ms. Moore with equity compensation. Ms. Moore’s initial equity award will consist of restricted stock units and stock options and will have an aggregate grant date fair market value of $1,200,000. Following October 4, 2017, the Moore Agreement provides for annual equity awards, with the amount and form of each such equity award to be determined by the TCEH Corp. Board. All of the equity awards will be subject to the terms of the 2016 Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed below).

The Moore Agreement also entitles Ms. Moore to participate in the benefit plans and programs, and receive such perquisites, in each case, as are provided by TCEH Corp. from time to time to its senior executives generally, subject to the terms of such plans and programs and commensurate with Ms. Moore’s position. Additionally, Ms. Moore is entitled to receive up to $15,000 per year towards her tax and financial planning.

Upon any termination of employment with TCEH Corp., Ms. Moore will be entitled to the Accrued Obligations.

If Ms. Moore’s employment with TCEH Corp. is terminated by TCEH Corp. without Cause (as defined in the Moore Agreement) (and other than due to her death or disability), by Ms. Moore for Good Reason (as defined in the Moore Agreement) or due to TCEH Corp.’s non-renewal of the employment term, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations and subject to Ms. Moore’s execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims within the 60 days following her employment termination date, Ms. Moore will be entitled to: (i) an aggregate amount equal to two times (2x) the sum of (A) her base salary plus (B) (x) the Moore Target Bonus, if such termination occurs prior to October 4, 2018, or (y) the prior year’s Annual Bonus, if such termination occurs on or after October 4, 2018, with such amount payable in 24 equal installments following the termination in accordance with TCEH Corp.’s normal payroll practices; (ii) a pro-rated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (A) the amount of the Annual Bonus that would have been payable to her had her employment not so terminated, based on actual performance measured through the fiscal year of termination, and (B) the Pro-Rated

 

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Bonus; (iii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) up to 24 months of the Health Benefits; and (v) accelerated vesting of the portion of Ms. Moore’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the twelve months following termination had she remained employed (with fully vested options to remain exercisable for 90 days following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).

If Ms. Moore’s employment is terminated within the 18-month period following a change of control of TCEH Corp., then in addition to the Accrued Obligations and subject to her execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims within the 60 days following her employment termination date, Ms. Moore will be entitled to: (i) an aggregate amount equal to 2.99 times the sum of (A) her base salary plus (B) the Moore Target Bonus, with such amount payable in a lump sum; (ii) a pro-rated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (A) the Moore Target Bonus and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in TCEH Corp.’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year; (iii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; (iv) the Health Benefits; and (v) accelerated vesting of all of Ms. Moore’s equity awards that were outstanding as of the change of control.

If Ms. Moore’s employment with TCEH Corp. is terminated due to her death or disability, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations, Ms. Moore will be entitled to: (i) the Pro-Rated Bonus; (ii) any Unpaid Annual Bonus; and (iii) accelerated vesting of the portion of Ms. Moore’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the twelve months following termination had she remained employed (with fully vested options to remain exercisable for one year following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).

The Moore Agreement subjects Ms. Moore to perpetual confidentiality, assignment of inventions and non-disparagement provisions, as well as non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that apply during her employment and for the 24-month period thereafter.

On the Effective Date, the TCEH Corp. Board approved the grant of stock options and RSUs under the 2016 Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed below) to Ms. Moore, which grant will have an aggregate grant date fair value of $1,200,000. The grant will consist, on a grant date fair value basis, of 50% stock options and 50% RSUs. The grant date fair value of the stock options and the RSUs will be determined based on the closing price of a share of TCEH Corp. Common Stock on the OTCQX U.S. market on the grant date. The exercise price for the stock options will be determined by Mr. Morgan in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

The foregoing descriptions of the employment agreements of Messrs. Morgan and Burke and Ms. Moore do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which are attached as Exhibits 99.7, 99.8 and 99.9, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

2016 Incentive Plan

TCEH Corp. Board adopted the TCEH Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2016 Incentive Plan”), effective as of the Effective Date, under which an aggregate of 22,500,000 shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock are reserved for issuance as equity-based awards to employees, directors and certain other persons (the “Award Shares”).

The following summary of the material terms of the 2016 Incentive Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2016 Incentive Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 99.10 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The TCEH Corp. Board or any committee duly authorized by the Board (the “Committee”) will administer the 2016 Incentive Plan. The Committee has broad authority under the 2016 Incentive Plan to, among other things: (i) select participants; (ii) determine the types of awards that participants are to receive and the number of shares that are to be subject to such awards; and (iii) establish the terms and conditions of awards, including the price (if any) to be paid for the shares or the award.

 

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Persons eligible to receive awards under the 2016 Incentive Plan include non-employee directors of TCEH Corp., employees of TCEH Corp. or any of its affiliates, and certain consultants and advisors to TCEH Corp. or any of its affiliates. The types of awards that may be granted under the 2016 Incentive Plan include stock options, restricted stock units, restricted stock, performance awards and other forms of awards granted or denominated in shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock, as well as certain cash-based awards.

As noted above, the maximum number of shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock that may be issued or transferred pursuant to awards under the 2016 Incentive Plan is 22,500,000. If any stock option or other stock-based award granted under the 2016 Incentive Plan expires, terminates or is canceled for any reason without having been exercised in full, the number of shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock underlying any unexercised award shall again be available for the purpose of awards under the 2016 Incentive Plan. If any shares of restricted stock, performance awards or other stock-based awards denominated in shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock awarded under the 2016 Incentive Plan are forfeited for any reason, the number of forfeited shares shall again be available for purposes of awards under the 2016 Incentive Plan. Any award under the 2016 Incentive Plan settled in cash shall not be counted against the maximum share limitation.

As is customary in incentive plans of this nature, each share limit and the number and kind of shares available under the 2016 Incentive Plan and any outstanding awards, as well as the exercise or purchase prices of awards, and performance targets under certain types of performance-based awards, are subject to adjustment in the event of certain reorganizations, mergers, combinations, recapitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends or other similar events that change the number or kind of shares outstanding, and extraordinary dividends or distributions of property to the TCEH Corp.’s stockholders.

TCEH Corp. Governing Documents

On the Effective Date and in connection with the Conversion, a Certificate of Conversion to a Corporation for TEX Energy LLC and a Certificate of Incorporation for TCEH Corp. were filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. Also on the Effective Date and immediately following the Conversion, the TCEH Corp. Board adopted the TCEH Corp. Bylaws.

TCEH Corp.’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the following:

Authorized Capital Stock. TCEH Corp.’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of a total of 1,900,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of:

 

    1,800,000,000 shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share; and

 

    100,000,000 shares of TCEH Corp. preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Voting Rights. All shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock have identical rights and privileges. The holders of shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock are entitled to vote on all matters submitted to a vote of TCEH Corp. stockholders, including the election of directors. On all matters to be voted on by holders of shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock, the holders are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held of record, and have no cumulative voting rights.

Dividend Rights. Holders of TCEH Corp. Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably dividends or other distributions when and if declared by the TCEH Corp. Board. The ability of the TCEH Corp. Board to declare dividends, however, is subject to the rights of any holders of outstanding shares of TCEH Corp. preferred stock and the availability of sufficient funds under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) to pay dividends.

Liquidation Preference. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of TCEH Corp., after the payment in full of all amounts owed to its creditors and holders of any outstanding shares of its preferred stock, its remaining assets will be distributed ratably to the holders of shares of its common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of shares of TCEH Corp. Common Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock which TCEH Corp. may designate and issue in the future without stockholder approval.

 

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No Other Rights. Holders of TCEH Corp. Common Stock do not have pre-emptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights.

Provisions with Respect to Nomination and Election of Directors. TCEH Corp.’s Certificate of Incorporation provides for three classes of directors, each of which is to be elected on a staggered basis for a term of three years. TCEH Corp.’s Bylaws provide that the TCEH Corp. Board consists of such number of directors as is determined from time to time by the vote of a majority of the total number of directors then authorized.

No Written Consent of Stockholders. Any action to be taken by TCEH Corp.’s stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting and may not be effected by written consent.

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Special meetings of the TCEH Corp. stockholders may be called only by the TCEH Corp. Board pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the board or by the chairman of the board or the secretary upon written request of one or more stockholders of record holding at least a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of its common stock, entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the special meeting and complying with the notice procedures set forth in the TCEH Corp. Bylaws, except as required by the DGCL.

Advance Notice Requirement. Stockholders must provide timely notice within the deadlines described in the TCEH Corp. Bylaws when seeking to:

 

    bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders;

 

    bring business before a special meeting of stockholders (if contemplated and permitted by the notice of a special meeting); or

 

    nominate candidates for election at an annual meeting of stockholders.

The TCEH Corp. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of the stockholder’s notice.

Issuance of Blank Check Preferred Stock. The TCEH Corp. Board is authorized to issue, without further action by the stockholders, up to 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with rights and preferences designated from time to time by the TCEH Corp. Board.

Amendment of Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation. The approval of a 66 2/3% super-majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote is required to amend certain provisions of the TCEH Corp. Bylaws, or to amend certain of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, including provisions relating to indemnification and exculpation of directors and officers and provisions relating to amendment of the Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation.

The foregoing description of the TCEH Corp. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of these documents, which are attached as Exhibit 99.11 and 99.12, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

U.S. Real Property Holding Company Status

We believe that neither TCEH Corp. nor PrefCo is currently a U.S. real property holding company (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. Generally, a corporation is a USRPHC only if the fair market value of its U.S. real property interests equals or exceeds 50% of the sum of the fair market value of its worldwide real property interests plus its other assets used or held for use in a trade or business. There can be no assurance regarding the USRPHC status of TCEH Corp. or PrefCo for the current year or future years, however, because USRPHC status is based on the composition of the applicable entity’s assets from time to time and on certain rules whose application is uncertain.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    Separation Agreement
10.2    Tax Matters Agreement
10.3    Split Participant Agreement
10.4    Transition Services Agreement
10.5    Consulting Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and Donald L. Evans
10.6    Consulting Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and Anthony R. Horton
10.7    Consulting Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and Paul M. Keglevic
10.8    Consulting Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and Andrew M. Wright
99.1    Press Release
99.2    Tax Receivable Agreement
99.3    Registration Rights Agreement
99.4    Form of Stockholder’s Agreement
99.5    OpCo Credit Facilities
99.6    Collateral Trust Agreement
99.7    Employment Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and Curtis A. Morgan
99.8    Employment Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and James A. Burke
99.9    Employment Agreement dated as of October 4, 2016 by and between TCEH Corp. and Stephanie Zapata Moore
99.10    2016 Incentive Plan
99.11    Certificate of Incorporation of TCEH Corp.
99.12   

Bylaws of TCEH Corp.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking

 

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statements. Although we believe that in making any such forward-looking statement our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any such forward-looking statement involves uncertainties and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the discussion of risk factors under “Risk Factors” and the discussion under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by each of EFH Corp., EFIH and EFCH and the following important factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements:

 

    EFH Corp.’s ability to obtain the Bankruptcy Court’s confirmation of a plan of reorganization with respect to the EFH Debtors, and if confirmed, whether the conditions (including required regulatory approvals) to consummate the transactions contemplated by such plan of reorganization will be satisfied or waived;

 

    the effectiveness of the overall restructuring activities pursuant to the Chapter 11 Cases and any additional strategies we employ to address our liquidity and capital resources;

 

    TCEH Corp.’s cash flows and ability to meet its obligations, including under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which are largely dependent upon the earnings of its subsidiaries and the payment of such earnings to TCEH Corp. in the form of dividends, distributions, loans or otherwise, and repayment of loans or advances from TCEH Corp.;

 

    the actions and decisions of creditors, regulators and other third parties that have an interest in the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to the EFH Debtors; and

 

    restrictions on the EFH Debtors due to the terms of debtor-in-possession financing facilities, exit financing and restrictions imposed by the Bankruptcy Court.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date on which it is made, and except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them; nor can we assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. As such, you should not unduly rely on such forward-looking statements.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
ENERGY FUTURE COMPETITIVE HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Dated: October 4, 2016

EX-10.1 2 d176523dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT (as hereinafter amended, restated or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of October 3, 2016, by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SpinCo”), and TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo,” and together with the Company and SpinCo, the “Parties” and each individually, a “Party”). Section 1.1 contains the defined terms set forth herein; and capitalized terms used but not defined herein are set forth in the Plan of Reorganization (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014, the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), including Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (“TCEH”), a Delaware limited liability company, commenced voluntary cases under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”), which cases are jointly administered for procedural purposes only under Case No. 14-10979 (collectively, together with any proceedings relating thereto, the “Chapter 11 Cases”);

WHEREAS, the Debtors continue to operate their respective businesses as debtors-in-possession under Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;

WHEREAS, on July 29, 2016, the Company, Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EFIH”), NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), and EFH Merger Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for, among other things, the merger of the Company with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub being the surviving company and the successor to the Company;

WHEREAS, the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court on July 29, 2016 (as amended as of the date hereof, the “Plan of Reorganization”) provides that the confirmation and effective date of the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the TCEH Debtors may occur separate from, and independent of, the confirmation and effective date of the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the EFH Debtors.

WHEREAS, on August 29, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving and confirming, among other things, the restructuring of the TCEH Debtors pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization;

WHEREAS, the Plan of Reorganization provides for the Parties to enter into this Agreement as part of the means for implementing the Restructuring Transactions under Article IV.B.2 of the Plan of Reorganization;


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, agreements, representations, warranties and covenants contained herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, each of the Parties hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, or unless the context otherwise requires, whenever used in this Agreement (including any Schedules hereto), the following terms shall have the respective meanings specified therefor below.

Acquired TCEH Assets” means the Assets set forth in Schedule 1. For the avoidance of doubt, the Acquired TCEH Assets specifically exclude any third-party professional advisor engagement letters.

Action” means civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, complaints, enforcement actions, penalty assessments, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations, inquiries, audits or other proceedings (formal or informal, public or non-public).

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Approvals and Notifications” means any consents, waivers, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, notices, registrations or reports to be submitted to, or other filings to be made with, any third Person, including any Governmental Entity.

Assets” means all rights, properties or other assets, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, of any kind, nature and description, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and wherever situated and whether or not carried or reflected, or required to be carried or reflected, on the books of any Person.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means (i) any Assignment and Assumption Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, executed to transfer the Acquired TCEH Assets as provided in Section 2.1(b)(i), and (ii) any Assignment and Assumption Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, executed to transfer the Contributed Plans as provided in Section 2.1(b)(ii), in each case, individually or collectively as the context requires.

Assumed Liabilities” means, subject to Section 5.11, all Liabilities set forth on Schedule 4 and all Liabilities of the Company, EFCH and TCEH, under, resulting from, or arising out of, as applicable, the Acquired TCEH Assets, in each case arising out of facts, circumstances, events or conditions in existence before, on or after the TCEH Effective Date.

Assumed Plan” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Benefit Plans” means all material benefit and compensation plans, programs, policies or arrangements (as amended through the date hereof) covering current or former employees, officers, managers, members and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including “employee benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and employment, deferred compensation, change in control, non-competition, retention, termination, severance, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation rights, stock based, incentive and bonus plans, agreements, programs, policies or arrangements sponsored, contributed to, or entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Company Group” means the Company, each Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, and each other Person that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company, in each case, immediately after the Distribution Effective Time; provided, however, that no Representative of any of the foregoing who is a natural person shall be deemed a member of the Company Group.

 

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Company Disclosure Letter” means the Company Disclosure Letter to the Merger Agreement.

Contributed Plans” means each Benefit Plan that will be transferred by the Company or its Subsidiaries as an active plan to SpinCo or one of its Subsidiaries as set forth in Section 5.1(h)(i)(B) of the Company Disclosure Letter.

Contribution Effective Time” means the time on the TCEH Effective Date, immediately following the cancellation of Claims against the TCEH Debtors when the transfers and other transactions referred to in Section 2.1 have been completed, determined without taking into account any Acquired TCEH Assets or Assumed Liabilities that may be retained in accordance with Section 2.2(b) or Section 2.2(c).

Distribution Effective Time” means the effective time of the Distribution.

EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plans” means the following benefit plans sponsored by the Company and/or its Affiliates: (1) Retirement Income Restoration Plan of Enserch Corporation and Participating Subsidiaries; (2) ENSERCH Supplemental Payment Plan for Retired Employees; (3) EFH Salary Deferral Program, as amended; and (4) EFH Second Supplemental Retirement Plan, effective as of October 10, 2007, as amended.

EFH/TCEH Guarantees” means the guarantees, indemnification obligations, surety bonds or other credit support agreements, arrangements or understandings or other commitments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with or in support of TCEH, any TCEH Company or the TCEH Assets, including those set forth on Schedule 2.

Excluded Liabilities” means, other than the Assumed Liabilities (which for the avoidance of doubt are being assumed by SpinCo or a member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to Section 2.1) and the TCEH Company Liabilities (which for the avoidance of doubt are and shall remain Liabilities of the TCEH Companies), (i) the DiscOp OPEB Liabilities (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (ii) all Liabilities of each of the Persons listed on Schedule 6 that are not discharged, released, finally settled or otherwise disposed of under the Plan of Reorganization, in each case, arising out of facts, circumstances, conditions or events in existence before, on or after the TCEH Effective Date.

Governmental Entity” means any federal, state or local, domestic or foreign governmental or regulatory authority, agency, commission, body, arbitrator, court, regional reliability entity (including the TRE), ERCOT, or any other legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity.

Group” means the Company Group or the SpinCo Group, as the context requires.

Information” means information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer names, and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.

Insurance Proceeds” means those monies (i) received by an insured from an insurance carrier, (ii) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the insured or (iii) received (including by way of set off) from any third Person (which, for greater clarity, shall not include any controlled Affiliate of the Company Group or SpinCo Group) in the nature of insurance, contribution or indemnification in respect of any Liability; in any such case net of any applicable retrospective premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively rated premium adjustments) and net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.

 

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Interim Transition Services Agreement” means that certain Transition Services Agreement to be entered into on or prior to the TCEH Effective Date by and between the Company and TEX Operations Company LLC.

Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute or ordinance, common law or any rule, regulation, legally binding standard, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitration award, agency requirement or License of any Governmental Entity.

Liabilities” means any and all debts, guarantees, liabilities, costs, expenses, interest and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, reserved or unreserved, or determined or determinable (now or in the future), including those arising under any Law, claim (including any third Person product liability claim), demand, Action, whether asserted or unasserted, or order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Entity and those arising under any contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment or undertaking, or any fines, damages or equitable relief that is imposed, in each case, including all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses relating thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Liabilities shall specifically exclude (i) all Taxes, which are solely the subject of the Tax Matters Agreement and (ii) all matters subject to and governed by the Split Participant Agreement or the Interim Transition Services Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement (whichever is in effect at the applicable time).

Oncor Agreements” means collectively, (i) the Oncor Holdings Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of November 5, 2008, (ii) the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, dated as of November 5, 2008, as amended, and (iii) the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2008.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles or certificate of incorporation or organization and by-laws, the limited partnership agreement, the partnership agreement or the limited liability company agreement, trust agreement, or other organizational documents of such Person, including (i) any shareholder, voting trust or similar contract and (ii) any that are required to be registered or kept in the place of incorporation, organization or formation of such Person and which establish the legal personality or governance of such Person.

Permits” means all licenses, permits, certificates of authority, authorizations, approvals, registrations, franchises and similar consents and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Entity.

Person” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind or nature.

Refund” means any refund (or credit in lieu thereof) of Taxes (including any overpayment of Taxes that can be refunded or, alternatively, applied to other Taxes payable), including any interest paid on or with respect to such refund of Taxes.

Related to the TCEH Business” means assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are owned, leased, licensed, held or used primarily for or in connection with the business of the TCEH Companies.

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, its members, partners, directors, officers, managers, employees, advisors, agents or other representatives.

Specified Approvals” means those Approvals and Notifications set forth in Schedule 3.

 

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SpinCo Group” means SpinCo, each Subsidiary of SpinCo and each other Person that is controlled directly or indirectly by SpinCo, in each case, immediately after the Distribution, including the TCEH Companies; provided, however, that no Representative of any of the foregoing who is a natural person shall be deemed a member of the SpinCo Group.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries (provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiaries of the Company shall be deemed to include Oncor).

Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state or local, or foreign, income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever (including any assessment, duty, fee or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any such tax) and any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

Tax Benefit” means any decrease in Tax payments actually required to be made to a Governmental Entity (or any increase in any Refund otherwise receivable from any Governmental Entity) including any decrease in Tax payments (or increase in any Refund) that actually results from an increase in net operating losses, deductions or other Tax attributes (computed on a “with” or “without” basis).

Tax Cost” means any increase in Tax payments actually required to be made to a Governmental Entity (or any decrease in any Refund otherwise receivable from any Governmental Entity) including any increase in Tax payments (or decrease in any Refund) that actually results from a decrease in net operating losses, deductions or other Tax attributes (computed on a “with” or “without” basis).

Tax Return” means any return, report, certificate, form or similar statement or document (including any related or supporting information or schedule attached thereto and any information return or declaration of estimated Tax) supplied to, filed with or required to be supplied to or filed with a Governmental Entity in connection with the payment, determination, assessment or collection of any Tax or the administration of any laws relating to any Tax, and any amended Tax return or claim for Refund.

TCEH Assets” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan of Reorganization.

TCEH Companies” means each of the Persons listed in Schedule 5, individually or collectively as the context requires.

TCEH Company Liabilities” means, subject to Section 5.11, (i) all Liabilities of the TCEH Companies, including all Liabilities under the Organizational Documents of the TCEH Companies to provide indemnification to any Person acting as a manager, member, partner, agent, attorney-in-fact, or other Representative of any TCEH Company, in each case arising out of facts, circumstances, events or conditions in existence before, on or after the TCEH Effective Date, and (ii) all Liabilities of the Company arising out of or resulting from owning, holding or voting, directly or indirectly, any equity securities of, or having “control” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of, any of the TCEH Companies, other than any such Liabilities arising out of or resulting from Taxes (which shall be governed solely by the Tax Matters Agreement) or any Assumed Plan.

TCEH Effective Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan of Reorganization.

Transaction Agreements” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan of Reorganization.

 

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Transition Services Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined in Section 1.1, additional defined terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Sections indicated in the table below.

 

Defined Term

   Section
Agreement    Preamble
Bankruptcy Code    Recitals
Bankruptcy Court    Recitals
Beneficiaries    Section 7.4(g)
Chapter 11 Cases    Recitals
Company    Preamble
Company Change in Control    Section 7.4(b)
Company Indemnified Parties    Section 5.2
Company Policy Liabilities    Section 7.19(a)
Contribution    Recitals
Debtors    Recitals
Distribution    Recitals
EFH D&O Policies    Section 7.4(a)
EFIH    Recitals
E-Side Letters of Credit    Section 7.19(c)
Indemnified Party    Section 5.6
Indemnifying Party    Section 5.6
Indemnity Payment    Section 5.6
Merger    Recitals
Merger Agreement    Recitals
Parent    Recitals
Party    Preamble
Pre-Spin Group    Section 7.4(a)
PUCT    Section 7.3
PUCT Filing    Section 7.3
Run-Off Coverage    Section 7.4(b)
Spin-Off    Recitals
SpinCo    Preamble
SpinCo Conversion    Recitals
SpinCo Policy Liabilities    Section 7.19(a)
Split Letters of Credit    Section 7.19(a)
TCEH    Recitals
Third Party Claims    Section 5.7(a)
Wrongful Acts    Section 7.4(a)

Section 1.3 Construction. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are references to the articles and sections or subsections of, and the exhibits and schedules attached to, this Agreement;

(b) the descriptive headings of the Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

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(c) references in this Agreement to “writing” or comparable expressions include a reference to a written document transmitted by means of electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), facsimile transmission or comparable means of communication;

(d) words expressed in the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; words expressed in the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter gender and vice versa;

(e) the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole, including all Schedules attached to this Agreement, and not to any provision of this Agreement;

(f) “include”, “includes” and “including” are deemed to be followed by “without limitation” whether or not they are in fact followed by such words;

(g) references to “day” or “days” are to calendar days;

(h) references to “the date hereof” means as of the date of this Agreement; and

(i) unless otherwise specified, references to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder in effect as of the applicable date.

ARTICLE II

THE CONTRIBUTION TRANSACTIONS

Section 2.1 Contribution.

(a) On the TCEH Effective Date, (i) the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries which are, or hold, TCEH Assets to, transfer, convey and deliver to SpinCo or a member of the SpinCo Group designated by SpinCo, and SpinCo or such member of the SpinCo Group, as applicable, shall accept from the Company and such Subsidiaries, the TCEH Assets, and (ii) SpinCo or such member of the SpinCo Group designated by SpinCo, as applicable, shall accept, assume and agree faithfully to perform, discharge and fulfill all the Assumed Liabilities.

(b) In furtherance of the transactions described in Section 2.1(a), on the TCEH Effective Date:

(i) the Company and SpinCo shall, and the Company and SpinCo shall cause their applicable Subsidiaries to, execute assignment and assumption agreements substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and such additional bills of sale, quitclaim deeds, stock or equity powers, certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment and other documents as are reasonably necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of the TCEH Assets to SpinCo or the applicable member of the SpinCo Group designated by SpinCo and the valid and effective assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by SpinCo or the applicable member of the SpinCo Group designated by SpinCo; and

(ii) the Contributed Plans will be transferred and assigned by the Company and the applicable Debtors and assumed by OpCo pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

Each of the assignments, transfers, assumptions and other transactions described in this Section 2.1(b) shall be deemed effective simultaneously on the TCEH Effective Date at the Contribution Effective Time, except with respect to any transfer or assignment of any Acquired TCEH Assets or assumption of any Assumed Liabilities required to be delayed pursuant to Section 2.2(b).

 

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(c) SpinCo hereby waives compliance by each and every member of the Company Group, and the Company hereby waives compliance by each and every member of the SpinCo Group, with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk-transfer” Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the transfer or sale of any or all of the Acquired TCEH Assets to SpinCo.

 

Section 2.2 Approvals and Notifications.

(a) The Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all material Approvals and Notifications, if any, necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as soon as reasonably practicable, including the Specified Approvals, if any.

(b) If the transfer or assignment of any Acquired TCEH Assets or assumption of any Assumed Liabilities would violate, in any material respect, any applicable Law or require any Approvals and Notifications or release which have not been obtained or made, notwithstanding the receipt of the Specified Approvals, then those Acquired TCEH Assets or Assumed Liabilities will be identified in reasonable detail in a written notice given by any Party that would violate such Law by the transfer or receipt of the Acquired TCEH Assets or the assignment or assumption of the Assumed Liability or require such Approvals and Notifications or release, and unless the Parties mutually shall otherwise determine, the transfer or assignment of such Acquired TCEH Assets or the assumption of such Assumed Liabilities, as the case may be, shall be automatically deemed deferred and any such purported transfer, assignment or assumption shall be null and void until such time as all such Approvals and Notifications or releases have been obtained or made.

(c) If any transfer or assignment of any Acquired TCEH Asset or any assumption of any Assumed Liability intended to be transferred, assigned or assumed hereunder, as the case may be, is not consummated on the TCEH Effective Date, as a result of the provisions of Section 2.2(b) or otherwise, then the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such transfer, assignment or assumption as promptly following the TCEH Effective Date as shall be reasonably practicable. The member of the Company Group retaining such Acquired TCEH Asset or such Assumed Liability, as the case may be, shall thereafter hold such Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability, as the case may be, for the use and benefit of the member of the SpinCo Group entitled thereto (at the expense of the member of the SpinCo Group entitled thereto) until such Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability is transferred and conveyed to, and assumed by, or until such time as the Company, in good faith, concludes that it is unable, using commercially reasonable efforts, to obtain or cause to be obtained, any consent, approval or release required to transfer such Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability to, a member of the SpinCo Group, and SpinCo shall, or shall cause the applicable member of the SpinCo Group to, pay or reimburse the Party retaining such Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability for all amounts reasonably paid or incurred in connection with the retention of such Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability. The Parties agree that, as between the Parties, as of the TCEH Effective Date, the applicable member of the SpinCo Group shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Acquired TCEH Assets, together with all rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed to have assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all of the Assumed Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such member is entitled to acquire or required to assume pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(d) With respect to any Acquired TCEH Assets or Assumed Liabilities described in Section 2.2(c), each of the Company and SpinCo shall, and shall cause the members of its respective Group to, (i) treat for all income Tax purposes and for all purposes of the Tax Matters Agreement, (A) any Acquired TCEH Asset retained by the Company Group as having been transferred to and owned by the member of the SpinCo Group entitled to such Acquired TCEH

 

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Asset not later than the TCEH Effective Date and (B) any Assumed Liability retained by the Company Group as a liability having been assumed and owned by the member of the SpinCo Group intended to be subject to such Assumed Liabilities not later than the TCEH Effective Date and (ii) neither report nor take any income Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless required by a change in applicable Tax Law or good faith resolution of a dispute with a Governmental Entity relating to income Taxes).

(e) If and when any violation of Law or other impediment with respect to such retained Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liabilities has been resolved, the transfer or assignment of the applicable Acquired TCEH Asset or the assumption of the applicable Assumed Liability, as the case may be, shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

(f) Any member of the Company Group retaining an Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability due to the deferral of the transfer or assignment of such Acquired TCEH Asset or the deferral of the assumption of such Assumed Liability, as the case may be, shall not, in connection with such retention, be obligated, unless the Parties have executed documentation providing for such asset or liability to be retained by such member of the Company Group pursuant to Section 2.2(b), to expend any money whatsoever unless the necessary funds are advanced (or otherwise made available) by SpinCo or the member of the SpinCo Group entitled to the Acquired TCEH Asset or Assumed Liability.

Section 2.3 Responsibility for Assumed Liabilities Retained by the Company. If the Company or SpinCo is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any consent, approval, amendment or release required to transfer an Assumed Liability to a member or members of the SpinCo Group, then the applicable member of the Company Group shall continue to retain such Assumed Liability and, the applicable member of the SpinCo Group shall, as agent or subcontractor for such member of the Company Group, as the case may be, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such member of the Company Group that constitute or are caused by such Assumed Liabilities, as the case may be, thereunder from and after the Contribution Effective Time. From and after the Contribution Effective Time, OpCo shall indemnify each Company Indemnified Party, and hold each of them harmless, against any Liabilities arising from any such retained Assumed Liability; provided that OpCo shall have no obligation to indemnify any Company Indemnified Party that has engaged in any fraud, willful misconduct or knowing and intentional violation of Law, in each case in connection therewith. The Company shall cause each member of the Company Group without further consideration, to pay and remit, or cause to be paid or remitted, to the applicable member of the SpinCo Group, promptly all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of the Company Group in respect of such performance under any agreement, lease, license or other obligations or Liabilities under any Assumed Liability retained by any member of the Company Group; provided that the Company shall be entitled to offset any amounts owed by the SpinCo Group to any member of the Company Group hereunder. If and when any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release shall be obtained, or the obligations under any agreement, lease, license or other obligations or Liabilities under any Assumed Liability retained by any member of the Company Group shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, the applicable member of the Company Group shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, all its obligations and other Liabilities thereunder or any obligations of any member of the Company Group to the applicable member of the SpinCo Group without payment of further consideration, and the applicable member of the SpinCo Group shall, without the payment of any further consideration, assume such obligations or other Liabilities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Section 3.1 Agreement for Exchange of Information. After the TCEH Effective Date and until the seventh (7th) anniversary of the TCEH Effective Date, each of the Company and SpinCo agrees to provide, or to cause any Person that after giving effect to the Contribution is controlled by the Company or SpinCo, as applicable, to provide, to the other Party, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information regarding the Company Group or the SpinCo Group, as applicable, which is in the possession or under the control of such Party and which the requesting Party reasonably requests; provided, however, that in the event that any Party determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege, such Party shall not be required to provide any such Information; provided, further, that such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with reasonable requests that would enable such otherwise not-required disclosures to the other Party to occur without commercial detriment and without contravening any such Law or jeopardizing privilege, provided, further, that, as applicable, the Party making such assertion that Information be withheld, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide notice to the receiving party that Information is being withheld pursuant to this proviso and the Parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to find a mutually agreeable solution to any such commercial, legal and/or privilege concerns, including, if applicable, by providing any privileged Information pursuant to a joint defense agreement to be mutually agreed and executed between the applicable Parties. None of the Company Group shall transfer any Information regarding the SpinCo Group to any of its Affiliates not controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, requests for and provision of Information relating to Taxes shall be governed by Section 7.01 of the Tax Matters Agreement.

Section 3.2 Ownership of Information. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any Information requested or provided pursuant to Section 3.1.

Section 3.3 Compensation for Providing Information. The Party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the other Party for the reasonable third-party out-of-pocket costs and expenses, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information to the extent that such costs are incurred in connection with such other Party’s provision of Information in response to the requesting Party; provided, however, nothing in this Section 3.3 shall limit any of the reimbursement or indemnification obligations of any member of the SpinCo Group under Section 2.2(c) or Section 2.3.

Section 3.4 Record Retention.

(a) To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article III and other provisions of this Agreement after the TCEH Effective Date, the Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to retain all Information in their respective possession or control in accordance with the policies or ordinary course practices of the Company in effect on the TCEH Effective Date or such other policies or practices as may be reasonably adopted by the appropriate Party after the TCEH Effective Date that are substantially consistent with the policies of the Company and its subsidiaries as in effect on the TCEH Effective Date; provided, that, in any event, the Parties agree to retain such Information in their respective possession or control until the seventh (7th) anniversary of the TCEH Effective Date in accordance with Section 3.1.

(b) Until the seventh (7th) anniversary of the TCEH Effective Date, no Party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any Information that would, in accordance with such policies or ordinary course practices described in Section 3.4(a), be archived or otherwise filed in a centralized filing system by such Party or its applicable Subsidiaries, until the later of the seventh (7th) anniversary of the TCEH Effective Date and the period required by applicable Law.

 

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(c) In the event of any Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ inadvertent failure to comply with this Section 3.4, such Party shall be liable to the other Party solely for the amount of any monetary fines or penalties imposed or levied against such other Party by a Governmental Entity (which fines or penalties shall not include any Liabilities asserted in connection with the claims underlying the applicable Action, other than fines or penalties resulting from any claim of spoliation) as a result of such other Party’s inability to produce Information caused by such inadvertent failure and, notwithstanding Section 5.2 and Section 5.3, shall not be liable to such other Party for any other Liabilities arising out of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ inadvertent failure to comply with this Section 3.4; provided, however, no member of the Company Group shall have any Liability to any member of the SpinCo Group under this Section 3.4(c) in connection with any Acquired TCEH Assets or Assumed Liabilities that are retained by a member of the Company Group pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, record retention relating to Taxes shall be governed by Section 7.02 of the Tax Matters Agreement.

Section 3.5 Confidentiality. Each Party recognizes and acknowledges that it has received, or is in possession of, certain non-public, confidential, or proprietary Information (including trade secrets) of the other Party or its respective Group (the “Confidential Information”). Each Party agrees that it will not, that it will cause its Affiliates not to, and that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its and their respective Representatives not to, for a period of five (5) years after the TCEH Effective Date, directly or indirectly, use Confidential Information of the other Party or its respective Group for its competitive, commercial or proprietary advantage, or disclose, divulge or publish, whether in written or unwritten form or through any medium, such Confidential Information publicly or to any Person or group of Persons for any reason or purpose whatsoever, except: (i) to authorized Representatives of such Party as reasonably necessary in the course of performing such Party’s obligations, or enforcing such Party’s rights, under this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements and (ii) to the extent required to be disclosed by order of a Governmental Entity, or by subpoena, summons or legal process, or by Law, provided that, to the extent permitted by Law, the disclosing Party shall provide prompt notice of such disclosure to the applicable other Party, so that such Party whose Confidential Information is required to be disclosed may seek to obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to designated portions of such Confidential Information, and the disclosing Party shall reasonably cooperate with the other Party in connection with such other Party’s efforts to obtain confidential treatment or similar reliable assurances that the relevant Confidential Information will remain confidential. For purposes of this Section 3.5, such Confidential Information shall not include any Confidential Information that (a) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such Person (or its Affiliates or Representatives) in violation of this Agreement, (b) becomes available to such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Representatives after the date hereof from a source other than the other Party hereto or its respective Group or such Group’s Representatives, provided that such source is not known by such Person to be subject to an obligation of confidentiality (whether by agreement or otherwise) to the other Party with respect to the Information or (c) was independently developed by such Person (or its Affiliates) after the date hereof without reference to, incorporation of, or other use of any Confidential Information. The limitations in this Section 3.5 are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other restrictions by which a Party may be bound (whether by contract or otherwise).

Section 3.6 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information.

(a) Any Party that receives, pursuant to a request for Information in accordance with this Article III, Information that is not relevant to its request shall promptly either destroy such Information or return it to the providing Party, at the option of the providing Party, and if the receiving Party elects to destroy such Information, then the receiving party shall promptly deliver written confirmation (including by email) of the destruction of such Information to the providing Party.

 

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(b) When any Information provided by one Group to the other is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or is no longer required to be retained by applicable Law, the receiving Party will promptly, after request of the providing Party, at the receiving Party’s option (and expense), either return to the providing Party all Information in a tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or destroy such Information (and such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or summaries based thereon); provided that if the receiving Party elects to destroy such Information, then the receiving Party shall promptly deliver written confirmation (including by email) of the destruction of such Information to the providing Party; and provided, further, that the receiving Party shall not be deemed to have retained or failed to return or destroy any Confidential Information stored in digital format that is deleted from local hard drives so long as no attempt is made to recover such Confidential Information from servers or back-up sources, provided that any such retained Confidential Information shall remain subject to the terms hereof in all respects.

(c) Nothing in this Section 3.6 shall require any Receiving Party to destroy or return any Information that the Receiving Party would routinely retain pursuant to its record retention policies aimed at legal, corporate governance or regulatory compliance or that the Receiving Party is required to retain under any applicable Law or regulation or the terms of the Tax Matters Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement; provided that any such retained Confidential Information shall remain subject to the terms hereof in all respects for so long as such Confidential Information is so retained.

Section 3.7 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation.

(a) After the TCEH Effective Date, except in the case of an adversarial Action by one Party against another Party, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to each other Party, upon written request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such Action is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder; provided, that no such access shall unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of such Party and its Subsidiaries; provided, further, that no Party shall be required to make available to the requesting Party any such persons or materials if doing so could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege held by such Party provided, further, that, as applicable, the Party making such assertion shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide notice to the receiving party that any Information is being withheld pursuant to this proviso and the Parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to find a mutually agreeable solution to any such commercial, legal and/or privilege concerns, including, if applicable, by providing any privileged Information pursuant to a joint defense agreement to be mutually agreed and executed between the applicable Parties. The requesting Party shall bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 3.7 are in furtherance of the provisions of Section 3.1 and shall not be deemed to in any way limit or otherwise modify the Parties’ rights and obligations under Section 3.1.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MUTUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Party, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the other Party as set forth below.

Section 4.1 Organization and Authority. Such Party is an entity, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the state of its formation. Each Party has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby, and to own, lease or operate its property and to carry on its business as presently conducted and, to the extent required under applicable Law, is, in all material respects, qualified to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character of its property make such qualification necessary.

Section 4.2 Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of such Party. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Law relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.

Section 4.3 No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Party, the performance by such Party of its obligations hereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the taking of any action contemplated to be taken by such Party hereunder do not:

(a) result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Organizational Documents of such Party; or

(b) except with respect to the Specified Approvals, (i) result in a violation or breach of any Law applicable to such Party; (ii) require the consent of any Governmental Entity under any applicable Law (other than the Bankruptcy Court); or (iii) cause a default, or require the consent of any Person, under any material contract or Permit, in each case other than any such violation, breach, default or consent which, if not made or obtained, would not reasonably be expected to impair in any material respect such Party’s ability to carry out the transactions contemplated hereunder or have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or business of such Party.

Section 4.4 No Other Representations or Warranties. (a) No party to this Agreement or any other agreement or document contemplated by this Agreement is making any representation as to, warranty of or covenant, express or implied, with respect to: (i) any of the TCEH Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the Excluded Liabilities, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, (ii) the value or freedom from encumbrances of, or any other matter concerning, any TCEH Assets, Assumed Liabilities or Excluded Liabilities or regarding the absence of any defense or right of setoff or freedom from counterclaim with respect to any claim or other TCEH Asset, Assumed Liability or Excluded Liability or (iii) the legal sufficiency of any assignment, document or instrument delivered hereunder to convey title to any TCEH Asset upon the execution, delivery and filing hereof or thereof.

(a) ALL TCEH ASSETS TO BE TRANSFERRED AS SET FORTH HEREIN OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRANSFERRED “AS IS, WHERE IS” (AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY REAL PROPERTY, BY MEANS OF A QUITCLAIM OR SIMILAR FORM DEED OR CONVEYANCE) AND THE TRANSFEREE SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISK THAT ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD AND MARKETABLE TITLE, AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST OR ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.

 

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ARTICLE V

RELEASES AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 5.1 Termination of Guarantees. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations of the Company Group under or with respect to the EFH/TCEH Guarantees shall be terminated and extinguished as of the Contribution Effective Time pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization.

Section 5.2 General Indemnification by OpCo. Subject to the provisions and limitations of this Article V, from and after the Contribution Effective Time, OpCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Person that after the Contribution Effective Time is a member of the Company Group (including all Affiliates of the Company) and each of their respective Representatives and, as applicable, each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”), from and against:

(a) any Assumed Liability, including the failure of any member of the SpinCo Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Assumed Liability in accordance with its terms, whether prior to, at or after the Contribution Effective Time;

(b) any TCEH Company Liability, including the failure of any member of the SpinCo Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any TCEH Company Liability in accordance with its terms, whether prior to, at or after the Contribution Effective Time; and

(c) any Liability arising from any breach by any member of the SpinCo Group of any covenant or other agreement (other than any representation or warranty) set forth in this Agreement or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement, subject to any limitations of liability provisions and other provisions applicable to any such breach set forth herein or therein.

Section 5.3 General Indemnification by the Company. Subject to the provisions and limitations of this Article V, from and after the Contribution Effective Time, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Person that after the Contribution Effective Time is a member of the SpinCo Group (including all Affiliates of SpinCo) and each of their respective Representatives and, as applicable, each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, from and against:

(a) any Excluded Liability, including the failure of any member of the Company Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Excluded Liability in accordance with their respective terms, whether prior to, at or after the Contribution Effective Time; and

(b) any Liability arising from any breach by any member of the Company Group of any covenant or other agreement (other than any representation or warranty) set forth in this Agreement or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement, subject to any limitations of liability provisions and other provisions applicable to any such breach set forth herein or therein.

Section 5.4 Tax Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything in Article V to the contrary, indemnification for Taxes and for other matters subject to the Tax Matters Agreement is governed solely by the terms, provisions and procedures of the Tax Matters Agreement and not by this Article V.

 

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Section 5.5 Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article V shall, for any reason, be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party hereunder in respect of any Liability, then each Indemnifying Party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Liability, in such proportion as shall be sufficient to place the Indemnified Party in the same position as if such Indemnified Party were indemnified hereunder, the Parties intending that their respective contributions hereunder be as close as possible to the indemnification under Section 5.2 and Section 5.3, as the case may be. If the contribution provided for in the previous sentence shall, for any reason, be unavailable or insufficient to put any Indemnified Party in the same position as if it were indemnified under Section 5.2 or Section 5.3, as the case may be, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Liability, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by and the relative fault of the indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other hand with respect to the matter giving rise to the Liability.

Section 5.6 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts. Any Liability subject to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Article V will be (a) net of Insurance Proceeds that are actually received by the Indemnified Party, (b) decreased by any actual recoveries from third parties pursuant to indemnification or otherwise with respect thereto, (c) decreased by any Tax Benefit actually recovered, and (d) increased by any Tax Cost actually incurred as a result of the receipt of (or entitlement to) such indemnity payment, as applicable. Accordingly, the amount which any Party (an “Indemnifying Party”) is required to pay to any Person entitled to indemnification under this Article V (an “Indemnified Party”) will be reduced by any such Insurance Proceeds and/or recoveries actually received from third parties and/or Tax Benefits actually recovered, and increased by Tax Costs actually incurred, in each case, by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party in respect of the related Liability, as applicable. If an Indemnified Party receives a payment (an “Indemnity Payment”) required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds or any other recovery from a third party (including any Tax Benefit actually recovered), then the Indemnified Party will pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of such Insurance Proceeds or the amount actually received from the third party (including any Tax Benefit actually recovered) and (y) the Indemnity Payment previously received. If an Indemnified Party receives an Indemnity Payment from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability and subsequently incurs Tax Costs associated by that Indemnity Payment, then the Indemnifying Party will pay to the Indemnified Party an amount equal to those Tax Costs promptly after receipt of a reasonably detailed statement of those Tax Costs given by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed six months) after the Tax Cost is actually incurred. In the case of Tax Benefits, “actually recovered” means an Indemnified Party actually realizes a Refund or a decrease in Taxes reported on a filed Tax Return (in or with respect to a taxable year that ends on or before December 31, 2021) in connection with the incurrence or the payment by the Indemnified Party of such fees or costs or indemnifiable amounts determined using a “with and without” methodology (treating any deductions attributable to such fees or costs or indemnifiable amounts as the last items claimed for any taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryovers). In the case of Tax Costs, “actually incurred” means an Indemnified Party actually realizes a Tax Cost reported on a filed Tax Return (in or with respect to a taxable year that ends on or before December 31, 2021) in connection with the receipt of (or entitlement to) an Indemnity Payment determined using a “with and without” methodology (treating any receipt of (or entitlement to) such Indemnity Payment as the last items claimed for any taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryovers). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the amount “actually recovered” (for purposes of Tax Benefits) or “actually incurred” (for purposes of Tax Costs), a netting approach shall be taken for determining any increase or decrease, as the case may be, of taxable income or loss, net operating losses, deductions or other Tax attributes.

 

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Section 5.7 Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims.

(a) If an Indemnified Party receives written notice that a Person (including any Governmental Entity) that is not a member of the Company Group or the SpinCo Group, or any Affiliate thereof, has asserted any claim or commenced any Action (any such claim or Action, a “Third Party Claim”) that may give rise to an Indemnifying Party’s obligation to indemnify pursuant to Section 5.2 or Section 5.3, as the case may be, then the Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party written notice thereof as promptly as practicable (and no later than fifteen (15) Business Days, or sooner, if the nature of the Third Party Claim so requires) after becoming aware of the Third Party Claim. Such notice shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail and include copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating to the Third Party Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of an Indemnified Party to provide notice in accordance with this Section 5.7(a) shall not relieve an Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by the Indemnified Party’s failure to provide notice in accordance with this Section 5.7(a).

(b) Subject to this Section 5.7(b) and Section 5.7(c), an Indemnifying Party may elect to control the defense of (and seek to settle or compromise), at its own expense and with its own counsel, any Third Party Claim if the Indemnifying Party irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges its obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party in respect of such Third Party Claim in accordance with and subject to the terms hereof. Within thirty (30) Business Days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnified Party in accordance with Section 5.7(a), the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party whether the Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending the Third Party Claim. After receiving notice of an Indemnifying Party’s election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but the Indemnified Party shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of its counsel and, in any event, shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense in accordance with Section 5.7(f). If an Indemnifying Party has elected to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, then such Indemnifying Party shall be solely liable for all fees and expenses incurred by it in connection with the defense of such Third Party Claim and shall not be entitled to seek any indemnification or reimbursement from the Indemnified Party for any such fees or expenses incurred during the course of its defense of such Third Party Claim.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 5.7(b), if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party have actual or potential differing defenses or conflicts of interest between them that make joint representation inappropriate, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, and the Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees and expenses of one (and only one) such counsel for all Indemnified Parties.

(d) If an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnified Party of its election within thirty (30) Business Days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnified Party as provided in Section 5.7(b), then the Indemnified Party may defend the Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall not be permitted to settle or compromise any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If the Indemnified Party is conducting the defense against any such Third Party Claim, then the Indemnified Party and its counsel shall keep the Indemnifying Party informed of all developments relating to such Third Party Claim and provide copies of all relevant correspondence and documents relating thereto.

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judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened Third Party Claim for which the Indemnified Party is seeking or may seek indemnity pursuant to this Section 5.7 unless such judgment or settlement is solely for monetary damages (which shall be fully paid by the Indemnifying Party), does not impose any expense or obligation on the Indemnified Party (other than obligations for which the Indemnified Party is indemnified hereunder and which are fully paid by the Indemnifying Party), does not involve any finding or determination of wrongdoing or violation of Law by the Indemnified Party and provides for a full, unconditional and irrevocable release of that Indemnified Party and its Affiliates and Representatives from all liability in connection with the Third Party Claim.

(f) Each of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the other, upon written request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the reasonable ability to make available, to the extent that any such persons (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with the defense, settlement or compromise, or the prosecution, evaluation or pursuit of any Third Party Claim, and shall otherwise reasonably cooperate in such defense, settlement or compromise, or such prosecution, evaluation or pursuit, as the case may be of such Third Party Claim; provided, that no such cooperation shall unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of such Party and its Subsidiaries; provided, further, that no Party shall be required to make available to the requesting Party any such Persons or materials if doing so would reasonably be expected to be materially commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege held by such Party; provided, further, that, as applicable, the Party asserting such detriment, violation or privilege shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide notice to the receiving party that any Information is being withheld pursuant to the foregoing proviso and the Parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to find a mutually agreeable solution to any such commercial, legal and/or privilege concerns, including, if applicable, by providing any privileged Information pursuant to a joint defense agreement to be mutually agreed and executed between the applicable Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith.

Section 5.8 Additional Matters.

(a) Indemnification or contribution payments in respect of any Liabilities for which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Article V shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party as such Liabilities are incurred upon demand by the Indemnified Party, including reasonably satisfactory documentation setting forth the basis for the amount of such indemnification or contribution payment, including documentation with respect to calculations made and consideration of any Insurance Proceeds and/or recoveries from third parties that actually reduce the amount of such Liabilities and/or Tax Benefits actually recovered or Tax Costs actually incurred; provided, that no Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to condition, delay or withhold any payment pending claim for, or receipt of, any Insurance Proceeds and/or recoveries from third parties or actual recovery of any Tax Benefits or actual incurrence of Tax Costs. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Article V shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party and (ii) the knowledge by the Indemnified Party of Liabilities for which it might be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder.

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after the receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30)-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30)-day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnified Party, shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to such party as contemplated by this Agreement without prejudice to its continuing rights to pursue indemnification or contribution hereunder.

(c) If payment is made by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnified Party in connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnified Party as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnified Party may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such Indemnified Party shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim.

Section 5.9 Exclusive Remedy; Limitations of Liability; Mitigation. After the Contribution Effective Time, except for the rights under Section 7.13, the indemnification and contribution provisions of this Article V shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for the matters set forth herein and in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and no party shall pursue or seek to pursue any other remedy. Neither SpinCo or its Affiliates, on the one hand, nor the Company or its Affiliates, on the other hand, shall be liable to the other for any Liabilities arising under or relating to this Agreement, any Assignment and Assumption Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby that are (i) not direct, actual damages or (ii) special, indirect, consequential, punitive, exemplary, remote, speculative or similar damages or lost profits (except to the extent such lost profits constitute direct, actual damages) of the other arising in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (other than such damages described in this clause (ii) payable to a third party in respect of a Third Party Claim). Any Indemnified Party that becomes aware of a Liability for which it seeks indemnification or contribution under this Article V shall to the extent required by law mitigate such Liability, and the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any such Liability to the extent that it is attributable to the failure of the Indemnified Party to use such commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate to the extent required by law. For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this Agreement provides indemnification for a breach, misrepresentation or violation under the Merger Agreement.

Section 5.10 Survival of Indemnities. The rights and obligations of each of the Company and SpinCo and their respective Indemnified Parties under this Article V shall survive the sale or other transfer by any Party of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities. Each Party hereby agrees that prior to the consummation of any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Assets of such Party, it will require the acquirer of such Assets to assume the obligations of such Party under this Agreement as a condition thereto.

Section 5.11 No Assumption of Discharged Liabilities; Obligations under Transaction Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall require or be construed to effectuate the assumption, for any period of time, of any Liability or Tax discharged, released or otherwise satisfied (or to be discharged, released or otherwise satisfied on the EFH Effective Date) pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization. Additionally, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall require or be construed to effectuate the assumption, for any period of time or at all, of any obligations of any Person, or otherwise affect in any way the rights or obligations of any of the Parties or their respective Groups, under the Plan of Reorganization, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Interim Transition Services Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement (whichever is in effect at the applicable time), the Split Participant Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VI

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL; COVENANTS

Section 7.1 Survival. The representations and warranties of the Parties set forth in this Agreement (other than Section 4.4) shall not survive the Distribution Effective Time, and shall cease to have any force or effect immediately upon the Distribution Effective Time. The covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement, and liability for the breach of any obligations thereunder, shall survive the Distribution Effective Time and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

Section 7.2 Termination, Wind-Down and Distribution of EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plans and EFH Split Dollar Life Insurance Plan. In connection with the termination, wind-down and distribution of the remaining liabilities and obligations of the EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plans and the EFH Split Dollar Life Insurance Plan as contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization, the Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the Company shall (or cause the applicable third party service provider to) provide SpinCo with, and accept all reasonable comments of SpinCo to (i) drafts of all notices and other written correspondence with participants in such EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plans and the EFH Split Dollar Life Insurance Plan as soon as reasonably practicable, but, in each case, no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date of such distribution to such participants and (ii) any estimated calculations of payouts and distributions to such participants promptly upon receipt of such calculations from the third party administrator of such EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plans or the EFH Split Dollar Life Insurance Plan, as applicable, but in each case, no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the making of any such payments or distributions with respect thereto and (b) SpinCo shall review, comment upon and approve as soon after receipt as is administratively practicable (i) all such notices and other written correspondence with participants in such EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plans and the EFH Split Dollar Life Insurance Plan and (ii) any such estimated calculations of payouts and distributions to such participants, in each case from such third parties as are assisting with such terminations, wind-downs and distributions.

Section 7.3 Regulatory Matters. In connection with obtaining any required approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the “PUCT”) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any other transaction constituting a direct or indirect change of control of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC that requires the approval of the PUCT (in each case, the “PUCT Filing”), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause, including by exercising its rights to consent and vote (if any) under the Oncor Agreements as an indirect equity owner of Oncor, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC to request from the PUCT, as part of the PUCT Filing, an order stating that none of TCEH, SpinCo, or any subsidiaries or Affiliates of SpinCo will, from and after the TCEH Effective Date, be subject to any obligation set forth in the Final Order on Rehearing issued in PUCT Docket No. 34077 on April 24, 2008. The Company’s obligations under this Section 7.3 including using its reasonable best efforts, shall not include any obligation to (A) pay any amounts to the Oncor Entities (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or any other Person or incur any liabilities or other obligation, (B) execute or enter into or perform any new agreement (other than an agreement contemplated hereby or in the Plan of Reorganization or that confirms or makes effective its obligations hereunder), or (C) breach any Law or commence any Action against any Person, including any of the Oncor Entities or their respective officers and managers.

Section 7.4 D&O Insurance.

(a) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the EFH Effective Date, the Company agrees to and to cause its Subsidiaries to maintain, as in effect immediately prior to the TCEH Effective Date (i) the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors’, managers’

 

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and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s fiduciary liability insurance policies ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “EFH D&O Policies”), in each case, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less advantageous than the coverage provided under the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ policies as of immediately prior to the TCEH Effective Date with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of duty or any matter claimed against a current or former director, officer or other Representative of TCEH, the TCEH Companies, the Company Group or the SpinCo Group or any of their respective Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Pre-Spin Group”) by reason of him or her serving in such capacity (“Wrongful Acts”) that existed or occurred on or prior to the TCEH Effective Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions or actions contemplated by this Agreement).

(b) The Company agrees that, on or before the EFH Effective Date or any other event constituting a change in control as described in Section IX(C)(2) of the EFH D&O Policies (a “Company Change in Control”), it will obtain and fully pay the premium for a run-off of the EFH D&O Policies for the benefit of each member of the Pre-Spin Group and their respective current and former directors, officers and other Representatives, in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the EFH Effective Date (or the effective date of such other Company Change in Control, as applicable) with respect to any claim arising from actual or alleged Wrongful Acts on or prior to the EFH Effective Date (it being understood that, with respect to any claim arising from actual or alleged Wrongful Acts of such Persons in their capacity as a current or former director or officer or other Representative of any TCEH Company or the SpinCo Group, such period shall be limited to the period on or prior to the TCEH Effective Date), from insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the insurance carrier(s) for the EFH D&O Policies with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less advantageous than the coverage provided for members of the Pre-Spin Group and their respective current and former directors, officers and other Representatives under the EFH D&O Policies with respect to any actual or alleged Wrongful Act that existed or occurred on or prior to the EFH Effective Date (the “Run-Off Coverage”).

(c) If the Company, after its good faith efforts, is unable to obtain such Run-Off Coverage as of the EFH Effective Date, then the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to purchase insurance comparable to the EFH D&O Policies for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the EFH D&O Policies; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount in excess of 200% of the annual premiums paid by the Company for such insurance as of immediately prior to the TCEH Effective Date; and provided, further, that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Company shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount.

(d) If the Effective Time under the Merger Agreement occurs and the Company complies with its obligation under Section 6.8(b) of the Merger Agreement (as such obligations are set forth in the Merger Agreement as of the date hereof and without giving effect to any subsequent amendment thereof) and obtains the “D&O Insurance” (as defined in the Merger Agreement), then the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under Section 7.4(b) and (c) hereof; provided, however that this Section 7.4(d) shall have no effect and be null and void if the Merger Agreement is terminated or the Effective Time under the Merger Agreement otherwise never occurs.

(e) Additionally, the Company agrees not to seek or, subject to Section 7.4(c), agree to any changes or amendments to the EFH D&O Policies or the Run-Off Coverage that have or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of reducing or limiting coverage available to any member of the Pre-Spin Group or any of their respective current and former directors, officers and other Representatives.

 

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(f) Within ten (10) Business Days of the written request of SpinCo, the Company shall provide SpinCo copies of all EFH D&O Policies or Run-Off Coverage policies.

(g) The Parties agree that the provisions of this Section 7.4 are for the benefit of each member of the Pre-Spin Group and their respective current and former directors, officers and other Representatives (collectively, the “Beneficiaries”). The provisions of this Section 7.4 shall be enforceable by each of the Beneficiaries as if such Person were a party to this Agreement.

Section 7.5 Amendment. No provision of this Agreement shall be terminated, amended, modified or supplemented by any Party, unless such termination, amendment, supplement or modification is in writing and signed by each of the Parties.

Section 7.6 Waiver of Default.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be waived, or the time for its performance may be extended, by the Party or the Parties entitled to the benefit thereof. Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently given for the purposes of this Agreement if, as to any Party, it is in writing signed by an authorized representative of such Party.

(b) Waiver by any Party of any default by the other Party of any provision of this Agreement or any Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver by the waiving party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or any Party or prejudice the rights of the other Party or Parties thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

Section 7.7 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except (i) for the indemnification rights under this Agreement of any Indemnified Party in their respective capacities as such, (ii) the Beneficiaries pursuant to Section 7.4 and (iii) as specifically provided in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement and each Assignment and Assumption Agreement are solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to confer upon any Person, except the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder and there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement or any Assignment and Assumption Agreement; and neither this Agreement nor any Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall provide any third party with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement or any Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

Section 7.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by electronic means), each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts taken together constituting one and the same agreement.

Section 7.9 GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, REMEDY OR ACTION ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY RELIEF OR REMEDIES SOUGHT BY ANY PARTY, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER, SHALL BE CONSTRUED, PERFORMED AND ENFORCED IN

 

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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that if the Bankruptcy Court declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular Action, then the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, and if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines jurisdiction, then any state or federal court sitting in Delaware) in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such Action may be heard and determined in any such court and (iii) agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement (whether on the basis of a claim sounding in contract, equity, tort or otherwise) in any other court. Each of the Parties agrees that a final judgment (subject to any appeals therefrom) in any such Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each of the Parties 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 Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any Delaware or federal court in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.9(a). Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such Action in any such court. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.11. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (W) 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, (X) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (Y) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (Z) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.9.

Section 7.10 Transaction Expenses. Except as expressly set forth herein, each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 7.11 Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder or under any Assignment and Assumption Agreement by any party to the others shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, by email or overnight courier:

If to the Company:

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: President

with copies to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention: James Sprayregen

                Marc Kieselstein

                Chad Husnick

Email: jsprayregen@kirkland.com

          mkieselstein@kirkland.com

          chusnick@kirkland.com

and

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Edward Sassower

Email: edward.sassower@kirkland.com

If to SpinCo or OpCo:

TEX Energy LLC

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: General Counsel

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

600 Travis St., Suite 3300

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Andrew T. Calder, P.C.

                Kevin L. Morris

                John Pitts

Email: andrew.calder@kirkland.com;

          kmorris@kirkland.com;

          john.pitts@kirkland.com

and

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue

Dallas, TX 75201-6912

Attention: Robert Little

Email: RLittle@gibsondunn.com

 

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or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice, request, instruction or other document given as provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if delivered personally; three (3) Business Days after deposit in the mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon receipt if sent by email and received by 5:00 pm (Eastern Time), on a Business Day (otherwise the next Business Day) (provided that if given by email such notice, request, instruction or other document shall be followed up within one (1) Business Day by dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein); or on the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by an overnight courier.

Section 7.12 Entire Agreement. Subject to Section 7.17, this Agreement (including any schedules and exhibits hereto, including as finally executed agreements) constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and cancels, merges and supersedes all other prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the Parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NONE OF THE SPINCO GROUP OR THE COMPANY GROUP MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, AND EACH HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OTHER INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING. The Parties further represent that, in entering into this Agreement (a) they have been represented and advised by counsel in connection with this Agreement, which they have entered into voluntarily and of their own choice, and not under coercion or duress; (b) they are relying upon their own knowledge and the advice of counsel; (c) they knowingly waive any claim that this Agreement was induced by any misrepresentation or nondisclosure which could have been or was discovered before signing this Agreement; and (d) they knowingly waive any right to rescind or avoid this Agreement based upon presently existing facts, known or unknown.

Section 7.13 Specific Performance. In the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the Party or Parties who are or are to be thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief (on an interim or permanent basis) of its rights under this Agreement, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The Parties agree that the remedies at law for any breach or threatened breach, including monetary damages, may be inadequate compensation for any loss and that any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate is hereby waived. Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are also hereby waived by each of the Parties.

Section 7.14 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 7.15 Interpretation; Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 7.16 Assignment; Delegation. This Agreement shall not be assigned or delegated by a Party (in each case, whether (x) by merger, consolidation or dissolution of a Party, (y) by contract, operation of law or (z) otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Parties, and any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) SpinCo and OpCo hereby acknowledge that, following the Merger, Merger Sub, as the surviving company in the Merger, shall be entitled and subject to all of the rights, benefits and obligations of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; and (ii) SpinCo shall have the right to delegate its right to acquire any of the TCEH Assets or assume any of the Assumed Liabilities to one or more of its Subsidiaries (including OpCo) without the prior written consent of the Company. For purposes of this Section 7.16, the term “merger” refers to any merger in which a Party is a constituent entity, regardless of whether it is the surviving or merged entity. As a condition to, and prior to the consummation of, any direct or indirect transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions) the Party engaging in such transfer or other disposition shall require the transferee to assume all of such Party’s obligations hereunder.

Section 7.17 Controlling Documents. To the extent that the provisions of the Plan of Reorganization, the Merger Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement or the Interim Transition Services Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement (whichever is in effect at the applicable time) conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of such other agreement or agreements shall govern.

Section 7.18 EFH Properties Company Cash. Prior to the Contribution Effective Time, the Company shall cause the distribution or transfer of all cash held by EFH Properties Company to a member of the Company Group.

Section 7.19 Split Policies; Covered Letters of Credit.

(a) Annex A attached hereto sets forth certain workers compensation insurance policies (the “Split Policies”) that insure workers compensation Liabilities arising out of or resulting from (1) the Company and its Subsidiaries (together, the “Company Policy Liabilities”) and (2) the TCEH Companies (the “SpinCo Policy Liabilities”).

(b) Each of the Company and SpinCo acknowledge and agree that (i) the Company Policy Liabilities and all costs, fees and expenses under the Letters of Credit identified on Annex A attached hereto (the “Split Letters of Credit”) (including any draws on the Split Letters of Credit in respect of the Company Policy Liabilities and the costs of maintaining such Split Letters of Credit allocable to the Company Policy Liabilities) arising out of or resulting from the Company Policy Liabilities are Excluded Liabilities for all purposes hereunder, and (ii) the SpinCo Policy Liabilities and all costs, fees and expenses arising out of or resulting from the SpinCo Policy Liabilities under the Split Letters of Credit (including any draws on the Split Letters of Credit in respect of the SpinCo Policy Liabilities and the costs of maintaining such Split Letters of Credit allocable to the SpinCo Policy Liabilities) are TCEH Company Liabilities for all purposes hereunder.

 

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(c) The Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use its reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, provide for the termination, release and return of the Letters of Credit set forth on Annex B attached hereto (including any renewals or replacements thereof) (the “E-Side Letters of Credit”) to SpinCo or its designee by providing adequate security to the applicable beneficiary of each E-Side Letter of Credit in the form of cash collateral, back-to-back letters of credit, a parent company guaranty or similar security as necessary to obtain the return and cancellation of each E-Side Letter of Credit at or prior to the earlier of (A) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and (B) the EFH Effective Date.

Section 7.20 Generation Development Company LLC Boiler. The Parties hereby agree to negotiate in good faith a mutually agreeably resolution for the treatment of the boiler and related parts owned by Generation Development Company LLC stored at the Monticello power plant site of the TCEH Companies, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than the EFH Effective Date.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.

 

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
By:   /s/ Anthony R. Horton
Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Treasurer
TEX ENERGY LLC
By:   /s/ David D. Faranetta
Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:   /s/ David D. Faranetta
Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer


Schedule 1

Acquired TCEH Assets

[Omitted.]


Schedule 1-A

Vehicles

[See attached.]

[Omitted.]


Schedule 2

EFH/TCEH Guarantees

[Omitted.]


Schedule 3

Specified Approvals

None.


Schedule 4

Assumed Liabilities

[Omitted.]


Schedule 5

TCEH Companies

4CHANGE ENERGY COMPANY

4CHANGE ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC

BIG BROWN 3 POWER COMPANY LLC

BIG BROWN LIGNITE COMPANY LLC

BIG BROWN POWER COMPANY LLC

BRIGHTEN ENERGY LLC

BRIGHTEN HOLDINGS LLC

COLLIN POWER COMPANY LLC

DALLAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, INC.

DECORDOVA II POWER COMPANY LLC

DECORDOVA POWER COMPANY LLC

EAGLE MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY LLC

EFH CG HOLDINGS COMPANY LP

EFH CORPORATE SERVICES COMPANY

EFH CG MANAGEMENT COMPANY LP

FORNEY PIPELINE, LLC

LA FRONTERA HOLDINGS, LLC

GENERATION MT COMPANY LLC

GENERATION SVC COMPANY

LAKE CREEK 3 POWER COMPANY LLC

LONE STAR ENERGY COMPANY, INC.

LONE STAR PIPELINE COMPANY, INC.

LUMINANT BIG BROWN MINING COMPANY LLC

LUMINANT ENERGY COMPANY LLC

LUMINANT ENERGY TRADING CALIFORNIA COMPANY

LUMINANT ET SERVICES COMPANY

LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC

LUMINANT HOLDING COMPANY LLC

LUMINANT MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC

LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC

LUMINANT RENEWABLES COMPANY LLC

MARTIN LAKE 4 POWER COMPANY LLC

MONTICELLO 4 POWER COMPANY LLC

MORGAN CREEK 7 POWER COMPANY LLC

NCA RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC

OAK GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

OAK GROVE MINING COMPANY LLC

OAK GROVE POWER COMPANY LLC

SANDOW POWER COMPANY LLC

SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC.

TEX ASSET COMPANY LLC

TEX CP COMPANY LLC

TEX ENERGY LLC

TEX FINANCE CORP.

TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC

TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC

TEX PREFERRED LLC

TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC.


TEXAS ENERGY INDUSTRIES COMPANY, INC.

TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, INC.

TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.

TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

TRADINGHOUSE 3 & 4 POWER COMPANY LLC

TRADINGHOUSE POWER COMPANY LLC

TXU ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

TXU ENERGY RECEIVABLES COMPANY LLC

TXU ENERGY RETAIL COMPANY LLC

TXU ENERGY SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC

TXU RETAIL SERVICES COMPANY

TXU SEM COMPANY

VALLEY NG POWER COMPANY LLC

VALLEY POWER COMPANY LLC


Schedule 6

Persons with Excluded Liabilities

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

Ebasco Services of Canada Limited

EEC Holdings, Inc.

EECI, Inc.

EFH Australia (No. 2) Holdings Company

EFH Finance (No. 2) Holdings Company

EFH FS Holdings Company

EFH Renewables Company LLC

EFH Vermont Insurance Company

EFIH Finance Inc.

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC

Generation Development Company LLC

LSGT Gas Company LLC

LSGT SACROC, Inc.

NCA Development Company LLC

Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC

Oncor License Holdings Company LLC

Oncor Communications Holdings Company

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

Oncor Management Investment LLC

Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC

Oncor Electric Delivery Administration Corp.

TXU Receivables Company


Annex A

Split Policies and Split Letters of Credit

[Omitted.]


Annex B

E-Side Letters of Credit

[Omitted.]


Exhibit A

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this “Agreement”) is effective as of October [●], 2016, by and among Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EFCH”), Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TCEH”), and TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SpinCo”).

WHEREAS, TCEH is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and SpinCo is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of TCEH;

WHEREAS, the Company, EFCH or TCEH, as applicable, own the Acquired TCEH Assets (as defined in the Separation Agreement below) listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Contributed Assets”);

WHEREAS, TCEH owns, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding equity interests of the entities listed on Schedule B hereto (the “TCEH Contributed Subsidiaries”); and

WHEREAS, as contemplated by that certain Separation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company, SpinCo, and TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TCEH (as amended, the “Separation Agreement”), (i) the Company, EFCH and TCEH, as applicable, desire to contribute, convey, transfer and assign the Contributed Assets to SpinCo and, (ii) TCEH desires to contribute, convey, transfer and assign the TCEH Contributed Subsidiaries to SpinCo.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Separation Agreement.

2. EFH Contribution. The Company hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and assigns all of the Contributed Assets held by the Company (the “EFH Contributed Assets”) to TCEH, and TCEH hereby accepts such contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment of the EFH Contributed Assets (the “Initial EFH Contribution”). Effective immediately following the Initial EFH Contribution, TCEH hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and assigns each of the EFH Contributed Assets to SpinCo, and SpinCo hereby accepts such contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment from TCEH (the “Subsequent EFH Contribution,” and together with the Initial EFH Contribution, “EFH Contribution”). SpinCo hereby assumes and agrees to pay, discharge, perform or otherwise satisfy as and when due all liabilities and obligations of any kind and nature, in each case, arising out of facts, circumstances, events or conditions in existence before, on or after the date hereof of, under, related to, resulting from, or arising out of or in connection with, as applicable, the EFH Contributed Assets and all Assumed Liabilities (as defined in the Separation Agreement) (the “EFH Assumed Liabilities”).

3. EFCH Contribution. EFCH hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and assigns all of the Contributed Assets held by EFCH (the “EFCH Contributed Assets”) to TCEH, and TCEH hereby accepts such contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment of the EFCH Contributed Assets (the “Initial EFCH Contribution”). Effective immediately following the Initial EFCH Contribution, TCEH hereby


contributes, conveys, transfers and assigns each of the EFCH Contributed Assets to SpinCo, and SpinCo hereby accepts such contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment from TCEH (the “EFCH Subsequent Contribution,” and together with the Initial EFCH Contribution, the “EFCH Contribution”). SpinCo hereby assumes and agrees to pay, discharge, perform or otherwise satisfy all liabilities and obligations of any kind and nature arising out of or otherwise relating to the EFCH Contributed Assets.

4. TCEH Contribution. TCEH hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and assigns the TCEH Contributed Subsidiaries and all of the Contributed Assets held by TCEH (the “TCEH Contributed Assets”) to SpinCo, and SpinCo hereby accepts such contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment (the “TCEH Contribution,” and together with the EFH Contribution and the EFCH Contribution, the “Contributions”). SpinCo hereby assumes and agrees to pay, discharge, perform or otherwise satisfy all liabilities and obligations of any kind and nature arising out of or otherwise relating to the TCEH Contributed Assets and any other liabilities identified on Schedule C hereto (the “TCEH Assumed Liabilities,” and together with the EFH Assumed Liabilities, the “Assumed Liabilities”).

5. Further Assurances. In furtherance of the transactions described herein, the parties hereto shall, and shall cause their applicable subsidiaries to, execute such additional bills of sale, quitclaim deeds, stock or equity powers, certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment and other documents reasonably necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of the Contributed Assets to SpinCo and the valid and effective assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by SpinCo, including any which are not transferred on the date hereof as a result of Section 2.2(b) of the Separation Agreement or for any other reason.

6. Tax Treatment. For federal income tax purposes, at the time of the Contributions, each of EFCH, TCEH and SpinCo is an entity that is disregarded as separate from the Company, and accordingly, the Contributions will have no federal income tax effect. For Texas sales and use tax purposes, the Contributions will be treated as (i) a transfer of intangible assets not subject to Texas sales and use tax, and/or (ii) a transfer of assets constituting a separate division, branch, or identifiable segment of a business that is exempt from Texas sales and use tax as an occasional sale.

7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by electronic means), each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts taken together constituting one and the same agreement.

8. Captions. The captions of the paragraphs herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be used in construing the terms and provisions hereof.

9. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

10. Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, REMEDY OR ACTION ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY RELIEF OR REMEDIES SOUGHT BY ANY PARTY, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER, SHALL BE CONSTRUED, PERFORMED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto (i) submits


to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that if the Bankruptcy Court declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular Action, then the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, and if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines jurisdiction, then any state or federal court sitting in Delaware, in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such Action may be heard and determined in any such court and (iii) agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement (whether on the basis of a claim sounding in contract, equity, tort or otherwise) in any other court. Each of the parties agrees that a final judgment (subject to any appeals therefrom) in any such Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each of the parties 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 Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any Delaware or federal court in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such Action in any such court. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in the Separation Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (W) 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, (X) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (Y) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (Z) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

11. Limitations of Liability. The Liabilities of any party hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be limited pursuant to and as provided in the Separation Agreement.

12. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for the indemnification rights under the Separation Agreement of any Indemnified Party in their respective capacities as such, the provisions of this Agreement and the Separation Agreement are solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to confer upon any Person, except the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder and there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement or the Separation Agreement; and neither this Agreement nor the Separation Agreement shall provide any third party with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement or the Separation Agreement.

13. Assignment. Neither party shall assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement (by operation of law or otherwise) unless, such party concurrently assigns its rights and obligations under the Separation Agreement to the same assignee of its rights and obligations hereunder.

Signature page follows.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp.
By:    
Name:   [__________]
Title:   [__________]
Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC
By:    
Name:   [__________]
Title:   [__________]
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC
By:    
Name:   [__________]
Title:   [__________]
TEX Energy LLC
By:    
Name:   [__________]
Title:   [__________]

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT AMONG

THE COMPANY, EFCH, TCEH AND SPINCO


Schedule A

Contributed Assets

[Omitted.]


Schedule 1-A

Vehicles

[See attached.]

[Omitted.]


Schedule B

TCEH Contributed Subsidiaries

The following Delaware limited liability companies:

TEX Intermediate Company LLC

TEX Operations Company LLC

TEX Asset Company LLC

TEX Preferred LLC

Comanche Peak Power Company LLC

Oak Grove Management Company LLC

Brighten Energy LLC

Forney Pipeline, LLC

La Frontera Holdings, LLC

The following Texas limited liability companies:

Luminant Energy Company LLC

Luminant ET Services Company LLC

Luminant Energy Trading California Company

Luminant Generation Company LLC

Sandow Power Company LLC

Luminant Mining Company LLC

Big Brown Power Company LLC

4Change Energy Company LLC

TXU Energy Retail Company LLC

NCA Resources Development Company LLC

The following Delaware corporations:

TEX Finance Corp.

TXU Retail Services Company

The following Texas corporations:

Generation SVC Company

EFH Properties Company

EFH Corporate Services Company


Schedule C

Other TCEH Assumed Liabilities

None.


Exhibit B

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into effective as of October [●], 2016 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (“EFH”), and TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), and with respect to the assignment of certain Agreements hereunder, EFH Corporate Services Company (“Corporate Services”), Luminant Generation Company LLC (“Luminant”), TXU Energy Retail Company, LLC (“Retail”), and Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (“TCEH”). Corporate Services, Luminant, Retail and TCEH are referred to herein as the “Agreement Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, EFH currently sponsors and maintains the employee benefit plans, programs and policies listed on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “Contributed Plans”), and EFH and the Agreement Parties are parties to the employment agreements listed on Exhibit A, as well as certain agreements relating to the operation and administration of the Contributed Plans (collectively, the “Agreements”); and

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014, EFH and certain entities in which it, directly or indirectly, held an equity interest, and certain of their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), commenced voluntary cases under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (as amended, the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”), which cases are jointly administered for procedural purposes only under Case No. 14-10979 (collectively, with any proceedings relating thereto, the “Chapter 11 Cases”); and

WHEREAS, on July 29, 2016, EFH, Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EFIH”), NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), and EFH Merger Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for, among other things, the merger of EFH with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub being the surviving company and the successor to EFH; and

WHEREAS, the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court on July 29, 2016 (as amended, the “Plan of Reorganization”) provides that the confirmation and effective date of the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the TCEH Debtors (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) (“TCEH Effective Date”) may occur separate from, and independent of, the confirmation and effective date of the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the EFH Debtors (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization); and

WHEREAS, effective as of August 29, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) approving and confirming, among other things, the restructuring of the TCEH Debtors pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, subject to certain contingencies set forth in the Confirmation Order, all of which contingencies have, as of October 3, 2016, been satisfied or waived; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the implementation of the Plan of Reorganization, all employees of EFH, and its affiliates (other than Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries), have been or will be transferred to OpCo (or an affiliate of OpCo) prior to the TCEH Effective Date; and


WHEREAS, as provided for, and required under, the Plan of Reorganization and the Merger Agreement, EFH desires to transfer and assign to OpCo the sponsorship (including the assumption of all assets and liabilities thereto) of each of the Contributed Plans and the Agreement Parties desire to transfer and assign its rights and obligations under each Agreement to which it is a party, and OpCo desires to accept and assume all such transfers; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement to evidence and effectuate such transfer and assignment, and acceptance and assumption, of the Contributed Plans and the Agreements.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Assignment and Assumption of Plans. Effective as of the TCEH Effective Date, the sponsorship and all obligations relating to the maintenance and administration of each of the Contributed Plans are hereby transferred and assigned from EFH to OpCo, and OpCo hereby accepts such transfer and assignment. By virtue of such assignment and assumption, OpCo hereby possesses all rights, authority, and responsibility as plan sponsor, employer and a participating employer and fiduciary under each of the Contributed Plans. Effective as of the TCEH Effective Date, OpCo hereby assumes full responsibility for the liabilities, qualification, administration and compliance with all applicable legal requirements relating to each of the Contributed Plans, including without limitation the provision of all benefits due or required to be paid under the Contributed Plans (including benefits accrued or which become payable prior to the Effective Date).

2. Assignment and Assumption of Agreements. Effective as of the TCEH Effective Date, the rights and obligations of the Agreement Party under each of the applicable Agreements are hereby transferred and assigned from the applicable Agreement Parties to OpCo, and OpCo hereby accepts such transfer and assignment. By virtue of such assignment and assumption, OpCo hereby possesses all rights and obligations of the applicable Agreement Parties under each of the Agreements. Effective as of the TCEH Effective Date, OpCo hereby assumes full responsibility for the performance of all obligations of the Agreement Party under each of the applicable Agreements. EFH, the Agreement Party and OpCo shall reasonably cooperate with each other to cause each of the Contributed Plans and Agreements to be amended, as necessary, to reflect the assignment, transfer and assumption evidenced hereby. To the extent that the transfer, acceptance and assignment of any of the Agreements require the consent of an individual employee, affiliate or third party, as applicable, the parties shall reasonably cooperate to obtain such consent.

3. Plan Administrator. From and after the TCEH Effective Date, the named fiduciary and plan administrator, as applicable, of each of the Contributed Plans shall be the applicable administrative committee, or other designee, of OpCo, which shall replace the applicable named fiduciary and plan administrator of EFH in such capacity, and shall have all responsibility and authority necessary or appropriate to administer the Contributed Plans in accordance with their terms. All policies and decisions adopted by the applicable EFH plan administrator prior to the TCEH Effective Date shall, unless and until changed by the applicable OpCo plan administrator, continue in effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all funding and investment policies, loan, withdrawal and distribution procedures, procedures for processing domestic relations orders and qualified medical child support orders, procedures for processing claims, and any other policies or procedures relating to the administration of any of the Contributed Plans, previously adopted by the applicable EFH plan administrator, shall remain in full force and effect unless and until changed by the applicable OpCo plan administrator.


4. Fidelity Bond; Liability Insurance. EFH and OpCo shall timely notify the issuer of any fidelity bond or liability insurance policy relating to any Contributed Plan or Agreement of the transfer, assignment and assumption provided for herein, and the parties shall fully cooperate and take all action necessary to effectuate the transfer, assignment and assumption with respect to such fidelity bonds and insurance policies so as to ensure coverage of OpCo, the applicable OpCo plan administrators and all entities and individuals involved in the administration of the Contributed Plans and Agreements from and after the TCEH Effective Date.

5. Effect on Employment. It is the intent of the parties, that the transfer of employment of employees from EFH, and certain of its affiliates (other than Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company, LLC and its subsidiaries), to OpCo shall be treated as a transfer of employment and not as a termination of employment for purposes of any of the Contributed Plans. In this connection, each employee shall be treated as if his/her employment has not been terminated as a result of the transfer from EFH, or an affiliate of EFH, to OpCo, and his/her service, for all purposes under each Contributed Plan and Agreement, shall be treated as continuous without any break in service related to such transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, consistent with the Plan of Reorganization, the Closing of the transactions contemplated in the Plan of Reorganization shall be deemed to constitute a change in control of EFH for purposes of the applicable Contributed Plans.

6. Employee Communications. OpCo shall be responsible for preparing and distributing summaries of material modifications and other communication materials to notify employees of the assignment, transfer and assumption evidenced hereby. EFH shall cooperate with OpCo in the preparation of such materials as may be reasonably requested by OpCo.

7. Reports to Governmental Agencies; Audits. From and after the TCEH Effective Date, OpCo shall be responsible for preparing, filing and/or distributing all required governmental reports relating to the Contributed Plans including without limitation, Annual Returns/Reports (Form 5500 Series), Summary Annual Reports, Annual Funding Notices, and all filings required under the Affordable Care Act. EFH shall, or shall cause its affiliates to, cooperate with OpCo, and provide OpCo with all information available to EFH or its affiliates, as OpCo may reasonably request, in connection with the preparation of such reports. Additionally, in the event of a governmental audit, investigation or inquiry relating to any of the Contributed Plans, EFH and OpCo shall fully cooperate with each other, and EFH shall, or shall cause its affiliates to, provide OpCo with all information or documentation in EFH’s, or its affiliates’ possession or control as may be reasonably requested by OpCo in connection with any such audit, investigation or inquiry.

8. Transfer of Records. To the maximum extent allowed under applicable law, EFH shall, or shall cause its affiliates to, transfer to OpCo all records pertaining to the Contributed Plans and Agreements in EFH’s, or its affiliates, possession or control as soon as reasonably practical following the Effective Date.

9. No Plan Amendment. Except as expressly provided for herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or deemed to constitute an amendment to any Contributed Plan, and nothing in this Agreement shall limit, in any way, the right and authority of OpCo to amend each of the Contributed Plans, in whole or in part, from time to time.

10. No Third Party Beneficiary. Nothing in this Agreement shall create any rights in any person or entity other than the parties hereto, including without limitation any participant, beneficiary, dependent or other covered person under any Contributed Plan.

11. Further Acts. The parties agree to take any and all further action and to execute any and all further documents as either of them may reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transfer, assignment and assumption of the Contributed Plans and the Agreements, and all other matters contemplated in this Agreement.


12. Applicable Law. TO THE EXTENT NOT OTHERWISE GOVERNED BY FEDERAL LAWS SUCH AS ERISA AND THE CODE (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE MERGER AGREEMENT) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

13. Binding Effect; Assignment. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither party shall assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement (by operation of law or otherwise) unless such party concurrently assigns its rights and obligations under the Separation Agreement to the same assignee of its rights and obligations hereunder.

14. Invalidity of Provisions. In the event that one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with that certain Separation Agreement, by and among EFH, OpCo and TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated as of the date hereof (the “Separation Agreement”), constitutes the whole and entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes any prior agreement, undertaking, declaration, commitment or representation, verbal or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

16. Limitations of Liability. The liabilities of the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be limited pursuant to and as provided in the Separation Agreement.

17. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall be given the meaning ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement, Plan of Reorganization or Separation Agreement. In the event of a conflict between any such definitions, the definition in the Merger Agreement shall be controlling.

18. Captions. The captions of the sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are for convenience and reference only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the TCEH Effective Date.

 


TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:    
Title:    
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
By:    
Title:    
AGREEMENT PARTIES:
EFH CORPORATE SERVICES COMPANY
By:    
Title:    
LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC
By:    
Title:    
TXU ENERGY RETAIL COMPANY, LLC
By:    
Title:    


TEXAS COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC HOLDINGS

COMPANY LLC

By:    
Title:    


EXHIBIT A

TO

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP., TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC, AND CERTAIN

OTHER AGREEMENT PARTIES NAMED THEREIN

Contributed Plans:

[Omitted.]

EX-10.2 3 d176523dex102.htm EX-10.2 EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.,

ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC,

EFIH FINANCE INC.,

EFH MERGER CO., LLC

AND

TEX ENERGY LLC

DATED AS OF OCTOBER 3, 2016


Table of Contents

 

          Page  

ARTICLE I Definitions

     3   

Section 1.01

  

General

     3   

Section 1.02

  

Construction

     11   

Section 1.03

  

References to Time

     11   

ARTICLE II Preparation, Filing, and Payment of Taxes Shown Due on Tax Returns

     11   

Section 2.01

  

Tax Returns

     11   

Section 2.02

  

Tax Return Procedures

     11   

Section 2.03

  

Straddle Period Tax Allocation

     13   

Section 2.04

  

Allocation of Taxes

     13   

Section 2.05

  

Allocation of Separation-Related Taxes

     15   

Section 2.06

  

Audits/Redeterminations

     15   

Section 2.07

  

Expenses

     16   

Section 2.08

  

Timing of Payments

     16   

ARTICLE III Indemnification

     16   

Section 3.01

  

Indemnification by the Reorganized EFH Entities

     16   

Section 3.02

  

Indemnification by the Reorganized TCEH Entities

     16   

Section 3.03

  

Characterization of and Adjustments to Payments

     16   

Section 3.04

  

Timing of Indemnification Payments

     17   

Section 3.05

  

Exclusive Remedy

     17   

Section 3.06

  

No Duplicative Payment

     17   

ARTICLE IV Refunds, Timing Differences, and Tax Attributes

     17   

Section 4.01

  

Refunds

     17   

Section 4.02

  

Timing Differences

     18   

ARTICLE V Tax Proceedings

     18   

Section 5.01

  

Notification of Tax Proceedings

     18   

Section 5.02

  

Tax Proceeding Procedures

     18   

Section 5.03

  

Consistency

     19   

ARTICLE VI Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment

     19   

Section 6.01

  

Restrictions Relating to the Distribution

     19   

ARTICLE VII Cooperation

     22   

Section 7.01

  

General Cooperation

     22   

Section 7.02

  

Retention of Records

     22   

Section 7.03

  

Failure to Perform

     23   

ARTICLE VIII Provisions of EFH Plan; Enforcement

     23   

Section 8.01

  

Provisions of EFH Plan

     23   

Section 8.02

  

Enforcement

     23   

 

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ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous

     24   

Section 9.01

  

Governing law

     24   

Section 9.02

  

Dispute Resolution

     24   

Section 9.03

  

Tax Sharing Agreements

     25   

Section 9.04

  

Interest on Late Payments

     25   

Section 9.05

  

Survival of Covenants

     25   

Section 9.06

  

Severability

     25   

Section 9.07

  

Entire Agreement

     25   

Section 9.08

  

Assignment

     25   

Section 9.09

  

No Third Party Beneficiaries

     25   

Section 9.10

  

Performance

     26   

Section 9.11

  

Amendments; Waivers

     26   

Section 9.12

  

Interpretation

     26   

Section 9.13

  

Counterparts

     26   

Section 9.14

  

Confidentiality

     26   

Section 9.15

  

Waiver of Jury Trial

     26   

Section 9.16

  

Jurisdiction; Service of Process

     27   

Section 9.17

  

Notices

     27   

Section 9.18

  

Headings

     30   

Section 9.19

  

Effectiveness

     30   

Section 9.20

  

Further Assurances

     30   

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

 

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TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT

This TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 3, 2016 (the “TCEH Effective Date”), is entered into by and among Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas Corporation (“EFH”), Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (“EFIH”), EFIH Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EFIH Finance”), and TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is either (a) an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of EFH in the Spin-Off (as defined below) or (b) an entity newly formed by a designee of the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors in the Taxable Separation (as defined below) (“Reorganized TCEH”), and EFH Merger Co., LLC (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”) (Merger Sub, together with EFH, EFIH, and EFIH Finance, the “EFH Parties”, and the EFH Parties, together with Reorganized TCEH, the “Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014 EFH and certain entities in which it holds an equity interest (collectively, the “Debtors”) commenced chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) by filing voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532 (the “Bankruptcy Code”), which chapter 11 cases are being jointly administered and are captioned In re Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Case No. 14-10979 (CSS) (the “Chapter 11 Cases”);

WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court has approved the restructuring of the Debtors pursuant to the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [D.I. 9199] (as amended, the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (“TCEH”), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of EFH, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries will be restructured pursuant to (a) certain transactions required to achieve and preserve the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment (as defined below), including the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion, the Distribution, and the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale (each, as defined below, and collectively, the “Spin-Off”) or (b) certain transactions required to achieve and preserve the Taxable Separation Intended Tax Treatment (as defined below) (the “Taxable Separation”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, TCEH (a) formed Reorganized TCEH as a new subsidiary of TCEH before the TCEH Effective Date and (b) formed TEX Preferred LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Preferred Stock Entity”) as a new subsidiary of TCEH before the TCEH Effective Date;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, on the TCEH Effective Date, except for liabilities assumed by Reorganized TCEH pursuant to the Plan, all other Claims against the TCEH Debtors will be canceled in connection with the Distribution (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, (a) TCEH will transfer all of TCEH’s interests in its subsidiaries (excluding the stock of TCEH Finance, Inc. (“TCEH Finance”)) to Reorganized TCEH; and (b) the EFH Debtors will transfer (i) the equity interests in the Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors (or with the consent of TCEH and the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors, the assets and liabilities of the Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors related to the TCEH Debtors’ operations) and (ii) with the consent of TCEH and the TCEH Supporting First

 

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Lien Creditors, certain other assets, liabilities, and equity interests related to the TCEH Debtors’ operations (including the equity interests of non-Debtor EFH Properties Company or the lease for the Debtors’ corporate headquarters at “Energy Plaza” held by EFH Properties Company (but not including any cash on hand at EFH Properties Company, which shall be transferred to EFH)), in exchange for which TCEH shall receive (i) 100% of the Reorganized TCEH membership interests and (ii) the net Cash proceeds of the New Reorganized TCEH Debt (or at the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors’ election, all or a portion of such New Reorganized TCEH Debt) (together, the “Contribution”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, immediately following the Contribution but before the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale (as defined below), the Preferred Stock Entity will convert from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation (the “Preferred Stock Entity Conversion”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, immediately following the Preferred Stock Entity Conversion but before the Reorganized TCEH Conversion (as defined below), and consistent with the procedures in Exhibit G of the Original Plan Support Agreement, as modified in certain respects with respect to determination and consent rights: (a) Reorganized TCEH will contribute the equity in the Contributed TCEH Debtors, or, potentially, certain assets or joint interests in certain assets, to the Preferred Stock Entity (such contribution to the Preferred Stock Entity of such equity and, potentially such assets, in an amount that is expected to result in the Basis Step-Up) in exchange for (i) the Preferred Stock Entity’s common stock and (ii) the Reorganized TCEH Sub Preferred Stock; (b) immediately thereafter, and pursuant to a prearranged and binding agreement, Reorganized TCEH will sell all of the Reorganized TCEH Sub Preferred Stock to one or more third party investors in exchange for Cash; provided, however, that Holders of TCEH First Lien Claims shall not be permitted to purchase the Reorganized TCEH Sub Preferred Stock; and (c) Reorganized TCEH will distribute such Cash to TCEH to fund recoveries under the Plan (together, the “Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, immediately following the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale, Reorganized TCEH shall convert from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation (the “Reorganized TCEH Conversion”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, in the event the Spin-Off occurs, immediately following the Reorganized TCEH Conversion, TCEH will make a Pro Rata distribution of the Reorganized TCEH Common Stock and the net Cash proceeds, if any, of the New Reorganized TCEH Debt and the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale received in the Contribution to Holders of Allowed TCEH First Lien Claims (the “Distribution”);

WHEREAS, each of EFCH, TCEH, TCEH Finance, and certain other entities, including certain of EFH’s direct and indirect Subsidiaries will be dissolved and liquidated in accordance with and to the extent provided in the Plan (including, if applicable, the Taxable Separation Memorandum) and applicable law and EFH’s direct and indirect equity interests in certain of its other Subsidiaries (other than EFIH and the Oncor Entities (as defined below)) will either be (a) cancelled or abandoned or (b) reinstated, in either case pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan and the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 29, 2016, by and among EFH, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub (as amended on September 18, 2016, and from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), EFH will merge with and into Merger Sub following the Distribution (and other interim transactions) (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent;

WHEREAS, it is intended that, if the Spin-Off occurs, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion and the Distribution will qualify as a “reorganization”

 

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within the meaning of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355, and 356 of the Code, (b) the contribution described in clause (a) of the definition of the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale will be treated as a taxable sale of the assets of the Preferred Stock Entity pursuant to Section 1001 of the Code resulting in the Basis Step-Up (together with clause (a), the “Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment” and, together with the Taxable Separation Intended Tax Treatment (as defined below), the “Intended Tax Treatment”), and (c) the Merger is intended to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and is not intended to cause the Spin-Off to fail to qualify for the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment;

WHEREAS, if the Taxable Separation occurs, such Taxable Separation shall occur pursuant to the Taxable Separation Memorandum, such Taxable Separation is intended to include the transactions required or advisable to cause the TCEH Debtors to directly or indirectly transfer all of their assets to Reorganized TCEH (or one or more of its subsidiaries) in a transaction that is intended to be treated as a taxable sale or exchange pursuant to Section 1001 of the Code and not (in whole or in part) as a tax-free transaction (under Section 368 of the Code or otherwise) (the “Taxable Separation Intended Tax Treatment”);

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to (a) provide for the payment of Tax liabilities and entitlement to refunds thereof, allocate responsibility for, and cooperation in, the filing and defense of Tax Returns, and provide for certain other matters relating to Taxes and (b) set forth certain covenants and indemnities relating to the preservation of the Intended Tax Treatment;

WHEREAS, Reorganized TCEH is entering into this Agreement, in part, because Holders of the TCEH First Lien Claims, including, significantly, the TCEH First Lien Ad Hoc Committee, will not agree to support the Plan without the protections provided for and represented by this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement has been approved by the Bankruptcy Court and will be effective upon the Distribution. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

Section 1.01 General. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings.

Accounting Firm” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

Additional Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale Tax” means (i) an amount (but not less than zero) equal to fifty percent (50%) of U.S. federal alternative minimum tax liability (including any adjustments pursuant to a Final Determination), if any, that results from the limitation on the utilization of the net operating losses to offset gain recognized from the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale under Section 56(d)(1)(A) of the Code, plus (ii) an amount (but not less than zero) equal to the regular Income Tax liability (and any corollary state and local Tax liability) (excluding any alternative minimum Tax) of the EFH Group in its taxable year in which the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale is consummated and attributable to the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale, calculated by determining the excess of (a) the EFH Group tax liability (determined, for the avoidance of doubt, by taking into account the gain on the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale (including any adjustments pursuant to a Final Determination)) over (b) the EFH Group tax liability (including any adjustments pursuant

 

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to a Final Determination), assuming the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale did not occur and the Spin-Off was consummated without the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale; provided, that for purposes of such calculation, it shall be assumed that (w) in the event of a Tax-Free Transaction Failure described in Section 2.05(a) or Section 2.05(b), such Tax-Free Transaction Failure shall be ignored, and therefore (1) the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion and Distribution shall be treated as qualifying for clause (a) of the definition of the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment, and (2) the EFH Group shall be treated as recognizing no gain because of the application of Sections 355(d) or 355(e) of the Code to the Distribution, (x) the “consolidated year” (within the meaning of Section 1503(e)(2)(B) of the Code) ended on the Distribution Date, (y) the EFH Group recognized no income, gain, loss or deduction as a result of transactions occurring outside the ordinary course of business in the taxable year that contains the Distribution Date (other than (1) Specified Tax Items (if any) attributable to any Historical TCEH Entity and (2) items directly resulting from other transactions expressly contemplated by the Plan, solely to the extent the Plan relates to the Reorganized TCEH Entities and to EFH Properties Company and EFH Shared Services Debtors to the extent that assets thereof (rather than equity interests therein) are transferred), and (z) the Agreed Tax Attributes shall be as reported on the EFH Group’s Tax Return as originally filed, but adjusted to take into account any adjustments pursuant to any Final Determination, (1) any disallowances or increases of such Agreed Tax Attributes (or the component items of loss or deduction thereof) and (2) any utilization of such Agreed Tax Attributes arising out of items of income or gain allocable to any Historical TCEH Entity (other than any such utilization attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure (other than as a result of a Reorganized TCEH Breach)); provided, further, that in the event of a Tax-Free Transaction Failure described in Section 2.05(a), the amount described in this clause (ii) shall not exceed such amount determined as if clause (w) above did not apply.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Affiliates of EFH shall be deemed to exclude the Reorganized TCEH Entities following the Distribution.

Agreed Tax Attributes” means 100% of the aggregate amount of net losses, net operating losses, and net capital losses (but only to the extent such net capital losses are deductible under applicable tax law against gain recognized on the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale) (in each case, including carryovers), available to the EFH Group as of the Distribution Date (determined (a) as if the “consolidated year” (within the meaning of Section 1503(e)(2)(B) of the Code) of the EFH Group ended on the Distribution Date and (b) without regard to any income, gain, loss or deduction generated as a result of the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale or transactions occurring outside the ordinary course of business on the Distribution Date after the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale (other than (x) Specified Tax Items (if any) attributable to any Historical TCEH Entity and (y) items directly resulting from the Spin-Off or the Taxable Separation (as applicable)), such amount to be reasonably determined by the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors in consultation with EFH.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Basis Step-Up” means the increase in the U.S. federal income tax basis in the assets transferred or deemed transferred to the Preferred Stock Entity pursuant to the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale.

Chapter 11 Cases” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Cash” means cash and cash equivalents, including bank deposits, checks, and other similar items.

 

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Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Contribution” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Covered Transaction” means the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion and Distribution, the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale, and any other transaction contemplated by the Plan or the Transaction Agreements.

Debtors” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Deferred Intercompany and ELA Items” means intercompany items (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-13(b)(2)) and excess loss account (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-19(a)) that are accelerated into income as a result of the Distribution pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-13(d) or Section 1.1502-19 and any corollary state and local items and amounts.

Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Distribution Date” means the date the Distribution occurs.

Due Date” means (a) with respect to a Tax Return, the date (taking into account all valid extensions) on which such Tax Return is required to be filed under applicable law and (b) with respect to a payment of Taxes, the date on which such payment is required to be made to avoid the incurrence of interest, penalties, and/or additions to Tax.

EFH” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble, and, for the avoidance of doubt, all references to EFH shall include Merger Sub following the Merger.

EFH Breach” means (a) a breach of one or more covenants in Article VI by any Reorganized EFH Entity or any of its Affiliates or (b) an EFH Notified Action.

EFH Consolidated Corporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a)(i).

EFH Group” means the “affiliated group” (within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(1) of the Code), and any consolidated, combined, aggregate, or unitary group under state or local law, of which EFH is the common parent.

EFH Notified Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(c).

EFH Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

EFH Plan” means a bankruptcy plan of reorganization of any EFH Debtor or EFIH Debtor.

EFH Shared Services Debtors” means, collectively: (a) EFH Corporate Services Company; (b) Dallas Power and Light Company, Inc.; (c) EFH CG Holdings Company LP; (d) EFH CG Management Company LLC; (e) Lone Star Energy Company, Inc.; (f) Lone Star Pipeline Company, Inc.; (g) Southwestern Electric Service Company, Inc.; (h) Texas Electric Service Company, Inc.; (i) Texas Energy Industries Company, Inc.; (j) Texas Power and Light Company, Inc.; (k) Texas Utilities Company, Inc.; (l) Texas Utilities Electric Company, Inc.; and (m) TXU Electric Company, Inc.

 

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EFH Taxes” means (a) any Taxes of the EFH Group (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Taxes arising from any adjustment to any interest expense, discharge of indebtedness income or gain under Section 1001 of the Code with respect to indebtedness of any of such entities) for periods (and portion of a Straddle Period) ending on or before the Distribution Date that are not specifically included within the definition of Reorganized TCEH Taxes, including, for the avoidance of doubt, without duplication, (i) any Taxes attributable to or arising from the ownership or operation of any business retained by any Reorganized EFH Entity, in each case, as determined pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 2.04, (ii) if the Spin-Off occurs, Income Taxes imposed on a Reorganized TCEH Entity attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure and allocated to the EFH Parties pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or Section 2.05(b), (iii) if the Spin-Off occurs, the alternative minimum tax allocated to the EFH Parties pursuant to Section 2.04(d)(iii), (iv) Transfer Taxes allocated to the EFH Parties pursuant to Section 2.04(d)(i), and (v) Taxes resulting from any action by any Reorganized EFH Entity outside of the ordinary course of business on the Distribution Date; (b) any Taxes imposed on any Reorganized EFH Entity for periods (or portion of a Straddle Period) beginning after the Distribution Date; and (c) any other Taxes allocated to the EFH Parties pursuant to Section 2.04.

EFIH” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

EFIH Finance” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Final Determination” means the final resolution of liability for any Tax for any taxable period, by or as a result of (a) a final decision, judgment, decree or other order by any court of competent jurisdiction that can no longer be appealed, (b) a final settlement with the IRS, a closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Sections 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under the laws of other jurisdictions, (c) any allowance of a Refund in respect of an overpayment of Tax, but only after the expiration of all periods during which such Refund may be recovered by the jurisdiction imposing the Tax or (d) any other final resolution, including by reason of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. “Finally Determined” has a correlative meaning.

Historical EFH Entity” means the EFH Parties and any entity that was a Subsidiary of EFH prior to the Distribution (including for this purpose, any restructuring transactions done in preparation for the Distribution), other than any Historical TCEH Entity.

Historical TCEH Entity” means TCEH and any entity that was a Subsidiary of TCEH prior to the Distribution (including for this purpose, any restructuring transactions done in preparation for the Distribution). For the avoidance of doubt, the EFH Shared Services Debtors and EFH Properties Company are not Historical TCEH Entities.

Income Taxes” means any Taxes in whole or in part based upon, measured by, or calculated with respect to net income or profits, net worth or net receipts (including any alternative minimum Tax and the Texas Margin Tax). For the avoidance of doubt, Income Taxes do not include sales, use, real or personal property, or transfer or similar Taxes.

Indemnified Party” means, with respect to a matter, a Person that is entitled to seek indemnification under this Agreement with respect to such matter.

Indemnifying Party” means, with respect to a matter, a Person that is obligated to provide indemnification under this Agreement with respect to such matter.

Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto, including its agents, representatives, and attorneys acting in their official capacity.

IRS Submissions” means all submissions to the IRS in connection with requests for the Private Letter Ruling.

Non-Income Taxes” means any Taxes other than Income Taxes.

Notified Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(c).

Oncor Entities” means Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and its Subsidiaries (including Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC).

Opinion” means an opinion (including an Unqualified Tax Opinion) received by a Party with respect to certain Tax aspects of the Covered Transactions.

Original Plan Support Agreement” means that certain amended and restated plan support agreement, dated as of September 11, 2015, by and among the Debtors and the other parties thereto.

Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Person” or “person” means a natural person, corporation, company, joint venture, individual business trust, trust association, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, unincorporated organization or other entity, including a governmental authority.

Plan” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Post-Distribution Period” means any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Distribution Date, including for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of any Straddle Period beginning after the Distribution Date.

Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Preferred Stock Entity” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Preferred Stock Entity Conversion” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Private Letter Ruling” means a private letter ruling issued by the IRS addressing the qualification of the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion, and the Distribution as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355 and 356 of the Code and certain other matters, together with any amendments or supplements thereto (including any supplemental ruling obtained by a Party pursuant to Section 6.01(c)).

Refund” means any refund (or credit in lieu thereof) of Taxes (including any overpayment of Taxes that can be refunded or, alternatively, applied to other Taxes payable), including any interest paid on or with respect to such refund of Taxes.

Reorganized EFH Entity” means the EFH Parties and any entity that is a Subsidiary of EFH immediately after the Distribution (including, for the avoidance of doubt, EFCH, TCEH and TCEH Finance).

 

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Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors” means the EFH Shared Services Debtors as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the Distribution Date.

Reorganized TCEH” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble and, for the avoidance of doubt, all references to Reorganized TCEH shall include Reorganized TCEH following the Contribution.

Reorganized TCEH Breach” means (a) a breach of one or more covenants in Article VI by any Reorganized TCEH Entity or any of its Affiliates or (b) a Reorganized TCEH Notified Action.

Reorganized TCEH Consolidated Corporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a)(i).

Reorganized TCEH Entity” means Reorganized TCEH or any entity that is a Subsidiary of Reorganized TCEH immediately after the Distribution (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, the Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors and EFH Properties Company, to the extent the equity interests in such entities are transferred pursuant to the Contribution).

Reorganized TCEH Notified Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(c).

Reorganized TCEH Taxes” means (a) if the Spin-Off occurs, any Income Taxes imposed on EFH and its Subsidiaries attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure and allocated to Reorganized TCEH pursuant to Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), (b) for periods (and the portion of any Straddle Period) ending on or before the Distribution Date, as determined pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 2.04, (i) any Taxes, including any Specified Tax Items, attributable to any Historical TCEH Entity and (ii) any Taxes attributable to or arising from the ownership or operation of any business or assets contributed to or held on the Distribution Date by any Historical TCEH Entity (in each case in this clause (b), (x) including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Taxes resulting from any adjustments to any interest expense, discharge of indebtedness income or gain under Section 1001 of the Code and tax benefit income with respect to indebtedness of any of such entities (regardless whether such indebtedness is treated as indebtedness of any such entity for federal income tax purposes) and (y) such Taxes determined on a standalone basis and without regard to any contractual, successor, transferee liability or any liability under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or similar provisions of state or local tax law), other than, if the Spin-Off occurs, (A) any Taxes resulting from a Tax-Free Transaction Failure, other than Taxes allocated to the Reorganized TCEH Entities pursuant to Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), (B) any Taxes resulting from the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale, other than Taxes allocated to the Reorganized TCEH Entities pursuant to Section 2.04(d)(iv) and (C) any Taxes allocated to the EFH Parties pursuant to Section 2.04(d)(v), (c) any Taxes imposed on any Reorganized TCEH Entity for periods (or portion of a Straddle Period) beginning after the Distribution Date, (d) any Transfer Taxes allocated to Reorganized TCEH pursuant to Section 2.04(d)(i), (e) the Additional Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale Tax, and (f) any Taxes resulting from any action by any Reorganized TCEH Entity outside of the ordinary course of business on the Distribution Date, except as a result of any action that is expressly contemplated by the Plan or the Transaction Agreements.

Restriction Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).

Section 108(i) Items” means items of income or gain or other Tax items resulting from the acceleration of all discharge of indebtedness income of the EFH Group that was previously deferred under Section 108(i) of the Code.

Specified Tax Items” means Section 108(i) Items and Deferred Intercompany and ELA Items (if any) and corollary state and local items and amounts.

 

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Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Stepped-Up TCEH Asset” means, any asset of the TCEH Debtors whose U.S. federal income tax basis immediately after the transactions contemplated by the Plan is determined by reference to its fair market value on the Distribution Date in accordance with the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment or the Taxable Separation Intended Tax Treatment, as applicable.

Straddle Period” means any taxable period that begins on or before and ends after the Distribution Date.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries.

Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state or local, or foreign, income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever (including any assessment, duty, fee or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any such tax) and any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

Taxable Separation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Taxable Separation Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Tax Attributes” means net operating losses, capital losses, alternative minimum tax credits, investment tax credit carryovers, earnings and profits, foreign tax credit carryovers, overall foreign losses, previously taxed income, separate limitation losses, and any other losses, deductions, credits or other comparable items that could reduce a Tax liability for a past or future taxable period.

Tax Benefit” means any decrease in Tax payments actually required to be made to a Taxing Authority (or any increase in any Refund otherwise receivable from any Taxing Authority) including any decrease in Tax payments (or increase in any Refund) that actually results from an increase in Tax Attributes (computed on a “with” or “without” basis).

Tax Cost” means any increase in Tax payments actually required to be made to a Taxing Authority (or any reduction in any Refund otherwise receivable from any Taxing Authority), including any increase in Tax payments (or reduction in any Refund) that actually results from a reduction in Tax Attributes (computed on a “with or without” basis).

Tax-Free Transaction Failure” means, if the Spin-Off occurs, (a) the failure of the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion and Distribution to qualify for clause (a) of the definition of the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment, and (b) the recognition of any gain by the EFH Group because of the application of Sections 355(d) or 355(e) of the Code to the Distribution.

 

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Tax Item” means any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, recapture of credit or any other item which increases, decreases or otherwise impacts Taxes paid or payable.

Tax Materials” means (a) the Private Letter Ruling, (b) any Opinion, (c) the IRS Submissions, (d) any representation letter from a Party or any Affiliate thereof supporting an Opinion, and (e) any other materials delivered or deliverable by a Party or any Affiliate thereof in connection with the rendering of an Opinion or the issuance by the IRS of the Private Letter Ruling.

Tax Matter” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

Tax Proceeding” means any audit, assessment of Taxes, pre-filing agreement, other examination by any Taxing Authority, proceeding, appeal of a proceeding or litigation relating to Taxes, whether administrative or judicial, including proceedings relating to competent authority determinations.

Tax Return” means any return, report, certificate, form or similar statement or document (including any related or supporting information or schedule attached thereto and any information return or declaration of estimated Tax) supplied to, filed with or required to be supplied to or filed with a Taxing Authority in connection with the payment, determination, assessment or collection of any Tax or the administration of any laws relating to any Tax, and any amended Tax return or claim for Refund.

Taxing Authority” means any governmental authority or any subdivision, agency, commission or entity thereof or any quasi-governmental or private body having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection or imposition of any Tax (including the IRS and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts).

TCEH” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

TCEH Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

TCEH Finance” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Texas Margin Tax” means any tax payable pursuant to Section 171.001 et seq. of the Texas Tax Code, as amended.

Transfer Taxes” means any transfer, stamp, documentary, sale, use, registration, value-added or other similar Taxes imposed with respect to the Spin-Off, the Taxable Separation, or any other transaction contemplated by the Plan (including any restructuring of the EFH Parties or a direct or indirect acquisition of an interest in the Oncor Entities).

Treasury Regulations” means the proposed, final, and temporary income Tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Unqualified Tax Opinion” means a “will” opinion, without substantive qualifications, of a nationally recognized law or accounting firm, which firm is reasonably acceptable to the EFH Parties, Parent, and Reorganized TCEH, to the effect that a transaction or action will not (i) affect the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment and (ii) negate any of the other rulings provided in the Private Letter Ruling. Each of the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH acknowledges that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, and KPMG LLP are reasonably acceptable to such entity.

 

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Section 1.02 Construction. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, a Section, an Exhibit, the Preamble or the Recitals, such reference shall be to an Article, a Section, an Exhibit, the Preamble or the Recitals of this Agreement, respectively, unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning assigned to them in the Plan. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined herein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms. Unless otherwise specified, any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes, and including all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.

Section 1.03 References to Time. All references in this Agreement to times of the day shall be to New York City time.

ARTICLE II

Preparation, Filing, and Payment of Taxes Shown Due on Tax Returns

Section 2.01 Tax Returns.

(a) Tax Returns Prepared by EFH. EFH shall prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) each Tax Return required to be filed by a Reorganized EFH Entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the EFH Group and all state income and franchise Tax Returns including members of the EFH Group for all periods ending on or before the Distribution Date) and shall pay, or cause such Reorganized EFH Entity to pay, all Taxes shown to be due and payable on each such Tax Return; provided, that the Reorganized TCEH Entities shall jointly and severally reimburse EFH for any such Taxes that are Reorganized TCEH Taxes, and EFH shall prepare and provide to Reorganized TCEH for filing each Tax Return, if any, including EFH Taxes required to be filed by a Reorganized TCEH Entity after the Distribution Date; provided, however, that for any periods following the Distribution Date but prior to the emergence of EFH from chapter 11 proceedings, obligations with respect to the preparation and filing of Tax Returns shall be governed by the Transition Services Agreement.

(b) Reorganized TCEH Entity Tax Returns. Reorganized TCEH shall prepare (other than as specified in Section 2.01(a)) and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) each Tax Return required to be filed by a Reorganized TCEH Entity after the Distribution Date and shall pay, or cause be paid, all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Tax Return; provided, that the EFH Parties shall jointly and severally reimburse Reorganized TCEH for any such Taxes that are EFH Taxes.

Section 2.02 Tax Return Procedures.

(a) Manner of Tax Return Preparation. Subject to Section 5.03, unless otherwise required by a Taxing Authority or by applicable law, the Parties shall prepare and file all Tax Returns, and take all other actions, in a manner consistent with this Agreement, including the applicable Intended Tax Treatment, the Tax Materials, and (to the extent not in conflict with this Agreement, the applicable Intended

 

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Tax Treatment and the Tax Materials) commercial practice. All Tax Returns shall be filed on a timely basis (taking into account applicable extensions) by the Party responsible for filing such Tax Returns under this Agreement.

(b) Right to Review Certain Returns Prepared by EFH. In the case of any Tax Return described in Section 2.01(a), (i) the portion (if any) of such Tax Return that relates to Reorganized TCEH Taxes or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Tax position of any Reorganized TCEH Entity shall (to the extent permitted by law) be prepared in a manner described in Section 2.02(a) and (ii) EFH shall provide a draft of such Tax Return to Reorganized TCEH for its review and comment at least thirty (30) days prior to the Due Date for such Tax Return or, in the case of any such Tax Return filed on a monthly basis or property Tax Return, ten (10) days. EFH shall consider in good faith any reasonable comment received from Reorganized TCEH at least three (3) days prior to the Due Date for such Tax Return. In the event that neither the Intended Tax Treatment, the Tax Materials nor commercial practice are applicable to a particular item or matter, EFH shall determine the reporting of such item or matter in good faith in consultation with Reorganized TCEH. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve all disputed issues. Any disputes that the Parties are unable to resolve shall be resolved by the Accounting Firm pursuant to Section 9.02. In the event that any dispute is not resolved (whether pursuant to good faith negotiations among the Parties or by the Accounting Firm) prior to the Due Date for the filing of any Tax Return, such Tax Return shall be timely filed as prepared by EFH and such Tax Return shall be amended as necessary to reflect the resolution of such dispute in a manner consistent with such resolution. For the avoidance of doubt, the EFH Parties shall be jointly and severally responsible for any interest, penalties or additions to Tax resulting from the late filing of any Tax Return EFH is required to file under Section 2.01(a), except to the extent that such late filing is primarily caused by the failure of any Reorganized TCEH Entity to provide relevant information necessary for the preparation and filing of such Tax Return.

(c) Right to Review Certain Returns Prepared by Reorganized TCEH. In the case of any Tax Return described in Section 2.01(b) that relates to EFH Taxes or that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Tax position of any Reorganized EFH Entity, (i) such Tax Return shall (to the extent permitted by law) be prepared in a manner described in Section 2.02(a) and (ii) Reorganized TCEH shall provide a draft of such Tax Return to EFH for its review and comment at least thirty (30) days prior to the Due Date for such Tax Return, or in the case of any such Tax Return filed on a monthly basis or property Tax Return, ten (10) days. Reorganized TCEH shall consider in good faith any reasonable comment received from EFH at least three (3) days prior to the Due Date for such Tax Return. In the event that neither the Intended Tax Treatment, the Tax Materials nor commercial practice are applicable to a particular item or matter, Reorganized TCEH shall determine the reporting of such item or matter in good faith in consultation with EFH. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve all disputed issues. Any disputes that the Parties are unable to resolve shall be resolved by the Accounting Firm pursuant to Section 9.02. In the event that any dispute is not resolved (whether pursuant to good faith negotiations among the Parties or by the Accounting Firm) prior to the Due Date for the filing of any Tax Return, such Tax Return shall be timely filed as prepared by Reorganized TCEH and such Tax Return shall be amended as necessary to reflect the resolution of such dispute in a manner consistent with such resolution. For the avoidance of doubt, each Reorganized TCEH Entity shall be jointly and severally responsible for any interest, penalties or additions to Tax resulting from the late filing of any Tax Return Reorganized TCEH is required to file under Section 2.01(b) except to the extent that such late filing is primarily caused by the failure of any Reorganized EFH Entity to provide relevant information necessary for the preparation and filing of such Tax Return.

(d) Tax Reporting. Unless otherwise required by law, if the Spin-Off occurs, EFH and Reorganized TCEH, as applicable, shall file the appropriate information and statements, as required by Treasury Regulations Sections 1.355-5(a) and 1.368-3, with the IRS, and shall retain the appropriate information relating to the Contribution, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion and the Distribution as described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.355-5(d) and 1.368-3(d).

(e) Amendments. Any amendment of any Tax Return described in Section 2.01 of any Reorganized TCEH Entity shall be subject to the same procedures required for the preparation of such type of Tax Return of such Reorganized TCEH Entity pursuant to this Section 2.02. Any amendment of any Tax Return described in Section 2.01 of any Reorganized EFH Entity shall be subject to the same procedures required for the preparation of such type of Tax Return of such Reorganized EFH Entity pursuant to this Section 2.02.

 

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Section 2.03 Straddle Period Tax Allocation. To the extent permitted by law, EFH and Reorganized TCEH shall elect, or cause an election to be made, to close the taxable year of each Reorganized TCEH Entity as of the close of the Distribution Date. In the case of any Straddle Period, the amount of any Income Taxes attributable to the portion of the Straddle Period ending on, or beginning after, the Distribution Date shall be made by means of a closing of the books and records of such Reorganized TCEH Entity as of the close of the Distribution Date; provided, that in the case of Non-Income Taxes that are periodic Taxes (e.g., property Taxes) and exemptions, allowances, and deductions that are calculated on an annual basis (such as depreciation deductions), such Taxes, exemptions, allowances, and deductions shall be allocated between the portion of the Straddle Period ending at the end of the Distribution Date and the portion beginning after the Distribution Date based upon the ratio of (a) the number of days in the relevant portion of the Straddle Period to (b) the number of days in the entire Straddle Period; provided, however, that in allocating any such exemptions, allowances, or deductions (or increase in such amounts) between the two periods that comprise a Straddle Period, any such items that relate to an asset or property that was sold, acquired or improved during the Straddle Period shall be allocated on a daily basis solely among the days in the Straddle Period during which such asset was owned or such improvement existed; provided, further, that Taxes that are properly allocable (based on, among other relevant factors, factors set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii)(B)) to a portion of the Distribution Date following the Distribution, shall be allocable to the portion of the Straddle Period beginning after the Distribution Date.

Section 2.04 Allocation of Taxes.

(a) Income Taxes. Income Taxes (other than Income Taxes allocated pursuant to Section 2.04(b), Section 2.04(d), and Section 2.05) shall be allocated in an appropriate manner, consistent with commercial practice, and as follows:

(i) In the case of U.S. federal regular Income Taxes, in proportion to the separate taxable income (calculated in a manner consistent with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1552-1(a)(1) and determined without regard to any items the Income Taxes for which are allocated pursuant to Section 2.04(b), Section 2.04(d), and Section 2.05) attributable to (x) any Reorganized EFH Entity (treated as if all of the assets and liabilities of such entities were combined into a single corporation) (such single corporation, the “EFH Consolidated Corporation”), including any business or assets retained by such entities following the Distribution Date, on the one hand, and (y) any Reorganized TCEH Entity (treated as if all of the assets and liabilities of such entities were combined into a single corporation) (such single corporation, the “Reorganized TCEH Consolidated Corporation”), including any business or assets contributed to or otherwise held by such entities following the Distribution Date, on the other hand.

(ii) In the case of Texas Margin Tax, the methodology specified in Section 2.04(a)(i) shall be applied, and Texas Margin Tax shall be allocated, based on the separate taxable margins of the EFH Consolidated Corporation, on the one hand, and the Reorganized TCEH Consolidated Corporation, on the other hand.

 

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(b) Alternative Minimum Taxes. Alternative minimum Taxes (other than alternative minimum Taxes allocated pursuant to Section 2.04(d) and Section 2.05) shall be allocated in proportion to the respective separate amounts of alternative minimum tax of the EFH Consolidated Corporation, on the one hand, and the Reorganized TCEH Consolidated Corporation, on the other hand.

(c) Non-Income Taxes. Except as provided in Section 2.04(d)(i), Non-Income Taxes shall be allocated between the EFH Parties, on the one hand, and Reorganized TCEH, on the other hand, based on the applicable items attributable to or arising from any business retained by any Reorganized EFH Entity, on the one hand, and any business contributed to (or otherwise held on the Effective Date by) any Reorganized TCEH Entity, on the other hand, that contribute to such Taxes (e.g., sales Taxes and value added Taxes shall be allocated to the EFH Parties to the extent arising from taxable sales made by any business retained by any Reorganized EFH Entity). In the event that any Non-Income Tax is not attributable to (and does not arise from) any items relating to any business (e.g., capital Taxes imposed based on the authorized stock), such Non-Income Taxes shall be allocated between the EFH Parties, on the one hand, and Reorganized TCEH, on the other hand, in proportion to the gross income of any business retained by any Reorganized EFH Entity, on the one hand, and any business contributed to (or otherwise held on the Effective Date by) any Reorganized TCEH Entity, on the other hand.

(d) Other Taxes.

(i) Transfer Taxes, if any, related to or arising as a result of the Spin-Off or the Taxable Separation shall be allocated one hundred percent (100%) to the TCEH Parties. Transfer Taxes, if any, arising as a result of restructuring of the EFH Parties or a direct or indirect acquisition of an interest in the Oncor Entities shall be allocated one hundred percent (100%) to the EFH Parties. Other Transfer Taxes, if any, will be allocated to the EFH Parties if they constitute items attributable to the EFH Consolidated Corporation and to Reorganized TCEH if they constitute items attributable to the Reorganized TCEH Consolidated Corporation.

(ii) If the Spin-Off occurs, Income Taxes attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure shall be allocated as set forth in Section 2.05.

(iii) If the Spin-Off occurs, an amount (but not less than zero) equal to fifty percent (50%) of U.S. federal alternative minimum tax liability (including any adjustments pursuant to a Final Determination), if any, that results from the limitation on the utilization of the net operating losses to offset gain recognized from the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale under Section 56(d)(1)(A) of the Code shall be allocated to the EFH Parties.

(iv) If the Spin-Off occurs, the Additional Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale Tax shall be allocated to Reorganized TCEH.

(v) If the Spin-Off occurs and there has been no Tax-Free Transaction Failure, any discharge of indebtedness income or gain under Section 1001 of the Code arising from any discharge of indebtedness shall be allocated to the EFH Parties.

(e) Allocation of Tax Attributes. Tax Attributes, if any, remaining after the Distribution (other than net operating losses) shall be allocated in accordance with the Private Letter Ruling or, if not addressed in the Private Letter Ruling, between the Reorganized EFH Entities, on the one hand, and the

 

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Reorganized TCEH Entities, on the other hand, in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations, including Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76 (and any applicable state, local and foreign Laws) and, with respect to earnings and profits, as initially requested in the IRS Submissions. The allocation of such Tax Attributes shall be determined by treating the Reorganized TCEH Entities as one consolidated group and the Reorganized EFH Entities as a separate and distinct consolidated group. Any disputes shall be resolved by the Accounting Firm in accordance with Section 9.02. The EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH hereby agree to compute all Taxes consistently with the determination of the allocation of Tax Attributes pursuant to this Section 2.04(e) unless otherwise required by a Final Determination. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Taxable Separation occurs, no Tax Attributes (other than tax basis) shall be allocated to the Reorganized TCEH Entities unless otherwise required by a Final Determination.

Section 2.05 Allocation of Separation-Related Taxes. If the Spin-Off occurs:

(a) No-Fault. Income Taxes attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure, to the extent not allocated pursuant to Sections 2.05(b), (c) or (d), shall be allocated to the EFH Parties.

(b) EFH Breach. Income Taxes principally attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure as a result of an EFH Breach shall be allocated to the EFH Parties.

(c) Reorganized TCEH Breach. Incomes Taxes principally attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure as a result of Reorganized TCEH Breach shall be allocated to the Reorganized TCEH Entities.

(d) Certain Actions by TCEH First Lien Creditors and Holders of Reorganized TCEH Stock. Income Taxes principally attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure resulting from any action (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any exchange pursuant to a merger, consolidation, liquidation or similar transaction) taken by holders of TCEH First Lien Claims or by holders of stock in Reorganized TCEH with respect to their respective interests (other than (1) any transfers pursuant to and in accordance with open market stock repurchase programs described in clause (v) of Section 6.01(b); (2) any action occurring prior to or contemporaneously with the Spin-Off that is expressly described in the Private Letter Ruling or the EFH – Legal Entity Simplification Steps Chart dated September 23, 2016 and attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C; (3) the receipt and distribution of the proceeds of the TCEH Settlement Claim (including any assignment or turning over of the TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions) described in Articles III.B.5(c)(ii), III.B.8(b)(ii), III.B.9(b)(ii), III.B.12 or III.B.29(c)(i)(D) of the Plan; (4) voting to approve the Plan; and (5) the mere act of voting by the holders of stock in Reorganized TCEH except for voting in favor of transactions described in this Section 2.05(d)) that (i) causes the Distribution not to satisfy the continuity of interest requirement set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-1(e) or 1.355-2(c)(1), (ii) results in the imposition of any Income Taxes under Section 355(d) or Section 355(e) of the Code with respect to the Distribution, or (iii) results in the Distribution failing to satisfy the device test set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-2(d), shall be allocated to Reorganized TCEH.

For the avoidance of doubt, Income Taxes principally attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure resulting from some combination of a Reorganized TCEH breach under Section 2.05(c) and an action under Section 2.05(d) shall be allocated to the Reorganized TCEH Entities.

Section 2.06 Audits/Redeterminations. Any redetermined Taxes or Tax Attributes resulting from an audit shall be allocated between the EFH Parties, on the one hand, and Reorganized TCEH, on the other hand, in the same manner as they would have been allocated had the redetermined amounts been known at the time the original Tax liability was computed.

 

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Section 2.07 Expenses. Except as provided in Section 9.02 in respect of the Accounting Firm, each Party shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Article II.

Section 2.08 Timing of Payments. Any reimbursement of Taxes under Section 2.01 shall be made upon the later of (a) two (2) business days before the Due Date of such payment of such Taxes and (b) ten (10) business days after the party required to make such reimbursement has received notice from the party entitled to such reimbursement. For the avoidance of doubt, a party may provide notice of reimbursement of Taxes prior to the time such Taxes were paid, and such notice may represent a reasonable estimate (provided, that the amount of reimbursement shall be based on the actual Tax liability and not on such reasonable estimate).

ARTICLE III

Indemnification

Section 3.01 Indemnification by the Reorganized EFH Entities. The Reorganized EFH Entities, on a joint and several basis, shall pay (or cause to be paid), and shall indemnify and hold each Reorganized TCEH Entity harmless from and against, without duplication, all EFH Taxes and all losses or damages arising out of, resulting from or relating to any breach by any Reorganized EFH Entity of any EFH representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement (including, in the case of a Tax-Free Transaction Failure pursuant to Section 2.05(b), any reduced depreciation, amortization or similar deduction or any reduced loss or increased gain, in each case resulting from a reduction in the income tax basis of any asset of any Reorganized TCEH Entity resulting from such Tax-Free Transaction Failure pursuant to Section 2.05(b), such loss or damage determined (a) without regard to any tax receivable agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Reorganized TCEH Entity and (b) taking into account any Final Determinations relating to the income tax basis of any asset immediately after the Spin-Off); provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, for so long as the Oncor Entities have not executed a joinder to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.20, the Oncor Entities shall have no obligation under this Section 3.01.

Section 3.02 Indemnification by the Reorganized TCEH Entities. The Reorganized TCEH Entities, on a joint and several basis, shall pay (or cause to be paid), and shall indemnify and hold each Reorganized EFH Entity harmless from and against, without duplication, all Reorganized TCEH Taxes and all losses or damages arising out of, resulting from or relating to any breach by any Reorganized TCEH Entity of any Reorganized TCEH representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement.

Section 3.03 Characterization of and Adjustments to Payments.

(a) In the absence of a Final Determination to the contrary, for all Tax purposes, EFH and Reorganized TCEH shall treat or cause to be treated any payment required by this Agreement (other than any payment treated for Tax purposes as interest) as either a contribution by EFH to Reorganized TCEH or a distribution by Reorganized TCEH to EFH, as the case may be, occurring immediately prior to the Distribution.

(b) Any indemnity payment pursuant to this Agreement shall be (A) increased to include (i) all reasonable accounting, legal, and other professional fees and court costs and damages incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with such indemnity payment and (ii) any Tax Cost to such Indemnified Party or its Affiliates resulting from the receipt of (or entitlement to) such indemnity payment and (B) decreased to account for any Tax Benefit that the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates actually realizes by way of a Refund or a decrease in Taxes reported on a filed Tax Return (in or with respect to a taxable year that ends on or before December 31, 2021) in connection with the incurrence or the payment by the Indemnified

 

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Party of such fees or costs or indemnifiable amounts determined using a “with and without” methodology (treating any deductions attributable to such fees or costs or indemnifiable amounts as the last items claimed for any taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryovers). In the event that any Tax Cost or Tax Benefit is not actually realized at the time of the indemnity payment by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party, the payment related to such Tax Cost or Tax Benefit shall be paid at the time the Tax Cost or Tax Benefit is actually realized.

Section 3.04 Timing of Indemnification Payments. Indemnification payments in respect of any liabilities for which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article III shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party within ten (10) days after written notification thereof by the Indemnified Party, including reasonably satisfactory documentation setting forth the basis for, and calculation of, the amount of such indemnification payment. If an indemnification obligation is attributable to a Tax which the Indemnified Party pays, but for which no Final Determination has been made (such as a payment in response to an asserted adjustment in audit, which adjustment remains subject to further challenge), then the Indemnifying Party shall pay such amounts to the Indemnified Party within ten (10) days after written notification thereof by the Indemnified Party, including reasonably satisfactory documentation setting forth the basis for, and calculation of, the amount of such indemnification payment, provided, that, in the event that such amounts are returned or refunded to Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall pay such amounts to the Indemnifying Party within (10) days of receipt thereof plus interest at a rate equal to the rate provided in Section 9.04.

Section 3.05 Exclusive Remedy. Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, but in all events subject to Article VIII, the EFH Parties and the Reorganized TCEH Entities hereby agree that the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of a party for any breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in Section 6.01 shall be the indemnification rights set forth in this Article III.

Section 3.06 No Duplicative Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, it is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in a duplicative payment of any amount required to be paid under any other Transaction Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed accordingly.

ARTICLE IV

Refunds, Timing Differences, and Tax Attributes

Section 4.01 Refunds.

(a) Except as provided in Section 4.02, EFH shall be entitled to all Refunds of Taxes for which a Reorganized EFH Entity or its Affiliates is responsible pursuant to Article III, and Reorganized TCEH shall be entitled to all Refunds of Taxes for which Reorganized TCEH or its Affiliates is responsible pursuant to Article III. A Party receiving a Refund to which the other Party is entitled pursuant to this Agreement shall pay the amount to which such other Party is entitled (less any Tax or other reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the first Party in receiving such Refund within ten (10) days after the receipt of the Refund.

(b) To the extent that the amount of any Refund under this Section 4.01 is later reduced by a Taxing Authority or in a Tax Proceeding, such reduction shall be allocated to the Party to which such Refund was allocated pursuant to this Section 4.01 and an appropriate adjusting payment shall be made.

 

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Section 4.02 Timing Differences. If pursuant to a Final Determination any Tax Attribute (including those allocated pursuant to Section 2.04(e)) is made allowable to a Reorganized TCEH Entity as a result of an adjustment to any Taxes for which an EFH Party is responsible hereunder (other than Taxes attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure described in Section 2.05(a) or Section 2.05(b)) and such Tax Attribute would not have arisen or been allowable but for such adjustment, or if pursuant to a Final Determination any Tax Attribute is made allowable to a Reorganized EFH Entity as a result of an adjustment to any Taxes for which Reorganized TCEH is responsible hereunder (other than Taxes attributable to a Tax-Free Transaction Failure described in Section 2.05(c) or 2.05(d)) and such Tax Attribute would not have arisen or been allowable but for such adjustment, the Reorganized TCEH Entities (on a joint and several basis) or the Reorganized EFH Entities (on a joint and several basis), as the case may be, shall make a payment to either EFH or Reorganized TCEH, as appropriate, within thirty (30) days after such Party (or its Affiliates) actually realizes a Tax benefit by way of a Refund or a decrease in Taxes reported on a filed Tax Return (in or with respect to a taxable year that ends on or before December 31, 2021) that is attributable to such Tax Attribute, determined using a “with and without” methodology (treating any deductions or amortization attributable to such Tax Attributes as the last items claimed for any taxable year, including after the utilization of any available net operating loss carryovers); provided, that no payment shall be made under this Section unless Reorganized TCEH or EFH, as the case may be, has previously paid the Tax adjustment or indemnified the other Party for such Tax adjustment. In the event of any overlap between Section 3.03 and this Section 4.02, this Section 4.02 shall apply and Section 3.03 shall not apply.

ARTICLE V

Tax Proceedings

Section 5.01 Notification of Tax Proceedings. Within ten (10) days after an Indemnified Party becomes aware of the commencement of a Tax Proceeding that may give rise to an indemnity payment pursuant to Article III, such Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of such Tax Proceeding, and thereafter shall promptly forward or make available to the Indemnifying Party copies of notices and communications relating to such Tax Proceeding. The failure of the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement of any such Tax Proceeding within such ten (10) day period or promptly forward any further notices or communications shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnified Party under this Agreement except to the extent (and only to the extent) that the Indemnifying Party is actually materially prejudiced by such failure.

Section 5.02 Tax Proceeding Procedures.

(a) EFH. EFH shall be entitled to contest, compromise, and settle any adjustment that is proposed, asserted or assessed pursuant to any Tax Proceeding with respect to any Tax Return it is responsible for preparing pursuant to Article II; provided, that to the extent that such Tax Proceeding relates to Reorganized TCEH Taxes or would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the Tax position of any Reorganized TCEH Entity for any Post-Distribution Period, EFH shall (i) keep Reorganized TCEH informed in a timely manner of the material actions proposed to be taken by EFH with respect to such Tax Proceeding, (ii) permit Reorganized TCEH at its own expense to participate in the aspects of such Tax Proceeding that relate to Reorganized TCEH Taxes, and (iii) not settle any aspect of such Tax Proceeding that relates to Reorganized TCEH Taxes without the prior written consent of Reorganized TCEH, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Reorganized TCEH shall have the right (at its own incremental expense) to jointly control any Tax Proceeding that relates primarily to Taxes for which Reorganized TCEH has an indemnification obligation pursuant to Section 3.02.

 

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(b) Reorganized TCEH. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02(a), Reorganized TCEH shall be entitled to contest, compromise, and settle any adjustment that is proposed, asserted or assessed pursuant to any Tax Proceeding with respect to any Tax Return it is responsible for preparing pursuant to Article II; provided, that to the extent that such Tax Proceeding relates to EFH Taxes or would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the Tax position of any Reorganized EFH Entity, Reorganized TCEH shall (i) keep EFH informed in a timely manner of the material actions proposed to be taken by Reorganized TCEH with respect to such Tax Proceeding, (ii) permit EFH at its own expense to participate in the aspects of such Tax Proceeding that relate to EFH Taxes, and (iii) not settle any aspect of such Tax Proceeding that relates to EFH Taxes without the prior written consent of EFH, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the EFH Parties shall have the right (at their own incremental expense) to jointly control any Tax Proceeding that relates primarily to Taxes for which EFH Parties have an indemnification obligation pursuant to Section 3.01.

Section 5.03 Consistency. The Parties shall (and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to) take the position on all Tax Returns and in all Tax Proceedings (including in supplemental ruling request submissions to the IRS), unless otherwise required by a Final Determination, that (a) the transactions contemplated by the Plan qualify for the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment (in the case of the Spin-Off) or the Taxable Separation Intended Tax Treatment (in the case of the Taxable Separation), and (b) the fair market value of each Stepped-Up TCEH Asset on the Distribution Date is equal to the value of such asset that has been reasonably agreed to by the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors and the Debtors.

ARTICLE VI

Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment

Section 6.01 Restrictions Relating to the Distribution.

(a) General. If the Spin-Off occurs, following the Distribution, (i) EFH will not (and will cause each other Reorganized EFH Entity and its Affiliates not to) take any action (or refrain from taking any action) which is inconsistent with the facts presented and the representations made prior to the Distribution Date in the Tax Materials and (ii) Reorganized TCEH will not (and will cause each other Reorganized TCEH Entity and its Affiliates not to) take any action (or refrain from taking any action) which is inconsistent with the facts presented and the representations made prior to the Distribution Date in the Tax Materials. If the Taxable Separation occurs, following the Taxable Separation, (y) EFH will not (and will cause each other Reorganized EFH Entity and its Affiliates not to) take any action (or refrain from taking any action) which is inconsistent with the facts presented and the representations made prior to the Distribution Date with respect to any Tax Materials submitted specifically with respect to obtaining a ruling or opinion with respect to the treatment of the cancellation of the TCEH debt, and solely to the extent such action or representation specifically relates to, and is relevant to, any ruling obtained with respect to the treatment of the cancellation of the TCEH debt and (z) Reorganized TCEH will not (and will cause each other Reorganized TCEH Entity and its Affiliates not to) take any action (or refrain from taking any action) which is inconsistent with such facts presented and the representations made prior to the Distribution Date with respect to any Tax Materials submitted specifically with respect to obtaining a ruling or opinion with respect to the treatment of the cancellation of the TCEH debt, and solely to the extent such action or representation specifically relates to, and is relevant to, any ruling obtained with respect to the treatment of the cancellation of the TCEH debt.

(b) Restrictions. Without derogating from the generality of Section 6.01(a), following the Distribution and prior to the first day following the second anniversary of the Distribution Date (the “Restriction Period”), each EFH Party and Reorganized TCEH shall, and except with respect to clause (iii) and (v) of this Section 6.01(b), shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries set forth on Exhibit A to:

(i) continue the active conduct of each trade or business (for purposes of Section 355(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) (A) that it was engaged in immediately prior to the Distribution (taking into account Section 355(b)(3) of the Code), (B) that was being relied upon for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 355(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder and (C) the substantial assets of which are identified on Exhibit B;

 

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(ii) continue to hold and operate certain assets identified on Exhibit B and held at the time of the Distribution;

(iii) not dissolve or liquidate or take any action that is a liquidation for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

(iv) not merge or consolidate with any other Person with such other Person surviving the merger or consolidation in a transaction that does not qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code;

(v) not redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or indirectly through an Affiliate) any of its equity other than pursuant to open market stock repurchase programs meeting the requirements of Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48);

(vi) not directly or indirectly acquire any of the Preferred Stock; and

(vii) not take any action in furtherance of a shareholder action described in Section 2.05(d) that would result in a Tax-Free Transaction Failure described in clauses (i)–(iii) of Section 2.05(d).

(c) Certain Exceptions. Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by Section 6.01(b), during the Restriction Period, the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH may proceed with any of the actions or transactions described therein, if:

(i) such action or transaction is described in (or is otherwise consistent with) the facts in the Private Letter Ruling;

(ii) a supplemental private letter ruling is received from the IRS in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to EFH and Reorganized TCEH to the effect that such action or transaction will not affect the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment of any applicable transaction;

(iii) EFH or Reorganized TCEH, as the case may be, obtains an Unqualified Tax Opinion with respect to such action or transaction that is reasonably acceptable to the other Party at least thirty (30) days prior to effecting such action or transaction;

(iv) such action is the issuing of stock or options to employees under a compensation plan adopted after the Distribution; or

(v) such action by the EFH Parties and/or their Affiliates is approved in writing by Reorganized TCEH and such action by Reorganized TCEH and/or its Affiliates is approved in writing by EFH.

 

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If the EFH Parties, on the one hand, or Reorganized TCEH, on the other, takes or desires to take one of the actions described in Section 6.01(b) (if taken by the EFH Parties, an “EFH Notified Action,” if taken by Reorganized TCEH, a “Reorganized TCEH Notified Action” and, generically, a “Notified Action”), the Party taking the action shall notify the other Party and the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH shall cooperate in obtaining a supplemental private letter ruling from the IRS or Unqualified Tax Opinions for the purpose of permitting the EFH Parties or Reorganized TCEH to take the Notified Action.

(d) EFH Party Covenants. Each EFH Party shall not and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:

(i) propose or support an EFH Plan or any other transaction (A) pursuant to which EFH or EFIH, directly or indirectly, transfers their indirect economic interest in the Oncor Entities, the consummation of which would breach this Agreement or (B) which would reasonably be expected to create a material risk of (x) a Tax-Free Transaction Failure or (y) a breach by the EFH Parties of any term or condition of this Agreement; and

(ii) take any action without the consent of Reorganized TCEH outside the ordinary course of business that, in the reasonable determination of Reorganized TCEH, would give rise to $250 million or more of net taxable income recognized by the EFH Group (when combined with any other net taxable income of the EFH Group, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) the net taxable income arising in connection with the transactions constituting the Spin-Off and (y) any Agreed Tax Attributes) in the same taxable year as the TCEH Effective Date; provided, however, that in the event an EFH Party seeks to take any action outside the ordinary course of business that, in the reasonable determination of Reorganized TCEH, would give rise to $250 million or more of net taxable income recognized by the EFH Group (when combined with any other net taxable income of the EFH Group, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) the net taxable income arising in connection with the Spin-Off Preferred Stock Sale and (y) any Agreed Tax Attributes) in the same taxable year as the TCEH Effective Date, Reorganized TCEH shall consent to such transaction if it concludes in its sole discretion that such transaction will not give rise to a material risk of nonpayment of an amount owed (whether due to such transaction or otherwise) under this Agreement or to an applicable taxing authority.

(e) Additional Covenants.

(i) If the Plan is consummated without receiving the Private Letter Ruling (or any Fundamental Ruling), then EFH shall continue to pursue the Private Letter Ruling (or a supplemental Private Letter Ruling, if applicable) until a determination is made by EFH and Reorganized TCEH (each making their determination under a reasonable exercise of discretion) that the Private Letter Ruling or supplemental Private Letter Ruling cannot be obtained. Parent and Reorganized TCEH shall have the right to participate in any submissions related to the Private Letter Ruling, including by (i) commenting on written submissions, (ii) having participation in in-person conferences, (iii) having participation in scheduled, substantive telephone conferences with the IRS, and (iv) being updated promptly regarding any unscheduled communications with the IRS or any other communications with respect to which Parent or Reorganized TCEH does not participate; provided, however, that Parent and Reorganized TCEH shall work in good faith with counsel for EFH to determine the appropriate level of participation by any other persons in any particular meeting or conference.

(ii) If the Plan is consummated after the receipt of the Private Letter Ruling, supplemental submissions with respect to the Private Letter Ruling shall be made to reflect any material developments with respect to the EFH Plan to the extent such developments may implicate the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment. Parent and Reorganized TCEH shall have the right to participate in such supplemental submissions, including by (A) commenting on written submissions, (B) having participation in in-person conferences, (C) having participation in scheduled, substantive telephone conferences with the IRS, and (D) being updated promptly regarding any unscheduled communications with the IRS or any other communications with respect to which Parent or Reorganized TCEH does not participate; provided, however, that Parent and Reorganized TCEH shall work in good faith with counsel for the EFH Parties to determine the appropriate level of participation by any other persons in any particular meeting or conference.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Cooperation

Section 7.01 General Cooperation. The Parties shall each cooperate fully (and each shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to cooperate fully) with all reasonable requests in writing or via e-mail from another Party, or from an agent, representative or advisor to such Party, in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns, claims for Refunds, Tax Proceedings, Tax ruling requests, and calculations of amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, related or attributable to or arising in connection with Taxes of any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries covered by this Agreement and the establishment of any reserve required in connection with any financial reporting (a “Tax Matter”). Such cooperation shall include the provision of any information reasonably necessary or helpful in connection with a Tax Matter and shall include at each Party’s own cost:

(i) the provision, in hard copy and electronic forms, of any Tax Returns (or proforma returns) of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, books, records (including information regarding ownership and Tax basis of property), documentation, and other information relating to such Tax Returns (or proforma returns), including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by Taxing Authorities;

(ii) the execution of any document (including any power of attorney) reasonably requested by another Party in connection with any Tax Proceedings of any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, or the filing of a Tax Return or a Refund claim of the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; and

(iii) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any documentation in connection with a Tax Matter.

Each Party shall make its employees, advisors, and facilities available, without charge, on a reasonable and mutually convenient basis in connection with the foregoing matters in a manner that does not interfere with the ordinary business operations of such Party.

Section 7.02 Retention of Records. The EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH shall retain or cause to be retained all Tax Returns, schedules, and work papers, and all material records or other documents relating thereto in their possession, including all such electronic records, and shall maintain all hardware

 

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necessary to retrieve such electronic records, in all cases until sixty (60) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (including any waivers or extensions thereof) of the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate or until the expiration of any additional period that any Party reasonably requests, in writing, with respect to specific material records and documents. A Party intending to destroy any material records or documents shall provide the other Party with reasonable advance notice and the opportunity to copy or take possession of such records and documents. The Parties will notify each other in writing of any waivers or extensions of the applicable statute of limitations that may affect the period for which the foregoing records or other documents must be retained.

Section 7.03 Failure to Perform. If a Party materially fails to comply with any of its obligations set forth in Sections 7.01 or 7.02 upon reasonable request and notice by the other Party, and such failure results in the imposition of additional Taxes, the non-performing Party shall be liable in full for such additional Taxes notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

Provisions of EFH Plan; Enforcement

Section 8.01 Provisions of EFH Plan.

(a) Each Party agrees not to attempt to seek or to argue that an EFH Plan, or any other transaction (including a sale pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code) for any of the EFH Parties, can or should be confirmed or approved by the Bankruptcy Court if (x) the consummation of such an EFH Plan, or any other transaction (including a sale pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code) for any of the EFH Parties would reasonably be expected to create a material risk of (A) a Tax-Free Transaction Failure or (B) causing a breach by the EFH Parties of any term or condition of this Agreement or (y) it provides that any claim (A) arising from a breach by any of the EFH Parties of any term or condition of this Agreement or (B) for indemnification under Section 3.01 is released or deemed discharged under an EFH Plan.

(b) Each Party shall object to and oppose any proposed EFH Plan, or any other transaction (including a sale pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code) for any of the EFH Parties that (x) would reasonably be expected to create a material risk of (A) a Tax-Free Transaction Failure or (B) causing a breach by the Parties of any term or condition of this Agreement or (y) provides that any claim (A) arising from a breach by any of the EFH Parties of any term or condition of this Agreement or (B) for indemnification under Section 3.01, is released or deemed discharged under an EFH Plan.

Section 8.02 Enforcement.

(a) Until the substantial consummation of an EFH Plan that is consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement:

(i) The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by the EFH Parties in accordance with their specific terms and that monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy therefor. It is accordingly agreed that with respect to each EFH Party, this Agreement shall be enforceable as against such EFH Party by specific performance or other injunctive relief, without proof of actual damages (and each EFH Party hereby waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy), in addition to any other remedy available against such EFH Party at law or equity. Each EFH Party knowingly, voluntarily and unconditionally (i) waives its rights to revoke, terminate, avoid, disaffirm or reject this Agreement, or any portion

 

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thereof, pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law, including Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) agrees that it shall not support, directly or indirectly, and shall oppose, any request by any other party-in-interest to compel, require or otherwise request that this Agreement or any portion thereof be revoked, avoided, disaffirmed, terminated or rejected for any reason.

(ii) Without limiting in any manner the right to obtain specific performance or other injunctive relief pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(i), if a Party elects to seek monetary damages, any claim against an EFH Party under this Agreement shall be non-dischargeable under any EFH Plan and entitled to superpriority administrative claim status, junior only to (i) the EFIH First Lien DIP Facility or a future EFIH Second Lien DIP Facility (if any) to the extent the proceeds thereof are used solely to repay the EFIH Second Lien Note Claims (as defined in the Plan) and for fees and expenses related to such repayment, (ii) the Carve-Out (as defined in the EFIH First Lien DIP Order), and (iii) any of the following fees owed by EFH (subject to the same caps applicable to the Carve-Out): (A) all fees required to be paid to the Clerk of the Court and to the Office of the United States Trustee under Section 1930(a) of title 28 of the United States Code plus interest at the statutory rate; (B) reasonable fees and expenses incurred by a trustee under Section 726(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (C) to the extent allowed at any time, whether by interim order, procedural order, or otherwise, all unpaid fees and expenses incurred by persons or firms retained by (1) the EFH Debtors, pursuant to Section 327, 328, or 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (2) the EFH/EFIH Committee.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

Section 9.01 Governing law. This Agreement and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement, and interpretation of this Agreement (and all Schedules and Exhibits) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal laws of the State of Delaware shall control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement (and all Schedules and Exhibits), even though under that jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.

Section 9.02 Dispute Resolution. In the event of any dispute among the Parties as to any matter covered by Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 2.04, the Parties shall appoint a nationally recognized independent public accounting firm (the “Accounting Firm”) to resolve such dispute. In this regard, the Accounting Firm shall make determinations with respect to the disputed items based solely on representations made by the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH and their respective representatives, and not by independent review, and shall function only as an expert and not as an arbitrator and shall be required to make a determination in favor of one Party only. The Parties shall require the Accounting Firm to resolve all disputes no later than thirty (30) days after the submission of such dispute to the Accounting Firm and agree that all decisions by the Accounting Firm with respect thereto shall be final and conclusive and binding on the Parties. The Accounting Firm shall resolve all disputes in a manner consistent with this Agreement. The Parties shall require the Accounting Firm to render all determinations in writing and to set forth, in reasonable detail, the basis for such determination. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by the Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, any dispute among the Parties as to any matter not covered by Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 2.04 shall be governed by the provisions set forth in Section 9.16.

 

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Section 9.03 Tax Sharing Agreements. All Tax sharing, indemnification, and similar agreements, written or unwritten, as between a Reorganized EFH Entity, on the one hand, and a Reorganized TCEH Entity, on the other (other than this Agreement and any other agreement for which Taxes is not the principal subject matter), shall be or shall have been terminated (and, to the extent provided under the Plan, settled) no later than the TCEH Effective Date and, after the TCEH Effective Date, no Reorganized EFH Entity or Reorganized TCEH Entity shall have any further rights or obligations under any such Tax sharing, indemnification or similar agreement, except as provided in the Plan.

Section 9.04 Interest on Late Payments. With respect to any payment among the Parties pursuant to this Agreement not made by the due date set forth in this Agreement for such payment, the outstanding amount will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate in effect for underpayments under Section 6621 of the Code from such due date to and including the payment date.

Section 9.05 Survival of Covenants. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, the covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed following the Distribution shall survive the Distribution in accordance with their respective terms.

Section 9.06 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be declared judicially to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such decision shall not have the effect of invalidating or voiding the remainder of this Agreement, it being the intent and agreement of the Parties that this Agreement shall be deemed amended by modifying such provision to the extent necessary to render it valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted while preserving its intent or, if such modification is not possible, by substituting therefor another provision that is valid, legal, and enforceable and that achieves the original intent of the Parties.

Section 9.07 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits, the other Transaction Agreements, the Plan and the other documents referred to herein shall constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments, and writings with respect to such subject matter. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in the case of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any other agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

Section 9.08 Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned or delegated by a Party (in each case, whether (x) by merger, consolidation or dissolution of a Party, (y) by contract, operation of law or (z) otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Parties, and any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties hereby acknowledge that the surviving entity of any merger involving any Party shall be entitled and subject to all of the rights, benefits and obligations of the Company pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 9.08, the term “merger” refers to any merger in which a Party is a constituent entity, regardless of whether it is the surviving or merged entity. As a condition to, and prior to the consummation of, any direct or indirect transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions) the Party engaging in such transfer or other disposition shall require the transferee to assume all of such Party’s obligations hereunder.

Section 9.09 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns) any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement, and, except as provided in Article III relating to certain indemnitees, no Person shall be deemed a third party beneficiary under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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Section 9.10 Performance. Each EFH Party shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements, and obligations set forth herein to be performed by an Affiliate of such EFH Party, and each Reorganized TCEH Entity shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements, and obligations set forth herein to be performed by an Affiliate of Reorganized TCEH.

Section 9.11 Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Parties. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right hereunder. Any agreement on the part of any Party to any such waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such Party.

Section 9.12 Interpretation. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement, and in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

Section 9.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (PDF) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of any such Agreement.

Section 9.14 Confidentiality. Each Party shall hold and cause its directors, officers, employees, advisors, and consultants to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or, in the opinion of its counsel, by other requirements of law, all information (other than any such information relating solely to the business or affairs of such party) concerning the other Party furnished it by such other Party or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (a) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or (b) later lawfully acquired from other sources not under a duty of confidentiality by the party to which it was furnished), and no Party shall release or disclose such information to any other Person, except its directors, officers, employees, auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers or other consultants who shall be advised of and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.14. Each Party shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to hold confidential information concerning or supplied by the other Party if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own similar information. Except as required by law or with the prior written consent of the other Party, all Tax Returns, documents, schedules, work papers and similar items and all information contained therein, and any other information that is obtained by a Party or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement, shall be kept confidential by such Party and its Affiliates and representatives, shall not be disclosed to any other Person, and shall be used only for the purposes provided herein. If a Party or any of its Affiliates is required by law to disclose any such information, such Party shall give written notice to the other Party prior to making such disclosure.

Section 9.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (WITH EACH PARTY HAVING HAD OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT COUNSEL), EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY INITIATES SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND ANY ACTION OR

 

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PROCEEDING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

Section 9.16 Jurisdiction; Service of Process. Any action with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by a Party or its successors or assigns, in each case, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Bankruptcy Court (or, if the Bankruptcy Court declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, then the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, and if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines jurisdiction, then any state or federal court sitting in Delaware). Each Party hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action with respect to this Agreement (a) any claim that is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 9.16, (b) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise), and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that (i) the Action in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such Action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each Party further agrees that no Party to this Agreement shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 9.16 and each Party waives any objection to the imposition of such relief or any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument. The Parties hereby agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 9.17, or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof and hereby waive any objections to service accomplished in the manner herein provided. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS SECTION 9.15, ANY DISPUTE REGARDING SECTIONS 2.02, 2.03 OR 2.04 SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.02; PROVIDED, THAT THE TERMS OF SECTION 9.02 MAY BE ENFORCED BY EITHER PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 9.16.

Section 9.17 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands, and other communications to be given or delivered under or by the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given only (a) when delivered personally to the recipient, (b) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), provided that confirmation of delivery is received, (c) upon machine-generated acknowledgment of receipt after transmittal by facsimile or (d) five (5) days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and postage prepaid). Such notices, demands, and other communications shall be sent to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such address for a Party as will be specified by like notice):

If to any EFH Party:

Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al.

Energy Plaza

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: President

 

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to, until the EFH Effective Date:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention:   James Sprayregen
  Marc Kieselstein
  Chad Husnick
  Steven Serajeddini
E-mail:   jsprayregen@kirkland.com
  mkieselstein@kirkland.com
  chusnick@kirkland.com
  steven.serajedinni@kirkland.com

and

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention:   Edward Sassower
  Stephen Hessler
  Brian Schartz
E-mail:   edward.sassower@kirkland.com
  stephen.hessler@kirkland.com
  bschartz@kirkland.com

If to Reorganized TCEH, after the Distribution:

TCEH Corp.

Energy Plaza

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

600 Travis St., Suite 3300

Houston, TX 77002

Attention:

 

Andrew T. Calder, P.C.

  Kevin L. Morris
  John D. Pitts
Email:   andrew.calder@kirkland.com
  kevin.morris@kirkland.com
  john.pitts@kirkland.com

and

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue

Dallas, TX 75201-6912

Attention: Robert Little

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and

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

Attention:   Alan W. Kornberg
  Brian S. Hermann
  Jacob A. Adlerstein
E-mail:   akornberg@paulweiss.com
  bhermann@paulweiss.com
  jadlerstein@paulweiss.com

If to Merger Sub:

NextEra Energy, Inc.

700 Universe Blvd.

Juno Beach, FL 33408

Attention: Mark Hickson

Email: mark.hickson@nexteraenergy.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

NextEra Energy, Inc.

700 Universe Blvd.

Juno Beach, FL 33408

Attention: Charles E. Sieving

Email: charles.sieving@nexteraenergy.com

and

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

Attention:   Howard Seife
  David LeMay
  William Greason
E-mail:   hseife@chadbourne.com
  dlemay@chadbourne.com
  wgreason@chadbourne.com

Any Party to this Agreement may notify any other Party of any changes to the address or any of the other details specified in this paragraph; provided, that such notification shall only be effective on the date specified in such notice or five (5) Business Days after the notice is given, whichever is later. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed address of which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice as of the date of such rejection, refusal or inability to deliver. Any notice to any EFH Party will be deemed notice to all the Reorganized EFH Entities, and any notice to Reorganized TCEH will be deemed notice to all the Reorganized TCEH Entities.

 

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Section 9.18 Headings. The headings and captions of the Articles and Sections used in this Agreement and the table of contents to this Agreement are for reference and convenience purposes of the Parties only, and will be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever.

Section 9.19 Effectiveness.

(a) Subject to Sections 9.19(b) and (c), this Agreement shall become effective upon the Distribution or the consummation of the Taxable Separation, as appropriate.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall be null, void, and of no force or effect, without any action required by any Party, (i) in the event of a Taxable Separation, unless EFH has received a private letter ruling (or a legally binding agreement with the IRS, including a closing agreement) that income realized upon the cancellation of the TCEH First Lien Claims will be excluded from EFH’s gross income pursuant to Section 108(a)(1)(A); and (ii) in the event of a Spin-Off, unless EFH has received a private letter ruling (or a legally binding agreement with the IRS, including a closing agreement), that (A) subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 9.19(b), income realized upon the cancellation of the TCEH First Lien Claims will be excluded from EFH’s gross income pursuant to Section 108(a)(1)(A); or that (B) (x) assuming the Distribution satisfies the requirements of Section 368(a)(1)(G) and Section 355, EFH will recognize no income or gain from the cancellation of the TCEH First Lien Claims; and (y) no amount of the TCEH debt will be treated as having been (1) assumed by Reorganized TCEH pursuant to Section 357(c) and Section 357(d) or (2) treated as an amount realized in connection with the Preferred Stock Sale. In the event that this Agreement becomes null, void and of no force or effect pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the holders of TCEH First Lien Claims reserve all rights to seek Bankruptcy Court approval of a Taxable Separation or a Spin-Off that includes the Preferred Stock Sale, and EFH and EFIH reserve all rights to object to such transactions. In the event the IRS informs the Parties that a ruling or rulings required by this Section 9.19(b) are not provided on the basis that such ruling does not present a significant issue, the requirement to obtain such rulings can be satisfied by the provision of a “will” opinion to EFH, in form and substance satisfactory to the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH, without substantive qualifications, of a nationally recognized law or accounting firm, which firm is reasonably acceptable to the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH, addressing the matter covered by such rulings. For the purposes of such opinion, each of the EFH Parties and Reorganized TCEH acknowledges that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and KPMG LLP are reasonably acceptable to such entity.

(c) This Agreement shall not become effective with respect to Merger Sub or Parent until the Merger is consummated. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate with respect to Merger Sub and Parent upon the termination of the Merger Agreement without consummation of the Merger.

Section 9.20 Further Assurances. The EFH Parties shall cause each other Person that is or becomes a Subsidiary of EFH (other than any such Person or Subsidiary that is “ring fenced,” including the Oncor Entities) to execute a joinder to this Agreement (a) to become an EFH Party (effective as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of EFH or ceases to be “ring fenced”) and (b) to be bound by the obligations of the EFH Parties under this Agreement on a joint and several basis. Reorganized TCEH shall cause each Reorganized TCEH Entity on the date of this Agreement (y) to execute a joinder to this Agreement to become a Reorganized TCEH Entity (effective as of the date of this Agreement) and (z) to be bound by the obligations of the Reorganized TCEH Entities under this Agreement on a joint and several basis.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Treasurer
ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC
By:  

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Treasurer
EFIH FINANCE INC.
By:  

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Treasurer
TEX ENERGY LLC
By:  

/s/ Anthony R. Horton

Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Treasurer
EFH MERGER CO., LLC
By:  

/s/ Mark Hickson

Name:   Mark Hickson
Title:   Senior Vice President


Exhibit A

With respect to Reorganized TCEH, each Subsidiary of Reorganized TCEH at the time of the Distribution.

With respect to the EFH Parties, each Subsidiary of the EFH Parties and (without duplication) the Oncor Entities.

 

Exhibit A


Exhibit B

The Applicable Percentage (by value, determined as of the Distribution Date) of the Applicable Assets; provided, that for purposes of determining whether the Applicable Percentage is met, any Applicable Asset (i) whose function in furtherance of the trade or business in which it was used at the time of the Distribution is materially reduced as a result of casualty, theft, labor strike or other similar action, breakdown, wear-and-tear, obsolescence, material change in applicable legal or regulatory rules, or other similar event or occurrence, (ii) that is taken out of production, shut down or sold and whose possible shutdown was disclosed in any IRS Submission and addressed in the Private Letter Ruling, (iii) that is operated for at least six months after the Distribution and subsequently disposed of pursuant to a decision of a majority of the board of directors of the relevant entity made after the expiration of such six-month period following the Distribution or (iv) that is taken out of production or shut down pursuant to a decision of a majority of the board of directors of the relevant entity, provided such Applicable Asset is maintained in a state of readiness in which it can resume production, in each case after the Distribution, shall be ignored (i.e., excluded from the numerator and the denominator of the calculation).

As used in this Exhibit, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Applicable Assets” means (i) with respect to Reorganized TCEH, the assets held by any Reorganized TCEH Entity (other than any asset (or portion thereof) directly or indirectly held by the Preferred Stock Entity) and (ii) with respect to the EFH Parties, the assets held by any Reorganized EFH Entity.

Applicable Percentage” means (i) with respect to Reorganized TCEH, 95% and (ii) with respect to the EFH Parties, 67%.

 

Exhibit B


Exhibit C

EFH – Legal Entity Simplification Steps Chart dated September 23, 2016

[Omitted.]

 

Exhibit C

EX-10.3 4 d176523dex103.htm EX-10.3 EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED SPLIT PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement (the “Agreement”), is dated October 3, 2016, by and between Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company f/k/a TXU Electric Delivery Company, a Texas Corporation (“Oncor”) and TEX Operations Company LLC (“RTCEH”) (collectively, the “Parties”, and each, a “Party”).

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014, Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (“EFH”) and certain entities in which it, directly or indirectly, holds an equity interest and certain of their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), commenced voluntary cases under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which cases were jointly administered for procedural purposes only under Case No. 14-10979, Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Case No. 14-10979 (CSS) (the “Chapter 11 Cases”);

WHEREAS, Oncor, Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Oncor Holdings”) and their current and former direct and indirect subsidiaries have not been and are not Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the plan of reorganization confirmed as part of the Chapter 11 Cases (the “Plan”), EFH and RTCEH have been separated (the “Separation”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, certain rights and obligations of EFH will be transferred to and assumed by RTCEH (the “Transfer”);

WHEREAS, the employment of certain current and future retirees of EFH, RTCEH and Oncor (or one of their direct or indirect subsidiaries) has included service that has been allocated to both (i) Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (or one of its predecessor regulated electric transmission and distribution utility businesses) and (ii) EFH or one of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is not a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility (the “Split Participants”) with such allocations set forth under the letters from Aon Hewitt to EFH dated November 13, 2012, which are attached hereto as Exhibit I-A the “Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter” and Exhibit II-A the “Aon Calculation Method”;

WHEREAS, Oncor and EFH and certain of their predecessors have entered into certain agreements to provide for provision of benefits to the Split Participants; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement, which shall amend, restate and otherwise replace certain agreements with respect to the provision of certain post-retirement welfare benefits to certain Split Participants, as specified Schedule I to this Agreement, with respect to the provision of pension benefits to certain Split Participants, as set forth in Schedule II to this Agreement, and with respect to the provision of life insurance benefits to certain Split Participants, as set forth in Schedule III.


NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows, it being understood and agreed that the following provisions shall govern with respect to Schedules I, II, and III to this Agreement and all exhibits thereto, unless otherwise provided therein:

 

  1. Undertakings. This Agreement consists of this Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement, Schedule I, II, and III hereto and all exhibits to such Schedules. Each of RTCEH and Oncor agrees to perform its obligations set forth in Schedules I, II, and III to this Agreement and all exhibits thereto.

 

  2. Amendment and Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented only by written instrument executed by each of the Parties.

 

  3. No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall create any third party beneficiary rights for any individual or entity, including without limitation, any Split Participant or his/her dependents, nor shall this Agreement be deemed to provide any Split Participant or dependent, or any other individual, with any right to continued coverage under any plan sponsored by Oncor or RTCEH.

 

  4. Indemnification. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement, and other than with respect to any act or omission of an Indemnitee (as defined herein) that constitutes fraud, intentional or willful misconduct, gross negligence or a breach of fiduciary duty or the terms of this Agreement by such Indemnitee, each Party (“Indemnitor”) agrees to and will defend, protect, indemnify and hold the other Party (“Indemnitee”) harmless from and against all claims, losses, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees, direct, actual damages, demands, judgments, causes of action, suits, and liabilities (“Claims”): (a) arising from any breach by the Indemnitor of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement; or (b) related to a Party’s rights or obligations under this Agreement including, but not limited to, (i) such indemnifying Party’s operation and administration of the benefit plans, (ii) modification of the benefits by the Party making the decision to modify such benefits or (iii) reduction in the rate of any participant subsidy by the Party implementing such reduction.

 

  5. Notices. Any notices or other communications to be provided between the Parties hereunder shall be provided in writing (including email or facsimile) to the following addresses:

If to Oncor:

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

1616 Woodall Rogers Freeway

Dallas, Texas 75202

Attn: Ms. Kerri Veitch

Email: kerri.veitch@oncor.com

With copy to: General Counsel

 

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If to RTCEH:

TEX Operations Company LLC

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attn: Cyndie Ewert

Email: cyndie.ewert@energyfutureholdings.com

With copy to: General Counsel

 

  6. Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all understandings and agreements (whether oral or in writing), relating hereto, including the Original Agreement, the 2014 Agreement and the Funding Agreement (in each case as hereinafter defined in Schedule I or II to this Agreement).

 

  7. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests and obligations hereunder of either Party may be directly or indirectly assigned or delegated by either Party (in each case, whether (i) by merger, consolidation or dissolution of a Party, (ii) by contract, operation of law or (iii) otherwise) without the express prior written consent of the other Party, and any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. For purposes of this Section 7, the term “merger” refers to any merger in which a Party is a constituent entity, regardless of whether it is the surviving or merged entity. As a condition to, and prior to the consummation of, any direct or indirect transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions) the Party engaging in such transfer or other disposition shall, subject to the preceding provisions of this Section 7, require the transferee to assume all of such Party’s obligations hereunder.

 

  8. Severability. All rights and restrictions contained in this Agreement may be exercised and shall be applicable and binding only to the extent that they do not violate any applicable laws and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Agreement illegal, invalid or unenforceable. If any term of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is the intention of the Parties that the remaining terms hereof shall constitute their agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all of such remaining terms shall remain in full force and effect.

 

  9. Novation. Except for obligations that are due but not paid as of the date of this Agreement, RTCEH and Oncor hereby novate EFH’s obligations under the Original Agreement, the 2014 Agreement and the Funding Agreement.

 

  10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

 

  11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall be considered one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC
By:  

/s/ Deborah L. Dennis

Name:   Deborah L. Dennis
Title:   Senior Vice President
TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC
By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  
TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

/s/ David D. Faranetta

  Name:   David D. Faranetta
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer


SCHEDULE I

POST-RETIREMENT WELFARE BENEFITS

WHEREAS, that certain Agreement entered into by and between TXU Electric Delivery Company, a Texas corporation, and TXU Energy Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated March 10, 2005 (the “Original Agreement”) set forth certain provisions regarding the allocation to Oncor of a portion of the cost for post-retirement welfare benefits to be provided to Split Participants (which benefits are currently provided under the Oncor Retiree Welfare Plan but which benefits may be provided through a successor plan to the Oncor Retiree Welfare Plan in the future (such plan, together with any such successor plan (but not including the OSPP (as defined below)), collectively referred to as the “Oncor Plan”)) to certain current and future eligible Split Participants as listed on Annex A to the Administration Manual (as defined in Section 4 below) who are eligible for a retiree benefits subsidy as of the date hereof, as such Annex A may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Administration Manual (the “Oncor Plan Split Participants”);

WHEREAS, that certain Split Participant Agreement entered into by and between Oncor and EFH, dated April 28, 2014 and effective July 1, 2014 (the “2014 Agreement”) modified the Original Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Original Agreement, as modified by the 2014 Agreement, Oncor is obligated to fund that portion of the welfare benefit costs for the Oncor Plan Split Participants with respect to such Oncor Plan Split Participants’ service allocated to Oncor under the Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter, and EFH is obligated to fund the remaining welfare benefit costs of the Oncor Plan Split Participants, in each case, less the Oncor Plan Split Participants’ contributions;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2014 Agreement, beginning on January 1, 2015, Oncor began administering the Oncor Plan, and EFH agreed to pay Oncor for EFH’s portion of the costs associated with providing welfare benefits coverage for the Oncor Plan Split Participants (including certain administrative costs);

WHEREAS, as a result of the Separation and the Transfer, Oncor and RTCEH will not be under “common control” within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or part of a “control group” within the meaning of Section 3(40)(B)(ii) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”);

WHEREAS, as a result of the lack of common control under ERISA, among other things, the Oncor Plan could be a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA (a “MEWA”) treated as self-insured for purposes of the Texas Insurance Code if both RTCEH and Oncor were to continue to fund the Oncor Plan as described in the 2014 Agreement beyond the Separation and Transfer;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend and restate within this Schedule I the 2014 Agreement to: (a) provide for the establishment of a separate post-retirement welfare benefit plan for the benefit of the Oncor Plan Split Participants that is a “fully-insured” plan; (b) permit the subsequent conversion of such fully-insured plan to a “self-funded” or “partially-funded” plan if a written and binding advisory opinion from the Employee Benefits Security

 

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Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) is issued to the effect that the Oncor Split Participant Plan is not a MEWA as defined in 3(40) of ERISA (such “fully-insured” and/or “self-funded” or “partially-funded” plan is hereinafter referred to as the “Oncor Split Participant Plan” or “OSPP”); and (c) set forth the funding obligations of RTCEH and Oncor under the OSPP; and

WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that RTCEH’s and Oncor’s obligations with respect to the costs of post-retirement welfare benefits for the Oncor Plan Split Participants under the OSPP shall continue to be allocated in a manner consistent with the past practices of Oncor and EFH under the Oncor Plan prior to the Separation and the Transfer and in accordance with the Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

  1. Transition Period. Oncor will continue to provide medical (including prescription drug coverage), vision, life insurance and dental benefits to the Oncor Plan Split Participants, to the extent eligible, under the Oncor Plan, on the same terms and conditions as heretofore provided under the Oncor Plan (including on a self-insured basis for purposes of medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage) through the last day of the calendar year following the year of the Separation and Transfer, or such earlier date as determined in Oncor’s discretion (the “Transition Period”), provided however, that Oncor shall have given advance written notice to RTCEH of such earlier date not less than ninety (90) days prior to such date. During the Transition Period, RTCEH shall pay its portion of (i) the aggregate benefit obligation costs, subject to the cap established by EFH in 2012 (as further described in the Administration Manual (as defined below) and the memorandum from Aon Hewitt to EFH, dated August 7, 2015 (the “Aon Memorandum”), attached hereto as Exhibit I-B), with respect to medical, prescription drug, vision, life insurance and dental benefits for each Oncor Plan Split Participant, and (ii) the Administrative Costs (as defined below), each of the foregoing as allocated pursuant to the Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter and historical practice between Oncor and EFH except, in each instance, as may be provided otherwise in the Administration Manual. During the Transition Period, RTCEH shall not amend or terminate the amount of its contribution (determined consistent with the Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter) that it provides for Oncor Plan Split Participant benefit obligation costs.

 

  2. Establishment of Separate Oncor Split Participant Plan.

 

  a. Effective no later than immediately following the end of the Transition Period, Oncor shall have established, with insurers selected by Oncor, a separate fully-insured post-retirement welfare benefit plan for the Oncor Plan Split Participants and shall have transferred the liabilities associated with such fully-insured plan from the Oncor Plan to the OSPP.

 

  b.

At any time, either Party may apply for a written and binding advisory opinion from the DOL to the effect that the OSPP or a similar alternative post-retirement welfare benefit arrangement is not, or would not be, a MEWA. In the event that such requested advisory opinion is obtained to the reasonable

 

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  satisfaction of the Parties, the Parties may mutually agree to convert the funding status of the OSPP from a fully-insured arrangement to a “self-funded” or “partially-funded” arrangement.

 

  3. Coverage and Benefits under the Oncor Split Participant Plan.

 

  a. No later than immediately following the end of the Transition Period, to the extent an Oncor Plan Split Participant is or would otherwise become eligible for medical (including prescription drug coverage), vision, dental, and life insurance benefits under the Oncor Plan according to its terms in effect as of the end of the Transition Period, such Oncor Plan Split Participant shall be or will become eligible for such benefits under the OSPP. Subject to Section 9, Oncor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to offer benefits under the OSPP that are in the aggregate substantially equivalent to those benefits offered to former Oncor employees who are retirees under the Oncor Plan (“Substantial Coverage Equivalence”); provided, however that Oncor’s obligations pursuant to this sentence shall be deemed satisfied if it (i) determines, in its sole but good faith judgment, that no available insurance product provides Substantial Coverage Equivalence and (ii) offers an insurance product that, in its sole but good faith judgment, provides benefits that are as close as reasonably possible to Substantial Coverage Equivalence. The determination of Substantial Coverage Equivalence shall not take into account any incremental cost attributable to the OSPP’s status as a fully-insured plan when compared to the Oncor Plan’s status as a self-insured arrangement. Oncor shall be deemed to comply with this Section 3(a) if both: (i) Oncor determines, in its sole but good faith judgment, that the cost to the Oncor Plan Split Participants of benefits that provide Substantial Coverage Equivalence is unduly burdensome to the Oncor Plan Split Participants, and (ii) Oncor instead provides such benefit options based on and reflecting the Oncor Subsidy (as defined below) that, in Oncor’s sole but good faith judgment, are collectively in the best interests of the Oncor Plan Split Participants. Nothing in this Section 3 shall diminish Oncor’s obligations under Section 9.

 

  b.

As further set forth in the Administration Manual, Oncor shall timely provide to RTCEH information on the benefits and coverages to be provided under the OSPP, including any changes in benefits, as compared to the benefits provided to former Oncor employees who are retirees under the Oncor Plan. Any active employees who will be eligible for benefits under the OSPP following retirement will not be eligible for such benefits under any welfare plans maintained by RTCEH after retirement so long as this Schedule I is in effect. Active employees who are future eligible Oncor Plan Split Participants shall continue to be credited with service for purposes of determining the premium subsidies provided to them by Oncor and RTCEH for post-retirement welfare benefits in accordance with the practice in effect for such crediting of service as of the date of this Agreement. Oncor shall for all purposes, including those relating to the Oncor Plan Split Participants, be the

 

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  sponsor of the OSPP, and Oncor or its designee shall be the plan administrator for the OSPP. In no event shall Oncor be (i) limited in any way in offering benefits to participants under any of its other plans as it determines, in its sole but good faith judgment, or (ii) required to incur any expense related to benefits offered to Oncor Plan Split Participants that is greater than has been determined reasonable by the Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to Section 36.065 of the Texas Utilities Code (the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA)).

 

  4. Allocation of Costs under the Oncor Plan and the Oncor Split Participant Plan.

 

  a. The Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter describes the current and past practices of allocating the costs associated with providing post-retirement welfare benefit coverage for the Oncor Plan Split Participants between Oncor and EFH, including the practices prior to the Separation and the Transfer, and the Parties agree that such practices will be continued by RTCEH and Oncor following the Separation and the Transfer for so long as this Schedule I is in effect except as otherwise provided herein or in the Administration Manual. RTCEH and Oncor will each continue to pay its own portion of the costs (including Administrative Costs, as defined below) associated with providing welfare benefit coverage for the Oncor Plan Split Participants according to the allocations set forth in the Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter subject to both: (i) as to the RTCEH portion of the costs, the cap described in the Administration Manual and the Aon Memorandum; and (ii) the ability of RTCEH and Oncor to reduce the amount of their respective contributions in accordance with the provisions described in this Agreement.

 

  b. Following the Transition Period, RTCEH shall not amend or terminate the amount of the contribution it provides for Oncor Plan Split Participant premium subsidies unless it provides at least one hundred fifty (150) days’ notice to Oncor and such advanced notice to Oncor Plan Split Participants as required by any applicable law of such amendment or termination, and provided that such amendment or termination may only become effective as of the first day of a plan year. RTCEH shall be fully responsible for any additional administrative expenses that may be incurred by Oncor as a result of RTCEH’s amendment and termination of the premium subsidies it provides to the Oncor Plan Split Participants.

 

  c.

For each plan year that the OSPP is a fully-insured arrangement, RTCEH will pay Oncor for RTCEH’s share of the costs associated with providing post-retirement welfare benefits to the Oncor Plan Split Participants (including the annual premium, Administrative Costs and the Overhead Fee, as defined below) calculated using the methodologies described in the Aon Hewitt Welfare Letter in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4 and the administration manual attached hereto as Exhibit I-C containing details regarding the operations and administration of the Oncor Plan during the Transition Period and the OSPP following the Transition Period,

 

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  developed and mutually agreed to by the Parties and as amended from time to time by written consent of the Parties to the extent specified therein (the “Administration Manual”). Oncor shall invoice RTCEH monthly for RTCEH’s monthly premium subsidy, and monthly share of the Administrative Costs and Overhead Fee. Each invoice shall have sufficient details as to the Administrative Costs as to allow RTCEH to identify and reconcile its share of the Administrative Costs. RTCEH will pay Oncor any undisputed amount of an invoice within thirty (30) days of receipt and disputed amounts shall be reconciled in accordance with the dispute resolution process set forth in the Administration Manual.

 

  d. As further set forth in the Administration Manual, Oncor will perform periodic true-up calculations of RTCEH’s aggregate premium subsidies paid to Oncor. Oncor will notify RTCEH in writing of the results of these true-up calculations promptly after the calculations are completed and will, upon request, provide RTCEH with the information relied upon to make its calculations. As further set forth in the Administration Manual, Oncor will also perform periodic true-up calculations of RTCEH’s share of the Administrative Costs paid to Oncor. Oncor shall keep and retain full and accurate records relating to the calculation of RTCEH’s aggregate premium subsidies, the Administrative Costs including RTCEH’s allocable share of such costs, vendor invoices, insurance carrier statements and any true-up calculations (the “SPA Records”). Oncor shall preserve such SPA Records for each calendar year for seven (7) calendar years following the end of such calendar year. During such period, RTCEH or its agents shall have the right, at RTCEH’s sole expense, to review such SPA Records during Oncor’s normal business hours, provided that such right may be exercised by RTCEH no more than once per calendar year. For any year that the OSPP is a self-insured arrangement or is a partially fully-insured and partially self-insured arrangement, the Parties agree that the terms of the Administration Manual shall govern the payment, subsidy and true-up calculations associated with the OSPP. Any disputed amounts shall be reconciled in accordance with the dispute resolution process set forth in the Administration Manual, provided, however, that RTCEH must notify Oncor of any disputed amounts by within two (2) years after receipt of a true-up calculation. After two (2) years from receipt of a true-up calculation, RTCEH may not dispute any item in such true-up calculation and Oncor will have no obligation to make any reimbursements pursuant to such true-up calculation.

 

  e.

For purposes of this Schedule I, “Administrative Costs” shall mean with respect to the plan under which the Oncor Plan Split Participants are being provided with post-retirement welfare benefits, the total annual amount of administrative costs and expenses incurred by Oncor, relating to Oncor Plan Split Participants, in sponsoring, maintaining and administering the Oncor Plan or the OSPP (as applicable), including without limitation, proportionate costs associated with communications to Oncor Plan Split Participants, third party vendor/benefit provider administrative costs and costs of legal

 

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  compliance (e.g., preparing Form 5500s, summaries of benefits and coverage, summary plan descriptions, summary annual reports and other applicable reporting and disclosure requirements), set-up and other costs associated with creating and adopting the OSPP, costs associated with developing an open enrollment process for Oncor Plan Split Participants and calculating premium subsidies, and external actuarial, legal, consulting and accounting fees and costs of Oncor in sponsoring, maintaining and administering the Oncor Plan or the OSPP (as applicable).

 

  f. Commencing on January 1 following the date of this Agreement, in addition to the Administrative Costs described above, RTCEH will pay Oncor an annual administration fee as set forth in the Administration Manual to cover a portion of administrative overhead expenses Oncor incurs with respect to maintenance of the Oncor Plan or the OSPP (as applicable) (the “Overhead Fee”).

 

  5. Administration. Oncor shall in all respects be responsible for the customary administration of retiree welfare benefits for the Oncor Plan Split Participants. For the avoidance of doubt, such administration services shall include but may not be limited to: benefit distributions; vendor selection, oversight and management; benefits strategy and plan design; participant communications, including but not limited to those required by law; benefit accounting and claims processing; issue resolution; IRS Form W-2 processing for group term life insurance coverage; Retiree Club communications and inquiries; participant data and records management; selection and rollout of technology and support; and engagement of actuarial, accounting, consulting and legal services related to the Oncor Plan, OSPP, and any other arrangement by which Oncor provides the Oncor Subsidy. Oncor agrees that it will give RTCEH a reasonable opportunity to preview all participant communications created by or under Oncor’s direction that relate to material plan changes or amendments prior to the distribution of such communications to the Oncor Plan Split Participants. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, RTCEH will be responsible for any initial communications to Oncor Plan Split Participants regarding any reduction in or termination of its payment of premium subsidies for post-retirement welfare benefits provided under the Oncor Plan or the OSPP (as applicable) on behalf of Oncor Plan Split Participants. RTCEH agrees that it will give Oncor a reasonable opportunity to preview any such communications prior to the distribution of such communications to the Oncor Plan Split Participants and will notify Oncor of the anticipated distribution date for such communications. Oncor agrees that it will send to RTCEH a copy of all communications provided to Oncor Plan Split Participants contemporaneous with the distribution of such communications to such Oncor Plan Split Participants.

 

  6.

Oncor Plan and OSPP Amendment, Modification or Termination. Nothing in this Schedule I shall be deemed to constitute a provision of, or an amendment to the Oncor Plan, OSPP or any other benefit plan maintained by either Oncor or RTCEH. During the Transition Period, Oncor agrees it will not materially amend or modify (with an amendment or modification being deemed material only if such

 

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  amendment or modification would require Oncor to send a summary of material modifications to participants under applicable law) or terminate the Oncor Plan or, if applicable, the OSPP with respect to the benefits available to the Oncor Plan Split Participants, other than as contemplated herein or as required by applicable law, without the written consent of RTCEH, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Subject to the requirements of Section 9 herein, in the event that either (i) RTCEH reduces the amount of the contribution that it provides for Oncor Plan Split Participant benefits under the OSPP by 50% or more as compared to the contributions of EFH as of immediately before the date of this Agreement (a “50% RTCEH Subsidy Reduction”) or (ii) RTCEH fails to make any payment due under this Schedule I (including the Administration Manual) within ninety (90) days of its due date, Oncor may, in its sole and absolute discretion, modify or terminate the OSPP.

 

  7. No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. Nothing in this Schedule I shall create any third party beneficiary rights for any individual, including without limitation, any Oncor Plan Split Participant or his/her dependents, nor shall this Schedule I be deemed to provide any Oncor Plan Split Participant or dependent, or any other individual, with any right to continued coverage under the OSPP or any other plan of Oncor or RTCEH. This Schedule I relates solely to the Oncor Plan Split Participants and does not affect Oncor’s welfare benefit obligations related to any participant who is not an Oncor Plan Split Participant.

 

  8. Schedule I Amendment, Modification, or Termination.

 

  a. This Schedule I may be amended or terminated by written agreement of the Parties.

 

  b. This Schedule I will automatically terminate in the event that Oncor terminates the Oncor Plan during the Transition Period or each of the Oncor Plan, the OSPP, and any alternative arrangement provided under Section 9 following the Transition Period.

 

  c. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that RTCEH shall fail to pay the contribution that it provides for Oncor Plan Split Participant benefits within: (i) thirty (30) days of its due date, Oncor may, subject to any limitations set forth in the Administration Manual, invoice the Oncor Plan Split Participants for such amounts unpaid by RTCEH, and (ii) ninety (90) days of its due date, Oncor may terminate the OSPP and provide benefits to such Oncor Plan Split Participants from and after the date of the OSPP termination pursuant to Section 9 below.

 

  9.

Oncor’s Post-Separation and Transfer Obligation. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Oncor shall after the Separation and Transfer offer an arrangement under which Oncor shall provide a subsidy (“Oncor Subsidy”) for post-retirement medical (including prescription drug coverage) and life insurance benefits for Oncor Plan Split Participants, as applicable, for as long as Oncor offers such benefits and provides a per-participant subsidy for such benefits

 

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  to retirees under the Oncor Plan. If upon (i) a 50% RTCEH Subsidy Reduction or (ii) a failure of RTCEH to make any payment due under this Schedule I (including the Administration Manual) within ninety (90) days of its due date, Oncor terminates the OSPP pursuant to Section 6 or Section 8(c), for as long as Oncor offers such benefits and provides a per-participant subsidy for such benefits to retirees under the Oncor Plan, Oncor shall determine the benefits to be offered to Oncor Plan Split Participants in its sole and absolute discretion under this Section 9 (which shall in all events include the Oncor Subsidy and may include cash payments to the Oncor Plan Split Participants equal to the Oncor Subsidy in lieu of the provision of any post-retirement benefits), and Sections 3 and 6 shall have no further force or effect.

 

  10. Cooperation. The Parties agree to cooperate with each other in any reasonable manner to carry out the terms of this Agreement. RTCEH acknowledges and agrees that in order to facilitate operation of the Oncor Plan and the OSPP, as the case may be, Oncor will need information from RTCEH with respect to each Oncor Plan Split Participant who retired or retires from RTCEH or its affiliates and their predecessors, and RTCEH agrees to provide such information to Oncor in the manner and at the times specified in the Administration Manual. Oncor acknowledges and agrees that Oncor shall provide to RTCEH information required to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, Oncor Plan Split Participant contact information, information regarding plan amendments, actuarial data, and accounting information, on an annual basis, or more frequently upon request as may be further specified in the Administration Manual. The Parties agree to work together in good faith, as necessary, to implement an appropriate approach that satisfies any new regulatory requirements applicable to the OSPP in the future.

 

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SCHEDULE II

RETIREMENT PLAN OBLIGATIONS

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that, pursuant to the Plan, RTCEH has assumed the EFH Retirement Plan from EFH and as a result RTCEH sponsors, maintains and administers (or, if applicable, will sponsor, maintain and administer) the EFH Retirement Plan that covers certain Split Participants (“EFH Split Participants”);

WHEREAS, the Separation Agreement by and between TXU Corp., a Texas corporation and Oncor Holdings dated October 10, 2007 set forth certain provisions regarding the shared funding of pension benefits under the EFH Retirement Plan for the EFH Split Participants (such provisions are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Funding Agreement”);

WHEREAS, RTCEH shall for all purposes be the sponsor of the EFH Retirement Plan and RTCEH or its designee shall be plan administrator for the EFH Retirement Plan;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire and agree to continue to share the costs of funding of the EFH Retirement Plan as described in this Schedule II; and

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

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Aon Calculation Method. The Parties acknowledge and agree to continue to utilize the methods of allocating liabilities, costs and expenses associated with the EFH Retirement Plan that are in effect on the date hereof, including (i) the method of allocating any amount that may be required to be contributed to any trust established for the purpose of funding benefits under the EFH Retirement Plan, and (ii) the method for allocating between the Parties pension liabilities, costs and expenses under the EFH Retirement Plan (which method is described in the direct 2008 rate case testimony filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas by Don Shipman, and more specifically described in the letter from Aon Hewitt to EFH dated November 13, 2012, addressing pension benefits, which is attached hereto as Exhibit II-A (together with any mutually-agreed upon updates to said allocations, the “Aon Calculation Method”)). The Parties agree that the Aon Calculation Method is fair, appropriate and non-arbitrary, and that, pursuant to such method, each Party will bear its fair share of such liabilities, costs and expenses. The term “Allocable Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to each Party, the projected benefit obligations allocated to such Party by the enrolled actuary for the EFH Retirement Plan in accordance with the Aon Calculation Method. The Parties further agree that Allocable Liabilities shall be calculated by taking into account, if applicable, (i) any plan termination liability; (ii) any premiums payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”); (iii) the cost of obtaining annuities; and (iv) any other costs or expenses under the EFH Retirement Plan. The term “Allocable Assets” shall mean, with respect to each Party, the fair value of the plan assets allocated to such Party by the enrolled actuary for the EFH Retirement Plan in accordance with the Aon Calculation Method. For avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge that the Aon Calculation Method utilizes Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) to calculate Allocable Liabilities and Allocable Assets for an ongoing plan and a plan undergoing a “standard” plan termination as defined in ERISA § 4041(b), and that the Aon Calculation Method utilizes the actuarial assumptions outlined in 29 C.F.R. § 4044 in the event of a “distress” or “involuntary” plan termination as defined in

 

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  ERISA § 4041(c) or 4042. RTCEH shall not alter or otherwise change the Aon Calculation Method without the prior written agreement of Oncor other than as otherwise required by law. RTCEH as sponsor of the EFH Retirement Plan may amend the EFH Retirement Plan at any time, as required by federal laws, in order to ensure that the EFH Retirement Plan maintains its qualified plan status and is in compliance with the requirements of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, ERISA, the Code and other applicable laws. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, RTCEH further agrees it will not amend, modify or terminate the EFH Retirement Plan during the Transition Period without the consent of Oncor, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld and will not, without the consent of Oncor, which will not be unreasonably withheld, amend, modify or terminate the EFH Retirement Plan at any time thereafter if such amendment, modification or termination reflects a material increase in the accrued benefit provided to any Split Participant and that would result in a material increase in Oncor’s Allocable Liabilities with respect to the EFH Retirement Plan.

 

2. Ongoing Reimbursement by Oncor to RTCEH in Respect of EFH Retirement Plan.

 

  a. Prior to the start of each plan year commencing after the year of the Separation and Transfer, the actuary for the EFH Retirement Plan will send a statement to Oncor and RTCEH identifying each Party’s share of the required minimum contributions (determined in accordance with Code Section 412 and ERISA Section 302) (each such contribution a “Minimum Contribution,” and collectively, the “Minimum Contributions”) with respect to the EFH Retirement Plan for such plan year and the due dates for the same, together with supporting documentation showing the calculation of such Minimum Contributions. Each Party’s share of each Minimum Contribution shall be calculated by multiplying the amount of such Minimum Contribution by the percentage determined by dividing (i) such Party’s “Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities” (as defined below) by (ii) the sum of (A) such Party’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities plus (B) the other Party’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities (each such Party’s portion of the Minimum Contribution as so determined is hereafter referred to as such Party’s “Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution”). In the event the sum of all of Oncor’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contributions for a plan year exceeds its Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities for such plan year, Oncor’s total Allocable Share of Minimum Contributions for such plan year shall be reduced to equal its Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities for such plan year, and RTCEH shall be responsible for the difference. In the event the Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities for both Oncor and RTCEH are both zero, but there is a scheduled minimum contribution for the year, all scheduled contributions will be allocated to RTCEH.

 

  b. If the actuary cannot provide an allocation prior to the first required contribution for a plan year, the Parties agree that the actuary may provide an allocation based on an estimate of the contribution and its allocation (with any differences between the estimated allocation and the final allocation reflected in subsequent contributions after the final allocation is completed).

 

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  c. For each plan year, the actuary for the EFH Retirement Plan will perform a true-up calculation of each Party’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities for such plan year and shall adjust each Party’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution accordingly for the next plan year.

 

  d. RTCEH shall tender each Minimum Contribution (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Oncor’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution and RTCEH’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution) to the EFH Retirement Plan trust no later than ten (10) days prior to its due date. Within ten (10) days of receipt by Oncor from RTCEH of written documentation evidencing RTCEH’s contribution to the trust established for the EFH Retirement Plan of the total Minimum Contribution due (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Oncor’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution and RTCEH’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution), Oncor agrees to pay to RTCEH its Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution. In the event RTCEH does not contribute all or a portion of a Minimum Contribution to the trust established for the EFH Retirement Plan by the due date of such Minimum Contribution, Oncor may tender the unpaid portion of its Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution on behalf of RTCEH directly to the trust established for the EFH Retirement Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Schedule II to the contrary, the payment by Oncor of its funding obligation under this Section 2 is conditioned on RTCEH making a corresponding contribution in respect of its Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution. Oncor’s payment to RTCEH pursuant to this Section 2 shall reimburse RTCEH for the amount RTCEH tendered to the EFH Retirement Plan with respect to Oncor’s Allocable Share of Minimum Contribution.

 

  e. For purposes of this Schedule II, the term “Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities” with respect to each Party shall mean the positive difference (if any) between (i) the applicable Party’s Allocable Liabilities minus (ii) the applicable Party’s Allocable Assets, as determined in accordance with Section 1 of this Schedule II on an ongoing basis. If a Party’s Allocable Assets exceeds such Party’s Allocable Liabilities, the Party’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities shall be zero. In calculating a Party’s “Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities,” Allocable Assets and Allocable Liabilities shall be determined as of the end of the year preceding the relevant contribution year.

 

  f. For the year in which the Separation and Transfer occurs, the Party’s agree to provide any required minimum funding contributions in accordance with a statement to be provided by the actuary following the effective date of this Agreement.

 

  3. Specific Event Reimbursement by Oncor to RTCEH in Respect of EFH Retirement Plan. In the event that in any given plan year the enrolled actuary of the EFH Retirement Plan determines that any of the benefit restrictions under Code Section 436 (“Benefit Restrictions”) may, in its reasonable discretion, apply to the EFH Retirement Plan, the enrolled actuary shall calculate the contribution amount owed by each Party to avoid the Benefit Restrictions based on each Party’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities and shall advise the Parties of the timing of the required contributions; provided, however, that if a Party’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities is zero, the other Party shall tender the entire contribution amount necessary to avoid the Benefit Restrictions.

 

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Oncor shall, upon written request from RTCEH, which request shall include supporting documentation showing the calculation of such contribution amount owed and evidence of RTCEH’s payment to the trust under the EFH Retirement Plan of such amount (the “Benefit Restriction Request”), timely tender to RTCEH its Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities up to the maximum amount required to avoid Benefit Restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, Oncor shall not remit payment to RTCEH in accordance with this Section 3 until RTCEH has contributed such amount to the trust under the EFH Retirement Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Schedule II to the contrary, the payment by Oncor of its funding obligation under this Section 3 is conditioned on RTCEH making a corresponding contribution in respect of its Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities unless RTCEH’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities is zero at the time such contribution is necessary. RTCEH shall timely tender its Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities up to the maximum amount owed to avoid Benefit Restrictions as well as the amount of the Benefit Restriction Request to the EFH Retirement Plan trust. Oncor’s payment of the Benefit Restriction Request to RTCEH shall reimburse RTCEH for the amount RTCEH tendered to the EFH Retirement Plan with respect to the Benefit Restriction Request. In the event that RTCEH fails to timely tender the amount of the Benefit Restriction Request to the EFH Retirement Plan trust, Oncor will tender the amount of the Benefit Restriction Request on behalf of RTCEH directly to the EFH Retirement Plan trust.

 

  4. Plan Termination. In the event that RTCEH wishes to terminate the EFH Retirement Plan under a standard or distress termination, RTECH shall provide Oncor with notice of at least one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the proposed termination date. In the event RTCEH receives written notice of the PBGC’s intent to initiate an involuntary termination of the EFH Retirement Plan, RTCEH shall promptly provide Oncor with such written notice. In the case of a standard, distress, or involuntary plan termination, the EFH Retirement Plan enrolled actuary shall calculate the (i) plan termination liability and (ii) any other costs or expenses under the EFH Retirement Plan, in accordance with the assumptions for terminating such plan and each Party shall pay its respective share of the plan termination liability by the date indicated by the enrolled actuary, which shall in each case be prior to the date(s) mandated by ERISA. Notwithstanding any provision of this Schedule II to the contrary, in the event that Oncor has a funding obligation under this Section 4 as a result of a standard termination, the payment by Oncor of its funding obligations under this Section 4 is conditioned on RTCEH making a corresponding contribution in respect of its share of such termination liabilities. Upon satisfaction of Oncor’s payment of such liability and other costs and expenses, Oncor shall have no further obligation to RTCEH in respect of the EFH Retirement Plan other than as provided in this Agreement.

 

  5.

Contributing Sponsor Status. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or Schedule II to the contrary, the Parties acknowledge and agree that Oncor’s obligation in respect of the funding of the EFH Retirement Plan is solely a contractual obligation to RTCEH under this Agreement and that Oncor shall be liable under this Schedule II only

 

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  for its Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities and shall not be liable for RTCEH’s Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities under the EFH Retirement Plan. It is the intent of the Parties that Oncor is not and will not become a “contributing sponsor” of the EFH Retirement Plan as such term is defined in ERISA Section 4001(a)(13), and nothing contained in this Schedule II or otherwise in this Agreement shall be construed otherwise.

 

  6. Plan Administrative Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in Exhibit II-B, the Parties agree that Permissible Expenses (as defined below) shall be charged against each party’s Allocable Assets in proportion to each party’s Allocable Assets compared to the total assets under the EFH Retirement Plan as of the date designated by the plan administrator. The term “Permissible Expenses” includes those expenses properly payable from the plan assets of the EFH Retirement Plan in accordance with ERISA. Expenses that are not properly payable from plan assets shall be allocated in accordance with historical practice.

 

  7. Dispute Resolution. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Oncor may engage its own enrolled actuary to calculate its Allocable Liabilities, Allocable Assets, Allocable Share of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities, and any and all payments to be made by Oncor in accordance with this Schedule II. If the Parties’ enrolled actuaries do not agree on any such calculations, the Parties agree that they shall cause each enrolled actuary to prepare and deliver to the other a statement setting forth the enrolled actuary’s calculation and methodologies. The Parties agree to negotiate in good faith for 60 days following receipt of such statements in order to come to an agreement as to such calculations. If, at the end of such 60 day period, the enrolled actuaries and the Parties have not resolved such disputes, the two enrolled actuaries shall select a third enrolled actuary, and such third enrolled actuary shall determine which of the calculation and methodologies prepared by the two prior enrolled actuaries is correct. Such new enrolled actuary’s determination shall be set forth in a written statement delivered to the Parties and the determination shall be final, binding and non-appealable. All fees and expenses of such third enrolled actuary shall be borne 50% by Oncor and 50% by RTCEH.

 

  8. Reservation of Rights. Nothing in this Schedule II shall be deemed to constitute a provision of, or an amendment to the EFH Retirement Plan or any other benefit plan maintained by either Oncor or RTCEH, nor shall this Schedule II be deemed to limit, in any way, the authority of either Oncor or RTCEH to amend or terminate their respective benefit plans from time to time in accordance with the terms of such plans except as otherwise provided in Section 1 hereof.

 

  9. No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. Nothing in this Schedule II shall create any third party beneficiary rights for any individual, including without limitation, any EFH Split Participant or his/her beneficiary, nor shall this Schedule II be deemed to provide any EFH Split Participant or beneficiary, or any other individual, with any right to continued coverage under the EFH Retirement Plan or any other plan of Oncor or RTCEH. This Schedule II relates solely to the EFH Retirement Plan and does not affect RTCEH’s obligation to any participant or beneficiary who is not an EFH Split Participant.

 

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  10. Termination. This Schedule II will automatically terminate in the event that (a) the EFH Retirement Plan is terminated; or (b) benefits under the EFH Retirement Plan are no longer payable to EFH Split Participants.

 

  11. Representation on EFH Retirement Plan Investment Committee. During the term of the obligations under this Schedule II the investments of the trust for the EFH Retirement Plan shall be governed by a committee (the “Investment Committee”), and Oncor shall have the right to have three (3) voting members named by Oncor when the Investment Committee has seven (7) voting members.

 

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SCHEDULE III

LIFE INSURANCE

WHEREAS, certain retirees of Oncor, RTCEH and their predecessors and affiliates may be eligible for life insurance subsidies from both Oncor and RTCEH; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to address the provision of life insurance benefits to such retirees in accordance with this Schedule III.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1. On October 3, 2016, RTCEH will pay Oncor $7,000,000 for full payment of the life insurance premiums for Split Participants listed in the attached Exhibit III-A in proportion to their assigned non-regulated service.

2. Oncor will assume all of RTCEH’s obligations and liabilities with respect to life insurance benefits being provided to the Split Participants listed in the attached Exhibit III-A and, subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 2, any other Split Participants not listed on Exhibit III-A who (i) retire from RTCEH or an affiliate, successor or predecessor of RTCEH (or a successor or predecessor of an affiliate of RTCEH) prior to December 31, 2016, and (ii) for whom RTCEH has agreed to provide life insurance benefits upon retirement (the “Future Eligible Life Split Participants”). If there are more than fifty (50) Future Eligible Life Split Participants, the Parties agree that they will calculate an amount to be paid by RTCEH to Oncor to cover RTCEH’s obligations and liabilities with respect to the aggregate life insurance benefits for such Future Eligible Life Split Participants (the “Additional Payment”). Oncor shall provide the life insurance benefit to such Future Eligible Life Split Participants if: (i) there are no more than fifty (50) Future Eligible Life Split Participants; or (ii) RTCEH pays the Additional Payment to Oncor.

3. Oncor will continue providing the same level of life insurance benefits currently provided.

4. If Oncor terminates the life insurance benefits being provided to the Split Participants listed on Exhibit III-A and the Future Eligible Life Split Participants, if any, prior to the date that all amounts paid in Sections 1 and 2 of this Schedule III have been used by Oncor to pay or fund premiums for such life insurance benefits, Oncor shall pay to RTCEH the net amount paid under Sections 1 and 2 less the actual out-of-pocket amounts used to pay life insurance premiums for such participants through the date on which such benefits are terminated.

 

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EXHIBIT I-A

AON HEWITT WELFARE LETTER

 

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[Omitted.]


EXHIBIT I-B

AON HEWITT MEMORANDUM

 

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[Omitted.]


EXHIBIT I-C

ADMINISTRATION MANUAL

 

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[Omitted.]


EXHIBIT II-A

AON CALCULATION METHOD

 

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[Omitted.]


EXHIBIT II-B

EXPENSES

No expenses listed.

 

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EXHIBIT III-A

LIFE INSURANCE SPLIT PARTICIPANT LIST

 

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[Omitted.]

EX-10.4 5 d176523dex104.htm EX-10.4 EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

This TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (as hereinafter amended, restated or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into, as of this 3rd day of October, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (and any entity successor thereto, including, upon consummation of the E-Side Transaction (as defined below), the successor thereof (if any), (the “Company”)), and TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”). Each of the Company and OpCo is referred to herein as a “Party” and are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties.” All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meaning set forth in Annex A attached hereto.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014 (the “Petition Date”), the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), and Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (“TCEH”), a Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of the Company, commenced voluntary cases under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”), which cases are jointly administered for procedural purposes only under Case No. 14-10979, and any proceedings relating thereto (collectively, the “Chapter 11 Cases”);

WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving and confirming the restructuring of the TCEH Debtors pursuant to the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan of Reorganization”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization: (a) TCEH formed TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SpinCo”); (b) TCEH transferred all of TCEH’s interests in its Subsidiaries (excluding the stock of TCEH Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation) to SpinCo in exchange for (i) 100% of the newly-issued equity interests of SpinCo and (ii) the cash proceeds of new SpinCo debt (such transfer, the “TCEH Contribution”), as well as the assumption by SpinCo of certain liabilities; (c) immediately following the TCEH Contribution, SpinCo transferred certain of its assets to an entity formed before the Effective Date that will elect to be treated as a corporation immediately following the TCEH Contribution (“New Holdco”) in exchange for 100% of New Holdco’s equity; (d) immediately following the transfer described in clause (c), SpinCo completed the sale of all of the preferred stock of New Holdco authorized to be issued by New Holdco to one or more third party investors in exchange for cash, and Reorganized TCEH will thereafter distribute the cash consideration attributable thereto to TCEH (the “Preferred Stock Sale”); and (e) immediately following the TCEH Contribution and the Preferred Stock Sale, SpinCo converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to applicable Law;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, the Company contributed the equity interests of (i) EFH Corporate Services Company, a Texas corporation (“EFH Corporate Services”), (ii) EFH Properties Company (but not including any cash or cash equivalents on hand at EFH Properties Company), and (iii) the respective Subsidiaries of EFH Corporate Services and EFH Properties Company to OpCo, as well as certain other assets, liabilities and equity interests related to the TCEH Debtors’ operations, all as provided in the Plan of Reorganization (the “EFH Contribution”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization and as a result of the EFH Contribution, the employees of EFH Corporate Services became employees of OpCo or one or more of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date;


WHEREAS, pursuant to further amendment to the Plan of Reorganization the Company and/or its Subsidiaries may consummate a sale, merger or other similar transaction (the “E-Side Transaction”) to effectuate their reorganization and emergence from bankruptcy;

WHEREAS, the Company and its Subsidiaries wish to receive the Transition Services (as defined below) from OpCo and/or its Subsidiaries during the Term (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, OpCo is willing to provide, and to cause its Subsidiaries to provide, the Transition Services to the Company and its Subsidiaries upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the covenants and agreements set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1 - SERVICES

1.1 Transition Services.

(a) During the Term, OpCo hereby agrees to provide, or cause to be provided (whether through one or more of its Subsidiaries or as permitted pursuant to Section 1.2), to the Company and its Subsidiaries upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (i) as requested in writing (which may be by e-mail) by or on behalf of a Project Manager of the Company, one or more of the services described on Annex B attached hereto (the “Service Schedule”), (ii) as reasonably requested by the Company, any other service historically provided to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries during the period from April 29, 2014 through the date hereof by EFH Corporate Services, OpCo and/or their respective Subsidiaries, or (iii) if applicable, other services that may be agreed upon by the Parties (which, in the case of the Company, shall be a Project Manager of the Company or someone acting on such Project Manager’s behalf) in writing (which may be by e-mail) after the date hereof (“Additional Services” and, together with the services in clauses (i) and (ii), the “Transition Services”). In the event that the Parties identify and agree upon Additional Services to be provided under this Agreement, the Parties shall execute an amendment to this Agreement that provides for the substitution of the relevant Service Schedule, or additions or supplements to the relevant Service Schedule, in order to describe such Additional Services and other specific terms and conditions applicable thereto.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Term, the Parties agree, subject to Article 6 hereof, that the Transition Services include, to the extent applicable, the transitioning of information of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Company and its Subsidiaries that such Company and/or Subsidiary reasonably require to operate their businesses (including historical books and records and electronic and other data related to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries).

(c) In no event shall OpCo or its Affiliates be required to (i) lend any funds to the Company or its Affiliates or (ii) make any payments or disbursements on behalf of the Company, except to the extent the Company has previously delivered to OpCo sufficient funds to make any such payment or disbursement.

(d) Unless otherwise expressly required under the terms of any relevant Service Schedule hereto, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the Split Participant Agreement, or as otherwise agreed to by the Parties in writing, in providing the Transition Services, OpCo or its Affiliates shall not be obligated to: (i) expend funds and other resources beyond levels that would be customary and reasonable for any other nationally recognized service provider to perform services that

 

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are similar to the relevant Transition Services; (ii) maintain the employment of any specific employee or subcontractor; (iii) purchase, lease or license any additional (measured as of the date hereof) equipment or materials (expressly excluding any renewal or extension of any leases or licenses required for OpCo to perform the relevant Transition Services during the Term; provided, that such extension or renewal shall be subject to Section 3.1 in all respects); or (iv) pay any of the Company’s costs related to its or any of its Affiliates’ receipt of the Transition Services.

(e) The Parties acknowledge the transitional nature of the Transition Services. In this regard, the Company acknowledges and agrees that it has the responsibility for the daily and strategic management of the Company (including, without limitation, oversight and management of its continuing Chapter 11 Cases) and that the intent of this Agreement and the extent of the Transition Services to be provided hereunder are for OpCo solely to provide, during the Term, the back-office and administrative services necessary to support the on-going daily operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in a reasonably prudent manner and the Transition Services expressly exclude any such management and oversight of the Company’s businesses.

(f) Given the transitional nature of the Transition Services, the Company acknowledges and agrees that OpCo may make changes from time-to-time in the personnel performing the Transition Services.

(g) Nothing in Section 1.1(d) or Section 1.1(f) shall alter the obligation of OpCo to provide the Transition Services during the Term in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement, including with regard to type, skill, care, quantity, scope, timeliness and diligence as provided in Section 1.4.

1.2 Personnel; Third-Party Providers.

(a) OpCo hereby agrees, except as otherwise provided in this Section 1.2, it will not delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement to any unaffiliated third Person (a “Third-Party Provider”) without the Company’s express prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, it being understood that it would be reasonable for the Company not to consent to any delegation that would adversely change in any material respect the obligations of the Company under this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the Transition Services that have historically been provided and supported by Third-Party Providers may be provided and supported without the consent of the Company; provided that such Third-Party Provider provision and support does not alter the obligations of OpCo to provide the Transition Services during the Term in accordance with this Agreement, including with regard to type, skill, care, quantity, scope, timeliness and diligence as provided in Section 1.4(a); provided, further, that, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in the Company’s sole discretion), in no event shall OpCo enter into any arrangement or contract with a Third-Party Provider (1) in the name of the Company (or any of its affiliates) on its behalf or (2) that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company (or any of its affiliates) being required to make, directly or indirectly, any payments to such Third-Party Provider (or to OpCo for services provided by any Third-Party Provider) following completion of the Transition Services (except, for the avoidance of doubt, any payments to OpCo for Transition Services performed in accordance with this Agreement prior to the completion of the Transition Services which may not have been paid but are otherwise due and payable in accordance with this Agreement).

(b) In the event OpCo or a Third-Party Provider requires incremental credit support in connection with the provision of Transition Services, OpCo may request that the Company provide reasonable credit support to OpCo or such Third Party Provider with respect thereto. In the event that the

 

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Company elects not to provide such requested credit support (which it may do in its sole discretion), the Company agrees that the fees to be charged hereunder shall include any reasonable and documented incremental cost and expense that OpCo or such Third Party Provider incurs in connection with providing OpCo or such Third-Party Provider the required credit support for the applicable Transition Services.

(c) OpCo shall perform its obligations under this Agreement as an independent contractor. No employees or representatives of OpCo or a Third-Party Provider shall be deemed to be employees or representatives of the Company. In performing the Transition Services, such employees and representatives of OpCo or a Third-Party Provider shall be under the direction, control and supervision of OpCo or the Third-Party Provider, as applicable, and, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in the Service Schedule. OpCo or the Third-Party Provider, as applicable, shall be solely responsible for exercising all authority with respect to, and shall bear all liabilities arising from, the employment (including termination of employment), assignment and compensation of such employees or representatives (including the payment of all salary and benefits and all premiums and remittances with respect to employees used to provide any Transition Services hereunder).

(d) If a Third-Party Provider provides Transition Services in accordance with this Agreement, such Third-Party Provider shall be a subcontractor engaged by OpCo. OpCo shall cause each such Third Party Provider to be subject to service standards and confidentiality provisions at least equivalent to those set forth herein. OpCo shall remain responsible for the performance by it of all of its obligations hereunder with respect to the Transition Services provided by such Third-Party Provider.

1.3 Third Party Consents.

(a) The Parties acknowledge and agree that it may be necessary to obtain from third parties certain consents, waivers, permits, licenses or sublicenses (“Consents”) in order for (i) OpCo to use third-party applications, Intellectual Property, systems, networks and similar services and functions in the provision of Transition Services and/or (ii) the Company to receive Transition Services.

(b) The Parties will cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Consents; provided, however, that the failure to obtain any such Consent shall not relieve OpCo of its obligation to provide the relevant Transition Service unless (A) the provision of such Transition Service is prohibited by applicable Law or (B) such Consent cannot be obtained in a timely manner after using commercially reasonable efforts (it being understood that the cost of any such Consent shall be the responsibility of the Company and may be included as part of the Fees charged hereunder). In either case of clauses (A) or (B) in the preceding sentence, OpCo shall promptly notify the Company thereof and the Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to implement an alternative means of continuing the provision of the applicable Transition Service for which the Consent is required, in accordance with the service standards described in Section 1.4. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the effects (including the cost) of such alternative means.

1.4 Level of Service and Limitations.

(a) During the Term, OpCo shall perform, or cause to be performed, the Transition Services (i) in a professional and workmanlike manner at a quality substantially equivalent (including with regard to type, skill, care, quantity, scope, timeliness and diligence) as provided by EFH Corporate Services and/or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Petition Date (or, to the extent new services commenced following the Petition Date, during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Effective Date) and (ii) in compliance with all applicable Laws, in all material respects.

 

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(b) During the Term, the Company shall allow representatives of OpCo reasonable access to its facilities, assets, advisors, systems and information as reasonably requested by OpCo for purposes of rendering the Transition Services under this Agreement; provided, that no such access shall unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and provided, further, that the Company may exclude any OpCo personnel at its sole discretion from access to any of its employees, facilities, assets, advisors, systems and/or information due to a material violation by OpCo personnel of the Company’s reasonable health, safety, data security, conduct or other policies.

(c) In connection with its provision of the Transition Services under this Agreement, OpCo shall be permitted to rely on any written information or data provided by the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Representatives, to OpCo, except to the extent that OpCo has actual knowledge that such information or data is inaccurate.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, OpCo shall not be obligated to (and shall not be obligated to cause any Third Party Provider to) provide any Transition Services if the provision of such Transition Services would (i) violate any Law or, subject to Section 1.3(b), any agreement or license to which the Parties are subject, or (ii) with respect to legal, accounting or similar professional services, violate or be in contravention of any rules, regulations or standards of practice promulgated by any organization or authority governing such professional service; provided, however, in each case, that the Parties shall work diligently together in good faith to obtain or cause to be obtained such Transition Services (including, if applicable, professional services) from another provider on a commercially reasonable basis.

(e) During the Term, each Party agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other Party in all matters relating to the provision and receipt of the Transition Services and to effect an orderly transition of the Transition Services. This Agreement is a purely commercial transaction between the Parties and nothing stated in this Agreement shall operate to create any partnership, or special or fiduciary duty between the Parties.

1.5 Project Managers. OpCo and the Company shall each appoint one or more individuals to act as project managers (each, a “Project Manager”) to (i) serve as the primary contact for any issues arising out of the performance of this Agreement or any portion of the Transition Services, (ii) be primarily responsible for administering the orderly provision or receipt, as applicable, of the Transition Services (or applicable portion thereof) on its behalf, and (iii) with respect to the Company’s Project Manager, request that OpCo provide (or cease to provide) the Company a particular Transition Service. The initial Project Managers, as well as their respective addresses for notices and other communications, are set forth in the Service Schedule. Each Party agrees to provide reasonable access (in person, by telephone or electronically via e-mail) during normal business hours to its Project Manager for problem resolution. Either Party may replace its Project Manager at any time by providing notice in accordance with Section 7.5, such replacement to be effective as of the date of the other Party’s receipt of such notice.

1.6 No Service Warranty. Except to the extent provided in Section 1.2(d) and Section 1.4(a), OpCo makes no warranties or representations relating to the Transition Services or the results of the Transition Services hereunder and hereby disclaims all representations or warranties, whether express, implied or statutory, with respect to its performance under this Agreement, including without limitation any warranty of adequacy, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

1.7 No Conflicts. OpCo hereby represents and warrants to the Company that, except as set forth on Annex C attached hereto, to the knowledge of OpCo (after reasonable inquiry) (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by OpCo and (ii) the performance by OpCo of its obligations under this Agreement do not violate, in any material respect, applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE 2 - TERM AND TERMINATION

2.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall end on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2017 or (ii) the closing date of the E-Side Transaction (the “Term”). At the end of the Term all rights and obligations under this Agreement shall cease, except (a) the rights and obligations that are expressly stated to survive termination pursuant to Section 2.4 and (b) rights and obligations that have accrued prior to such termination.

2.2 Discontinuation of Services. During the Term, the Company may terminate any particular Transition Service (whether provided directly or indirectly by OpCo and/or any of its Affiliates or by any Third-Party Provider) and eliminate it from the scope of the Transition Services provided under this Agreement upon at least thirty (30) days’ (or such other amount of time as mutually agreed in writing between the Parties) prior written notice to OpCo, and following such termination the Company shall only be liable to OpCo for the Fees (as defined below) owed to OpCo in connection with, and attributable to, the provision of such discontinued Transition Services to the extent attributable to the period on and before such discontinuation. During the Term, the Parties shall cooperate as reasonably required to effectuate an orderly and systematic transfer to the Company, or any such Person at the request of the Company, of all of the duties and obligations previously performed by OpCo (whether provided directly or indirectly by OpCo and/or any of its Affiliates or by any Third-Party Provider) under this Agreement that the Company desires to continue following the Term.

2.3 Early Termination.

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement or any particular Transition Service may be terminated prior to the expiration of the Term as follows:

 

  (i) with respect to any particular Transition Service, by the Company pursuant to Section 2.2;

 

  (ii) by mutual written consent of the Company and OpCo; or

 

  (iii) by the Company, on the one hand, or OpCo, on the other hand, if the other Party is in material breach of any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement and fails to cure such breach as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event within twenty (20) Business Days (or ten (10) Business Days with respect to any failure to make a required payment under this Agreement that is not subject to a good faith dispute pursuant to Section 3.3) after receipt of written notice thereof from the other Party (which notice must specify, in reasonable detail, the nature of such breach).

2.4 Survival. The termination of this Agreement with respect to any particular Transition Service pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 shall not affect the provisions of this Agreement and the Service Schedule with respect to a Transition Service not terminated. Neither the termination of this Agreement with respect to any particular Transition Service pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 nor the expiration of the Term shall affect (i) the liability of a Party for a breach of this Agreement prior to the termination or expiration hereof, (ii) the Parties’ obligations set forth in this Section 2.4, Article 5, Article 6 and Article 7, which shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement and (iii) any

 

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rights or obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement that have vested, matured or accrued prior to such termination or expiration, including, the right of OpCo to receive any and all amounts owed to OpCo hereunder to the extent attributable to the period on and before such termination or expiration.

ARTICLE 3 - COMPENSATION

3.1 Fees. In consideration for the provision of the Transition Services, the Company shall pay to OpCo all reasonable and documented fees, costs, and expenses (including employee-related, overhead, general and administrative expenses incurred by OpCo related directly to the Transition Services provided during the Term (all such fees, costs and expenses, collectively, the “Fees”)).

3.2 Invoices. Within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each calendar month, OpCo (on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries providing Transition Services) shall submit an invoice (each, an “Invoice”) to the Company setting forth (i) a reasonably detailed description of the Transition Services provided by OpCo and its Subsidiaries during such calendar month and (ii) reasonable documentation and supporting detail of the Fees owing for such Transition Services (including any third-party invoices related thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in Section 3.3 below, in connection with the final termination of this Agreement, the Parties will work together in good faith to prepare a final invoice with all accrued and unpaid Fees and other amounts due hereunder and such final invoice shall be paid by the Company to OpCo on the termination date with the intent that all Fees and other amounts due hereunder would be paid upon the termination of this Agreement and that no amounts would be due as of such termination.

3.3 Time of Payment; Disputes; Interest; No Deductions.

(a) The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all undisputed amounts due under this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt of the applicable Invoice. Such payment shall be made in immediately available funds by bank wire transfer to an account designated by OpCo.

(b) The Company shall promptly (and in no event later than thirty (30) days following receipt of any Invoice) notify OpCo of any good faith objection of the Company with regard to such Invoice and the failure to so object shall be definitive evidence of the acceptance of such Invoice. If requested by the Company, OpCo shall promptly furnish reasonable documentation to substantiate the amounts invoiced, including listing the date(s), time(s) and amount(s) of the Transition Services in question. Following any good faith invoice objection, the Company and OpCo shall cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any remaining dispute expeditiously, without prejudice to either Party’s rights under Section 7.3 or Section 7.8. The Company shall pay all disputed amounts in accordance with the resolution of such disputed amount within five (5) Business Days after such resolution.

(c) If the Company has not paid any undisputed amounts within thirty (30) days after receipt of the applicable Invoice with respect thereto, such undisputed amounts shall accrue interest at the lesser of (i) the maximum rate allowed by applicable Law, and (ii) the prime rate published in The Wall Street Journal plus 4% per annum, and the Company shall pay OpCo such accrued interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of the Company to pay any material undisputed amounts within thirty (30) days after receipt of the applicable Invoice with respect thereto shall also constitute a material breach of this Agreement.

 

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3.4 Taxes.

(a) All Fees shall be exclusive of any goods and services taxes, value added taxes or similar taxes on the performance or delivery of Transition Services (collectively “Sales Taxes”).

(b) To the extent that OpCo is obligated to collect and remit any Sales Tax in respect of the Transition Services herein provided, the Company shall pay the amount of such Sales Taxes to OpCo in addition to the Fees otherwise payable hereunder. Any amount required to be paid under this Section 3.4(b) and not paid by the due date for payment shall be subject to the late charges specified in Section 3.3(c).

(c) Subject to Section 3.4(b), OpCo shall be responsible for and shall pay all taxes, assessments or other charges against it in connection with the Transition Services, including taxes on OpCo’s income or profits thereon and all taxes imposed on or assessed or levied against or on account of salaries or other compensation or other benefits or amounts paid or provided to OpCo’s employees or subcontractors. OpCo accepts full and exclusive liability for and shall indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless from and against any and all claims arising out of income or payroll taxes or withholding taxes assessed or levied in respect of the provision of Transition Services hereunder by any Governmental Entity.

(d) OpCo shall not be reimbursed for any (i) real or personal property taxes on property it owns or leases, (ii) franchise, margin, privilege or similar taxes on its business, (iii) payroll or employment taxes of its employees (including income tax, social security taxes, unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation tax, other employment taxes or withholdings), (iv) taxes based on its income or gross receipts or (v) withholding taxes. Should there be any withholding tax required for payment made hereunder, the Company shall have the right to withhold such amount from money due to OpCo under this Agreement for payment of taxes, assessment or other charges. Such payment by the Company shall relieve the Company of further obligation with respect to any amount withheld and OpCo shall assist the Company by submitting the necessary documents to support the application for the Company to recover such amount later, if applicable.

(e) Within thirty (30) days after receiving notification of the commencement of any Sales Tax, VAT or other similar tax audit by a tax authority which involves the provision of any Transition Services or access to any facilities provided hereunder, the Party receiving such notice shall notify the other Party of such audit. Thereafter, the Party receiving such notice shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such Sales Tax or VAT or other similar tax audit and shall take reasonable steps to keep the other Party informed of the progress of any such audit; provided, however, that where the other Party is liable to pay an amount in respect of such Sales Tax, VAT or other similar tax pursuant to this Section 3.4, the controlling Party shall not settle or otherwise compromise such audit without the other Party’s consent. The other Party shall have the right (but not the duty) to participate in any proceeding to contest Sales Tax, VAT or other similar liability, and shall have the right to retain tax advisers or counsel at its own expense.

(f) Subject to applicable Law, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with each other in connection with obtaining any available reduction of, or exemption from, any taxes due in respect of the provision of Transition Services to the extent possible.

 

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ARTICLE 4 - FORCE MAJEURE

4.1 Force Majeure.

(a) If any Party is rendered unable, wholly or in part, by Force Majeure (as defined below) to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, other than obligations to make monetary payments, that Party shall give the non-affected Party prompt written notice of the cause and extent of the Force Majeure, the date of commencement thereof and the means proposed to be adopted to remedy or abate such Force Majeure, following which the affected Party shall be excused from performance of its obligations under this Agreement solely to the extent, and for the period, that such performance is prevented by such Force Majeure. The affected Party shall use commercially reasonable diligence to remove or remediate the Force Majeure as quickly as possible and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to develop a mutually satisfactory solution to such Force Majeure with the non-affected Party. If any Transition Service is interrupted or suspended due to an event of Force Majeure, (i) the Company shall be entitled to an equitable reduction of Fees payable for the affected Transition Services and (ii) the Company shall have the right to immediately terminate the affected Transition Service and/or any Transition Service linked to the affected Transition Service.

(b) The term “Force Majeure” shall mean any act of God, industry wide strikes directly impacting the Transition Services, act of the public enemy, war, blockade, terrorism, public riot, lightning, fire, storm, flood, explosion, governmental action, or other circumstance that is beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party and which did not arise from the fraud, bad faith, intentional or willful misconduct or gross negligence of the affected Party.

ARTICLE 5 - INDEMNIFICATION AND DISCLAIMER

5.1 The Company’s Indemnity. SUBJECT TO SECTION 5.4, THE COMPANY HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS AND DEFEND OPCO AND OPCO’S SUBSIDIARIES AND ITS AND THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “OPCO GROUP”) FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM ANY THIRD-PARTY ACTION IN RESPECT OF (I) THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSITION SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE COMPANY, THE COMPANY’S AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “COMPANY GROUP”) IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSITION SERVICES, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY, OR ARISING OUT OF THE FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF, OR MATERIAL BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY, ANY MEMBER OF THE OPCO GROUP OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.

5.2 OpCo’s Indemnity. SUBJECT TO SECTION 5.3 AND SECTION 5.4, OPCO HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS AND DEFEND THE COMPANY GROUP FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM ANY THIRD-PARTY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY MEMBER OF THE OPCO GROUP IN PROVIDING THE TRANSITION SERVICES, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY OR ARISING OUT OF THE FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF, OR MATERIAL BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY GROUP OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER. SUBJECT TO SECTION 5.4, OPCO HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS AND DEFEND THE COMPANY

 

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GROUP FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES TO THE EXTENT ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION OR CLAIM AGAINST THE COMPANY GROUP BY ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER RELATED TO (X) THE PROVISION OF THE TRANSITION SERVICES HEREUNDER OR (Y) ANY DISPUTE BY AND BETWEEN OPCO OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DISPUTE RELATES TO THE PROVISION OF THE TRANSITION SERVICES HEREUNDER BUT SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING ANY SUCH LOSSES CAUSED BY OR ARISING OUT OF THE FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF, OR MATERIAL BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY GROUP). FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE INDEMNITY IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE SHALL NOT AFFECT THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO PAY FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE III.

5.3 Limited Liability of the OpCo Group. NO MEMBER OF THE OPCO GROUP SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY GROUP, IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH (A) ANY TRANSITION SERVICES PROVIDED OR TO BE PROVIDED OR ANY ACCESS TO ANY FACILITIES PROVIDED OR TO BE PROVIDED BY OPCO PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR (B) ANY ACTIONS OR INACTIONS OF ANY COMPANY GROUP MEMBER IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH SERVICES OR ACCESS TO ANY SUCH FACILITIES REFERRED TO IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING CLAUSE (A), IN EACH CASE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY GROUP SUFFERS A LOSS THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH OPCO GROUP MEMBER’S MATERIAL BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH SERVICES OR ACCESS TO ANY SUCH FACILITIES.

5.4 Enforceability. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, IF SECTION 5.1, SECTION 5.2 OR ANY OTHER PROVISION HEREIN MODIFYING SECTION 5.1 OR SECTION 5.2 CONTAINS AN INDEMNITY OBLIGATION THAT IS UNENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THEN THIS ARTICLE 5 WILL BE MODIFIED, READ, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND ANY OBLIGATION THAT IS ENFORCEABLE WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND BE BINDING ON THE PARTIES.

5.5 Determination of Losses; Limitation of Losses.

(a) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE LIABLE FOR, AND “LOSSES” SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO INCLUDE, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF PRODUCTION, DIMINUTION IN VALUE OR OTHER DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE TO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSITION SERVICES, EXCEPT, IN EACH CASE, TO THE EXTENT SUCH DAMAGES ARE PAYABLE TO A THIRD PARTY.

(b) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERM “LOSSES” MEANS ACTIONS, CHARGES, DAMAGES, FINES, PENALTIES, DEFICIENCIES, JUDGMENTS, INJUNCTIONS, ORDERS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, AMOUNTS PAID IN SETTLEMENT, OBLIGATIONS, LIENS, COSTS AND REASONABLE EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES, INTEREST, COURT COSTS AND OTHER COSTS OF SUIT, LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF ANY KIND OR OF ANY CLAIM, DEFAULT OR ASSESSMENT).

 

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(c) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE PARTIES AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE OPCO GROUP FOR ANY CLAIMS MADE IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED FOR ANY REASON, IN THE AGGREGATE, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FEES ACTUALLY PAID UNDER THIS AGREEMENT (THE “CAP”), EXCEPT THAT THE CAP SHALL NOT APPLY TO (1) ANY INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION OF OPCO UNDER SECTION 5.2 OR (2) ANY LOSSES INCURRED BY ANY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY GROUP CAUSED BY OR ARISING OUT OF THE FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR INTENTIONAL OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF, ANY MEMBER OF THE OPCO GROUP OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.

(d) NEITHER PARTY SHALL CONSENT TO THE ENTRY OF ANY JUDGMENT OR ENTER INTO ANY SETTLEMENT OF ANY CLAIM TO THE EXTENT INDEMNIFIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE OTHER PARTY, WHICH CONSENT SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD, CONDITIONED OR DELAYED.

5.6 Acknowledgement of the Parties; Conspicuousness. Each Party agrees that it shall not contest the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement on the basis that the Party had no notice or knowledge of such provisions or that such provisions are not “conspicuous.” The Parties acknowledge and agree that the provisions contained in this Agreement that are set out in “ALL CAPS” satisfy the “express negligence rule” (to the extent applicable) and any other requirement at law or in equity that provisions contained in a contract be conspicuously marked or highlighted.

ARTICLE 6 - CONFIDENTIALITY

6.1 Confidential Information.

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Business Information” means all confidential or proprietary business, financial or technical data, documents, plans, intellectual property and other information, in whatever form, relating to the operations, businesses or assets of a Party or its Affiliates (the “Discloser”) that is disclosed to, or received by, the other Party (the “Recipient”) in connection with the services or arrangements contemplated by this Agreement. Each Recipient shall, and shall cause its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and contractors and its and their Representatives to, hold the Business Information of the Discloser in confidence and not to use or disclose such Business Information, except as reasonably required for the purposes of this Agreement or otherwise expressly permitted hereunder. Each Party (as the Recipient) shall use no less than the same degree of care that it uses to protect its own confidential information of similar sensitivity to protect the Business Information of the other Party, but in no event less than a commercially reasonable degree of care. The restrictions of this Article 6 shall not apply to Business Information that:

 

  (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a violation of this Section 6.1 by the Recipient or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives;

 

  (ii) is developed by the Recipient or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives without the use of or reference to any of the Discloser’s Business Information;

 

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  (iii) is rightfully obtained by the Recipient or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives from a third-party source which such Person reasonably believes was not subject to any legal, contractual or fiduciary duty to the Discloser; or

 

  (iv) is identified in writing by the Discloser as no longer proprietary or confidential.

(b) Nothing herein shall prevent a Recipient or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives from disclosing Business Information (i) as required by applicable Law or upon the order of any court or administrative agency, (ii) upon the request or demand of, or pursuant to any regulation of, any regulatory agency or authority (including any self-regulatory agency, stock exchange or quotation system), (iii) to the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder in connection with the conduct or defense of any civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, complaints, enforcement actions, penalty assessments, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations, inquiries, audits or other proceedings (formal or informal, public or non-public) (each, an “Action”), (iv) to its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives as necessary to perform the Transition Services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided that such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Business Information, and the Recipient shall be liable to the Discloser for the use or disclosure thereof by such Person in violation of the terms hereof; provided, further, that if Recipient or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives is requested or required pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) to disclose any Business Information of the Discloser, such Recipient shall notify the Discloser promptly in writing, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, of such requirement so that the Discloser may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with this Article 6, and the Recipient or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or contractors or its or their Representatives (as applicable) shall disclose only that portion of such Business Information which it believes in its reasonable judgment is legally required to be disclosed and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment shall be accorded such Business Information.

6.2 Length of Confidentiality Obligation. Each Party agrees to maintain and protect the confidentiality of the Business Information of the other Party as set forth in this Article 6 during the Term and for two (2) years after the expiration of the Term.

ARTICLE 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Waiver of Compliance. Any failure of OpCo, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, to comply with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Agreement may be expressly waived in writing by the non-failing Party, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

7.2 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY

 

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OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.2.

7.3 Governing Law and Venue. THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, REMEDY OR LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELIEF OR REMEDIES SOUGHT BY THE PARTIES, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER, SHALL BE CONSTRUED, PERFORMED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. Each of the Parties (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court (or, if the Bankruptcy Court declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, then the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, and if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines jurisdiction, then any state or federal court sitting in Delaware) in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such Action may be heard and determined in any such court and (iii) agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement (whether on the basis of a claim sounding in contract, tort or otherwise) in any other court. Each of the Parties agrees that a final judgment in any such Action shall be conclusive (subject to any appeals therefrom) and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each of the Parties 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 Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any Delaware or federal court in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.3. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such Action in any such court. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.5. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

7.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by electronic means), each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts taken together constituting one and the same agreement.

7.5 Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the others shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, by email or overnight courier:

If to the Company:

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: President

 

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with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60654

  Attention: James Sprayregen
Marc Kieselstein
Chad Husnick
  Email: jsprayregen@kirkland.com
mkieselstein@kirkland.com
chusnick@kirkland.com

and

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

600 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

  Attention: Edward Sassower
  Email: edward.sassower@kirkland.com

If to OpCo:

TEX Energy LLC

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

  Attention: General Counsel

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

600 Travis St., Suite 3300

Houston, TX 77002

  Attention: Andrew T. Calder, P.C.
Kevin L. Morris
John D. Pitts
  Email: andrew.calder@kirkland.com
kevin.morris@kirkland.com
john.pitts@kirkland.com

and

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue

Dallas, TX 75201-6912

  Attention: Robert Little
  Email: RLittle@gibsondunn.com

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice, request, instruction or other document given as provided above shall be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if delivered personally;

 

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three (3) Business Days after deposit in the mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon receipt if sent by email and received by 5:00 pm (Eastern Time), on a Business Day (otherwise the next Business Day) (provided that if given by email such notice, request, instruction or other document shall be followed up within one (1) Business Day by dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein); or on the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier, if sent by an overnight courier.

7.6 Modification or Amendment. Subject to the provisions of applicable Law, the Parties may only modify or amend this Agreement by written agreement executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the respective Parties.

7.7 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for the indemnification of members of the Company Group (other than the Company) or members of the OpCo Group (other than OpCo) set forth in Article V, the Parties hereby agree that their respective covenants and agreements set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other Parties and their permitted successors and assigns, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the Parties and their permitted successors and assigns any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.

7.8 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 7.8, each of the Parties shall be entitled to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to obtain an injunction, injunctions or any form of equitable relief to prevent or remedy breaches of this Agreement. Each Party hereby waives any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy.

7.9 No Transfer. The Parties acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Agreement is intended to transfer any right, title, or interest in and to any tangible, intangible, real or personal property (including any and all intellectual property rights). Notwithstanding any materials, deliverables, or other products that may be created or developed by OpCo or its Affiliates from the date hereof through the expiration or termination of the Term with respect to Transition Services, OpCo does not hereby convey, nor does the Company or any of its Affiliates hereby obtain, any right, title, or interest in or to any of OpCo’s or any of its Affiliates’ equipment, materials, deliverables, products, or any other rights or property used to provide the Transition Services. All data, files, property or other materials and information that are supplied by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement shall remain the Company’s or such Affiliate’s property, respectively, and OpCo shall not have any rights or interests with respect thereto.

7.10 Intellectual Property Rights.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 7.10, each of OpCo and the Company and their respective Affiliates shall retain all right, title and interest in and to their respective intellectual property and any and all improvements, modifications and derivative works thereof. No license or right, express or implied, is granted under this Agreement by OpCo, the Company or their respective Affiliates in, or to, their respective intellectual property, except that, solely to the extent required for the provision or receipt of the Transition Services in accordance with this Agreement, each of OpCo and the Company, for itself and on behalf of their respective Affiliates, hereby grants to the other (and their respective Affiliates) a non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable license during the Term to such intellectual property that is provided by the granting party to the other party (“Licensee”) in connection with this Agreement, but only to the extent and for the duration necessary for the Licensee to provide or receive the applicable

 

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Transition Services as permitted by this Agreement. Upon the expiration of such time, or the earlier termination of such Transition Service in accordance with this Agreement, the license to the relevant intellectual property will terminate; provided, however, that all licenses granted hereunder shall terminate immediately upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof. The foregoing license is subject to any licenses granted by others with respect to intellectual property not owned by OpCo, the Company or their respective Affiliates.

(b) Subject to the limited license granted in Section 7.10(a), in the event that any intellectual property is created by OpCo (or a Third-Party Provider, if applicable) in the performance of the Transition Services or provision of access to the facilities, all right, title and interest throughout the world in and to all such intellectual property shall vest solely in OpCo (or such Third-Party Provider, if applicable) unconditionally and immediately upon such intellectual property having been developed, written or produced.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, none of OpCo (or its Affiliates) and the Company (or its Affiliates) shall have any rights or licenses with respect to any intellectual property (including software), hardware or facility of the other Party. All rights and licenses not expressly granted in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement or the Split Participant Agreement (such other agreements, collectively, the “Separation Documents”) are expressly reserved by the relevant Party. Each of OpCo and the Company shall from time to time execute any documents and take any other actions reasonably requested by the other Party to effectuate the intent of this Section 7.10.

7.11 No Assumption; Other Agreements. Nothing herein shall be deemed to (a) constitute the assumption by OpCo or any of its Affiliates, or the agreement to assume, any duties, obligations or liabilities of the Company or its Affiliates whatsoever; or (b) alter, amend or otherwise modify any obligation of the Parties or their Affiliates under the Separation Documents.

7.12 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

 

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7.13 Interpretation; Construction.

(a) Headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to an article, section or annex, such reference shall be to an article, section or annex to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Such annexes and schedules are an integral part of this Agreement and shall be treated as if fully set forth herein. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereby,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular provision of this Agreement.

(b) The Parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

7.14 Assignment; Delegation. This Agreement shall not be assigned or delegated by a Party (in each case, whether (x) by merger, consolidation or dissolution of a Party, (y) by contract, operation of law or (z) otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Parties, and any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. For purposes of this Section 7.14, the term “merger” refers to any merger in which a Party is a constituent entity, regardless of whether it is the surviving or merged entity. As a condition to, and prior to the consummation of, any direct or indirect transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of related or unrelated transactions) the Party engaging in such transfer or other disposition shall require the transferee to assume all of such Party’s obligations hereunder.

7.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (which includes the Service Schedule), together with the Separation Documents, constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, between the Parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized representatives as of the date and year first set forth above.

 

TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:   /s/ David D. Faranetta
Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
By:   /s/ Anthony R. Horton
Name:   Anthony R. Horton
Title:   Treasurer

 

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Annex A

Defined Terms

Section 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, or unless the context otherwise requires, whenever used in this Agreement (including any Annexes hereto), the following terms shall have the respective meanings specified below.

Affiliates” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Affiliates of the Company shall be deemed to include Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and its Subsidiaries (including Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC) (collectively, the “Oncor Entities”).

Business Days” means any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York, New York.

Governmental Entity” means any federal, state or local, domestic or foreign governmental or regulatory authority, agency, commission, body, arbitrator, court, regional reliability entity (including the Texas Reliability Entity, Inc.), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., or any other legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity, excluding in each case, the Bankruptcy Court.

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property and industrial property recognized under applicable Law, including trademarks, service marks Internet domain names, logos, trade dress, trade names and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, inventions, discoveries, patents, trade secrets, copyrights and copyrightable works, software, databases, data (including customer, employee, technical, research and development and manufacturing data) and related items and (if applicable) any registrations, issuances and applications for registration or issuance of any of the foregoing.

Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute or ordinance, common law or any rule, regulation, legally binding standard, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitration award, agency requirement or License of the Bankruptcy Court or any Governmental Entity.

Licenses” means permits, certifications, approvals, registrations, clearances, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by the Bankruptcy Court or a Governmental Entity.

Person” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind or nature.

Representatives” means the directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, agents or representatives of a Person.

Separation Agreement” means that certain Separation Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among OpCo, SpinCo and the Company.

Split Participant Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and between Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and OpCo.

 

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Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries (provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiaries of the Company shall be deemed to include the Oncor Entities).

Tax Matters Agreement” means that certain Tax Matters Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Company, Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, EFIH Finance Inc., EFH Merger Co., LLC and TEX Energy LLC.

Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined above, additional defined terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Sections indicated in the table below.

 

Defined Term

  

Section

Action

  

6.1(b)

Additional Services

  

1.1(a)

Agreement

  

Preamble

Bankruptcy Court

  

Recitals

Business Information

  

6.1(a)

Chapter 11 Cases

  

Recitals

Company

  

Preamble

Company Group

  

5.1

Consents

  

1.3(a)

Debtors

  

Recitals

Discloser

  

6.1(a)

Effective Date

  

Preamble

EFH Contribution

  

Recitals

EFH Corporate Services

  

Recitals

E-Side Transaction

  

Recitals

Fees

  

3.1

Force Majeure

  

4.1(b)

Invoice

  

3.2

Licensee

  

7.10(a)

New HoldCo

  

Recitals

OpCo

  

Preamble

OpCo Group

  

5.1

Part(ies)

  

Preamble

Petition Date

  

Recitals

Plan of Reorganization

  

Recitals

Project Manager

  

1.5

Recipient

  

6.1(a)

Sales Taxes

  

3.4(a)

Separation Documents

  

7.10(c)

Service Schedule

  

1.1(a)

SpinCo

  

Recitals

 

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Defined Term

  

Section

TCEH

  

Recitals

TCEH Contribution

  

Recitals

Term

  

2.1

Third Party Provider

  

1.2(a)

Transition Services

  

1.1(a)

 

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Annex B

Service Schedule

 

Service Category

  

Description

Business Services Administration    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to benefits, payroll, taxes, and other general business functions.
Corporate Controller    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to the tasks of a corporate controller, including external auditing, outsourced accounting services, and other accounting-related functions.
Corporate Secretary    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to historical corporate records, and other general administrative functions.
Tax (covering all types of income and non-income taxes; e.g., federal, state, property, sales/use)   

The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, consulting, and other activities relating to tax returns, external audits, tax payments, and other tax-related accounting functions. Includes, but is not limited to:

 

•    Filing any extensions

 

•    Preparation and filing of the final federal short period income tax return for the EFH group

 

•    Preparation and filing of all state income and franchise tax returns for the EFH group, whether relating to pre-close or post-close periods

 

•    Preparation and filing of property tax returns for the EFH group

 

•    Preparation and filing of sales/use tax returns for the EFH group

 

•    Assistance, as requested, with tax examinations, including appeals of any property tax valuations or assessments

 

Tax-related systems integration and assistance with transitioning responsibility for the EFH group Tax function to Parent

Human Resources    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to benefits, records, compliance, and other HR-related functions.
Information Technology    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to Company information technology systems, including general oversight, facilities, application and infrastructure services, and other functions, including the migrating of data and information as described in Section 1.1(b).
Internal Audit and SOX Compliance    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to internal audits and SOX compliance, including administration of a key control system, management of officer certifications, and other internal compliance functions.
Physical Facilities and Corporate Security    Services related to the assessment and mitigation of risks to physical security (protecting personnel, property and equipment) and operational security (controlling and protecting the integrity and performance of a facility).
Treasury    Planning and budgetary services and the administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to treasury operations, liquidity management, risk management relating to insurance, trust and pension funds and other treasury-related functions.
Legal Services    The administration, maintenance, reporting, analysis, and other activities relating to non-privileged assistance or historical information.

 

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Project Managers

For the Company

Anthony R. Horton

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Email: Tony.Horton@energyfutureholdings.com

For OpCo

David Faranetta

Title: SVP and Treasurer

Email: David.Faranetta@txu.com

 

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Annex C

Conflicts

None.

 

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EX-10.5 6 d176523dex105.htm EX-10.5 EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated October 4, 2016 (the “Commencement Date”), by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH”), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Donald L. Evans, an individual (“Consultant”).

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain and engage Consultant, and Consultant desires to offer his knowledge and expertise, as a non-executive Chairman (“Chairman”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”); and

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that the relationship between the Company and Consultant is an independent contractor relationship.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Appointment; Consulting Arrangement. The Company hereby confirms Consultant’s appointment as Chairman effective as of the Commencement Date. Consultant will (i) serve as Chairman, (ii) from time to time at the request of the Company and/or the Board upon reasonable advance notice, provide external and internal leadership and involvement in political and regulatory affairs of the Company, (iii) serve as a member of the Board (and any committee designated by the Board, including, while in existence, the O&C Committee), and (iv) perform such other duties and responsibilities as shall be agreed upon between Consultant and the Company and/or the Board (collectively, the “Services”).

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to affect Consultant’s status as a “Non-Employee Director” under Article XI of the Company’s Certificate of Formation, as amended.

2. Term, Termination and Other Service.

(a) The term of Consultant’s tenure as Chairman (the “Consulting Term”) commenced as of Commencement Date and shall terminate on the EFH Effective Date, as defined in the Fourth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp. et al, filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on September 21, 2016, and as may be amended from time to time (the “Expiration Date”). The Company or Consultant may terminate the Consulting Term prior to the Expiration Date by giving sixty (60) days prior written notice to the other party.

(b) The Consultant agrees, to the extent necessary to reasonably discharge the Services, to use Consultant’s commercially reasonable efforts and such time as is reasonably required to perform such duties and responsibilities.

(c) Upon termination of the Consulting Term, Consultant shall be deemed to have resigned from all positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, including without limitation, all director, manager, and officer positions.

 

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(d) Consultant may (i)(A) continue to serve on the boards of directors of the entities on which he serves on the Commencement Date, and (B) serve on the boards of directors of any investment fund or other pooled investment vehicle that is a subsidiary or an affiliate of such entities, including, without limitation, any such subsidiary or affiliate that may be formed after the date hereof, (ii) serve as a member of the board of directors of a reasonable number of other for-profit companies that do not compete with the Company, (iii) serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and (iv) manage Consultant’s personal and family investments.

3. Compensation.

(a) Base Compensation. Consultant shall be paid in cash an annual advisory fee by the Company equal to $1,200,000 per year (the “Base Fee”) in monthly installments of $100,000, payable on the first day of every calendar month during the Consulting Term for the preceding calendar month.

(b) Termination. Upon termination or expiration of the Consulting Term, (i) Consultant shall be paid any Base Fee earned but not paid to Consultant prior to the termination under Section 3(a), including a pro-rated portion of the Base Fee for the month in which the termination occurs (calculated as set forth below), which shall be paid as soon as practicable after the end of the Consulting Term; and (ii) Consultant shall be entitled, subject to the requirements of Section 4(a), to receive reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of Services prior to the end of the Consulting Term. The calculation of any Base Fee to be paid to Consultant under this Section 3(b) following termination of the Consulting Term shall be determined by multiplying $100,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days commencing on the first day of the month in which such termination occurred and ending on the date of termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in the month.

4. Expenses and Administrative Support.

(a) Business Expenses. In addition to the compensation payable to Consultant pursuant to Section 3 hereof, Consultant is authorized to incur reasonable and customary business expenses incurred on the Company’s behalf in connection with the performance of Services hereunder, including, without limitation, expenditures for business travel, lodgings, meals and entertainment expenses (“Business Expenses”). The Company shall, subject to the requirements of this Section 4(a), reimburse Consultant for all Business Expenses upon presentation by Consultant, from time to time, of appropriately itemized accounts of such expenditures. Consultant shall provide such itemized accounts within sixty (60) days after the expense is incurred and the Company shall reimburse Consultant within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such account. Expenses shall be reimbursed as soon as practicable following the Company’s receipt of such accounts, but in no event later than the March 15th following the end of the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred; provided, however, the Company’s obligation to reimburse reasonable expenses will terminate in the event Consultant does not request reimbursement in a timely manner to allow the expense to be paid prior to such date.

 

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(b) Administrative Support. Consultant shall be provided with an office and parking space, each in Dallas, Texas, an administrative assistant in Midland, Texas and any professional resources needed to discharge his responsibilities, in each case at the sole expense of the Company.

5. Status; Taxes.

(a) Status of Consultant. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, in performing the Services, Consultant shall act as and be deemed in all respects to be an independent contractor, and not for any purpose as an employee or agent of the Company except on authority specifically so delegated to Consultant to act as agent, and he shall not represent to the contrary to any person. Consultant shall only consult, render advice and perform such tasks as Consultant determines are necessary to provide the Services. Although the Company may specify the tasks to be performed by Consultant and may control and direct him in that regard, the Company shall not control or direct Consultant as to the details or means by which such tasks are accomplished.

(b) Taxes. It is intended that the fees paid hereunder shall constitute revenues to Consultant. Consultant shall have full responsibility and the Company shall have no responsibility for satisfying any liability for any federal, state or local income or other taxes required by law to be paid with respect to the fees paid hereunder. The Company may withhold any income or employment taxes required by law to be withheld from payments made hereunder.

(c) Consultant shall receive no employee benefits from the Company.

6. Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Company and the Consultant acknowledge and agree that during the Consultant’s performance of Services, the Consultant will have access to and may assist in developing Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the affairs and business of the Company and the Affiliates. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, an individual suing for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.

The Consultant agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Confidential Information and to protect the Company and the Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Consultant that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Company and the Affiliates:

(a) Non-Disclosure. Consultant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use, divulge, disclose or make accessible to any other person,

 

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firm, partnership, corporation or other entity any Confidential Information pertaining to the business of the Company or its Affiliates, except (i) while providing Services to the Company, in the business of and for the benefit of the Company, or (ii) as required by law, provided, however, that if Consultant receives a subpoena to produce any Confidential Information, Consultant will notify the Company promptly so that the Company can seek a protective order, if desired. For purposes of this Section 6, “Confidential Information” shall mean information: (A) disclosed to or known by the Consultant as a consequence of or through his engagement with the Company or any Affiliate; (B) not publicly available or not generally known outside the Company or any Affiliate; and (C) that relates to the business and/or development of the Company or any Affiliate. Any information that does not meet each of the criteria listed above (in subsections (A) - (C)), other than by the Consultant’s breach of the terms hereof shall not constitute Confidential Information. By way of clarification (but not limitation), information that the Consultant conceived or developed during his engagement with the Company or an Affiliate or learned from other employees or contractors of the Company or an Affiliate that meets the definition of Confidential Information shall be treated as such. The Consultant acknowledges that the Confidential Information of the Company is valuable, special and unique to its business and is information on which such business depends, is proprietary to the Company, and that the Company wishes to protect such Confidential Information by keeping it secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company. Consultant will take all commercially reasonable steps necessary and reasonably requested by the management of the Company, to ensure that all such Confidential Information is kept secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company.

(b) Non-Disparagement.

 

  (i) Consultant agrees not to defame, or make any false or disparaging statements about the Company and/or its Affiliates, or any of their respective products, services, finances, financial condition, capabilities or other aspect of or any of their respective businesses, in any medium to any person or entity; or otherwise, to take any action that primarily is designed to have the effect of discouraging any employee, lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company from maintaining its business relationships with the Company and/or its Affiliates (any such statement or act a “Prohibited Statement” or “Prohibited Action”). Consultant shall be permitted to make such statements or take such actions as are reasonably necessary in connection with Consultant’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, without such statements or actions being considered a Prohibited Statement or Prohibited Action under this Agreement.

 

  (ii) The Company hereby agrees that Company and its officers shall not defame, or make any false or disparaging statements in any medium to any person or entity about Consultant.

 

  (iii)

Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6(b) to the contrary, (A) both Consultant and the Company (including the Board and its

 

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  executive officers) may (1) confer in confidence with their legal representatives and make truthful statements as required by law and (2) make private statements to any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its affiliates; and (B) nothing herein shall prevent any person from (1) responding publicly to incorrect, disparaging or derogatory public statements to the extent reasonably necessary to correct or refute such public statement or (2) making any truthful statement to the extent (x) necessary with respect to any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement or any other agreement among or between any party hereto or (y) required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order such person to disclose or make accessible such information.

 

  (iv) By signing this Agreement, the parties agree and acknowledge that they each are making, after the opportunity to confer with counsel, a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of rights either may have to make disparaging comments regarding the other party (and, as applicable affiliates thereof), including rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and any other applicable federal and state constitutional rights.

(c) Survival of Covenants. The non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations contained in this Section 6 shall continue in full force and effect after the conclusion of Consultant’s engagement with the Company and shall survive the expiration or termination of the Consulting Term, in each case in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of the reason for such termination or restriction. Consultant’s obligations with respect to any specific Confidential Information shall cease only when that specific portion of the Confidential Information becomes publicly known, other than as a result of disclosure by Consultant, in its entirety, without combining portions of such Confidential Information with other Confidential Information obtained separately.

7. Indemnification. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Consultant and the Consultant’s estate, heirs and representatives harmless, to the maximum extent permitted by law, against any and all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) as a result of any claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against the Consultant that arises out of or relates to the Consultant’s Services, including as an officer, director or manager, as the case may be, of the Company, or the Consultant’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, both prior to and after the Commencement Date, and to promptly advance to the Consultant or the Consultant’s estate, heirs or representatives such expenses upon written request with appropriate documentation of such expense upon receipt of an undertaking by the Consultant or on the Consultant’s behalf to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be

 

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determined that the Consultant is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company also shall provide the Consulting Term with coverage under its current directors’ and officers’ liability policy to the same extent that it provides such coverage to its other executive officers and directors. If the Consultant has any knowledge of any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, as to which the Consultant may request indemnity under this provision, the Consultant will give the Company prompt written notice thereof; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the Consultant’s right to indemnification. The Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of any such proceeding and the Consultant will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such defense. To the extent that the Consultant in good faith determines that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest between the Company and the Consultant in connection with the defense of a proceeding, the Consultant shall so notify the Company and shall be entitled to separate representation at the Company’s expense by counsel selected by the Consultant who is reasonably acceptable to the Company, which counsel shall cooperate, and coordinate the defense, with the Company’s counsel and minimize the expense of such separate representation to the extent consistent with the Consultant’s separate defense. This Section 7 shall continue in effect after the termination of the Consulting Term.

8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof which shall remain in full force and effect.

9. Modifications. Any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any provisions of this Agreement shall not be valid unless in writing and signed by the Company and the Consultant.

10. Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither party may assign any of its or his rights or delegate any of its or his duties under this Agreement without the consent of the other and any attempted assignment in violation of this provision shall be void.

11. Notice. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier service, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

If to the Company:

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201-3411

Attention: General Counsel

If to Consultant:

Donald L. Evans

At his home address on record

 

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or to such other addresses as a party shall designate in the manner provided in this Section 11. Any notice or other communication shall be deemed given (a) on the date three (3) business days after it shall have been mailed, if sent by certified mail, (b) on the date one (1) business day after it shall have been given to a nationally-recognized overnight courier service or (c) upon the electronic confirmation of facsimile.

12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. The Parties agree that the proper venue and jurisdiction for any cause of action relating to the Agreement shall be in Dallas County, Texas. If Consultant substantially prevails on his substantive legal claims, the Company shall reimburse all legal fees and costs incurred by the Consultant to resolve the dispute.

13. Section Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile), which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one agreement.

15. Section 409A. To the extent applicable, this Agreement is intended to comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and shall be administered, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Payments under this Agreement shall be made in a manner that will comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Code, including regulations or other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined by the Company. The applicable provisions of section 409A of the Code are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any contrary provisions herein that conflict therewith.

16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties respecting the employment of the Consultant on and after the Commencement Date, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein and supersedes and replaces all other agreements related to the subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not supersede any agreement between Consultant and TCEH Corp. or any of its affiliates or predecessors. The Consultant acknowledges that, in connection with his entry into this Agreement, he was advised by an attorney of his choice on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, on the application of section 409A of the Code to the payments and benefits payable or to be paid to the Consultant hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

/s/ Donald L. Evans
Donald L. Evans
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
/s/ Andrew M. Wright
By: Andrew M. Wright
Its: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EX-10.6 7 d176523dex106.htm EX-10.6 EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated October 4, 2016 (the “Commencement Date”), by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH”), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Anthony R. Horton, an individual (“Consultant”).

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain and engage Consultant, and Consultant desires to offer his knowledge and expertise, as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (“CFO”) of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that the relationship between the Company and Consultant is an independent contractor relationship.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Appointment; Consulting Arrangement. The Company hereby confirms Consultant’s appointment as CFO effective as of the Commencement Date. Consultant will (i) serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (and hold such other offices as may be determined to be appropriate), (ii) have such duties, authority and responsibilities as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), which duties, authority and responsibilities shall be customary for the CFO position in a business of similar size, type, circumstances and nature to that of the Company, including responsibility for the administrative, restructuring, finance/capital markets, regulatory, financial reporting and risk management operations of the company, (iii) serve as a member of the board of directors/ managers of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, and (iv) perform such other duties and responsibilities as shall be agreed upon between Consultant and the Company and/or the Board (collectively, the “Services”).

2. Term, Termination and Other Service.

(a) The term of Consultant’s tenure as CFO (the “Consulting Term”) commenced as of Commencement Date and shall terminate on the EFH Effective Date as defined in the Fourth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp. et al, filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on September 21, 2016, and as may be amended from time to time (the “Expiration Date”). The Company or Consultant may terminate the Consulting Term prior to the Expiration Date by giving sixty (60) days prior written notice to the other party.

(b) The Consultant agrees, to the extent necessary to reasonably discharge the Services, to use Consultant’s commercially reasonable efforts and such time as is reasonably required to perform such duties and responsibilities.

(c) Upon termination of the Consulting Term, Consultant shall be deemed to have resigned from all positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, including without limitation, all director, manager, and officer positions.

 

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(d) Consultant may (i)(A) continue to serve on the boards of directors of the entities on which he serves on the Commencement Date, and (B) serve on the boards of directors of any investment fund or other pooled investment vehicle that is a subsidiary or an affiliate of such entities, including, without limitation, any such subsidiary or affiliate that may be formed after the date hereof, (ii) serve as a member of the board of directors of a reasonable number of other for-profit companies that do not compete with the Company, (iii) serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and (iv) manage Consultant’s personal and family investments.

3. Compensation.

(a) Base Compensation. Consultant shall be paid in cash an annual advisory fee by the Company equal to $1,500,000 per year (the “Base Fee”) in monthly installments of $125,000, payable on the first day of every calendar month during the Consulting Term for the preceding calendar month.

(b) Termination. Upon termination or expiration of the Consulting Term, (i) Consultant shall be paid any Base Fee earned but not paid to Consultant prior to the termination under Section 3(a), including a pro-rated portion of the Base Fee for the month in which the termination occurs (calculated as set forth below), which shall be paid as soon as practicable after the end of the Consulting Term; and (ii) Consultant shall be entitled, subject to the requirements of Section 4(a), to receive reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of Services prior to the end of the Consulting Term. The calculation of any Base Fee to be paid to Consultant under this Section 3(b) following termination of the Consulting Term shall be determined by multiplying $125,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days commencing on the first day of the month in which such termination occurred and ending on the date of termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in the month.

4. Expenses and Administrative Support.

(a) Business Expenses. In addition to the compensation payable to Consultant pursuant to Section 3 hereof, Consultant is authorized to incur reasonable and customary business expenses incurred on the Company’s behalf in connection with the performance of Services hereunder, including, without limitation, expenditures for business travel, lodgings, meals and entertainment expenses (“Business Expenses”). The Company shall, subject to the requirements of this Section 4(a), reimburse Consultant for all Business Expenses upon presentation by Consultant, from time to time, of appropriately itemized accounts of such expenditures. Consultant shall provide such itemized accounts within sixty (60) days after the expense is incurred and the Company shall reimburse Consultant within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such account. Expenses shall be reimbursed as soon as practicable following the Company’s receipt of such accounts, but in no event later than the March 15th following the end of the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred; provided, however, the Company’s obligation to reimburse reasonable expenses will terminate in the event Consultant does not request reimbursement in a timely manner to allow the expense to be paid prior to such date.

 

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(b) Administrative Support. Consultant shall be provided with an office, parking space and administrative assistant, each in Dallas, Texas, as well as any professional resources needed to discharge his responsibilities, in each case at the sole expense of the Company.

5. Status; Taxes.

(a) Status of Consultant. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, in performing the Services, Consultant shall act as and be deemed in all respects to be an independent contractor, and not for any purpose as an employee or agent of the Company except on authority specifically so delegated to Consultant to act as agent, and he shall not represent to the contrary to any person. Consultant shall only consult, render advice and perform such tasks as Consultant determines are necessary to provide the Services. Although the Company may specify the tasks to be performed by Consultant and may control and direct him in that regard, the Company shall not control or direct Consultant as to the details or means by which such tasks are accomplished.

(b) Taxes. The Company shall withhold any income or employment taxes required by law to be withheld from payments made hereunder, provided however, that Consultant shall have full responsibility for satisfying any other tax required by law to be paid with respect to the fees paid hereunder.

(c) Consultant shall receive no employee benefits from the Company.

6. Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Company and the Consultant acknowledge and agree that during the Consultant’s performance of Services, the Consultant will have access to and may assist in developing Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the affairs and business of the Company and the Affiliates. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, an individual suing for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.

The Consultant agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Confidential Information and to protect the Company and the Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Consultant that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Company and the Affiliates:

(a) Non-Disclosure. Consultant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use, divulge, disclose or make accessible to any other person,

 

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firm, partnership, corporation or other entity any Confidential Information pertaining to the business of the Company or its Affiliates, except (i) while providing Services to the Company, in the business of and for the benefit of the Company, or (ii) as required by law, provided, however, that if Consultant receives a subpoena to produce any Confidential Information, Consultant will notify the Company promptly so that the Company can seek a protective order, if desired. For purposes of this Section 6, “Confidential Information” shall mean information: (A) disclosed to or known by the Consultant as a consequence of or through his engagement with the Company or any Affiliate; (B) not publicly available or not generally known outside the Company or any Affiliate; and (C) that relates to the business and/or development of the Company or any Affiliate. Any information that does not meet each of the criteria listed above (in subsections (A) - (C)), other than by the Consultant’s breach of the terms hereof shall not constitute Confidential Information. By way of clarification (but not limitation), information that the Consultant conceived or developed during his engagement with the Company or an Affiliate or learned from other employees or contractors of the Company or an Affiliate that meets the definition of Confidential Information shall be treated as such. The Consultant acknowledges that the Confidential Information of the Company is valuable, special and unique to its business and is information on which such business depends, is proprietary to the Company, and that the Company wishes to protect such Confidential Information by keeping it secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company. Consultant will take all commercially reasonable steps necessary and reasonably requested by the management of the Company, to ensure that all such Confidential Information is kept secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company.

(b) Non-Disparagement.

 

  (i) Consultant agrees not to defame, or make any false or disparaging statements about the Company and/or its Affiliates, or any of their respective products, services, finances, financial condition, capabilities or other aspect of or any of their respective businesses, in any medium to any person or entity; or otherwise, to take any action that primarily is designed to have the effect of discouraging any employee, lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company from maintaining its business relationships with the Company and/or its Affiliates (any such statement or act a “Prohibited Statement” or “Prohibited Action”). Consultant shall be permitted to make such statements or take such actions as are reasonably necessary in connection with Consultant’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, without such statements or actions being considered a Prohibited Statement or Prohibited Action under this Agreement.

 

  (ii) The Company hereby agrees that Company and its officers shall not defame, or make any false or disparaging statements in any medium to any person or entity about Consultant.

 

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  (iii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6(b) to the contrary, (A) both Consultant and the Company (including the Board and its executive officers) may (1) confer in confidence with their legal representatives and make truthful statements as required by law and (2) make private statements to any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its affiliates; and (B) nothing herein shall prevent any person from (1) responding publicly to incorrect, disparaging or derogatory public statements to the extent reasonably necessary to correct or refute such public statement or (2) making any truthful statement to the extent (x) necessary with respect to any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement or any other agreement among or between any party hereto or (y) required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order such person to disclose or make accessible such information.

 

  (iv) By signing this Agreement, the parties agree and acknowledge that they each are making, after the opportunity to confer with counsel, a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of rights either may have to make disparaging comments regarding the other party (and, as applicable affiliates thereof), including rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and any other applicable federal and state constitutional rights.

(c) Survival of Covenants. The non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations contained in this Section 6 shall continue in full force and effect after the conclusion of Consultant’s engagement with the Company and shall survive the expiration or termination of the Consulting Term, in each case in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of the reason for such termination or restriction. Consultant’s obligations with respect to any specific Confidential Information shall cease only when that specific portion of the Confidential Information becomes publicly known, other than as a result of disclosure by Consultant, in its entirety, without combining portions of such Confidential Information with other Confidential Information obtained separately.

7. Indemnification. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Consultant and the Consultant’s estate, heirs and representatives harmless, to the maximum extent permitted by law, against any and all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) as a result of any claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against the Consultant that arises out of or relates to the Consultant’s Services, including as an officer, director or manager, as the case may be, of the Company, or the Consultant’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, both prior to and after the Commencement Date, and to promptly advance to the Consultant or the Consultant’s estate, heirs or representatives such expenses upon written request with

 

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appropriate documentation of such expense upon receipt of an undertaking by the Consultant or on the Consultant’s behalf to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Consultant is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company also shall provide the Consulting Term with coverage under its current directors’ and officers’ liability policy to the same extent that it provides such coverage to its other executive officers and directors. If the Consultant has any knowledge of any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, as to which the Consultant may request indemnity under this provision, the Consultant will give the Company prompt written notice thereof; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the Consultant’s right to indemnification. The Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of any such proceeding and the Consultant will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such defense. To the extent that the Consultant in good faith determines that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest between the Company and the Consultant in connection with the defense of a proceeding, the Consultant shall so notify the Company and shall be entitled to separate representation at the Company’s expense by counsel selected by the Consultant who is reasonably acceptable to the Company, which counsel shall cooperate, and coordinate the defense, with the Company’s counsel and minimize the expense of such separate representation to the extent consistent with the Consultant’s separate defense. This Section 7 shall continue in effect after the termination of the Consulting Term.

8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof which shall remain in full force and effect.

9. Modifications. Any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any provisions of this Agreement shall not be valid unless in writing and signed by the Company and the Consultant.

10. Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither party may assign any of its or his rights or delegate any of its or his duties under this Agreement without the consent of the other and any attempted assignment in violation of this provision shall be void.

11. Notice. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier service, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

If to the Company:

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201-3411

Attention: General Counsel

 

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If to Consultant:

Anthony R. Horton

At his home address on record

or to such other addresses as a party shall designate in the manner provided in this Section 11. Any notice or other communication shall be deemed given (a) on the date three (3) business days after it shall have been mailed, if sent by certified mail, (b) on the date one (1) business day after it shall have been given to a nationally-recognized overnight courier service or (c) upon the electronic confirmation of facsimile.

12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. The Parties agree that the proper venue and jurisdiction for any cause of action relating to the Agreement shall be in Dallas County, Texas. If Consultant substantially prevails on his substantive legal claims, the Company shall reimburse all legal fees and costs incurred by the Consultant to resolve the dispute.

13. Section Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile), which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one agreement.

15. Section 409A. To the extent applicable, this Agreement is intended to comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and shall be administered, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Payments under this Agreement shall be made in a manner that will comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Code, including regulations or other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined by the Company. The applicable provisions of section 409A of the Code are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any contrary provisions herein that conflict therewith.

16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties respecting the employment of the Consultant on and after the Commencement Date, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein and supersedes and replaces all other agreements related to the subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not supersede any agreement between Consultant and TCEH Corp. or any of its affiliates or predecessors. The Consultant acknowledges that, in connection with his entry into this Agreement, he was advised by an attorney of his choice on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, on the application of section 409A of the Code to the payments and benefits payable or to be paid to the Consultant hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

/s/ Anthony R. Horton
Anthony R. Horton
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
/s/ Paul Keglevic
By: Paul Keglevic
Its: President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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EX-10.7 8 d176523dex107.htm EX-10.7 EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated October 4, 2016 (the “Commencement Date”), by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH”), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Paul Keglevic, an individual (“Consultant”).

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain and engage Consultant, and Consultant desires to offer his knowledge and expertise, as the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and the Chief Accounting Officer (“CEO”) of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that the relationship between the Company and Consultant is an independent contractor relationship.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Appointment; Consulting Arrangement. The Company hereby confirms Consultant’s appointment as CEO effective as of the Commencement Date, and Consultant will have such duties, authority and responsibilities as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), which duties, authority and responsibilities shall be customary for the CEO position in a business of similar size, type, circumstances and nature to that of the Company. Consultant shall (i) be the senior most executive officer of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, (ii) report directly and exclusively to the Board with respect to his duties and responsibilities to the Company, (iii) serve as a member of the board of directors/managers of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, including without limitation the board of managers of Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”) and the board of directors of EFIH Finance Inc., and (iv) perform such other duties and responsibilities as shall be agreed upon between Consultant and the Company and/or the Board (collectively, the “Services”).

2. Term, Termination and Other Service.

(a) The term of Consultant’s tenure as CEO (the “Consulting Term”) commenced as of Commencement Date and shall terminate on the EFH Effective Date, as defined in the Fourth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp. et al, filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on September 21, 2016, and as may be amended from time to time (the “Expiration Date”). The Company or Consultant may terminate the Consulting Term prior to the Expiration Date by giving sixty (60) days prior written notice to the other party.

(b) The Consultant agrees, to the extent necessary to reasonably discharge the Services, to use Consultant’s commercially reasonable efforts and such time as is reasonably required to perform such duties and responsibilities.

(c) Upon termination of the Consulting Term, Consultant shall be deemed to have resigned from all positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, including without limitation, all director, manager, and officer positions.

 

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(d) Consultant may (i)(A) continue to serve on the boards of directors of the entities on which he serves on the Commencement Date, and (B) serve on the boards of directors of any investment fund or other pooled investment vehicle that is a subsidiary or an affiliate of such entities, including, without limitation, any such subsidiary or affiliate that may be formed after the date hereof, (ii) serve as a member of the board of directors of a reasonable number of other for-profit companies that do not compete with the Company, (iii) serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and (iv) manage Consultant’s personal and family investments.

3. Compensation.

(a) Base Compensation. Consultant shall be paid in cash an annual advisory fee by the Company equal to $3,600,000 per year (the “Base Fee”) in monthly installments of $300,000, payable on the first day of every calendar month during the Consulting Term for the preceding calendar month.

(b) Termination. Upon termination or expiration of the Consulting Term, (i) Consultant shall be paid any Base Fee earned but not paid to Consultant prior to the termination under Section 3(a), including a pro-rated portion of the Base Fee for the month in which the termination occurs (calculated as set forth below), which shall be paid as soon as practicable after the end of the Consulting Term; and (ii) Consultant shall be entitled, subject to the requirements of Section 4(a), to receive reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of Services prior to the end of the Consulting Term. The calculation of any Base Fee to be paid to Consultant under this Section 3(b) following termination of the Consulting Term shall be determined by multiplying $300,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days commencing on the first day of the month in which such termination occurred and ending on the date of termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in the month.

4. Expenses and Administrative Support.

(a) Business Expenses. In addition to the compensation payable to Consultant pursuant to Section 3 hereof, Consultant is authorized to incur reasonable and customary business expenses incurred on the Company’s behalf in connection with the performance of Services hereunder, including, without limitation, expenditures for business travel, lodgings, meals and entertainment expenses (“Business Expenses”). The Company shall, subject to the requirements of this Section 4(a), reimburse Consultant for all Business Expenses upon presentation by Consultant, from time to time, of appropriately itemized accounts of such expenditures. Consultant shall provide such itemized accounts within sixty (60) days after the expense is incurred and the Company shall reimburse Consultant within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such account. Expenses shall be reimbursed as soon as practicable following the Company’s receipt of such accounts, but in no event later than the March 15th following the end of the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred; provided, however, the Company’s obligation to reimburse reasonable expenses will terminate in the event Consultant does not request reimbursement in a timely manner to allow the expense to be paid prior to such date.

 

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(b) Administrative Support. Consultant shall be provided with an office, parking space and administrative assistant, each in Dallas, Texas, as well as any professional resources needed to discharge his responsibilities, in each case at the sole expense of the Company.

5. Status; Taxes.

(a) Status of Consultant. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, in performing the Services, Consultant shall act as and be deemed in all respects to be an independent contractor, and not for any purpose as an employee or agent of the Company except on authority specifically so delegated to Consultant to act as agent, and he shall not represent to the contrary to any person. Consultant shall only consult, render advice and perform such tasks as Consultant determines are necessary to provide the Services. Although the Company may specify the tasks to be performed by Consultant and may control and direct him in that regard, the Company shall not control or direct Consultant as to the details or means by which such tasks are accomplished.

(b) Taxes. The Company shall withhold any income or employment taxes required by law to be withheld from payments made hereunder, provided however, that Consultant shall have full responsibility for satisfying any other tax required by law to be paid with respect to the fees paid hereunder.

(c) Consultant shall receive no employee benefits from the Company.

6. Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Company and the Consultant acknowledge and agree that during the Consultant’s performance of Services, the Consultant will have access to and may assist in developing Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the affairs and business of the Company and the Affiliates. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, an individual suing for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.

 

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The Consultant agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Confidential Information and to protect the Company and the Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Consultant that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Company and the Affiliates:

(a) Non-Disclosure. Consultant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use, divulge, disclose or make accessible to any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity any Confidential Information pertaining to the business of the Company or its Affiliates, except (i) while providing Services to the Company, in the business of and for the benefit of the Company, or (ii) as required by law, provided, however, that if Consultant receives a subpoena to produce any Confidential Information, Consultant will notify the Company promptly so that the Company can seek a protective order, if desired. For purposes of this Section 6, “Confidential Information” shall mean information: (A) disclosed to or known by the Consultant as a consequence of or through his engagement with the Company or any Affiliate; (B) not publicly available or not generally known outside the Company or any Affiliate; and (C) that relates to the business and/or development of the Company or any Affiliate. Any information that does not meet each of the criteria listed above (in subsections (A) - (C)), other than by the Consultant’s breach of the terms hereof shall not constitute Confidential Information. By way of clarification (but not limitation), information that the Consultant conceived or developed during his engagement with the Company or an Affiliate or learned from other employees or contractors of the Company or an Affiliate that meets the definition of Confidential Information shall be treated as such. The Consultant acknowledges that the Confidential Information of the Company is valuable, special and unique to its business and is information on which such business depends, is proprietary to the Company, and that the Company wishes to protect such Confidential Information by keeping it secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company. Consultant will take all commercially reasonable steps necessary and reasonably requested by the management of the Company, to ensure that all such Confidential Information is kept secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company.

 

  (b) Non-Disparagement.

 

  (i) Consultant agrees not to defame, or make any false or disparaging statements about the Company and/or its Affiliates, or any of their respective products, services, finances, financial condition, capabilities or other aspect of or any of their respective businesses, in any medium to any person or entity; or otherwise, to take any action that primarily is designed to have the effect of discouraging any employee, lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company from maintaining its business relationships with the Company and/or its Affiliates (any such statement or act a “Prohibited Statement” or “Prohibited Action”). Consultant shall be permitted to make such statements or take such actions as are reasonably necessary in connection with Consultant’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, without such statements or actions being considered a Prohibited Statement or Prohibited Action under this Agreement.

 

  (ii) The Company hereby agrees that Company and its officers shall not defame, or make any false or disparaging statements in any medium to any person or entity about Consultant.

 

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  (iii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6(b) to the contrary, (A) both Consultant and the Company (including the Board and its executive officers) may (1) confer in confidence with their legal representatives and make truthful statements as required by law and (2) make private statements to any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its affiliates; and (B) nothing herein shall prevent any person from (1) responding publicly to incorrect, disparaging or derogatory public statements to the extent reasonably necessary to correct or refute such public statement or (2) making any truthful statement to the extent (x) necessary with respect to any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement or any other agreement among or between any party hereto or (y) required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order such person to disclose or make accessible such information.

 

  (iv) By signing this Agreement, the parties agree and acknowledge that they each are making, after the opportunity to confer with counsel, a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of rights either may have to make disparaging comments regarding the other party (and, as applicable affiliates thereof), including rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and any other applicable federal and state constitutional rights.

(c) Survival of Covenants. The non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations contained in this Section 6 shall continue in full force and effect after the conclusion of Consultant’s engagement with the Company and shall survive the expiration or termination of the Consulting Term, in each case in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of the reason for such termination or restriction. Consultant’s obligations with respect to any specific Confidential Information shall cease only when that specific portion of the Confidential Information becomes publicly known, other than as a result of disclosure by Consultant, in its entirety, without combining portions of such Confidential Information with other Confidential Information obtained separately.

7. Indemnification. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Consultant and the Consultant’s estate, heirs and representatives harmless, to the maximum extent permitted by law, against any and all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) as a result of any claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against the Consultant that arises out of or relates to the Consultant’s Services, including as an officer, director or manager, as the case may be, of the Company, or the Consultant’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, both prior to and after the Commencement Date, and to promptly advance to the Consultant or the Consultant’s estate, heirs or representatives such expenses upon written request with

 

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appropriate documentation of such expense upon receipt of an undertaking by the Consultant or on the Consultant’s behalf to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Consultant is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company also shall provide the Consulting Term with coverage under its current directors’ and officers’ liability policy to the same extent that it provides such coverage to its other executive officers and directors. If the Consultant has any knowledge of any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, as to which the Consultant may request indemnity under this provision, the Consultant will give the Company prompt written notice thereof; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the Consultant’s right to indemnification. The Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of any such proceeding and the Consultant will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such defense. To the extent that the Consultant in good faith determines that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest between the Company and the Consultant in connection with the defense of a proceeding, the Consultant shall so notify the Company and shall be entitled to separate representation at the Company’s expense by counsel selected by the Consultant who is reasonably acceptable to the Company, which counsel shall cooperate, and coordinate the defense, with the Company’s counsel and minimize the expense of such separate representation to the extent consistent with the Consultant’s separate defense. This Section 7 shall continue in effect after the termination of the Consulting Term.

8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof which shall remain in full force and effect.

9. Modifications. Any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any provisions of this Agreement shall not be valid unless in writing and signed by the Company and the Consultant.

10. Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither party may assign any of its or his rights or delegate any of its or his duties under this Agreement without the consent of the other and any attempted assignment in violation of this provision shall be void.

11. Notice. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier service, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

If to the Company:

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201-3411

Attention: General Counsel

 

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If to Consultant:

Paul Keglevic

At his home address on record

or to such other addresses as a party shall designate in the manner provided in this Section 11. Any notice or other communication shall be deemed given (a) on the date three (3) business days after it shall have been mailed, if sent by certified mail, (b) on the date one (1) business day after it shall have been given to a nationally-recognized overnight courier service or (c) upon the electronic confirmation of facsimile.

12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. The Parties agree that the proper venue and jurisdiction for any cause of action relating to the Agreement shall be in Dallas County, Texas. If Consultant substantially prevails on his substantive legal claims, the Company shall reimburse all legal fees and costs incurred by the Consultant to resolve the dispute.

13. Section Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile), which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one agreement.

15. Section 409A. To the extent applicable, this Agreement is intended to comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and shall be administered, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Payments under this Agreement shall be made in a manner that will comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Code, including regulations or other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined by the Company. The applicable provisions of section 409A of the Code are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any contrary provisions herein that conflict therewith.

16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties respecting the employment of the Consultant on and after the Commencement Date, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein and supersedes and replaces all other agreements related to the subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not supersede any agreement between Consultant and TCEH Corp. or any of its affiliates or predecessors. The Consultant acknowledges that, in connection with his entry into this Agreement, he was advised by an attorney of his choice on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, on the application of section 409A of the Code to the payments and benefits payable or to be paid to the Consultant hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

/s/ Paul Keglevic
Paul Keglevic
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
/s/ Donald L. Evans
By: Donald L. Evans
Its: Chairman of the Board

 

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EX-10.8 9 d176523dex108.htm EX-10.8 EX-10.8

Exhibit 10.8

CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated October 4, 2016 (the “Commencement Date”), by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH”), a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Andrew M. Wright, an individual (“Consultant”).

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain and engage Consultant, and Consultant desires to offer his knowledge and expertise, as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (“General Counsel”) of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that the relationship between the Company and Consultant is an independent contractor relationship.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Appointment; Consulting Arrangement. The Company hereby confirms Consultant’s appointment as General Counsel effective as of the Commencement Date. Consultant will (i) serve as the General Counsel of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (and hold such other offices as may be determined to be appropriate), (ii) have such duties, authority and responsibilities as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), which duties, authority and responsibilities shall be customary for the General Counsel position in a business of similar size, type, circumstances and nature to that of the Company, including offering advice and counsel on legal matters, including restructuring, finance/ capital markets, regulatory, corporate governance and/ or communication matters; (iii) manage outside counsel and transition services provided by TEX Operations Company LLC; (iv) serve as a member of the board of directors/managers of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries; and (vi) perform such other duties and responsibilities as shall be agreed upon between Consultant and the Company and/or the Board (collectively, the “Services”).

2. Term, Termination and Other Service.

(a) The term of Consultant’s tenure as General Counsel (the “Consulting Term”) commenced as of Commencement Date and shall terminate on the EFH Effective Date as defined in the Fourth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp. et al, filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on September 21, 2016, and as may be amended from time to time (the “Expiration Date”). The Company or Consultant may terminate the Consulting Term prior to the Expiration Date by giving sixty (60) days prior written notice to the other party.

(b) The Consultant agrees, to the extent necessary to reasonably discharge the Services, to use Consultant’s commercially reasonable efforts and such time as is reasonably required to perform such duties and responsibilities.

(c) Upon termination of the Consulting Term, Consultant shall be deemed to have resigned from all positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, including without limitation, all director, manager, and officer positions.

 

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(d) Consultant may (i)(A) continue to serve on the boards of directors of the entities on which he serves on the Commencement Date, and (B) serve on the boards of directors of any investment fund or other pooled investment vehicle that is a subsidiary or an affiliate of such entities, including, without limitation, any such subsidiary or affiliate that may be formed after the date hereof, (ii) serve as a member of the board of directors of a reasonable number of other for-profit companies that do not compete with the Company, (iii) serve on civic, charitable, educational, religious, public interest or public service boards, and (iv) manage Consultant’s personal and family investments.

3. Compensation.

(a) Base Compensation. Consultant shall be paid in cash an annual advisory fee by the Company equal to $1,500,000 per year (the “Base Fee”) in monthly installments of $125,000, payable on the first day of every calendar month during the Consulting Term for the preceding calendar month.

(b) Termination. Upon termination or expiration of the Consulting Term, (i) Consultant shall be paid any Base Fee earned but not paid to Consultant prior to the termination under Section 3(a), including a pro-rated portion of the Base Fee for the month in which the termination occurs (calculated as set forth below), which shall be paid as soon as practicable after the end of the Consulting Term; and (ii) Consultant shall be entitled, subject to the requirements of Section 4(a), to receive reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of Services prior to the end of the Consulting Term. The calculation of any Base Fee to be paid to Consultant under this Section 3(b) following termination of the Consulting Term shall be determined by multiplying $125,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days commencing on the first day of the month in which such termination occurred and ending on the date of termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in the month.

4. Expenses and Administrative Support.

(a) Business Expenses. In addition to the compensation payable to Consultant pursuant to Section 3 hereof, Consultant is authorized to incur reasonable and customary business expenses incurred on the Company’s behalf in connection with the performance of Services hereunder, including, without limitation, expenditures for business travel, lodgings, meals and entertainment expenses (“Business Expenses”). The Company shall, subject to the requirements of this Section 4(a), reimburse Consultant for all Business Expenses upon presentation by Consultant, from time to time, of appropriately itemized accounts of such expenditures. Consultant shall provide such itemized accounts within sixty (60) days after the expense is incurred and the Company shall reimburse Consultant within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such account. Expenses shall be reimbursed as soon as practicable following the Company’s receipt of such accounts, but in no event later than the March 15th following the end of the calendar year in which the expenses were incurred; provided, however, the Company’s obligation to reimburse reasonable expenses will terminate in the event Consultant does not request reimbursement in a timely manner to allow the expense to be paid prior to such date.

 

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(b) Administrative Support. Consultant shall be provided with an office, parking space and administrative assistant, each in Dallas, Texas, as well as any professional resources needed to discharge his responsibilities, in each case at the sole expense of the Company.

5. Status; Taxes.

(a) Status of Consultant. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, in performing the Services, Consultant shall act as and be deemed in all respects to be an independent contractor, and not for any purpose as an employee or agent of the Company except on authority specifically so delegated to Consultant to act as agent, and he shall not represent to the contrary to any person. Consultant shall only consult, render advice and perform such tasks as Consultant determines are necessary to provide the Services. Although the Company may specify the tasks to be performed by Consultant and may control and direct him in that regard, the Company shall not control or direct Consultant as to the details or means by which such tasks are accomplished.

(b) Taxes. The Company shall withhold any income or employment taxes required by law to be withheld from payments made hereunder, provided however, that Consultant shall have full responsibility for satisfying any other tax required by law to be paid with respect to the fees paid hereunder.

(c) Consultant shall receive no employee benefits from the Company.

6. Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure Agreement. The Company and the Consultant acknowledge and agree that during the Consultant’s performance of Services, the Consultant will have access to and may assist in developing Confidential Information and will occupy a position of trust and confidence with respect to the affairs and business of the Company and the Affiliates. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), an individual may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, an individual suing for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.

 

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The Consultant agrees that the following obligations are necessary to preserve the confidential and proprietary nature of Confidential Information and to protect the Company and the Affiliates against harmful solicitation of employees and customers, harmful competition and other actions by the Consultant that would result in serious adverse consequences for the Company and the Affiliates:

(a) Non-Disclosure. Consultant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use, divulge, disclose or make accessible to any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity any Confidential Information pertaining to the business of the Company or its Affiliates, except (i) while providing Services to the Company, in the business of and for the benefit of the Company, or (ii) as required by law, provided, however, that if Consultant receives a subpoena to produce any Confidential Information, Consultant will notify the Company promptly so that the Company can seek a protective order, if desired. For purposes of this Section 6, “Confidential Information” shall mean information: (A) disclosed to or known by the Consultant as a consequence of or through his engagement with the Company or any Affiliate; (B) not publicly available or not generally known outside the Company or any Affiliate; and (C) that relates to the business and/or development of the Company or any Affiliate. Any information that does not meet each of the criteria listed above (in subsections (A) - (C)), other than by the Consultant’s breach of the terms hereof shall not constitute Confidential Information. By way of clarification (but not limitation), information that the Consultant conceived or developed during his engagement with the Company or an Affiliate or learned from other employees or contractors of the Company or an Affiliate that meets the definition of Confidential Information shall be treated as such. The Consultant acknowledges that the Confidential Information of the Company is valuable, special and unique to its business and is information on which such business depends, is proprietary to the Company, and that the Company wishes to protect such Confidential Information by keeping it secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company. Consultant will take all commercially reasonable steps necessary and reasonably requested by the management of the Company, to ensure that all such Confidential Information is kept secret and confidential for the sole use and benefit of the Company.

 

  (b) Non-Disparagement.

 

  (i) Consultant agrees not to defame, or make any false or disparaging statements about the Company and/or its Affiliates, or any of their respective products, services, finances, financial condition, capabilities or other aspect of or any of their respective businesses, in any medium to any person or entity; or otherwise, to take any action that primarily is designed to have the effect of discouraging any employee, lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company from maintaining its business relationships with the Company and/or its Affiliates (any such statement or act a “Prohibited Statement” or “Prohibited Action”). Consultant shall be permitted to make such statements or take such actions as are reasonably necessary in connection with Consultant’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, without such statements or actions being considered a Prohibited Statement or Prohibited Action under this Agreement.

 

  (ii) The Company hereby agrees that Company and its officers shall not defame, or make any false or disparaging statements in any medium to any person or entity about Consultant.

 

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  (iii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6(b) to the contrary, (A) both Consultant and the Company (including the Board and its executive officers) may (1) confer in confidence with their legal representatives and make truthful statements as required by law and (2) make private statements to any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its affiliates; and (B) nothing herein shall prevent any person from (1) responding publicly to incorrect, disparaging or derogatory public statements to the extent reasonably necessary to correct or refute such public statement or (2) making any truthful statement to the extent (x) necessary with respect to any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement or any other agreement among or between any party hereto or (y) required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order such person to disclose or make accessible such information.

 

  (iv) By signing this Agreement, the parties agree and acknowledge that they each are making, after the opportunity to confer with counsel, a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of rights either may have to make disparaging comments regarding the other party (and, as applicable affiliates thereof), including rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and any other applicable federal and state constitutional rights.

(c) Survival of Covenants. The non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations contained in this Section 6 shall continue in full force and effect after the conclusion of Consultant’s engagement with the Company and shall survive the expiration or termination of the Consulting Term, in each case in accordance with their respective terms, regardless of the reason for such termination or restriction. Consultant’s obligations with respect to any specific Confidential Information shall cease only when that specific portion of the Confidential Information becomes publicly known, other than as a result of disclosure by Consultant, in its entirety, without combining portions of such Confidential Information with other Confidential Information obtained separately.

7. Indemnification. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Consultant and the Consultant’s estate, heirs and representatives harmless, to the maximum extent permitted by law, against any and all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) as a result of any claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against the Consultant that arises out of or relates to the Consultant’s Services, including as an officer, director or manager, as the case may be, of the Company, or the Consultant’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, both prior to and after the Commencement Date, and to promptly advance to the Consultant or the Consultant’s estate, heirs or representatives such expenses upon written request with

 

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appropriate documentation of such expense upon receipt of an undertaking by the Consultant or on the Consultant’s behalf to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Consultant is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. During the Consulting Term and thereafter, the Company also shall provide the Consulting Term with coverage under its current directors’ and officers’ liability policy to the same extent that it provides such coverage to its other executive officers and directors. If the Consultant has any knowledge of any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, as to which the Consultant may request indemnity under this provision, the Consultant will give the Company prompt written notice thereof; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the Consultant’s right to indemnification. The Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of any such proceeding and the Consultant will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such defense. To the extent that the Consultant in good faith determines that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest between the Company and the Consultant in connection with the defense of a proceeding, the Consultant shall so notify the Company and shall be entitled to separate representation at the Company’s expense by counsel selected by the Consultant who is reasonably acceptable to the Company, which counsel shall cooperate, and coordinate the defense, with the Company’s counsel and minimize the expense of such separate representation to the extent consistent with the Consultant’s separate defense. This Section 7 shall continue in effect after the termination of the Consulting Term.

8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof which shall remain in full force and effect.

9. Modifications. Any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any provisions of this Agreement shall not be valid unless in writing and signed by the Company and the Consultant.

10. Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither party may assign any of its or his rights or delegate any of its or his duties under this Agreement without the consent of the other and any attempted assignment in violation of this provision shall be void.

11. Notice. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, delivered by overnight air courier service, or transmitted by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

If to the Company:

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201-3411

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

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If to Consultant:

Andrew M. Wright

At his home address on record

or to such other addresses as a party shall designate in the manner provided in this Section 11. Any notice or other communication shall be deemed given (a) on the date three (3) business days after it shall have been mailed, if sent by certified mail, (b) on the date one (1) business day after it shall have been given to a nationally-recognized overnight courier service or (c) upon the electronic confirmation of facsimile.

12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. The Parties agree that the proper venue and jurisdiction for any cause of action relating to the Agreement shall be in Dallas County, Texas. If Consultant substantially prevails on his substantive legal claims, the Company shall reimburse all legal fees and costs incurred by the Consultant to resolve the dispute.

13. Section Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile), which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one agreement.

15. Section 409A. To the extent applicable, this Agreement is intended to comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and shall be administered, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Payments under this Agreement shall be made in a manner that will comply with, or be exempt from, section 409A of the Code, including regulations or other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined by the Company. The applicable provisions of section 409A of the Code are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any contrary provisions herein that conflict therewith.

16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties respecting the employment of the Consultant on and after the Commencement Date, there being no representations, warranties or commitments except as set forth herein and supersedes and replaces all other agreements related to the subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not supersede any agreement between Consultant and TCEH Corp. or any of its affiliates or predecessors. The Consultant acknowledges that, in connection with his entry into this Agreement, he was advised by an attorney of his choice on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, on the application of section 409A of the Code to the payments and benefits payable or to be paid to the Consultant hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf.

 

/s/ Andrew M. Wright
Andrew M. Wright
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
/s/ Paul Keglevic
By: Paul Keglevic
Its: President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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EX-99.1 10 d176523dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

News Release

 

 

TCEH Corp., Parent Company for Luminant and TXU Energy, Emerges

from Chapter 11 as a Competitive, Well-Capitalized Company

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Restructuring Eliminates More Than $33 Billion in Debt

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Company to Benefit from Lowest Leverage of Any Comparable Company

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Energy Industry Veteran Curt Morgan Formally Named CEO

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Company Closes on $4.25 Billion Exit Financing Facility

DALLAS – October 4, 2016 –TCEH Corp. today announced that it and certain of its subsidiaries, including operating businesses Luminant and TXU Energy, have emerged from Chapter 11 as a standalone company effected through a tax-free spinoff from Energy Future Holdings Corp. The emergence follows satisfaction of all necessary conditions, including regulatory prerequisites, contained as part of EFH’s Third Amended Plan of Reorganization, which was entered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on August 29, 2016.

EFH and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, which own an indirect 80 percent equity interest in Oncor, remain in Chapter 11 and are proceeding toward Chapter 11 emergence on a separate, standalone schedule.

Concurrent with emergence, TCEH Corp. has issued approximately 427.5 million shares of its common stock, as well as other proceeds, to the pre-emergence first lien creditors of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (“Former TCEH”). Beginning today, this common stock is publicly traded on the OTCQX market under the ticker symbol THHH.

Experienced Leadership

TCEH Corp. has also appointed a new board of directors consisting of Gavin Baiera, Jennifer Box, Jeff Hunter, Michael Liebelson, Cyrus Madon, Curt Morgan and Geoffrey Strong. Curt Morgan will assume responsibilities as chief executive officer of TCEH Corp., effective immediately. During his 35-year career, Mr. Morgan has held leadership responsibilities in nearly every major U.S. power market. Most recently, he had been serving as a consultant for Former TCEH’s first-lien creditors. Prior to that, he was an operating partner at Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North America’s energy infrastructure. Earlier


in his career, Mr. Morgan served as the president and CEO of both EquiPower Resources Corp. and FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. He recently served as a director of Summit Midstream Partners and has held leadership positions at NRG Energy, Mirant Corporation, Reliant Energy and BP Amoco.

“TCEH Corp. emerges from the restructuring process with a superb integrated business. TXU Energy and Luminant are competitive, well-resourced and positioned for continued operational excellence and opportunistic growth in the growing Texas market and potentially beyond,” said Mr. Morgan. “This outcome would not have been possible without the support of key stakeholders, including the company’s valued people, customers and business partners. So while industry conditions remain challenging – and we must continue to adapt accordingly – the long-term potential of our integrated, industry-leading retail business and a cost-effective generation company is extremely powerful.”

A Newly Capitalized, Stronger Company

TCEH Corp. consists of Texas’ largest electric power generator, Luminant, and TXU Energy, a competitive retail electricity provider, with almost 17,000 megawatts of generation and 1.7 million retail customers, respectively. TCEH Corp. now believes this robust operating platform is now complemented by a strong balance sheet and liquidity position, as the company has eliminated more than $[33] billion of debt and other obligations through the Chapter 11 restructuring process. TCEH Corp. further benefits from very low leverage relative to its peer group at 2.3 times of gross secured debt-to-EBITDA and 1.5 times on a net basis (secured debt less cash on hand), based on the projected 2016E EBITDA as disclosed to the bankruptcy court in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings.

At emergence, the company’s available liquidity position is estimated to be approximately $1.5 billion, including an undrawn $750 million net borrowings available under the new $4.25 billion exit financing facility.

About TCEH Corp.

TCEH Corp. is a premier Texas-based energy company focused on the competitive energy and power generation markets through operation as the largest generator and retailer of electricity in the growing Texas market. Our integrated portfolio of competitive businesses consists primarily of Luminant and TXU Energy. Luminant generates and sells electricity and related products from our diverse fleet of generation facilities totaling approximately 17,000 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW fueled by nuclear power, 8,000 MW fueled by coal, 6,000 MW fueled by natural gas, and is a large purchaser of wind-generated electricity. TXU Energy sells retail electricity and value-added services (primarily through our market-leading TXU Energy™ brand) to approximately 1.7 million residential and business customers in Texas.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statement involves uncertainties and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the discussion of risk factors under “Risk Factors” and the discussion under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by such forward-looking statements, including any effects or changes resulting from the emergence of the Company from Chapter 11 and any strategies TCEH employs to address its cost structure, liquidity and capital resources or pursue growth opportunities in any particular market.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date on which it is made, and except as may be required by law, TCEH undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or


circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all of them; nor can TCEH assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. As such, you should not unduly rely on such forward-looking statements.

Media

Allan Koenig

214-812-8080

Allan.Koenig@energyfutureholdings.com

EX-99.2 11 d176523dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

by and between

TEX Energy LLC

and

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Transfer Agent

dated as of October 3, 2016


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS      3   
  Section 1.1   

Definitions

     3   
  Section 1.2   

Interpretive Provisions

     18   
  Section 1.3   

Times of Day

     19   
  Section 1.4   

Timing of Payment or Performance

     19   
  Section 1.5   

Certifications

     19   
ARTICLE II PAYMENTS      20   
  Section 2.1   

Annual Tax Payments

     20   
  Section 2.2   

Additional Tax Payments

     21   
  Section 2.3   

Termination Payment

     22   
  Section 2.4   

Applicable Principles

     22   
  Section 2.5   

Method of Payment

     23   
  Section 2.6   

No Return of TRA Payments

     23   
  Section 2.7   

Stock and Stockholders of the Company

     23   
  Section 2.8   

Interest Amount Limitation

     23   
  Section 2.9   

Day Count Convention

     24   
  Section 2.10   

Reduction of TRA Payments on Account of Treasury TRA Rights

     24   
ARTICLE III TERMINATION      24   
  Section 3.1   

Termination in General

     24   
  Section 3.2   

Optional Termination

     24   
  Section 3.3   

Change of Control

     24   
ARTICLE IV LATE PAYMENTS, ETC.      25   
  Section 4.1   

Late Payments by the Company

     25   
  Section 4.2   

Payment Deferral

     25   
ARTICLE V COVENANTS      26   
  Section 5.1   

Tax Returns and Audits

     26   
  Section 5.2   

Accountant

     26   
  Section 5.3   

Consistency

     27   
  Section 5.4   

Reporting

     27   
  Section 5.5   

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     28   
  Section 5.6   

Annual Notice

     29   
  Section 5.7   

LIBOR Schedule

     29   
  Section 5.8   

Future Indebtedness and Other Obligations

     29   

 

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ARTICLE VI THE TRA RIGHTS      29   
  Section 6.1   

Title and Terms

     29   
  Section 6.2   

Form Generally; Registered Form only

     30   
  Section 6.3   

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

     33   
  Section 6.4   

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

     34   
  Section 6.5   

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen TRA Rights

     44   
  Section 6.6   

Persons Deemed Owners

     45   
  Section 6.7   

Cancellation

     45   
  Section 6.8   

CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc

     46   
  Section 6.9   

Escrow Agreements

     46   
ARTICLE VII THE TRANSFER AGENT      46   
  Section 7.1   

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

     46   
  Section 7.2   

Certain Rights of the Transfer Agent

     47   
  Section 7.3   

Not Responsible for Recitals

     49   
  Section 7.4   

May Hold TRA Rights

     49   
  Section 7.5   

Money Held in Trust

     49   
  Section 7.6   

Compensation and Reimbursement

     49   
  Section 7.7   

Corporate Transfer Agent Required; Eligibility

     50   
  Section 7.8   

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

     50   
  Section 7.9   

Acceptance of Appointment of Successor

     51   
  Section 7.10   

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

     51   

ARTICLE VIII REMEDIES OF THE TRANSFER AGENT AND HOLDERS ON OCCURRENCE OF A MATERIAL BREACH

     52   
  Section 8.1   

Material Breach Defined

     52   
  Section 8.2   

Notice

     53   
  Section 8.3   

Cure Period

     54   
  Section 8.4   

Waiver of Past Breaches

     54   
  Section 8.5   

Collection by the Transfer Agent

     54   
  Section 8.6   

Application of Proceeds

     56   
  Section 8.7   

Suits for Enforcement

     56   
  Section 8.8   

Restoration of Rights

     57   
  Section 8.9   

Limitations on Suits by Holders

     57   
  Section 8.10   

Unconditional Right of Holders

     57   
  Section 8.11   

Powers and Remedies

     57   
  Section 8.12   

Control by Holders

     58   
  Section 8.13   

Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs

     58   

 

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ARTICLE IX SUBORDINATION OF THE TRA RIGHTS      59   
  Section 9.1   

Agreement to Subordinate in Right of Payment

     59   
  Section 9.2   

Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy

     59   
  Section 9.3   

Default on Senior Indebtedness

     59   
  Section 9.4   

Notice of Termination Payment

     60   
  Section 9.5   

When Distribution Must be Paid Over

     60   
  Section 9.6   

Subrogation

     60   
  Section 9.7   

Relative Rights

     60   
  Section 9.8   

Company May Not Impair Subordination

     60   
  Section 9.9   

Waiver

     60   
  Section 9.10   

In Furtherance of Subordination

     60   
  Section 9.11   

Obligations Hereunder Not Affected

     62   
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS      63   
  Section 10.1   

Notices

     63   
  Section 10.2   

Counterparts

     63   
  Section 10.3   

Entire Agreement

     63   
  Section 10.4   

Governing Law

     64   
  Section 10.5   

Severability

     64   
  Section 10.6   

Amendments; Waivers

     64   
  Section 10.7   

Successors; Assignment

     67   
  Section 10.8   

Titles and Subtitles

     68   
  Section 10.9   

Withholding

     68   
  Section 10.10   

Affiliated Corporations; Admission of the Company into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets

     68   
  Section 10.11   

Interpretation

     68   
  Section 10.12   

Compliance and Opinions

     69   
  Section 10.13   

Form of Documents Delivered to Transfer Agent

     69   
  Section 10.14   

Acts of Holders

     69   
  Section 10.15   

Notice to Holders; Waiver

     70   
  Section 10.16   

No Recourse Against Others

     71   
  Section 10.17   

Certain Purchases and Sales

     71   
  Section 10.18   

No Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     71   
  Section 10.19   

Effective Time

     71   

 

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Exhibit A     Form of Global Security
Exhibit B     Certificate to be delivered upon exchange or registration of transfer of TRA Rights
Exhibit C     Form of Transferee Letter of Representation
Exhibit D     Certificate to be delivered upon exchange or registration of transfer of TRA Rights during the Initial Holder Restricted Period
Exhibit E     Form of Accountant Attestation
Exhibit F     Form of Deferral Attestation

 

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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 3, 2016 (the “TCEH Effective Date”), is hereby entered into by and between TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014, Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH”) and certain entities in which it held an equity interest (collectively, the “Debtors”) commenced chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) by filing voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101–1532 (the “Bankruptcy Code”), which chapter 11 cases are being jointly administered and are captioned In re Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Case No. 14-10979 (CSS);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code D.I. [9374] (the “Plan”), at the request of certain former first lien secured creditors of TCEH (as defined below) (the “TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors”), the Company would enter into a tax receivable agreement or similar arrangement, the form of which is set forth in the Plan Supplement (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order Confirming the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [D.I. 9421] (the “Confirmation Order”), the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Plan and approved the Plan Supplement;

WHEREAS, the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors have requested that the Company enter into this Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, before the TCEH Effective Date, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a Debtor (“TCEH”) formed (i) the Company, (ii) TEX Asset Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AssetCo”) and (iii) TEX Preferred LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Preferred Stock Entity”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, on the TCEH Effective Date, the Preferred Stock Entity will convert from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation (the “Preferred Stock Entity Conversion”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, on the TCEH Effective Date, immediately after the Preferred Stock Entity Conversion: (i) AssetCo will contribute certain assets to the Preferred Stock Entity in exchange for all of the Preferred Stock Entity’s common stock and preferred stock; (ii) immediately thereafter, and pursuant to that certain Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”), dated September 26, 2016, by and

 

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between AssetCo and the investors listed therein (collectively, the “Investors”), AssetCo will sell all of the Preferred Stock Entity’s preferred stock to the Investors; and (iii) AssetCo will distribute the cash proceeds of such sale to its direct and indirect parent entities and ultimately to TCEH to fund recoveries under the Plan (together, the “Preferred Stock Sale”);

WHEREAS, this Agreement shall become effective on the TCEH Effective Date immediately following the Preferred Stock Sale (the “Effective Time”) and, immediately thereafter, the Company will issue the beneficial interests in the rights to receive payments under (and otherwise share in the benefits of) this Agreement (the “TRA Rights”) to TCEH to be held in escrow for the benefit of the first lien secured creditors of TCEH entitled to receipt of the TRA Rights under the Plan (the “TRA Rights Issuance”);

WHEREAS, TCEH shall enter into an escrow agreement (the “Initial Distribution Escrow Agreement”) with the Transfer Agent to place the TRA Rights into an escrow account to be held until the date of distribution of the TRA Rights to the first lien secured creditors of TCEH entitled to receipt of the TRA Rights under the Plan;

WHEREAS, TCEH shall enter into an escrow agreement (the “Allocation Dispute Reserve Escrow Agreement” and, together with the Initial Distribution Escrow Agreement, the “Escrow Agreements”) with Citibank, N.A., as escrow agent, to place TRA Rights into an escrow account to serve as a reserve on account of the TCEH First Lien Creditor Plan Distribution Allocation Dispute;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, immediately following the TRA Rights Issuance, the Company will convert from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation (the “Conversion”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, the Plan Supplement and the Confirmation Order, following the Conversion, TCEH will distribute the TRA Rights to certain first lien secured creditors of TCEH entitled to the TRA Rights in accordance with the Plan;

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the contribution described in clause (i) of the definition of the Preferred Stock Sale is intended to be treated as a taxable sale of the assets of the Preferred Stock Entity pursuant to Section 1001 of the Code (as defined below);

WHEREAS, following the TCEH Effective Date, the income, gain, loss, deduction and other tax items of the Company may be affected by the Basis Adjustment and the Additional Deductions (each as defined below);

WHEREAS, the Company desires to make certain payments to the Holders (as defined below) in respect of the cumulative tax benefits of the Basis Adjustments and the Additional Deductions in accordance with this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Plan provides that the TRA Rights shall be issued by the Company pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings.

Accountant” means Deloitte & Touche LLP or any other certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be the auditors of the Company’s financial statements).

Accountant Attestation” means a signed attestation from the Accountant stating that the Accountant, in accordance with the attestation standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, has examined the Company’s assertion (included within the Management Report) that the calculation of the applicable TRA Payment has been properly computed in accordance with this Agreement, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

Acting Holders” means Holders with an aggregate Ownership Percentage of twenty-five percent (25%) or more.

Additional Deductions” means (i) any deductible interest paid or imputed under Sections 483, 1272 or 1274 or other provision of the Code and any similar provision of U.S. state or local tax law with respect to the Company’s payment obligations under this Agreement and (ii) any other Tax deductions available to the Company attributable to payments under this Agreement; provided, that absent an intervening change of applicable Tax law or a Determination, the Company will not treat TRA Payments, other than payments attributable to imputed interest expense, as resulting in Additional Deductions.

Additional Interest Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d).

Additional Tax Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d).

Additional Tax Payment Interest Period I” means, with respect to an Additional Tax Payment for a Subject Taxable Year, the period from the Company Tax Return Due Date Without Extensions with respect to such Subject Taxable Year until the Payment Accrual Date for the Annual Tax Payment for such Subject Taxable Year.

Additional Tax Payment Interest Period II” means, with respect to an Additional Tax Payment for a Subject Taxable Year, the period from the Payment Accrual Date for the Annual Tax Payment for such Subject Taxable Year until the Payment Accrual Date for such Additional Tax Payment (without taking into account any deferral under Section 4.2(b)).

 

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Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

Agreed Rate” means LIBOR, reset at the beginning of each calendar quarter, plus three percent (3%) per annum.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

AI” means an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, which is not also a QIB or an IAI.

Allocation Dispute Reserve Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Announcement Date” means the date on which notice of a TRA Payment is provided to the Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(a), Section 2.2(a), or Section 2.3(a).

Annual Interest Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

Annual Tax Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

Annual Tax Payment Interest Period” means, with respect to an Annual Tax Payment for a Subject Taxable Year, the period from the Company Tax Return Due Date Without Extensions with respect to such Subject Taxable Year until the Payment Accrual Date for such Annual Tax Payment.

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Basis Adjustment” means (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the Tax basis of any Reference Asset immediately after and as a result of the Preferred Stock Sale over (y) the basis of such asset immediately prior to the Preferred Stock Sale and (ii) the entire Tax basis of the assets acquired as a result of the La Frontera Agreement as of immediately after consummation of such acquisition.

Board” means (i) the board of directors of the Company, (ii) any duly authorized committee of such board, (iii) any committee of officers of the Company, or (iv) any officer of the Company acting, in the case of clause (iii) above or this clause (iv), pursuant to authority granted by the board of directors of the Company or any committee of such board.

 

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Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution (i) certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and (ii) delivered to the Transfer Agent.

Business Day” means any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York, New York.

Capital Stock” means:

(a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

(b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

A “Change of Control” means and shall be deemed to have occurred (a) if any person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person, entity or “group” and its subsidiaries and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than any holding company parent of the Company whose only significant asset is (directly or indirectly) Capital Stock of the Company, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of voting power of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Company having more than a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Company or (b) upon the consummation of any merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company (or a parent company of the Company) where, immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the beneficial owners of the Capital Stock of the Company having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Person that is the survivor (or the equivalent) of the transaction. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed, in the name of the Company, by an Officer of the Company and delivered to the Transfer Agent.

 

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Company Tax Return” means the U.S. federal, state or local Tax Return, as applicable, of the Company filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year.

Company Tax Return Due Date With Extensions” means the due date (taking into account all automatic extensions) of the Company’s U.S. federal income Tax Return.

Company Tax Return Due Date Without Extensions” means the due date (without taking into account any extensions) of the Company’s U.S. federal income Tax Return.

Confirmation Order” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Conversion” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Covered Commodity” means any energy, electricity, generation capacity, power, heat rate, congestion, natural gas, nuclear fuel (including enrichment and conversion), diesel fuel, fuel oil, other petroleum-based liquids, coal, lignite, weather, emissions and other environmental credits, waste by-products, renewable energy credit, or any other energy related commodity or service (including ancillary services and related risks (such as location basis)).

Cumulative Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Company, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Management Report in accordance with this Agreement (taking into account any Additional Tax Payments).

Debtors” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Default Rate” means LIBOR, reset at the beginning of each calendar quarter, plus five percent (5%) per annum.

Deferral Attestation” means a signed attestation from an Officer of the Company, and delivered to the Transfer Agent stating (a) that the Company is not permitted, pursuant to the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, to make all or a specified portion of a TRA Payment and/or (b) (i) the Company does not have the cash on hand to make all or a specified portion of a TRA Payment, and (ii) the Company is not able to obtain cash from its Subsidiaries to fund such TRA Payment because (A) the applicable Subsidiary is not permitted, pursuant to the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, to pay dividends, make loans or otherwise make payments to the Company to allow it to make such TRA Payment, (B) the applicable Subsidiary is not permitted, pursuant to applicable law, to pay dividends, make loans or otherwise make payments to the Company to allow it to make such TRA Payment or (C) the applicable Subsidiary does not have the cash on hand to make the payment described in clause (A) or the dividend described in clause (B) above and is not permitted to borrow cash to fund such payment under the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

 

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Depositary” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

Determination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of a Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.

Determination Date” means the second (2nd) London Banking Day preceding the first day of each calendar quarter (or, in the case of the calendar quarter containing the TCEH Effective Date, the second (2nd) London Banking Day preceding the TCEH Effective Date).

Direct Registration Securities” means TRA Rights, the ownership of which is recorded on the Direct Registration System. The terms “deliver,” “execute,” “issue,” “register,” “surrender,” “transfer” or “cancel,” when used with respect to Direct Registration Securities, shall refer to an entry or entries or an electronic transfer or transfers in the Direct Registration System.

Direct Registration System” means the system for the uncertificated registration of ownership of securities established by the Security Registrar and utilized by the Security Registrar pursuant to which the Security Registrar may record the ownership of TRA Rights without the issuance of a certificate, which ownership shall be evidenced by periodic statements issued by the Security Registrar to the Holders entitled thereto.

Discharge of Senior Indebtedness” means, subject to Section 9.10(e), (a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest, fees, expenses (including interest, fees, and expenses accruing on or after the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company at the rate provided for in the applicable documents governing all Senior Indebtedness, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in any such any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company) and premium, if any, on all Senior Indebtedness (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) and (b) termination of all other commitments under such Senior Indebtedness; provided, that the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have occurred if (i) at any time after the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has occurred, the Company thereafter incurs any additional Senior Indebtedness, then such Discharge of Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of ARTICLE IX, and such additional Senior Indebtedness shall automatically be treated as Senior Indebtedness for all purposes of this Agreement and (ii) if any holder of Senior Indebtedness is required in any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Person any amount because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason (a “Recovery”), then the Senior Indebtedness shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and the such holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to a reinstatement of Senior Indebtedness with respect to all such recovered amounts.

 

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Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

EFH” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Escrow Accounts” means the escrow accounts established by the Escrow Agreements.

Escrow Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Global Securities Legend” means the legend set forth under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Agreement.

Global Securities” means global securities in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A.

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

Hedging Agreements” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement and (c) physical or financial commodity contracts or agreements, power purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, environmental credit purchase or sale agreements, power transmission agreements, ancillary service agreements, commodity transportation agreements, fuel storage agreements, weather derivatives, netting agreements, capacity agreements and commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of (or the option to purchase, sell or exchange), transmission, transportation, storage, distribution, processing, sale, lease or hedge of, any Covered Commodity, price or price indices for any such Covered Commodity or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar agreements.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.

 

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Holder” means a Person in whose name a TRA Right is registered in the Security Register at the applicable time, in its capacity as a holder of such TRA Right.

Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries, calculated using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used in calculating the actual liability for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the relevant Company Tax Return, but (w) using the Unadjusted Tax Basis, (x) excluding any deduction attributable to Additional Deductions for the Taxable Year, (y) using the Section 382 Assumptions, and (z) without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any Tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to or (without duplication) available for use because of the prior use of any depreciation or amortization arising from the Basis Adjustment or any Additional Deductions.

IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, which is not also a QIB.

IAI Global Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(d).

Incur” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other obligation of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

(a) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) in respect of borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or (iii) Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States;

(b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person described in clause (a) above (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and

(c) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person described in clause (a) above secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (i) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination, and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) contingent obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect

 

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of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (4) any liability for Taxes owed or owing by the Company; (5) obligations under or in respect of receivables facilities and securitization facilities; (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP; (7) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation; and (8) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities). For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant.

Initial Distribution Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Initial Holder” means any Holder who receives TRA Rights pursuant to the Plan on or after the Issue Date (other than TCEH) and any Person deemed to be an Initial Holder pursuant to Section 6.2(e)(iii).

Initial Holder Restricted Period” means the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the earlier of (i) April 3, 2018 the 18th month anniversary of the Issue Date, (ii) the date that any or all TRA Rights are registered for resale under the Securities Act or (iii) the date that the board of directors of the Company (or any duly authorized committee thereof) determines (which shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Transfer Agent).

Initial Holder Restricted Period Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 6.4(f).

Investors” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Issue Date” means the date the TRA Rights were initially issued to one or more Holders.

La Frontera Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2015, by and between La Frontera Ventures, LLC and Luminant Holding Company LLC.

LIBOR” means, with respect to each calendar quarter, the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period beginning on the second (2nd) London Banking Day after the applicable Determination Date that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR 01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Determination Date. If Reuters Page LIBOR 01 does not include such a rate or is unavailable on such Determination Date, the Company will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Company, to provide such bank’s offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such

 

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Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars for a three-month period beginning on the second (2nd) London Banking Day after such Determination Date. If at least two such offered quotations are so provided, the rate for the three-month period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the Company will request each of three major banks in New York City, as selected by the Company, to provide such bank’s rate (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a three-month period beginning on the second (2nd) London Banking Day after such Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so provided, the rate for the three-month period will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then the rate for the three-month period will be the rate in effect with respect to the immediately preceding calendar quarter. All percentages resulting from any calculation of LIBOR shall be rounded to the nearest thousandth of a percentage point (0.001%), with five ten-thousandths of a percentage point (0.0005%) rounded upward (e.g., 5.8765% would be rounded to 5.877%). If, for any calendar quarter, the Company is unable to determine LIBOR, then LIBOR for such calendar quarter shall be the rate as LIBOR for the prior calendar quarter.

LIBOR Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the New York Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided, that in no event shall an operating lease or license to use intellectual property be deemed to constitute a Lien.

London Banking Day” is any day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London interbank market.

Majority of the Holders” means Holders with an aggregate Ownership Percentage of more than fifty percent (50%).

Management Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b).

Master Agreement” has the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Hedging Agreement”.

Material Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

Net Tax Benefit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

 

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Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, the president or any vice president, the chief financial officer, the controller or any assistant controller, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or any assistant secretary of such Person.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company, in his or her capacity as such an Officer, and delivered to the Transfer Agent.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel with experience as to the subject matter of the opinion, who may be internal counsel for the Company.

Outstanding” when used with respect to TRA Rights means, as of the date of determination, all TRA Rights theretofore authenticated, as applicable, and delivered under this Agreement, except: (i) TRA Rights theretofore cancelled by the Transfer Agent or delivered to the Transfer Agent for cancellation, (ii) TRA Rights in exchange for or in lieu of which other TRA Rights have been authenticated, as applicable, and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such TRA Rights in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Transfer Agent proof satisfactory to it that such TRA Rights are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the TRA Rights are valid obligations of the Company, (iii) TRA Rights held by the Company as of such date or (iv) any TRA Rights held by the Company or any Subsidiary that were released to the Company pursuant to the Escrow Agreements that have not yet been cancelled in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 6.7; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding TRA Rights have given any request, demand, direction, consent or waiver hereunder, TRA Rights owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as of such date, whether held as treasury securities or otherwise, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding.

Ownership Percentage” means, with respect to a Holder, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the number of Outstanding TRA Rights owned by such Holder, and (ii) the denominator of which is the total number of Outstanding TRA Rights.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which by its terms explicitly provides that it ranks pari passu in right of payment to the TRA Rights.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary.

Payment Accrual Date” means, with respect to any TRA Payment, the Payment Date for such TRA Payment determined without regard to the proviso in the definition of “Payment Date”.

Payment Date” means, with respect to any TRA Payment, the fifth (5th) day following the Record Date for such TRA Payment; provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, “Payment Date” shall be the first (1st) Business Day following such day.

Permitted Initial Holder Transferee” means, with respect to any Initial Holder, (i) an Affiliate of such Initial Holder or any investment fund, fund or account that is advised,

 

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managed or controlled by such Initial Holder or its Affiliates, (ii) any successor entity to such Initial Holder, (iii) another Initial Holder, (iv) any third party lender (or an agent thereof) that is granted a security interest in such Initial Holder’s TRA Rights pursuant to any bona fide loan or other financing or that acquires such TRA Rights upon the foreclosure (or other satisfaction) of any such security interest, (v) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, (vi) if such Initial Holder is an individual, any immediate family member of such Initial Holder or any trust, limited liability company, partnership or corporation for the direct or indirect benefit of such Initial Holder or the immediate family of such Initial Holder, (vii) if such Initial Holder is an individual, the estate of the Initial Holder, any beneficiary of such estate or a beneficiary of such Initial Holder pursuant to a trust, will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent, or (viii) any other Person approved in writing by the Company (which approval may be for a specific transaction or more generally).

Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

Plan” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Plan Supplement” means the Plan Supplement for the Plan.

Preferred Stock Entity” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Preferred Stock Entity Conversion” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Preferred Stock Sale” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess (if any) of (i) the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year over (ii) the actual liability for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

Realized Tax Detriment” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess (if any) of (i) the actual liability for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Taxable Year over (ii) the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

Record Date” means, with respect to any TRA Payment, the tenth (10th) day following the Announcement Date for such TRA Payment; provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, “Record Date” shall be the first (1st) Business Day following such day.

 

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Recovery” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Discharge of Senior Indebtedness”.

Reference Asset” means (i) an asset that is held by the Preferred Stock Entity at the Effective Time, (ii) without duplication, each asset that was directly or indirectly acquired by Luminant Holding Company LLC in connection with the La Frontera Agreement and (iii) any asset that is “substituted basis property” under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to an asset described in (A) clause (i) above or (B) clause (ii) above.

Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Direct Registration Security” shall mean a Direct Registration Security issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(d).

Representative Amount” means a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a single Transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.

Responsible Officer” means any Officer of the Transfer Agent to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Period,” with respect to any TRA Rights, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the Issue Date.

Restricted Securities Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 6.4(f).

Reuters Page LIBOR 01” means the display page so designated on the Reuters service or equivalent information reporting service or any successor service (or such successor display page, other published source, information vendor or provider).

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A Global Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(d).

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency or governmental authority.

Section 382 Assumptions” means that, with respect to the calculation of the Hypothetical Tax Liability, any depreciation or amortization deduction would be claimed without limitation to the extent of the Company’s “net unrealized built-in gain,” with such “net unrealized built-in gain” to be calculated without giving effect to the Preferred Stock Sale.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e).

 

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Security Registrar” means the custodian of the Security Register, who registers TRA Rights and transfers of TRA Rights as provided in ARTICLE VI, who initially is the Transfer Agent.

Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, all Indebtedness of the Company, including interest thereon (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company at the rate specified in the documentation with respect thereto whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) and other amounts (including fees, expenses, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, and indemnities) owing in respect thereof or otherwise secured pursuant to the terms of such other Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the Effective Time or thereafter Incurred; provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include, as applicable:

(a) any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary of the Company,

(b) any Pari Passu Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company,

(c) any obligations with respect to any Capital Stock; or

(d) any Indebtedness Incurred in violation of this Agreement.

If any Senior Indebtedness is disallowed, avoided or subordinated pursuant to the provisions of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state fraudulent conveyance law, such Senior Indebtedness nevertheless will constitute Senior Indebtedness.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or any successor provision).

Subject Taxable Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which by its terms explicitly provides that it is subordinate in right of payment to the TRA Rights.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.

Taxable Year” means a taxable year as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable provision of U.S. state or local Tax law, as applicable, (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than twelve (12) months for which a Tax Return is made) ending after the TCEH Effective Date.

 

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Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state and local taxes, assessments or similar charges measured with respect to net income or profits (including the Texas Margin Tax) and any interest related to such Tax.

Taxing Authority” means any domestic, federal, national, state, parish, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.

TCEH” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

TCEH Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Termination Date” means the Payment Date for the Termination Payment.

Termination Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d).

Termination Rate” means LIBOR, as in effect for the calendar quarter in which the Announcement Date (or, in the case of a distribution under Section 8.6(b), the applicable record date established by the Board of the Company) for the applicable Termination Payment occurs, plus one percent (1%) per annum.

Texas Margin Tax” means the tax imposed by Section 171.001 of the Texas Tax Code.

TRA Payment” means any Annual Tax Payment, Additional Tax Payment or Termination Payment.

TRA Rights” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

TRA Rights Issuance” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

TRA Term Sheet” means the Reorganized TCEH Tax Receivable Agreement Summary of Material Terms and Conditions, which was filed as Exhibit S to the Plan Supplement.

Transaction” means any transaction; provided, that if such transaction is part of a series of related transactions, “Transaction” refers to such related transactions as a whole.

Transfer Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities” means Direct Registration Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

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Transfer Restricted Global Securities” means Global Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Securities Legend.

Transfer Restricted Securities” means the Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities and Transfer Restricted Global Securities.

Treasury TRA Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

Unadjusted Tax Basis” means at any time (a) with respect to any Reference Asset described in clauses (ii) or (iii)(B) of the definition thereof, zero, and (b) with respect to any other Reference Asset, the Tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustment had been made.

Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities” means Direct Registration Securities that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Securities Legend.

Unrestricted Global Securities” means Global Securities that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Securities Legend.

Valuation Assumptions” means, as of the Termination Date, the assumptions that (i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Termination Date (or with respect to which an Annual Tax Payment has not been determined and (subject to Sections 2.8 and 4.2) paid), the Company will have an amount of taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the deduction attributable to the Basis Adjustments and Additional Deductions during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years in which such deductions would become available, (ii) for purposes of determining the amount of Additional Deductions and the discounted value of Annual Tax Payments and the Additional Tax Payment (if assumed to occur pursuant clause (vi) below), (A) the Company will make (x) Annual Tax Payments on the thirtieth (30th) day after each applicable Company Tax Return Due Date With Extensions and (y) an Additional Tax Payment (if so assumed to occur pursuant to clause (vi) below) on the date that is ninety (90) days after the Termination Date and (B) the Agreed Rate and the Default Rate shall be determined by using the same value for LIBOR as is used in the determination of “Termination Rate”, (iii) the U.S. federal, state and local income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code or other law as in effect on the Termination Date (but taking into account for the applicable Taxable Years adjustments to the tax rates that have been enacted as of the Termination Date with a delayed effective date) (or, with respect to any Taxable Year for which such U.S. federal, state and local income tax rates are not specified by the Code or other law as in effect on the Termination Date, such U.S. federal, state and local income tax rates that are in effect on the Termination Date with respect to the Taxable Year that includes the Termination Date, (iv) any loss carryovers generated by deductions arising from the Basis Adjustments or Additional Deductions that are available as of such Termination Date will be utilized by the Company in the Taxable Year in which the Termination Date occurs (and to the extent such loss carryovers are limited and not available under applicable law (such as Section 382 of the Code), such loss carryovers will be utilized in

 

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the first Taxable Year in which such limitation is no longer applicable), (v) any non-depreciable or non-amortizable Reference Asset will be disposed of on the later of (x) the fifteenth anniversary of the applicable Basis Adjustment or (y) the Termination Date, for an amount realized equal to such Reference Asset’s fair market value as of the Termination Date and (vi) any ongoing audits of the Company or its Subsidiaries by a Taxing Authority as of the Termination Date will result in a Determination on the Termination Date in which the positions of the Taxing Authority or the Company (as the case may be) are upheld in a way that maximizes the amount of the Termination Payment.

Section 1.2 Interpretive Provisions. Unless the express context of this Agreement otherwise requires:

(a) the words “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

(b) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa;

(c) references herein to the Preamble, the Recitals or a specific Article, Section, Subsection, Exhibit, Schedule or Annex shall refer, respectively, to the Preamble, Recitals, Articles, Sections, Subsections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes of this Agreement;

(d) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

(e) references herein to any gender (or the gender neutral form) includes each other gender and the gender neutral form;

(f) the word “or” shall be inclusive and not exclusive (for example, the phrase “A or B” means “A or B or both,” not “either A or B but not both”), unless used in conjunction with “either” or the like;

(g) “shall,” “will,” or “agrees” are mandatory, and “may” is permissive;

(h) each reference to “days” shall be to calendar days;

(i) each reference to any agreement, contract, document, filing or court order shall be to such agreement or filing as amended, supplemented, waived, modified, restated, replaced, refinanced, extended or restructured from time to time, subject to the limitations on such amendments, modifications, waivers, or restatements set forth herein;

(j) each reference to a law, statute, regulation or other government rule is to it as amended, consolidated, replaced, supplemented, or interpreted from time to time and, as applicable, is to corresponding provisions of successor laws, statutes, regulations or other government rules;

 

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(k) “dollars” or “$” means United States dollars;

(l) “writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form;

(m) references herein to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person; references to “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form;

(n) 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;

(o) all references to “in the ordinary course of business” of the Company thereof means (i) in the ordinary course of business of, or in furtherance of an objective that is in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, (ii) customary and usual in the industry or industries of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or (iii) generally consistent with the past or current practice of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or any similarly situated businesses in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary does business, as applicable;

(p) references to the Company or the Preferred Stock Entity shall include any entities that are disregarded from the Company or the Preferred Stock Entity (as applicable) for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

(q) references herein from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively, and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.

Section 1.3 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight saving or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.4 Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

Section 1.5 Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of the Company shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of the Company, on the Company’s behalf and not in such Person’s individual capacity.

 

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ARTICLE II

PAYMENTS

Section 2.1 Annual Tax Payments.

(a) No later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the Company Tax Return Due Date With Extensions for each U.S. federal income Taxable Year (each such U.S. federal income Taxable Year together with the U.S. state or local Taxable Years ending at the end of or during such U.S. federal income Taxable Year, a “Subject Taxable Year”), the Company shall notify the Holders, in accordance with Section 10.15, (i) whether an Annual Tax Payment will be made, (ii) the Subject Taxable Year to which such Annual Tax Payment relates, (iii) the amount of such Annual Tax Payment, (iv) the estimated value of each TRA Right on the TCEH Effective Date and the sum total of prior payments on each TRA Right, and (v) the Record Date and Payment Date for such Annual Tax Payment (if any). No later than the open of business on the Business Day immediately following delivery of such notice, the Company shall issue a press release for publication on a broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company or file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing the information described in clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 2.1(a).

(b) The Company shall, on or before the Announcement Date for an Annual Tax Payment, deliver to the Transfer Agent a copy of the Management Report and accompanying Accountant Attestation for such Annual Tax Payment.

(c) Except as provided in Sections 2.8 and 4.2, and subject to Sections 2.10 and 10.9, the Company shall, on the Payment Date for an Annual Tax Payment, deliver such Annual Tax Payment to the Transfer Agent for payment to the Holders in accordance with Section 2.5.

For the avoidance of doubt, no Annual Tax Payment shall be made, nor Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment determined, in respect of estimated tax payments, including estimated U.S. federal income tax payments.

(d) An “Annual Tax Payment” for a Subject Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit for such Subject Taxable Year and the Annual Interest Amount for such Subject Taxable Year. The “Net Tax Benefit” for a Subject Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (i) 85% of the Company’s Cumulative Realized Tax Benefit, if any, as of the end of such Subject Taxable Year over (ii) the sum of the total amount of (1) Annual Tax Payments previously made under this Section 2.1 and (2) Additional Tax Payments previously made under Section 2.2 (in the case of this clause (ii), only to the extent such payments are attributable to Net Tax Benefits and not Annual Interest Amounts or Additional Interest Amounts). The “Annual Interest Amount” for a Subject Taxable Year shall equal the interest on the Net Tax Benefit for such Subject Taxable Year, calculated at the Agreed Rate for the Annual Tax Payment Interest Period for such Annual Tax Payment, compounded at the end of each calendar quarter.

(e) The Company shall notify the Transfer Agent and the Holders as to the Company’s U.S. federal income Taxable Year (if it is not the calendar year).

 

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Section 2.2 Additional Tax Payments.

(a) Within (x) ninety (90) days after (1) a Determination or (2) the Company receives any refund of Taxes (whether as a result of a carryback of any Tax item or otherwise) and (y) five (5) days after the Company’s receipt of a revised Accountant Attestation pursuant to Section 5.2(c), in each case that results in the Company having an increased Cumulative Realized Tax Benefit, the Company shall notify the Holders, in accordance with Section 10.15, (i) that an Additional Tax Payment will be made, (ii) the Subject Taxable Year(s) to which such Additional Tax Payment relates, (iii) the amount of such Additional Tax Payment, (iv) the estimated value of each TRA Right on the TCEH Effective Date and the sum total of prior payments on each TRA Right, and (v) the Record Date and Payment Date for such Additional Tax Payment. No later than the open of business on the Business Day immediately following delivery of such notice, the Company shall issue a press release for publication on a broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company or file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing the information described in clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 2.2(a).

(b) The Company shall, on or before the Announcement Date for an Additional Tax Payment, deliver to the Transfer Agent a copy of the Management Report and accompanying Accountant Attestation for such Additional Tax Payment.

(c) Except as provided in Sections 2.8 and 4.2, and subject to Sections 2.10 and 10.9, the Company shall, on the Payment Date for an Additional Tax Payment, deliver such Additional Tax Payment to the Transfer Agent for payment to the Holders in accordance with Section 2.5.

(d) An “Additional Tax Payment” means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of (x) 85% of the increase in the Company’s Cumulative Realized Tax Benefit attributable to adjustments and other items described in Section 2.2(a) and (y) the Additional Interest Amount in respect of such adjustments and other items. Subject to Section 4.2(b), the “Additional Interest Amount” in respect of the adjustments and other items described in Section 2.2(a) shall equal the interest on 85% of the increase in the Cumulative Realized Tax Benefit, calculated at (x) the Agreed Rate for the Additional Tax Payment Interest Period I, compounded at the end of each calendar quarter, and (y) the Default Rate for the Additional Tax Payment Interest Period II, compounded at the end of each calendar quarter; provided, that the Agreed Rate shall be used for the Additional Tax Payment Interest Period II to the extent the Additional Tax Payment relates to a refund of Taxes resulting from a carryback of any Tax item. For any Determination or other item that applies just to a single year, the Subject Taxable Year for a related Additional Tax Payment shall be the year for which an adjustment or other item is made pursuant to the Determination or other item. For any Determination or other item that applies to multiple years, the Company shall determine, based on the adjustments made pursuant to the Determination or other item, an apportionment among Subject Taxable Years for such Additional Tax Payment.

 

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Section 2.3 Termination Payment.

(a) If (x) (A) the Company terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.2 or (B) there is a Change of Control as described in Section 3.3 and (y) in the case of a Change of Control, the Transfer Agent has not waived the Change of Control in accordance with Section 3.3(a)(ii), then the Company shall promptly (but in any event no later than five (5) Business Days following such event) notify the Holders, in accordance with Section 10.15, (i) that a Termination Payment will be made, (ii) the amount of such Termination Payment, (iii) the estimated value of each TRA Right on the TCEH Effective Date and the sum total of prior payments on each TRA Right, and (iv) the Record Date and Payment Date for such Termination Payment. No later than the open of business on the Business Day immediately following delivery of such notice, the Company shall issue a press release for publication on a broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company or file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing the information described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 2.3(a).

(b) The Company shall, on or before the Announcement Date for a Termination Payment, deliver to the Transfer Agent a copy of the Management Report and accompanying Accountant Attestation for such Termination Payment.

(c) Except as provided in Sections 2.8 and 4.2, and subject to Sections 2.10 and 10.9, the Company shall, on the Payment Date for a Termination Payment, deliver such Termination Payment to the Transfer Agent for payment to the Holders in accordance with Section 2.5.

(d) The “Termination Payment” shall equal the present value as of the Termination Date, discounted at the Termination Rate, of all Annual Tax Payments and (if assumed to occur pursuant clause (vi) of the definition of “Valuation Assumptions”) the Additional Tax Payment that would be required to be paid by the Company to the Transfer Agent beginning from the Termination Date assuming the Valuation Assumptions are applied.

(e) If the Company is in Material Breach as described in Section 8.1(a) and such Material Breach has not been cured pursuant to Section 8.3 (if applicable) or waived pursuant to Section 8.4, then the Termination Payment shall be immediately due and payable on all TRA Rights following the procedures in Section 8.6, notwithstanding Section 4.2, but subject to Sections 2.8, 2.10 and 10.9.

Section 2.4 Applicable Principles. The Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the actual liability for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Taxable Year attributable to the Basis Adjustment and Additional Deductions, determined using a cumulative “with and without” methodology, after accounting for any limitations under Section 382 of the Code that would not otherwise apply if the Preferred Stock Sale did not occur, and after making provisions for the reduction of future TRA Payments to the extent of an overpayment in a prior period. For the avoidance of doubt, if applicable, the actual liability for Taxes will take into account the deduction of the portion of the TRA Payment that must be accounted for as interest under the Code based upon the characterization of TRA Payments as additional consideration received by certain first lien secured creditors of TCEH First Lien Secured Claims; provided, that absent an intervening change of applicable Tax law or a Determination, the Company will

 

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not treat TRA Payments, other than payments attributable to imputed interest expense, as resulting in Additional Deductions. Carryovers or carrybacks of any Tax item attributable to the Basis Adjustment or Additional Deductions shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or the appropriate provisions of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to the Basis Adjustment or Additional Deductions and another portion that is not, such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent. For the avoidance of doubt, interest shall not accrue under more than one provision of this Agreement for any specific period of time; provided, however, that in the event the rate applicable for determining imputed interest is higher than the rate that would apply for determining other interest owed under this Agreement for any particular period of time, the rate applicable for determining imputed interest shall control.

Section 2.5 Method of Payment. In connection with each TRA Payment, the Transfer Agent shall advise the Company of the number of valid TRA Rights Outstanding as of the applicable Record Date. The Company shall deposit on the Payment Date each TRA Payment with the Transfer Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account of the Transfer Agent previously designated in writing by the Transfer Agent to the Company. The Transfer Agent shall thereafter promptly distribute such TRA Payment to each Holder (including the Depositary) based on such Holder’s Ownership Percentage as of the applicable Record Date. The Transfer Agent will coordinate with the Depositary to facilitate the credit of each TRA Payment in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures.

Section 2.6 No Return of TRA Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Transfer Agent nor the Holders shall be required to return any previously made TRA Payment or any other payment made hereunder.

Section 2.7 Stock and Stockholders of the Company. TRA Payments are not conditioned on any Holder holding any stock of the Company (or any successor thereto). No Holder of TRA Rights shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of common stock or any other securities of the Company, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holders, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to the stockholders of the Company at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold any consent to any corporate action of the Company, or to receive notice of meetings of the Company or other actions affecting stockholders of the Company (except as expressly provided herein), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, in each case from the Company.

Section 2.8 Interest Amount Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable Agreed Rate or Default Rate (including pursuant to clause (ii)(B) in the definition of “Valuation Assumptions”) shall exceed the maximum lawful interest rate that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved in accordance with applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), the Agreed Rate and Default Rate (as

 

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applicable) shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided, that any amounts unpaid as a result of such limitation (other than with respect to a Termination Payment) shall be paid (together with interest calculated at the Default Rate with respect to the period such amounts remained unpaid) on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.

Section 2.9 Day Count Convention. All computations using the Agreed Rate, Default Rate or Termination Rate shall use the “Actual/360” day count convention.

Section 2.10 Reduction of TRA Payments on Account of Treasury TRA Rights. In the event that any TRA Rights are held by the Company as of the record date for a given TRA Payment (other than any TRA Rights required to be cancelled pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 6.7) (“Treasury TRA Rights”), such TRA Payment shall be calculated as if the Treasury TRA Rights were Outstanding, and then reduced by the amount that would have been paid in respect of such Treasury TRA Rights, such that each Holder of an Outstanding TRA Right will receive an amount equal to the amount such Holder would have received if the Treasury TRA Rights were still Outstanding.

ARTICLE III

TERMINATION

Section 3.1 Termination in General. Unless terminated earlier pursuant to the following provisions of this ARTICLE III, this Agreement will terminate when the Company delivers to the Transfer Agent a certification from the Accountant certifying that there is no further potential for an Annual Tax Payment to be made pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Company under Section 7.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Section 3.2 Optional Termination. At any time, the Company may terminate this Agreement (without penalty or premium) by complying with the notification, certification and payment obligations set forth in Section 2.3.

Section 3.3 Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless (i) the Company shall have, no later than sixty (60) days prior to such event giving rise to a Change of Control, (x) notified the Transfer Agent in writing of such potential Change of Control and (y) delivered to the Transfer Agent a copy of the Accountant Attestation for the Termination Payment (prepared on an estimated basis based on a good faith estimate of the timing of the Change of Control) and (ii) a Majority of the Holders shall have directed the Transfer Agent to waive the Change of Control no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice and Accountant Attestation by the Transfer Agent, (1) the Company shall comply with the notification, certification and payment obligations set forth in Section 2.3, and (2) subject to the obligations described in clause (1) above, this Agreement (other than ARTICLE VIII) shall be terminated.

(b) If the Transfer Agent waives a Change of Control pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(ii), for each Taxable Year ending on or after the date of the Change of Control, all TRA Payments shall be calculated by applying clauses (i) and (iv) of the definition of “Valuation Assumptions,” substituting in each case the term “the date of the Change of Control” for “the Termination Date”.

 

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ARTICLE IV

LATE PAYMENTS, ETC.

Section 4.1 Late Payments by the Company. The amount of all or any portion of any TRA Payment not made to the Transfer Agent when due and payable under the terms of this Agreement (taking into account any deferral under Section 4.2), including any nonpayment pursuant to Section 9.3, shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the date on which such TRA Payment was so due and payable, compounded at the end of each calendar quarter.

Section 4.2 Payment Deferral.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, to the extent that, at the time any TRA Payment becomes due and payable hereunder, (i) the Company is not permitted, pursuant to the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness to make such TRA Payment, or if, after making such TRA Payment, the Company would be in breach or default under the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, or (ii) (1) the Company does not have the cash on hand to make such TRA Payment and is not permitted to borrow cash to fund such TRA Payment under the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, and (2) the Company is not able to obtain cash from its Subsidiaries to fund such TRA Payment because (A) the applicable Subsidiary is not permitted, pursuant to the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, to pay dividends, make loans or otherwise make payments to the Company to allow it to make such TRA Payment, or if, after making such TRA Payment, the applicable Subsidiary would be in breach or default under the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, (B) the applicable Subsidiary is not permitted, pursuant to applicable law, to pay dividends, make loans or otherwise make payments to the Company to allow it to make such TRA Payment, or (C) the applicable Subsidiary does not have the cash on hand to make the payment or dividend described in clauses (A) or (B) above and is not permitted to borrow cash to fund such payment under the terms of its outstanding Indebtedness, then, in each case, the Company shall, by delivering a Deferral Attestation to the Transfer Agent along with a copy of the Accountant Attestation for such TRA Payment, by the date such TRA Payment becomes due and payable hereunder (assuming for purposes of determining such date that the Announcement Date with respect to such TRA Payment is the thirtieth (30th) day after the Company Tax Return Due Date With Extensions for the applicable Subject Taxable Year), be permitted to defer such TRA Payment until the condition described in clauses (i) or (ii) above is no longer applicable.

(b) If the Company defers any TRA Payment (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 4.2(a), such deferred amount shall accrue interest at the Agreed Rate, from the date that such amounts originally became due and owing pursuant to the terms hereof (assuming for purposes of determining such date that the Announcement Date with respect to such TRA Payment is the thirtieth (30th) day after the Company Tax Return Due Date With Extensions for the applicable Subject Taxable Year) to the Payment Date, compounded at the end of each calendar quarter.

 

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(c) If the Transfer Agent receives a Deferral Attestation from the Company pursuant to Section 4.2(a), the Transfer Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of such Deferral Attestation to the Holders. No later than the open of business on the Business Day immediately following delivery of such Deferral Attestation to the Transfer Agent, the Company shall issue a press release for publication on a broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company or file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing the applicable payment deferral.

(d)

(i) Within ten (10) Business Days of the condition described in clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 4.2(a) no longer being applicable, the Company shall notify the Holders, in accordance with Section 10.15, (1) that an Additional Tax Payment will be made, (2) the Subject Taxable Year(s) to which such Additional Tax Payment relates, (3) the amount of such Additional Tax Payment, (4) the estimated value of each TRA Right on the TCEH Effective Date and the sum total of prior payments on each TRA Right, and (5) the Record Date and Payment Date for such Additional Tax Payment. No later than the open of business on the Business Day immediately following delivery of such notice, the Company shall issue a press release for publication on a broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Company or file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing the information described in clauses (1) through (5) of this Section 4.2(d)(i).

(ii) The Company shall, on or before the Announcement Date for an Additional Tax Payment described in Section 4.2(d)(i), deliver to the Transfer Agent a copy of the Accountant Attestation for such Additional Tax Payment (amended to reflect interest accrual pursuant to the deferral as described in Section 4.2(b)).

(iii) Except as provided in Section 2.8, and subject to Sections 2.10 and 10.9, the Company shall, on the Payment Date for an Additional Tax Payment described in Section 4.2(d)(i), deliver such Additional Tax Payment to the Transfer Agent for payment to the Holders in accordance with Section 2.5.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

Section 5.1 Tax Returns and Audits. The Company shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes.

Section 5.2 Accountant.

(a) At its sole expense, the Company shall retain the Accountant to prepare the Accountant Attestations (and to conduct any related diligence, as described in this Section 5.2) for each TRA Payment (including any revisions pursuant to Section 5.2(c)).

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calculation of such TRA Payment, together with such other information (including the LIBOR Schedule and any materials relating to the Company’s determination of LIBOR for each relevant calendar quarter, work papers and valuation reports) reasonably necessary to support the calculation of such TRA Payment and an assertion that the calculation of the payment complies with this Agreement (the “Management Report”). In addition, the Company shall provide the Accountant with any other documentation or information reasonably requested by the Accountant (and shall otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Accountant, including allowing the Accountant reasonable access to the appropriate representatives of the Company) in connection with its services hereunder. The Company shall provide the Accountant with the information and documentation described in this Section 5.2(b) (including the Management Report) in a timely fashion so as to allow the Accountant sufficient time to review and comment on such information and documentation and to timely prepare the Accountant Attestation. The Management Report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Company.

(c) If the Company becomes aware that any material information it has supplied to the Accountant is incorrect or incomplete in any material respect, or upon any Determination or refund with respect to a Subject Taxable Year, the Company shall promptly notify the Accountant and shall request that the Accountant prepare a revised Accountant Attestation. If the Accountant notifies the Company that the Accountant believes that any previously issued Accountant Attestation is no longer able to be relied upon, the Accountant will request that the Company provide the Accountant with an adjusted Management Report in accordance with Section 5.2(b) in order to prepare a revised Accountant Attestation.

Section 5.3 Consistency. Except as otherwise required pursuant to a Determination, the Company shall (and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to) take the position on all Tax Returns and in any audits or other proceedings before the IRS or any other Taxing Authority that (a) all TRA Payments represent, first, a return of the Tax basis in the TRA Rights that the initial Holders had at the Effective Time, and thereafter, an item of ordinary income that is described in Section 871(a)(1)(A) and 881(a)(1) of the Code and (b) the TRA Rights do not constitute stock or “securities” of a party to the tax-free spin-off of the Company.

Section 5.4 Reporting.

(a) During such periods as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the Transfer Agent, within 15 days after the Company files with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(b) During such periods as the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide the Holders with copies of, without cost to each Holder:

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contained in an annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC;

(ii) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, quarterly reports for such fiscal quarter containing the information that would have been required to be contained in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the SEC; and

(iii) within the time periods specified for filing Current Reports on Form 8-K after the occurrence of each event that would have been required to be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, current reports containing substantially all of the information that would have been required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that such reports will not be required to contain information required by Items 3.01, 5.02(e), 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.08, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 7.01, and 8.01 of Form 8-K.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 5.4(a) and (b), (i) the Company shall be deemed to have furnished the reports and other information referred to above to the Holders if such reports and other information shall have been filed with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system or such reports are publicly available on the website of the Company, (ii) unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Company shall not be required to deliver or furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Section 302 or Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K or financial information required by Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X, (iii) to the extent not otherwise filed with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system or publicly available on the website of the Company, the Company shall make the reports and other information referred to above available to prospective investors upon request, and (iv) during any period when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will not be required to provide any exhibits that would have been required to be filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K or any certification required by Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable forms) or related rules under Regulation S-K.

Section 5.5 Maintenance of Office or Agency. As long as any of the TRA Rights remain Outstanding, the Company shall maintain, through the Transfer Agent, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, an office or agency (i) where TRA Rights may be presented or surrendered for payment, (ii) where TRA Rights may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and (iii) where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the TRA Rights and this Agreement may be served. The office or agency of the Transfer Agent at the address set forth in Section 10.1 shall be such office or agency of the Company, unless the Company, through the Transfer Agent, shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company may from time to time, through the Transfer Agent, designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside of the City of New York) where the TRA Rights may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes, and

 

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may from time to time rescind such designation; provided, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain, through the Transfer Agent, an office or agency in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, for such purposes.

Section 5.6 Annual Notice. The Company shall deliver to the Transfer Agent, within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance of the signer’s duties as an Officer of the Company he or she would normally have knowledge of any Material Breach and whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signer, there has occurred a Material Breach (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in Material Breach, specifying all such Material Breaches, the nature and status thereof and what action(s) the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 5.7 LIBOR Schedule. The Company shall determine LIBOR for each calendar quarter, beginning with the calendar quarter that includes the TCEH Effective Date and ending with the calendar quarter that includes the Termination Date. The Company shall maintain a schedule (the “LIBOR Schedule”) that includes LIBOR for each calendar quarter for which the Company determines LIBOR. After the determination of LIBOR for each calendar quarter, the Company shall promptly provide the LIBOR Schedule and the materials relating to the Company’s determination of LIBOR for such calendar quarter to the Accountant.

Section 5.8 Future Indebtedness and Other Obligations. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries Incurs any Indebtedness or other obligations after the TCEH Effective Date, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause each Subsidiary of the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to, ensure that such Indebtedness or other obligation does not prohibit: (a) in the case of the Company, TRA Payments from being made in full by the Company when due, and (b) in the case of any such Subsidiary, payments from being made directly or indirectly to the Company to enable the Company to make TRA Payments in full when due (in each case, without regard to any deferral under Section 4.2); provided that, the Company shall be deemed to have complied with this covenant so long as the aggregate restrictions on the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole under such Indebtedness or other obligations would not reasonably be expected to materially impede the ability of the Company to make the TRA Payments in full when due (without regard to any deferral under Section 4.2) as determined by the Company in good faith.

ARTICLE VI

THE TRA RIGHTS

Section 6.1 Title and Terms.

(a) The aggregate number of TRA Rights initially issued will be 427,500,000. From and after the TCEH Effective Date, the Company shall not be permitted to issue any additional TRA Rights.

(b) The Holders, by acceptance of the TRA Rights, agree that no joint venture, partnership or other fiduciary relationship is created hereby or by the TRA Rights.

 

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(c) The rights of the Holders, in their capacities as holders of TRA Rights, shall be limited to those contractual rights expressly set forth in this Agreement.

(d) Neither the Company nor or any of its Affiliates shall have any right to set off any amounts owed or claimed to be owed by any Holder to any of them against such Holder’s TRA Rights or other amount payable to such Holder in respect of such TRA Rights.

(e) The Company shall cause to be kept at the office of the Transfer Agent a register (such register, the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of TRA Rights and of transfers of TRA Rights. The Transfer Agent is hereby appointed the Security Registrar.

Section 6.2 Form Generally; Registered Form only.

(a) In accordance with the Plan, the TRA Rights shall be privately placed by the Company only to (1) QIBs, in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (2) IAIs in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (3) AIs in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (4) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S.

(b) The TRA Rights shall be issuable only in registered form as described below and the TRA Rights (and beneficial interests therein) shall be transferable only in compliance with Article VI.

(c) The TRA Rights shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, deposited with the Transfer Agent, as the custodian for the Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors (the “Depositary”), and one or more Direct Registration Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the TRA Rights, the TRA Rights shall initially be issued on the Issue Date in the form of one or more Direct Registration Securities and, during the Initial Holder Restricted Period, such Direct Registration Securities may only be transferred or exchanged for other Direct Registration Securities.

(d) Global Securities

(i) The Global Securities and the Transfer Agent’s certificate of authentication thereof shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may be required by applicable law or any rule or regulation pursuant thereto, all as may be determined by the Officers executing such Global Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Global Securities. Any portion of the text of any Global Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Global Security.

 

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(ii) Each Global Security will represent such of the TRA Rights as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate number of TRA Rights from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges thereof.

(iii) Except as provided in clause (d) of Section 6.4 below:

(1) TRA Rights issued to QIBs in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act may be represented by one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Securities”) or by Direct Registration Securities;

(2) TRA Rights issued to IAIs in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act may be represented by one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form (collectively, the “IAI Global Securities”) or by Direct Registration Securities;

(3) TRA Rights issued to AIs in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act on the Issue Date shall only be represented by Direct Registration Securities; and

(4) TRA Rights issued to Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S may be represented by one or more Global Securities in fully registered, global form (the “Regulation S Global Security” and, collectively with the Rule 144A Global Securities and the IAI Global Securities, the “Global Securities”), which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system (“Euroclear”) or Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme (“Clearstream”), or by Direct Registration Securities.

(iv) The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security that are held by participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

(v) The Global Securities shall bear the Global Securities Legend. The Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of such Depositary, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member (as defined below), (ii) be delivered to the Transfer Agent as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

(vi) Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the “Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Agreement with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Transfer Agent as its custodian, or under the Global Securities. The Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Transfer Agent and any agent of the Company or the Transfer Agent as the absolute owner of the

 

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Global Securities for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Transfer Agent or any agent of the Company or the Transfer Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary, or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any TRA Right.

(vii) A Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for Direct Registration Securities only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of this Section 6.2(d)(vii) or Section 6.4. In addition, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Direct Registration Securities if (x) the Depositary (1) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Security and the Company thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Material Breach and a request has been made for such exchange; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Security be exchanged by the Company for Direct Registration Securities prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all cases, Direct Registration Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Security or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with its customary procedures.

(viii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, Regulation S Direct Registration Securities (and interests therein) may not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S) unless such sale, transfer or other disposition is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 6.4.

(ix) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Agreement or the TRA Rights.

(e) Direct Registration Securities

(i) The Direct Registration Securities shall be uncertificated and shall be evidenced by the Direct Registration System maintained by the Security Registrar.

(ii) Any Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.4, be deemed to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

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Holder Restricted Period, such Holder shall not directly or indirectly (i) offer, sell contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of TRA Rights (or any interest therein) or any security that is substantially similar to TRA Rights to any Person or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the TRA Rights (or any interest therein), whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of TRA Rights or other securities or cash (each such transaction in clauses (i) and (ii) is referred to as a “transfer”), except, in each case, to a Permitted Initial Holder Transferee. Any transfer in violation of this subparagraph (iii) shall be deemed void ab initio and the Company and the Transfer Agent shall not recognize such transfer. Upon the completion of any transfer to a Permitted Initial Holder Transferee, such Permitted Initial Holder Transferee shall be deemed to be an Initial Holder for purposes of this Agreement.

(iv) During the Initial Holder Restricted Period, Direct Registration Securities shall be deemed to bear the Initial Holder Restricted Period Legend.

Section 6.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

(a) The Global Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Person duly authorized to act on behalf of the Company for such purpose, but need not be attested or notarized. The signature of any such Person may be manual or facsimile.

(b) Global Securities executed by any individual who was, at the time of execution, duly authorized to act on behalf of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual may have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Global Securities or did not have such authorization at the date of such Global Securities.

(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company may deliver a Company Order for the authentication, as applicable, and delivery of TRA Rights, and the Transfer Agent, in accordance with such Company Order, shall authenticate, as applicable, and deliver such TRA Rights, as provided in this Agreement and not otherwise, and shall also deliver written confirmation of such authentication and delivery to the Company. In the case of Global Securities, such Company Order shall be accompanied by Global Securities executed by the Company and delivered to the Transfer Agent for authentication in accordance with such Company Order.

(d) Each Global Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

(e) No Global Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Global Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided in Exhibit A duly executed by the Transfer Agent, by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Global Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Global Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.

(f) Direct Registration Securities need not be authenticated, and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes and shall entitle each Holder thereof to all benefits of this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.4 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 6.2(d)(vii). Global Securities will not be exchanged by the Company for Direct Registration Securities except under the circumstances described in Section 6.2(d)(vii) or Section 6.4(c). Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 6.6 of this Agreement. Beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 6.4(b) or Section 6.4(c).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities for beneficial interests in the same Global Security or another Global Security shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers and exchanges for beneficial interests in the Global Securities or another Global Security also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in any Transfer Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Transfer Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Security may not be made within the United States or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 6.4(b)(i).

(ii) Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Different Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Security that is not subject to Section 6.4(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar (in addition to the deliverables set forth in Sections 6.4(b)(iii) or (b)(iv), as applicable): (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depositary in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon

 

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satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in this Agreement and the TRA Rights or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Transfer Agent shall adjust the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 6.4(g).

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Transfer Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 6.4(b)(ii) above and the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(2) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in an IAI Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; and

(3) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. Following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 6.4(b)(ii) above and the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; or

(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto,

and, in each such case, if the Company or the Security Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph

 

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(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Transfer Agent shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate number of TRA Rights equal to the beneficial interests aggregate number of TRA Rights transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).

(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Security. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities for Direct Registration Securities. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in Global Securities for Direct Registration Securities shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below, as applicable:

(i) Transfer Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities. If any Holder of a Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange beneficial interests in such Transfer Restricted Global Security for a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security or to transfer beneficial interests in such Transfer Restricted Global Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security, then, upon receipt by the Transfer Agent of the following documentation:

(1) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange the beneficial interests in such Transfer Restricted Global Security for a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(2) if the beneficial interest in such Transfer Restricted Global Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(3) if the beneficial interest in such Transfer Restricted Global Security is being transferred to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (2), (4) and (5) herein, a certificate from such holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable;

(4) if the beneficial interest in such Transfer Restricted Global Security is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(5) following registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, if the beneficial interest in such Transfer Restricted Global Security is being transferred pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; or

(6) if the beneficial interest in such Transfer Restricted Global Security is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

 

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and upon satisfaction of all of the requirements otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Transfer Agent shall adjust the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 6.4(g) and the Transfer Agent shall register the exchange or transfer of the Direct Registration Security.

(ii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities. Following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, a Holder of a Transfer Restricted Global Security may exchange beneficial interests in such Transfer Restricted Global Security for Unrestricted Direct Registration Security or transfer such Transfer Restricted Global Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security only if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange beneficial interests in such Transfer Restricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; or

(2) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Global Securities proposes to transfer beneficial interests in such Transfer Restricted Global Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto,

and, in each such case, if the Company or the Security Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in this Agreement and the TRA Rights or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Transfer Agent shall adjust the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 6.4(g) and the Transfer Agent shall register the exchange or transfer of the Direct Registration Security.

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Global Security may exchange beneficial interests in such Unrestricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security or transfer beneficial interests in such Unrestricted Global Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Transfer Agent shall

 

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adjust the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 6.4(g) and the Transfer Agent shall register the exchange or transfer of the Direct Registration Security.

(iv) Unrestricted Global Securities to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities. An Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Direct Registration Securities for Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. Transfers and exchanges of Direct Registration Securities for beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below, as applicable:

(i) Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Securities. If any Holder of a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(1) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(2) if such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(3) if such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(4) following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, if such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security is being transferred pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(5) if such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security is being transferred to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (2) through (4) above, a certificate from such holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable; or

(6) if such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

 

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the Transfer Agent shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by the appropriate Transfer Restricted Global Security.

(ii) Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. Following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, a Holder of a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security may exchange such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security only if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; or

(2) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto,

and, in each such case, if the Company or the Security Registrar so request or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Transfer Agent shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by the Unrestricted Global Security. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, the Transfer Agent shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate number equal to the aggregate number of Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).

(iii) Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security may exchange such Unrestricted Direct Registration Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Unrestricted Direct Registration Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Transfer

 

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Agent shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Direct Registration Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by one of the Unrestricted Global Securities. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, the Transfer Agent shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate number of TRA Rights equal to the aggregate number of Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).

(iv) Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Securities. An Unrestricted Direct Registration Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Security.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Direct Registration Securities for Direct Registration Securities. Upon request by a Holder of Direct Registration Securities and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(e), the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Direct Registration Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present to the Security Registrar a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Security Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 6.4(e).

(i) Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities to Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities. A Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(2) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(3) following registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(4) if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (1) through (3) above, a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable;

 

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(5) if such transfer will be made to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; and

(6) if such transfer will be made during the Initial Holder Restricted Period, the transferor and, if applicable, the transferee must deliver a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto.

(ii) Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities to Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities. Following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, any Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security for an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto; or

(2) if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security proposes to transfer such TRA Rights to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto,

and, in each such case, if the Company or the Security Registrar so request, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities to Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security may transfer such Unrestricted Direct Registration Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(iv) Unrestricted Direct Registration Securities to Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Securities. An Unrestricted Direct Registration Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security.

 

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(f) Legend. Each Transfer Restricted Global Security shall bear, and each Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security shall be deemed to bear, a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Restricted Securities Legend”):

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT: (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT) (OR, WITH RESPECT TO ANY HOLDER WHO ACQUIRES THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST THEREIN FROM AN INITIAL HOLDER (AS DEFINED IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT), AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT)), OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT) WHO DELIVERS A CERTIFICATE TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT IN THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C TO THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) FOLLOWING THE REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

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Each Regulation S Global Security shall bear, and each Regulation S Direct Registration Security shall be deemed to bear, the following additional legend:

“BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

Each Direct Registration Security shall be deemed to bear a legend (the “Initial Holder Restricted Period Legend”) in substantially the following form during the Initial Holder Restricted Period:

THE TRA RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS SECURITY ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN TEX ENERGY LLC (THE “COMPANY”) AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS TRANSFER AGENT. THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT RESTRICTS THE TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE TRA RIGHTS (AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN) DURING THE INITIAL HOLDER RESTRICTED PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT), SUBJECT TO THE SPECIFIED EXCEPTIONS IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT DURING THE INITIAL HOLDER RESTRICTED PERIOD. ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE TRA RIGHTS (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IN VIOLATION OF SUCH RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AB INITIO AND THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT SHALL NOT RECOGNIZE ANY SUCH TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION.

(g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Direct Registration Securities or a particular Global Security has been repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, such Global Security will be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Security Registrar in accordance with Section 6.7. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Direct Registration Securities, the aggregate number of TRA Rights represented by such Global Security will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Security by the Security Registrar or by the Depositary at the direction of the Security Registrar to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Security by the Security Registrar or by the Depositary at the direction of the Security Registrar to reflect such increase.

 

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(i) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of TRA Rights.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Transfer Agent shall authenticate Global Securities upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 6.4 or at the Security Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or to a Holder of a Direct Registration Security for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 10.7(b).

(v) All Global Securities and Direct Registration Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Securities or Direct Registration Securities will be the valid securities of the Company, evidencing the same rights, and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Global Securities or Direct Registration Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(vi) The Transfer Agent will authenticate Global Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3.

(vii) The Transfer Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the TRA Rights or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such TRA Rights. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the TRA Rights shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Transfer Agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Transfer Agent shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Agreement or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any TRA Right (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Agreement, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Section 6.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen TRA Rights.

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Transfer Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Transfer Agent that such Global Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon delivery of a Company Order, the Transfer Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Global Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Global Security, a new TRA Right, in the form of either a Global Security or a Direct Registration Security, of like tenor and amount of TRA Rights, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

(b) Every new TRA Right issued pursuant to this Section 6.5 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Global Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Global Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other TRA Rights duly issued hereunder.

(c) The provisions of this Section 6.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Global Securities.

Section 6.6 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to the time of due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company, the Transfer Agent and any agent of the Company or the Transfer Agent may treat the Person in whose name any TRA Right is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such TRA Right for the purpose of receiving payment on such TRA Right and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company, the Transfer Agent nor any agent of the Company or the Transfer Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 6.7 Cancellation. All TRA Rights surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered by a Holder to the Company, be delivered to the Transfer Agent and shall be promptly cancelled by it. In addition, the Company may at any time deliver to the Transfer Agent for cancellation any Global Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Global Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Transfer Agent. No TRA Rights shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any TRA Rights cancelled as provided in this Section 6.7, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Global Securities held by the Transfer Agent shall be destroyed and a certificate of destruction shall be issued by the Transfer Agent to the Company, unless otherwise directed by a Company Order.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the TRA Rights, if the Company receives any TRA Rights pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreements, the Company shall deliver such TRA Rights to the Transfer Agent for cancellation as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter and shall not be entitled to any TRA Payment in respect of such TRA Rights. Any cash returned to the Transfer Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreements in respect of such cancelled TRA Rights shall be distributed to the Holders pro rata on the date that the next TRA Payment is made.

 

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Section 6.8 CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc. The Company in issuing the TRA Rights may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and, in such case, the Transfer Agent shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices to the Holders as a convenience to the Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the TRA Rights or as contained in any notices and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the TRA Rights, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Transfer Agent of any change in any applicable CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers.

Section 6.9 Escrow Agreements. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or the TRA Rights, (i) the Company may issue the TRA Rights to TCEH on the Issue Date, (ii) TCEH shall be deemed to be in compliance with the deemed representation in clause (1) of the Restricted Securities Legend and (iii) the TRA Rights may be placed into the Escrow Accounts and distributed in accordance with the Escrow Agreements without compliance with Section 6.2(e)(iii) or the Initial Holder Restricted Period Legend included on the TRA Rights.

ARTICLE VII

THE TRANSFER AGENT

Section 7.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) With respect to the Holders, the Transfer Agent, prior to the occurrence of Material Breach and after the curing or waiving of any Material Breach which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants shall be read into this Agreement against the Transfer Agent. In case a Material Breach of this Agreement has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Transfer Agent shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b) In the absence of bad faith on its part, prior to the occurrence of a Material Breach and after the curing or waiving of any Material Breach which may have occurred, the Transfer Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon attestations, reports, certificates or opinions furnished to the Transfer Agent which conform to the requirements of this Agreement; but in the case of any such attestations, reports, certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement.

(c) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Transfer Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this Section 7.1(c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b); (ii) the Transfer Agent shall not be liable for any error

 

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of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Transfer Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (iii) the Transfer Agent shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders or exercising any power conferred upon the Transfer Agent, under this Agreement.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Transfer Agent shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.1.

Section 7.2 Certain Rights of the Transfer Agent. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, including the duty of care that the Transfer Agent is required to exercise upon the occurrence of a Material Breach:

(a) the Transfer Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, attestation, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, appraisal or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the Transfer Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document;

(b) any request or direction or order of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution, and the Transfer Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith reliance thereon;

(c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Transfer Agent shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Transfer Agent (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate, and the Transfer Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith reliance thereupon or upon an Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Transfer Agent may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(e) the Transfer Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Transfer Agent reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) the Transfer Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, attestation, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal or other paper or document, but the Transfer Agent in its discretion may make such further inquiry or investigation into such

 

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facts or matters as it may see fit, and if the Transfer Agent shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, as necessary for such inquiry or investigation at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation other than as a result of Transfer Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct;

(g) the Transfer Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys, and the Transfer Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h) the Transfer Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(i) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Transfer Agent, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(j) in no event shall the Transfer Agent be responsible or liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Transfer Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(k) the Transfer Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of any breach of this Agreement or Material Breach unless a Responsible Officer of the Transfer Agent has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice thereof has been received by such Responsible Officer at the offices of the Transfer Agent and such notice references the TRA Rights and this Agreement and the fact that such notice constitutes notification of a breach of this Agreement or Material Breach. In the absence of such notice, the Transfer Agent may conclusively assume there is no Material Breach except as aforesaid;

(l) the Transfer Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;

(m) the permissive rights of the Transfer Agent enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as duties hereunder; and

(n) in no event shall the Transfer Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities or communications services; it being understood that the Transfer Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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Section 7.3 Not Responsible for Recitals. The Recitals contained herein and in any Global Securities or other certificates representing the TRA Rights, except the Transfer Agent’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Transfer Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Transfer Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the TRA Rights.

Section 7.4 May Hold TRA Rights. The Transfer Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of TRA Rights, and may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Transfer Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 7.5 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Transfer Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by applicable law. The Transfer Agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder.

Section 7.6 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees:

(a) to pay to the Transfer Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in such amount as the Company and the Transfer Agent shall agree from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law or regulation in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Transfer Agent upon its request for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Transfer Agent in accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the reasonable and documented compensation and the reasonable and documented expenses and disbursements of its third-party agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to the Transfer Agent’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct; and

(c) to indemnify the Transfer Agent and each of its agents, officers, directors and employees for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable and documented attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

The Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 7.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. When the Transfer Agent incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Material Breach specified in Section 8.1(a)(iv) or 8.1(a)(v) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under bankruptcy laws.

 

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Section 7.7 Corporate Transfer Agent Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Transfer Agent hereunder which has a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). If the Transfer Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to applicable law or the requirements of a supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section 7.7, the combined capital and surplus of the Transfer Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Transfer Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this ARTICLE VII.

Section 7.8 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Transfer Agent and no appointment of a successor Transfer Agent pursuant to this ARTICLE VII shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Transfer Agent under Section 7.9.

(b) The Transfer Agent, or any transfer agent or transfer agents hereafter appointed, may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Transfer Agent shall not have been delivered to the Transfer Agent within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Transfer Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Transfer Agent.

(c) The Transfer Agent may be removed at any time by written notice of a Majority of the Holders delivered to the Transfer Agent and to the Company.

(d) If at any time:

(i) the Transfer Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.7 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder, or

(ii) the Transfer Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Transfer Agent or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Transfer Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (x) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Transfer Agent, or (y) any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Transfer Agent and the appointment of a successor Transfer Agent.

(e) If the Transfer Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Transfer Agent for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Transfer Agent. If, within one year after any removal by a Majority of the Holders, a successor Transfer Agent shall be appointed by act of a Majority of the Holders delivered to the Company and the retiring Transfer Agent, the successor Transfer Agent so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such

 

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appointment in accordance with Section 7.10, become the successor Transfer Agent and supersede the successor Transfer Agent appointed by the Company. If no successor Transfer Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company or a Majority of the Holders and accepted appointment within sixty (60) days after the retiring Transfer Agent tenders its resignation or is removed, the retiring Transfer Agent may (at the expense of the Company), or, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Transfer Agent. If any Transfer Agent is removed with or without cause, all fees and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of such Transfer Agent incurred in performing its duties hereunder) shall be paid to such Transfer Agent.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Transfer Agent and each appointment of a successor Transfer Agent to the Holders as set forth in Section 10.15. Each notice shall include the name and address of the successor Transfer Agent. If the Company fails to send such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by a successor Transfer Agent, it shall not be a breach under this Agreement but the successor Transfer Agent shall cause the notice to be delivered at the expense of the Company.

Section 7.9 Acceptance of Appointment of Successor.

(a) Every successor Transfer Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Transfer Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Transfer Agent shall become effective and such successor Transfer Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Transfer Agent; but, upon request of the Company or the successor Transfer Agent, such retiring Transfer Agent shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Transfer Agent all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Transfer Agent, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Transfer Agent all property and money held by such retiring Transfer Agent pursuant to this Agreement. Upon request of any such successor Transfer Agent, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Transfer Agent all such rights, powers and duties.

(b) No successor Transfer Agent shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Transfer Agent shall be qualified and eligible under this ARTICLE VII.

Section 7.10 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Transfer Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Transfer Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the transfer agent business of the Transfer Agent, by sale or otherwise shall be the successor of the Transfer Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this ARTICLE VII, without the execution or filing of any paper or

 

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any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any TRA Rights shall have been authenticated, but not delivered by the Transfer Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion, sale or consolidation to such authenticating Transfer Agent may adopt such authentication and deliver the TRA Rights so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Transfer Agent had itself authenticated such TRA Rights; and such certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the TRA Rights or in this Agreement provided that a certificate of authentication of the Transfer Agent shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Transfer Agent shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

ARTICLE VIII

REMEDIES OF THE TRANSFER AGENT AND HOLDERS

ON OCCURRENCE OF A MATERIAL BREACH

Section 8.1 Material Breach Defined.

(a) “Material Breach” with respect to the TRA Rights means each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Material Breach and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(i) failure by the Company to make any TRA Payment within thirty (30) days of the date that such payment is required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (taking into account Section 4.2);

(ii) material default in the performance, or breach in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in respect of the TRA Rights (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the TRA Rights, a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 8.1 specifically dealt with);

(iii) failure by the Company for one hundred twenty (120) days, after written notice given by the Transfer Agent or the Acting Holders (with a copy to the Transfer Agent) to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements under Section 5.4;

(iv) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (1) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or all or substantially all of their property or assets, under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or (2) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, conservator, trustee, sequestrator, or similar official for the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of their property or assets and, in any such case, such proceeding, petition, or appointment shall continue undismissed or stayed for sixty (60) consecutive days or an order for relief approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(v) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the institution of, or fail to contest, any proceeding or petition described in Section 8.1(a)(iv), or apply for or consent to the appointment of, or taking possession by, a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, conservator, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of their property or assets, or file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.

 

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(b) In the case of a Material Breach pursuant to Sections 8.1(a)(iv) or (v), all amounts payable under the TRA Rights, including the Termination Payment in accordance with Section 2.3(e), shall automatically become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are waived by the Company and its Substantial Subsidiaries.

(c) If a Material Breach occurs and is continuing, and is not cured by the Company pursuant to Section 8.3 (if applicable) or waived by the Holders as described in Section 8.4, then, and in each and every such case, either the Transfer Agent or the Transfer Agent at the direction of the Acting Holders shall bring suit to protect the rights of the Holders, including to obtain payment for any amounts then due and payable, which amounts shall bear interest at the Default Rate as described in Section 4.1 until payment is made to the Transfer Agent.

Section 8.2 Notice of Breach.

(a) The Transfer Agent shall transmit to the Holders notice in accordance with Section 10.15 of all breaches which have occurred and are known to the Transfer Agent (including any breach the Transfer Agent is notified of by the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(b)), such notice to be transmitted promptly after the occurrence thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “breach” for the purposes of this Section 8.2 being hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, a Material Breach); provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the any TRA Payment pursuant to Section 8.1(a)(i), the Transfer Agent shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, and/or Responsible Officers of the Transfer Agent in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

(b) The Company shall promptly notify the Transfer Agent of all Material Breaches which have occurred and are known to the Company, unless such Material Breaches shall have been cured before the giving of such notice.

(c) The Transfer Agent shall promptly notify the Company of all breaches which have occurred and are known to the Transfer Agent (including any breach the Transfer Agent is notified of by the Acting Holders pursuant to Section 8.2(d), but excluding any breach the Transfer Agent is notified of by the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(b)), unless, to

 

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the Transfer Agent’s knowledge, such breaches shall have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the any TRA Payment pursuant to Section 8.1(a)(i), the Transfer Agent shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, and/or Responsible Officers of the Transfer Agent in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

(d) The Acting Holders may notify the Transfer Agent of breaches which have occurred and are known to such Acting Holders.

Section 8.3 Cure Period. If a Material Breach (other than a Material Breach pursuant to Sections 8.1(a)(i), (iv) or (v)) is cured by the Company within ninety (90) days of (i) receiving written notice of such breach from the Transfer Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(c) or (ii) providing notice of such breach to the Transfer Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(b), then the Company, the Transfer Agent and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder as if such Material Breach did not occur.

Section 8.4 Waiver of Past Breaches. In the case of a Material Breach, the Majority of the Holders by written notice to the Transfer Agent and the Company may waive any such Material Breach and its consequences. In the case of any such waiver, such Material Breach shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and the Company, the Transfer Agent and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Material Breach or impair any right consequent therefrom.

Section 8.5 Collection by the Transfer Agent.

(a) The Company covenants that in case a Material Breach occurs and is continuing, and is not cured pursuant to Section 8.3 (if applicable) or waived pursuant to Section 8.4, the Company will pay to the Transfer Agent for the benefit of the Holders the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all TRA Rights (with interest at the Default Rate as described in Section 4.1, including the Termination Payment in accordance with Section 2.3(e)); and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent, except as a result of its (or its respective agents, attorneys and counsel) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(b) The Transfer Agent may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Transfer Agent shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other remedy; provided, that the Transfer Agent shall seek specific performance of this Agreement (instead of recovery of amounts due and owing hereunder) only at the direction of a Majority of the Holders.

 

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(c) In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Transfer Agent, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company upon such TRA Rights and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company upon such TRA Rights, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.

(d) In any judicial proceedings relative to the Company upon the TRA Rights, irrespective of whether any amount is then due and payable with respect to the TRA Rights, the Transfer Agent is authorized:

(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount owing and unpaid in respect of the TRA Rights, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Transfer Agent (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent, except as a result of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) and of the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company upon the TRA Rights, or to their respective property;

(ii) unless prohibited by and only to the extent required by applicable law, to vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or Person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings; and

(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Holders and of the Transfer Agent on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make payments to the Transfer Agent, and, in the event that the Transfer Agent shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Transfer Agent such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Transfer Agent, each predecessor Transfer Agent and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent, except as a result of its bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, and all other amounts due to the Transfer Agent or any predecessor Transfer Agent pursuant to Section 7.6. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances and other amounts out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

(iv) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Transfer Agent to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the TRA Rights, or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Transfer Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

 

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(e) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Agreement, or under any of the TRA Rights, may be enforced by the Transfer Agent without the possession of any of the TRA Rights or the production thereof and any trial or other proceedings instituted by the Transfer Agent shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Transfer Agent, each predecessor Transfer Agent and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders.

(f) In any proceedings brought by the Transfer Agent (and also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement to which the Transfer Agent shall be a party) the Transfer Agent shall be held to represent all the Holders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders parties to any such proceedings.

Section 8.6 Application of Proceeds. Any monies collected by the Transfer Agent pursuant to this ARTICLE VIII in respect of any TRA Rights shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Transfer Agent:

(a) FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses in respect of which monies have been collected, including reasonable compensation to the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent and their respective agents and attorneys and of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Transfer Agent and each predecessor Transfer Agent, except as a result of its bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, and all other amounts due to the Transfer Agent or any predecessor Transfer Agent pursuant to Section 7.6;

(b) SECOND: To the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the TRA Rights, with interest at the Default Rate on all such amounts as described in Section 4.1 (which shall be distributed by the Transfer Agent to each Holder based on such Holder’s Ownership Percentage at the time of such payment (or on an applicable record date established by the Board of the Company)) and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the TRA Rights, then to the payment of such amounts without preference or priority of any TRA Right over any other TRA Rights, ratably to the aggregate of such amounts due and payable; and

(c) THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 8.7 Suits for Enforcement. In case a Material Breach occurs and is continuing, and is not cured pursuant to Section 8.3 (if applicable) or waived pursuant to Section 8.4, the Transfer Agent may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Agreement by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Transfer

 

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Agent shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Transfer Agent by this Agreement or by law; provided, that the Transfer Agent shall seek specific performance of this Agreement (instead of recovery of amounts due and owing hereunder) only at the direction of a Majority of the Holders.

Section 8.8 Restoration of Rights. In case the Transfer Agent or any Holder shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Agreement and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Transfer Agent or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company and the Transfer Agent and the Holders shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Transfer Agent and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

Section 8.9 Limitations on Suits by Holders. No Holder shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Agreement to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Transfer Agent a written notice specifying a Material Breach, and of the continuance thereof, and unless also the Acting Holders shall have made written request upon the Transfer Agent to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Transfer Agent such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Transfer Agent for fifteen (15) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Transfer Agent pursuant to Section 8.12. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 8.9, each and every Holder and the Transfer Agent shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 8.10 Unconditional Right of Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement and any provision of any TRA Right, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the amounts payable in respect of its TRA Right on or after the respective due dates expressed in such TRA Right, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 8.11 Powers and Remedies.

(a) Except as provided in Section 8.9, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Transfer Agent or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

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(b) No delay or omission of the Transfer Agent or of any Holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Material Breach occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Material Breach or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 8.9, every power and remedy given by this Agreement or by law to the Transfer Agent or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Transfer Agent or by the Holders.

Section 8.12 Control by Holders.

(a) The Acting Holders (or, if there are multiple groups of Acting Holders, the group of Acting Holders whose members have the largest aggregate Ownership Percentage) shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Transfer Agent, or exercising any power conferred on the Transfer Agent with respect to the TRA Rights by this Agreement; provided, that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Agreement; provided, further, that subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Transfer Agent shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Transfer Agent, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Transfer Agent in good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee or a committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Transfer Agent shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Transfer Agent in personal liability or if the Transfer Agent in good faith shall so determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders not joining in the giving of said direction.

(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of the Transfer Agent in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Transfer Agent and which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Holders.

Section 8.13 Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties hereto agree, and each Holder by its acceptance of its TRA Rights shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement or in any suit against the Transfer Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as the Transfer Agent, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including attorney’s fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 8.13 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Transfer Agent, to any suit instituted by the Acting Holders or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of any TRA Payment on or after the Payment Date of such TRA Payment.

 

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ARTICLE IX

SUBORDINATION OF THE TRA RIGHTS

Section 9.1 Agreement to Subordinate in Right of Payment. The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a TRA Right agrees, that the obligation evidenced by the TRA Rights is and shall be subordinated and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this ARTICLE IX, to the prior payment in full in cash of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Company and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The TRA Rights shall rank (a) pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company and all other obligations of the Company that do not constitute Indebtedness of the Company and (b) senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, and only Indebtedness of the Company that is Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall rank senior to the TRA Rights in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been paid in full until the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred.

Section 9.2 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property:

(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest accruing after, or which would accrue but for, the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness, whether or not a claim for such interest would be allowed) before Holders of the TRA Rights shall be entitled to receive any payment on the TRA Rights; and

(b) until the Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution to which the Holders would be entitled but for this ARTICLE IX shall be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear.

Section 9.3 Default on Senior Indebtedness. The Company shall not pay any amounts payable under the TRA Rights for so long as:

(a) a payment default on Senior Indebtedness of the Company occurs and is continuing;

(b) the maturity of any series of Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been accelerated due to the occurrence of an event of default in accordance with its terms; or

(c) any other default occurs and is continuing on any series of Senior Indebtedness of the Company that permits holders of that series of Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Transfer Agent receives a notice of such default from a representative of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

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Section 9.4 Notice of Termination Payment. If a Termination Payment becomes due as a result of a Material Breach pursuant to Section 2.3(e), the Company shall, to the extent not otherwise filed with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system or otherwise publicly announced, promptly notify the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or their representative) in accordance with the applicable agreements evidencing such Senior Indebtedness.

Section 9.5 When Distribution Must be Paid Over. If a distribution is made to the Holders that because of this ARTICLE IX should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive the distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and pay it over to them as their interests may appear.

Section 9.6 Subrogation. Each Holder agrees that no payment or distribution to any holder of Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such Holder to exercise any right of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this ARTICLE IX to holders of such Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made to the Holders is not, as between the Company and the Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Indebtedness.

Section 9.7 Relative Rights. This ARTICLE IX defines the relative rights of the Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall:

(a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Holders all amounts owed under this Agreement in accordance with its terms; or

(b) prevent the Transfer Agent or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Material Breach, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to receive distributions otherwise payable to the Holders.

Section 9.8 Company May Not Impair Subordination. No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce the payment subordination of amounts owed to Holders shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder to comply with this Agreement.

Section 9.9 Waiver. Each Holder hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the TRA Rights and this and any requirement that any holder of Senior Indebtedness protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other person or entity or any collateral.

Section 9.10 In Furtherance of Subordination. The Holders agree as follows:

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the name of each Holder or otherwise), but shall have no obligation, to demand, sue for, collect and receive every payment or distribution with respect to the TRA Rights and give acquittance therefor and to file claims and proofs of claim and take such other action (including voting the TRA Rights or enforcing any security interest or other lien securing payment of the TRA Rights) as they may deem necessary or advisable for the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights or interests of any such Holder of Senior Indebtedness; and (ii) each Holder shall duly and promptly take such action as the holders of Senior Indebtedness may request (A) to collect the TRA Rights for the account of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and to file appropriate claims or proofs or claim in respect of the TRA Rights, (B) to execute and deliver to the holders of Senior Indebtedness such powers of attorney, assignments, or other instruments as the holders of Senior Indebtedness may request in order to enable the holders of Senior Indebtedness to enforce any and all claims with respect to, and any security interests and other liens securing payment of, the TRA Rights, and (C) to collect and receive any and all payments or distributions which may be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the TRA Rights.

(b) All payments or distributions upon or with respect to the TRA Rights which are received by any Holder contrary to the provisions of this ARTICLE IX shall be received for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, shall be segregated from other funds and property held by such Holder and shall be forthwith paid over to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement) to be applied (in the case of cash) to, or held as collateral (in the case of non-cash property or securities) for, the payment or prepayment of the Senior Indebtedness.

(c) The holders of Senior Indebtedness are hereby authorized to demand specific performance of the provisions of this ARTICLE IX, at any time when any Holder shall have failed to comply with any of the provisions of this ARTICLE IX applicable to it. Each Holder hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law, which might be asserted as a bar to such remedy of specific performance.

(d) In any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the exclusive right to exercise any voting rights in respect of the claims of any Holder against the Company with respect to the TRA Rights.

(e) If, at any time, all or part of any payment with respect to any of the Senior Indebtedness theretofore made (whether by the Company or any other Person or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any of the holders of Senior Indebtedness for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or such other Persons), the subordination provisions set forth in this ARTICLE IX shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment had not been made.

(f) None of the Holders shall object to any claim or motion for relief from the automatic stay filed by any holder of Senior Indebtedness or to the entry of any order or orders approving any cash collateral stipulations, adequate protection stipulations, debtor-in-possession financing arrangement, credit bid, sale or similar stipulations or agreement executed by (or consented to by) the holders of Senior Indebtedness in any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property.

 

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Section 9.11 Obligations Hereunder Not Affected. All rights and interests of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and all agreements and obligations of each Holder under this ARTICLE IX, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

(a) any amendment, extension, renewal, compromise, discharge, acceleration or other change in the time for payment or the terms of the Senior Indebtedness or any part thereof;

(b) any taking, holding, exchange, enforcement, waiver, release, failure to perfect, sell or otherwise dispose of any security for payment of any Senior Indebtedness or any guarantee thereof;

(c) the application of security and directing the order or manner of sale thereof as the holders of any Senior Indebtedness in their sole discretion may determine;

(d) the release or substitution of one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of any Senior Indebtedness;

(e) the taking of, or failure to take any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of the Company or which, but for this Section 9.11 might operate as a discharge of the Company;

(f) any right to proceed against the Company, proceed against or exhaust any security for any Senior Indebtedness, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any holder or Senior Indebtedness, whatsoever;

(g) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any holder of Senior Indebtedness, and

(h) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties.

This ARTICLE IX shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any holder of Senior Indebtedness upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1 Notices . All notices hereunder shall be deemed given if in writing and delivered, if sent by electronic mail, courier, or registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the following addresses (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by like notice):

If to the Company, to:

TEX Energy LLC

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: Andrew M. Wright

Email: awright@energyfutureholdings.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: Robert B. Little, Esq.

Email: RLittle@gibsondunn.com

If to the Transfer Agent, to:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Email:

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Legal Department

Email: legalteamAST@amstock.com

Any party hereto may notify any other party hereto of any changes to the address or any of the other details specified in this paragraph; provided, that such notification shall only be effective on the date specified in such notice or five (5) Business Days after the notice is given, whichever is later. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed address of which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the notice as of the date of such rejection, refusal or inability to deliver.

Section 10.2 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (PDF) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of any such Agreement.

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agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in the case of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any other agreement or the TRA Term Sheet, the terms of this Agreement shall control. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders, any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 10.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 10.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be declared judicially to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such decision shall not have the effect of invalidating or voiding the remainder of this Agreement, it being the intent and agreement of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall be deemed amended by modifying such provision to the extent necessary to render it valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted while preserving its intent or, if such modification is not possible, by substituting therefor another provision that is valid, legal, and enforceable and that achieves the original intent of the parties hereto.

Section 10.6 Amendments; Waivers.

(a) Amendments Without Consent of Holders.

(i) Without the consent of any Holders or the Transfer Agent, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto or to the TRA Rights, to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein as provided in Section 10.7.

(ii) Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Transfer Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto or to the TRA Rights, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the TRA Rights;

(2) to add to the covenants of Company such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as its Board of Directors and the Transfer Agent shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a breach of any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Material Breach permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Agreement as herein set forth; provided, that in respect of any such

 

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additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision, such amendment may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such a Material Breach or may limit the remedies available to the Transfer Agent upon such a Material Breach or may limit the right of the Acting Holders to waive such a Material Breach;

(3) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein or in the TRA Rights which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; provided, that such amendment shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;

(4) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement; provided, that such amendment shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;

(5) (x) if required under applicable law or regulation, including to make any changes necessary to conform to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or (y) following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act to remove any of the transfer restrictions described in Article VI or the TRA Rights as determined by the Company to be no longer necessary to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or

(6) to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.

Promptly following any amendment of this Agreement or the TRA Rights in accordance with this Section 10.6, the Transfer Agent shall notify the Holders of such amendment; provided, that any failure so to notify the Holders shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

(b) Amendments with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Majority of the Holders, such consent delivered to the Company or the Transfer Agent, the Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution), at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto or to the TRA Rights for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or the TRA Rights or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Agreement or the TRA Rights (including Section 3.3 and the definitions used therein (prior to the occurrence of such Change of Control) and Section 5.8 and the definitions used therein); provided, however, that no such amendment shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding TRA Right affected thereby:

(i) modify in a manner adverse to the Holders (A) any provision contained herein with respect to the termination of this Agreement or the TRA Rights, or (B) the amount of any payment to be made to the Holders pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise extend (or have the effect of extending) the time for payment of the amounts payable in respect of the TRA Rights or reduce (or have the effect of reducing) the amounts payable in respect of the TRA Rights (except as provided above with respect to Section 3.3, Section 5.8 and the definitions used therein);

 

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(ii) reduce the number of TRA Rights, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such amendment; or

(iii) modify any of the provisions of this Section 10.6, except to increase the percentage of Holders from whom consent is required or to provide that certain other provisions of this Agreement cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each TRA Right affected thereby.

It shall not be necessary for any act of Holders under this Section 10.6 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such act shall approve the substance thereof.

(c) Execution of Amendments. In executing any amendment permitted by this Section 10.6, the Transfer Agent (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Transfer Agent shall execute any amendment authorized pursuant to this Section 10.6 if the amendment does not adversely affect the Transfer Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. Otherwise, the Transfer Agent may, but need not, execute such amendment.

(d) Effect of Amendments; Notice to Holders.

(i) Upon the execution of any amendment under this Section 10.6, this Agreement and the TRA Rights shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement and the TRA Rights for all purposes; and every Holder of TRA Rights theretofore or thereafter authenticated, as applicable, and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

(ii) Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Transfer Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.6, the Company shall notify the Transfer Agent of the general terms of such amendment. Any failure of the Company to notify the Transfer Agent, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment. Upon the execution of any amendment under this Section 10.6, this Agreement and the TRA Rights shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement and the TRA Rights for all purposes; and every Holder of TRA Rights theretofore or thereafter authenticated, as applicable, and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

(e) Reference in TRA Rights to Amendments. If an amendment changes the terms of a TRA Right, the Transfer Agent may require the Holder of the TRA Right to deliver any certificate representing such TRA Right to the Transfer Agent. Global Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 10.6 may, and shall if required by the Transfer Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Transfer Agent as to any matter provided for in such amendment. If the Company shall so determine, new certificates representing the TRA Rights so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Transfer Agent and the Board of Directors, to any such amendment may be prepared and executed by Company, as applicable, and authenticated, as applicable, and

 

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delivered by the Transfer Agent in exchange for Outstanding TRA Rights. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new TRA Right shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

(f) No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

Section 10.7 Successors; Assignment.

(a) All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Company may assign this Agreement only with the prior written consent of the Transfer Agent and the Majority of the Holders; provided, that such consent shall not be necessary if (i) the assignee is a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) the Company remains subject to its obligations and covenants hereunder (including its obligation to make the TRA Payments).

(b) The Company covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, unless, (i) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the successor Person or the Person which acquires by sale or conveyance substantially all the assets of the Company (including the shares of the Company) shall be a Person organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof and shall expressly assume by an instrument supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Transfer Agent, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent, the due and punctual payment of the TRA Rights, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or observed by the Company, and (ii) the Company, or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. The Transfer Agent shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and any such assumption, and any such liquidation or dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of this Agreement. Upon the sale or conveyance of substantially all the assets of the Company in accordance with this Section 10.7(b), the successor Person or Persons into which the Company is merged or to which such sale or conveyance is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Agreement with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Company herein, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Agreement and the TRA Rights and may be liquidated and dissolved.

If an amendment changes the terms of a TRA Right, the Transfer Agent may require the Holder of such TRA Right to deliver it to the Transfer Agent. Global Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 10.6 may, and shall if required by the Transfer Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Transfer Agent as to any matter provided for in such amendment. If the Company shall so determine, new TRA Rights so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Transfer Agent and the Board, to any such amendment may be prepared and executed by Company, as applicable, and authenticated, as

 

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applicable, and delivered by the Transfer Agent in exchange for TRA Rights. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new TRA Right shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

Section 10.8 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

Section 10.9 Withholding. The Transfer Agent shall not deduct or withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement. The Company (by itself or through the Transfer Agent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Company is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state or local tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Company, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holders. The Company (through the Transfer Agent) shall provide evidence of such payment to the Holders to the extent that such evidence is available.

Section 10.10 Affiliated Corporations; Admission of the Company into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.

(a) If the Company is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income tax return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code (other than if the Company becomes a member of such a group as a result of a Change of Control, in which case the provisions of Section 3.3 shall control), then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) TRA Payments shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

(b) If any entity that is obligated to make a TRA Payment hereunder transfers one or more assets to a corporation (or a Person taxable as a corporation for U.S. income tax purposes) with which such entity does not file a consolidated tax return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state or local law, such entity, for purposes of calculating the amount of any TRA Payment (e.g., calculating the gross income of the entity and determining the Realized Tax Benefit of such entity) due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by such entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the contributed asset. For purposes of this Section 10.10, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership.

Section 10.11 Interpretation. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement, and in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party hereto by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 10.12 Compliance and Opinions.

(a) Upon any application or request by the Company to the Transfer Agent to take any action under any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Transfer Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signor, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating, subject to customary exceptions, that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b) Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall include: (i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 10.13 Form of Documents Delivered to Transfer Agent.

(a) In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

(b) Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company.

(c) Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 10.14 Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by

 

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such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Transfer Agent and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Section 7.1) conclusive in favor of the Transfer Agent and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 10.14. The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Agreement, which date shall be, and shall be announced, no greater than sixty (60) and no less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Agreement.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Transfer Agent deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of TRA Rights shall be proved by the Transfer Agent. The Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

(d) At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Transfer Agent, as provided in this Section 10.14, of the taking of any action by the Holders specified in this Agreement in connection with such action, any Holder of a TRA Right the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the TRA Rights the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the office of the Transfer Agent and upon proof of holding as provided in this Section 10.14, revoke such action so far as concerns such TRA Right. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any TRA Right shall bind every future Holder of the same TRA Right or the Holder of every TRA Right issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Transfer Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such TRA Right.

Section 10.15 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Security Register or delivered to the Transfer Agent who will promptly transmit such notice to the Depositary in accordance with its procedures, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Transfer Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver

 

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Section 10.16 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer or employee, as such, of the Company or the Transfer Agent shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Transfer Agent under the TRA Rights or this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a TRA Right each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the TRA Rights.

Section 10.17 Certain Purchases and Sales. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates from acquiring TRA Rights in open market transactions, private transactions or otherwise; provided, that the Company shall disclose the number of TRA Rights it has acquired during any quarterly or annual period in the applicable quarterly or annual report for such period provided pursuant to Section 5.4.

Section 10.18 No Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Agreement is not qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trust Indenture Act shall not apply to or in any way govern the terms of this Agreement. As a result, no provisions of the Trust Indenture Act are incorporated into this Agreement unless expressly incorporated pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 10.19 Effective Time. This Agreement shall become effective at the Effective Time.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Transfer Agent have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

TEX ENERGY LLC
By:  

/s/ David D. Faranetta

Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Transfer Agent
By:  

/s/ Michael A. Nespoli

Name:   Michael A. Nespoli
Title:   Executive Director

[Signature Page to Tax Receivable Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (THE “AGREEMENT”) HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR DIRECT REGISTRATION SECURITIES, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

[Restricted TRA Rights Legend]

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT: (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT) (OR, WITH RESPECT TO ANY HOLDER WHO ACQUIRES THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST THEREIN FROM AN INITIAL

 

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HOLDER (AS DEFINED IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT), AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT)), OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT) WHO DELIVERS A CERTIFICATE TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT IN THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C TO THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT FOLLOWING THE REGISTRATION OF THE RESALE OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

[Restricted Securities Legend for TRA Rights Offered in Reliance on Regulation S]

“BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

[Restricted Legend for Direct Registration Securities during the

Initial Holder Restricted Period]

THE TRA RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS SECURITY ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN TEX ENERGY LLC (THE “COMPANY”) AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS TRANSFER AGENT. THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT RESTRICTS THE TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE TRA RIGHTS (AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN) DURING THE INITIAL HOLDER RESTRICTED PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE

 

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AGREEMENT), SUBJECT TO THE SPECIFIED EXCEPTIONS IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT DURING THE INITIAL HOLDER RESTRICTED PERIOD. ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE TRA RIGHTS ( OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) IN VIOLATION OF SUCH RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AB INITIO AND THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT SHALL NOT RECOGNIZE ANY SUCH TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION.

TEX Energy LLC

 

No.

  

Certificate for

  

TRA Rights

CUSIP    872261 110   

This certifies that Cede & Co., or registered assigns (the “Holder”), is the registered holder of the number of TRA Rights (“TRA Rights”) set forth above. Each TRA Right entitles the Holder, subject to the provisions contained herein and in the Agreement referred to on the reverse hereof, to payments from TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in amounts and in the forms determined pursuant to the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof and as more fully described in the Agreement referred to on the reverse hereof.

Payment of any amounts pursuant to this TRA Right certificate shall be made only to the registered Holder (as defined in the Agreement) of this TRA Right certificate. Such payment shall be made in [    ], or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company, through the Transfer Agent referred to on the reverse hereof for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that the Company may pay such amounts by wire transfer or check payable in such money.

No Holder of this TRA Right certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of common stock or any other securities of the Company, nor shall anything contained in the Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the Holders hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to the stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold any consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this TRA Right set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Transfer Agent referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this TRA Right certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:  
TEX Energy LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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[Form of Reverse of TRA Right certificate]

 

1. Incorporated Terms. This TRA Right certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (the “Agreement”), between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as Transfer Agent (the “Transfer Agent,” which term includes any successor Transfer Agent under the Agreement), and is subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the Holder of this TRA Right certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. Reference is hereby made to the Agreement for a full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Transfer Agent and the Holders. All capitalized terms used in this TRA Right certificate without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. Copies of the Agreement can be obtained by contacting the Transfer Agent. By acceptance of the TRA Right certificate, the Holder consents to all the terms and provisions hereof including the terms and provisions of the Agreement incorporated by reference herein.

 

2. Payment. The Company (which shall include any successor thereto in accordance with the Agreement) promises to pay to the Holder hereof, for each TRA Right represented hereby, its proportionate share of each TRA Payment at the times and in the manner set forth in the Agreement.

 

3. Method of Payment. The Company shall deposit each TRA Payment with the Transfer Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account of the Transfer Agent previously designated by the Transfer Agent to the Company. The Transfer Agent shall thereafter promptly forward a proportionate amount of such TRA Payment to each record Holder (including the Depositary, as applicable) entitled to receive such pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between this TRA Right certificate and the Agreement, the Agreement shall govern and prevail.

 

5. Currency of Payment. The TRA Payments, if any, and interest thereon, if any, shall be payable by the Company in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that the Company may pay such amounts by its check or wire transfer payable in such money.

 

6. Obligation to Pay Unconditional. No reference herein to the Agreement and no provision of this TRA Right certificate or of the Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay any amounts determined pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Agreement at the times, place and amount, and in the manner, herein prescribed.

 

7.

Transfer Agent Office. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of the TRA Rights represented by this TRA Right certificate is

 

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  registrable on the Security Register, upon surrender of this TRA Right certificate for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained, through the Transfer Agent, for such purpose in New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new TRA Right certificates or Direct Registration Securities, for the same amount of TRA Rights, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Company hereby initially designates the office of the Transfer Agent at New York, New York as the office for registration of transfer of this TRA Right certificate.

 

8. Transfer and Exchange. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this TRA Right certificate is exchangeable for one or more TRA certificates or Direct Registration Securities representing the same number of TRA Rights as represented by this TRA Right certificate as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

9. Service Charge. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of TRA Rights, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 10.7(b) of the Agreement.

 

10. Registered Holder Deemed Owner. Prior to the time of due presentment of this TRA Right certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Transfer Agent and any agent of the Company or the Transfer Agent may treat the Person in whose name this TRA Right certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Transfer Agent nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver. The Company and the Transfer Agent may, without the consent of the Holder, amend, waive or supplement the Agreement or this certificate for certain specified purposes as set forth in the Agreement, including among other things the curing of ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies, or making any other changes that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders. In addition, as set forth in the Agreement, certain other amendments may be made with the consent of the Majority of the Holders.

 

12. Successors. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Agreement and the TRA Rights in compliance with Section 10.7 of the Agreement, the predecessor Company will be released from such obligations.

 

13. Defaults and Remedies. A Material Breach is defined in the Agreement. Holders may not enforce the TRA Rights or the Agreement except as provided in the Agreement. The Transfer Agent may require reasonable indemnity to it before it enforces the TRA Rights or the Agreement.

 

14. Governing Law. The Agreement and this TRA Rights certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.

 

15. Other. Neither the Company nor the Transfer Agent has any duty or obligation to the holder of this TRA Right certificate, except as expressly set forth herein or in the Agreement.

 

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TRANSFER AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Global Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

 

    AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
Dated:     By  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITY]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The initial number of TRA Rights represented by this Global Security is                     . The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease in
aggregate number of
TRA Rights represented
by this Global Security
     Amount of increase in
aggregate number of
TRA Rights represented
by this Global Security
     Number following such
decrease or increase
     Signature of authorized
signatory of Transfer

Agent
 
           
           
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT B

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF TRA RIGHTS

This certificate relates to                      TRA Rights (check applicable space)                      held in the Direct Registration System or                      held in a Global Security by the undersigned.

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer or exchange:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a) ☐    a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ☐    Rule 144A Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted Global Security (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (ii) ☐    IAI Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted Global Security (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (iii) ☐    Regulation S Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted Global Security (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (b) ☐    a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security.

2. The Transferor, by written order, has requested the Transfer Agent deliver the following, which the Transferee will hold after such transfer or exchange:

 

  (a) ☐    a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ☐    Rule 144A Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (ii) ☐    IAI Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (iii) ☐    Regulation S Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (iv) ☐    an Unrestricted Global Security (CUSIP             ), or

 

  (b) ☐    a Transfer Restricted Direct Registration Security, or

 

  (c) ☐    an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security,

in accordance with the terms of the TRA.

 

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In connection with any transfer or exchange of any of the TRA Rights evidenced by this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such TRA Rights are being transferred or exchanged in accordance with its terms:

1. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security or a Direct Registration Security Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “QIB”) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the TRA, the transferred beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Securities Legend applicable to the Rule 144A Global Security and/or the Direct Registration Security and in the TRA and the Securities Act.

2. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security or a Direct Registration Security pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (y) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (z) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed Transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person (as such is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an initial purchaser of the Securities). Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the TRA, the transferred beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Securities Legend applicable to the Regulation S Global Security and/or the Direct Registration Security and in the TRA and the Securities Act.

3. Check if Transferee is an institutional accredited investor who will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Security or a Direct Registration Security in their capacity as an IAI. The Transfer is being effected inside the United States pursuant to and in accordance Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act to an “institutional accredited investor” (within

 

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the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of the Securities Act) that is not also a qualified institutional buyer, that purchases for its own account or for the account of an institutional accredited investors to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and that has furnished to the Company and the Transfer Agent a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements in the form of Exhibit C to the Tax Receivable Agreement. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the TRA, the transferred beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Securities Legend applicable to the IAI Global Security and/or the Direct Registration Security and in the TRA and the Securities Act.

4. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or of an Unrestricted Direct Registration Security in circumstances other than those set forth above.

(a) Check if Transfer is to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof. Such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof.

(b) Check if Transfer is pursuant to an Effective Registration Statement. Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

(c) Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144 and following registration under the Securities Act. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at a time after registration of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the TRA and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the TRA and the Restricted Securities Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the TRA, the transferred beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Securities Legend applicable to the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Direct Registration Securities and in the TRA and the Securities Act.

(d) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the TRA and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the TRA and the Restricted Securities Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the TRA, the transferred beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on

 

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transfer enumerated in the Restricted Securities Legend applicable to the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Direct Registration Securities and in the TRA and the Securities Act.

(e) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the TRA and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the TRA and the Restricted Securities Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the TRA, the transferred beneficial interest or Direct Registration Security will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Restricted Securities Legend applicable to the Restricted Global Securities or Restricted Direct Registration Securities and in the TRA.

5. Check if the undersigned is transferring to the Security Registrar for registration in the name of the holder or beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Holder, without transfer.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Transfer Agent will refuse to register any of the TRA Rights evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that to the extent set forth in the TRA, the Company or the Transfer Agent may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the TRA Rights, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Transfer Agent have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Date:   

 

   Your Signature:   

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this TRA Right.

Signature Guarantee:

 

Date:   

 

    

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent      Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (1) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this TRA Right for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION]

TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION

[TEX ENERGY LLC]

[c/o [    ]

Attention: [    ]]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of [            ] rights (the “TRA Rights”) under the Tax Receivable Agreement entered into by and between TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as transfer agent.

Upon transfer, the TRA Rights would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

 

Name:    
Address:  

 

Taxpayer ID Number:  

 

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), who is not also a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” TRA Rights with a purchase price of at least $100,000, and we are acquiring the TRA Rights not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the TRA Rights, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the TRA Rights in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

2. We understand that the TRA Rights have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing TRA Rights to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such TRA Rights only (a) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (b) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144(A), (c) in the United States to a person who is

 

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an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, (d) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) following the registration of the resale of any of the TRA Rights under the Securities Act, or (f) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (f) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the TRA Right evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. If any resale or other transfer of the TRA Rights is proposed to be made to an institutional “accredited investor”, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company and the Transfer Agent, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such TRA Rights for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Transfer Agent reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer pursuant to clause 2(c), 2(d) and (e) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent.

 

Dated:  

 

     
      TRANSFEREE:                                                                              ,
      By:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF TRA RIGHTS DURING THE INITIAL HOLDER

RESTRICTED PERIOD

This certificate relates to the transfer of [            ]1 TRA Rights held in the Direct Registration System by the [            ] (the “Transferor”) to [            ] (the “Transferee”).

In connection with such transfer, the Transferor confirms that such TRA Rights are being transferred or exchanged in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) by and between TEX Energy LLC and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (including Section 6.2(e)(iii) thereof).

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

The Transferee is:

 

(1)      An Affiliate of the Transferor or any investment fund, fund or account that is advised, managed or controlled by the Transferor or its Affiliates;
(2)      The successor entity to the Transferor;
(3)      Another Initial Holder;
(4)      A third party lender (or an agent thereof) that acquires the TRA Rights upon the foreclosure of a security interest granted to secure a bona fide loan or other financing;
(5)      The Company or a subsidiary thereof;
(6)      If the Transferor is an individual, an immediate family member of the Transferor or a trust, limited liability company, partnership or corporation for the direct or indirect benefit of the Transferor or the immediate family of the Transferor;
(7)      If the Transferor is an individual, the estate of such Transferor, a beneficiary of such estate or a beneficiary of such Transferor pursuant to a trust, will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; or
(8)      Any other Person that the Company has approved of in writing

 

1  Insert amount of TRA Rights to be transferred.

 

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Transferor:

 

Name:  

 

     
Date:  

 

    Your Signature:  

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this TRA Right.

 

Signature Guarantee (of Transferor):

 

Date:  

 

   

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent     Signature of Signature Guarantee

If the Transferee is not an Initial Holder, it must provide the information set forth below and sign and deliver this certificate to the Company and the Transfer Agent.

By its execution of this certificate, the Transferee hereby agrees to be bound by all of the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement and the TRA Rights applicable to Holders and Initial Holders (including Section 6.2.(e)(iii) of the Tax Receivable Agreement).

Transferee:

 

Name:  

 

     
Date:  

 

    Your Signature:  

 

 

Signature Guarantee (of Transferee):

 

Date:  

 

   

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent     Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

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EXHIBIT E

[FORM OF ACCOUNTANT ATTESTATION]

[Letterhead of Accountant]

[Payment Date]

TEX Energy LLC

ATTN: Chief Financial Officer

[Address]

Dear Chief Financial Officer:

Reference is made to the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, entered into by and between TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as Transfer Agent (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

We have examined the Company’s assertion, included in the accompanying Management Report, that the Company properly computed the [Annual Tax Payment for the [    ] Subject Taxable Year in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Agreement] / [Additional Tax Payment for the [    ] Subject Taxable Year in accordance with Section 2.2] of the Agreement] / [Termination Payment in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Agreement] / [Termination Payment in respect of a Material Breach in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Agreement] / [Termination Payment in respect of a Change of Control in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Agreement]. The Company is responsible for its assertion. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s assertion based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company’s calculation and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company’s compliance with the Agreement.

In our opinion, the Company’s assertion that it calculated such TRA Payment in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement is fairly stated, in all material respects.

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT F

[FORM OF DEFERRAL ATTESTATION]

[Letterhead of TEX Energy LLC]

[Payment Date]

[Transfer Agent]

[Address]

Dear Sir or Madam:

Reference is made to the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, entered into by and between TEX Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as Transfer Agent (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

The [Annual Tax Payment for the [    ] Subject Taxable Year] / [Additional Tax Payment for the [    ] Subject Taxable Year] / [Termination Payment in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Agreement] / [Termination Payment in respect of a Material Breach] / [Termination Payment in respect of a Change of Control] of $[        ] is otherwise due and owing on the date hereof.

I hereby attest that [state specific facts that prevent payment].

In light of such facts, pursuant to Section 4.2(a) of the Agreement, the Company is deferring [all of] / [$[        ] of] such TRA Payment.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   [Authorized officer]

 

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EX-99.3 12 d176523dex993.htm EX-99.3 EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

by and among

TCEH Corp.,

and

the HOLDERS party hereto

 

 

Dated as of October 3, 2016

 

 


Table of Contents

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I Definitions      1   

1.1

  Defined Terms      1   

1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation      7   
ARTICLE II Registration Rights      7   

2.1

  Shelf Registration Statement, Registration and Listing      7   

2.2

  Securities Act Registration on Demand      9   

2.3

  Offering Requests      11   

2.4

  Piggyback Registration      13   

2.5

  Expenses      15   

2.6

  Registration and Demand Offering Procedures      16   

2.7

  Underwritten Offerings      21   

2.8

  Preparation: Reasonable Investigation      23   

2.9

  Postponements      24   

2.10

  Indemnification by the Company      24   

2.11

  Registration Rights to Others      27   

2.12

  Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities      28   

2.13

  Rule 144      28   

2.14

  Reporting      29   

2.15

  Calculation of Percentage or Number of Registrable Securities      30   

2.16

  Termination of Registration Rights      30   
ARTICLE III Miscellaneous      30   

3.1

  Amendments; Entire Agreement      30   

3.2

  Severability      31   

3.3

  Successors and Assigns      31   

3.4

  Notices      31   

3.5

  Counterparts      32   

3.6

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      32   
SCHEDULE A – NOTICES   
SCHEDULE B – FORM OF JOINDER   

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 3, 2016, is by and among TCEH Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the parties identified on the signature pages hereto under the heading “Holders” (the “Initial Holders”) and the other holders party hereto from time to time;

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue shares of the Common Stock and TRA Rights (each as defined below) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to provide for, among other things, the grant of registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined below).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, terms defined in the headings and the recitals shall have their respective assigned meanings, and the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such first Person as well as Related Funds. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used in this definition means the possession, directly or indirectly (including through one or more intermediaries), of the power or authority to direct or cause the direction of the management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, no Initial Holder shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Company for purposes of this Agreement.

Agreement” means this Registration Rights Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

beneficial ownership” and terms of similar import shall be as defined under and determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 (or any successor rule then in effect) promulgated under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any Holder, such Holder shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Holder has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable upon the occurrence of a subsequent event or the passage of time.


Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to remain closed in the State of New York.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any similar agency then having jurisdiction to enforce the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, any additional security paid, issued or distributed in respect of any such shares by way of a dividend, stock split or distribution, or in connection with a combination of shares, and any security into which such Common Stock or additional securities shall have been converted or exchanged in connection with a recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, exchange, distribution or otherwise.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Company Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).

Company Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d).

Company Securities” means Other Securities sought to be included in a registration for the Company’s account.

Demand Holders” means one or more Holders (and their Affiliates) who collectively beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Demand Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Demand Offering” means an Underwritten Offering or Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown requested pursuant to Section 2.3.

Demand Registration” means a Long-Form Registration or a Short-Form Registration.

Designated Exchange” means, at the election of a majority of the Board, either the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market (or, in either case, its successor).

Designated Foreign Stock Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c)(ii).

 

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Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute.

Expenses” means all expenses incurred by the Company incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement, including all registration, filing, listing, stock exchange and FINRA fees, all fees and expenses of complying with state securities or blue sky laws (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the underwriter(s) in connection with blue sky or FINRA filings), all of the Company’s word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Company and of its independent registered public accounting firm, including the expenses incurred in connection with “comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel for sellers of Registrable Securities, the fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on each securities exchange or national market system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed, any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration, the fees and expenses of any registrar and transfer agent, and the fees and expenses of other Persons retained by the Company, but excluding underwriting fees, discounts and commissions and applicable transfer taxes, if any, which discounts, commissions and transfer taxes shall be borne by the seller or sellers of Registrable Securities, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Form S-1” means a registration statement on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement, as it may be amended from time to time, or any similar successor form.

Form S-3” means a registration statement on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement, as it may be amended from time to time, or any similar successor form.

Form S-1 Shelf” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Form S-3 Shelf” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Full Cooperation” means, in connection with any Underwritten Offering, in addition to the other cooperation otherwise required by this Agreement, (a) members of senior management of the Company (including the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer) shall fully cooperate with the underwriter(s) in connection therewith, and make themselves reasonably available to participate in a reasonable number of meetings in connection with the

 

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marketing processes of the Underwritten Offering as recommended by the underwriter(s), including “road show” presentations, and (b) the Company shall prepare preliminary and final prospectuses for use in connection with such offering containing such additional information as reasonably requested by the underwriter(s) (in addition to the minimum information required by applicable U.S. securities laws, rules and regulations).

Governmental Authority” means (a) the government of any nation, state, city, locality or other political subdivision thereof, (b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and (c) any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

Holder” means (a) the Initial Holders and (b) each other Person that executes a joinder to this Agreement after the date hereof, in the form attached as Schedule B.

Holder Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(b).

Holder Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.

Initial Holders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Long-Form Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Loss” and “Losses” have the meanings set forth in Section 2.10(a).

majority of the Registrable Securities” means a majority of each class of outstanding Registrable Securities (or, if applicable, a majority of a subset of each class of outstanding Registrable Securities).

Marketed Underwritten Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

Non-Marketed Underwritten Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).

Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).

Offering Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).

Other Securities” means securities of the Company sought to be included in a registration other than Registrable Securities.

Person” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company or partnership, firm, voluntary association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other entity whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

 

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Piggyback Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Piggyback Requesting Holder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Plan” means Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code D.I. [9374], as amended from time to time.

Public Offering” means a public offering and sale of shares of Common Stock, TRA Rights or securities exchangeable or convertible into shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act; provided that a Public Offering shall not include an offering made in connection with a business acquisition or combination pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or any similar form, or an employee benefit plan pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or any similar form.

Registrable Securities” means, with respect to any Holder, any shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates as of the date hereof and any shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights acquired by such Holder or any of its Affiliates after the date hereof; provided that a share of Common Stock or a TRA Right will cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of the date on which (i) such share of Common Stock or TRA Right has been disposed of by such Holder pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) such share of Common Stock or TRA Right is disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision); or (iii) such share of Common Stock or TRA Right ceases to be outstanding.

Registrable Shares” means, with respect to any Holder, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates as of the date hereof and any shares of Common Stock acquired by such Holder or any of its Affiliates after the date hereof; provided that a share of Common Stock will cease to be a Registrable Share upon the earliest to occur of the date on which (i) such share of Common Stock has been disposed of by such Holder pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) such share of Common Stock is disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision); or (iii) such share of Common Stock ceases to be outstanding.

Registration Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Registration Demanding Holders” means, (i) with respect to a request for registration of the Registrable Shares, one or more Demand Holders and (ii) with respect to a request for registration of the TRA Rights, all TRA Rights Demand Holders acting together.

Registration Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

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Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any fund, account or investment vehicle that is controlled or managed (i) by such Person, (ii) by an Affiliate of such Person or (iii) by the same investment manager or advisor as the investment manager or advisor for such Person, or by an Affiliate of such investment manager or advisor or (b) any Person formed and controlled by any of the foregoing.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute.

Selling Holders” means the Holders of Registrable Securities requested to be registered pursuant hereto.

Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Short-Form Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote generally in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof, or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interest therein, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.

Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as transfer agent, as amended from time to time.

TRA Rights” means the rights granted under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

TRA Rights Demand Holder” means a Holder (and its Affiliates) who collectively beneficially own at least 5% of the outstanding TRA Rights at the time of any demand or request for registration of TRA Rights pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that a Holder shall not be deemed a TRA Rights Demand Holder for purposes of this Agreement unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of its status as a TRA Rights Demand Holder (and provided any documentation of ownership reasonably requested by the Company) or the Company otherwise has actual knowledge of such Holder’s status as a TRA Rights Demand Holder; and, provided further, that the Company shall be deemed to have actual knowledge that each of the Initial Holders are TRA Rights Demand Holders.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Underwritten Offering” means a Marketed Underwritten Offering or a Non-Marketed Underwritten Offering.

 

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Underwritten Offering Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d).

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation.

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Subsection and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified;

(b) headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

(c) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

(d) a reference to an Article, party, Schedule or Section is a reference to that Article or Section of, or that party or Schedule to, this Agreement;

(e) a reference to a document includes an amendment or supplement to, or replacement or novation of, that document but disregarding any amendment, supplement, replacement or novation made in breach of this Agreement;

(f) whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; and

(g) a reference to a party to any document includes that party’s successors and permitted assigns.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

2.1 Shelf Registration Statement, Registration and Listing.

(a) Shelf Registration Statement. (i) Immediately following the earlier of (x) a Form 10 or other registration statement under the Exchange Act registering the Common Stock having been declared effective by the Commission or (y) April 30, 2017, the Company shall file with the Commission a registration statement on any permitted form that qualifies, and is available for, the resale of Registrable Shares in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter and in no event later than 120 days after the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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(ii) The Company shall give prompt written notice (the “Registration Notice”) of the proposed initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement to all Holders at least 15 days prior to such proposed initial filing. The Company shall include in the Shelf Registration Statement all Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein at least five Business Days prior to the date of filing indicated in the Registration Notice.

(iii) In the event the Company is not eligible to file the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (a “Form S-3 Shelf”) and files the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 (a “Form S-1 Shelf”), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to convert such Shelf Registration Statement to a Form S-3 Shelf as promptly as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 and have the Form S-3 Shelf declared effective as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 30 days after the filing of the Form S-3 Shelf), provided, that if there is an offering of Registrable Shares under the Shelf Registration Statement that is ongoing at such time the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, the Company shall delay the conversion of the Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of the date that the offering is completed or the existing Shelf Registration Statement would need to be updated pursuant to Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act or otherwise. If the Shelf Registration Statement is a Form S-3 Shelf and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file a Form S-1 Shelf as promptly as practicable to replace the Shelf Registration Statement that is a Form S-3 Shelf (but in no event more than 20 Business Days after the date of such ineligibility) and have the Form S-1 Shelf declared effective as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 90 days after the date of such filing).

(b) Registration of Other Securities. No securities other than Registrable Shares shall be included in the Shelf Registration Statement unless the Holders holding not less than a majority of the Registrable Shares shall have consented in writing to the inclusion of such other securities (plus, in the case of any TRA Rights, all of the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together).

(c) Exchange Act Registration; Listing. Concurrently with the registration under the Securities Act required under Section 2.1(a), the Company shall seek (i) registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act and (ii) approval to list the Common Stock on the Designated Exchange, in each case to the extent it has not already done so. To the extent that it has not previously done so, upon effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall cause a registration statement registering the Common Stock under the Exchange Act to be declared effective by the Commission or otherwise become effective under the Exchange Act, and thereupon the Company shall further cause the Common Stock to be listed on the Designated Exchange.

(d) Board Deferral. The Company may delay the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement under Section 2.1(a) (and the performance of its obligations under Section 2.1(c)) for up to six months if a majority of the Board determines that such delay is in the best interests of the Company.

 

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2.2 Securities Act Registration on Demand.

(a) Demand. At any time and from time to time following the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, one or more Registration Demanding Holders may make a written request to the Company for the registration with the Commission under the Securities Act of all or part of such Registration Demanding Holders’ Registrable Securities on (i) Form S-1 (a “Long-Form Registration”) or (ii) if available, Form S-3 (a “Short Form Registration”), each of which may be a shelf registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule), in each case which request shall specify the number and type of Registrable Securities to be disposed of by such Registration Demanding Holders and the proposed plan of distribution therefor (a “Registration Demand”). Upon the receipt of any Registration Demand, the Company promptly shall notify any other Holders, if any, of such receipt (the “Demand Notice”). Thereafter, the Company shall file such registration statement under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 2.6(a), such registration under the Securities Act of:

(i) the Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to register by the Registration Demanding Holders, and

(ii) all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to register by any other Holder by written request of such Holder given to the Company within 15 days after such Holder’s receipt of the Demand Notice, all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered; provided that,

(A) the Company shall not be required to effect more than a total of six Long-Form Registrations pursuant to this Section 2.2(a);

(B) if the Company has previously effected a Long-Form Registration or a Short-Form Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) or has previously effected a registration for a Marketed Underwritten Offering of which notice has been given to the Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.2(a), the Company shall not be required to effect any registration for a Long-Form Registration or a Short-Form Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) until a period of 90 days shall have elapsed from the date on which such previous registration became effective (or, in the case of a Marketed Underwritten Offering, 90 days from the date on which such Marketed Underwritten Offering was priced);

(C) any Holder whose Registrable Securities were to be included in any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.2(a), by written notice to the Company, may withdraw such request and, upon receipt of such notice of the withdrawal of such request, the Company

 

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shall not be required to effect such registration if the Holders who do not withdraw from such registration do not meet the requirements of Clause (D) below, and no such request for registration shall be counted for purposes of determining the number of Long-Form Registrations to which any such Holders are entitled pursuant to this Section 2.2(a);

(D) the Company shall not be required to effect any registration pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) unless the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such registration have a reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price of at least (i) $100 million, in the case of a Long-Form Registration, or (ii) $25 million, in the case of a Short-Form Registration;

(E) no Demand Holder is entitled to request a registration under Section 2.2(a) if all of its Registrable Securities are already registered on an effective Shelf Registration Statement;

(F) the Company shall not be required to effect any registration pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) during any period that the Board has determined to delay the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1(d); and

(G) the Company shall not be required to effect any Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) unless the Registration Demanding Holders shall have given an Underwritten Offering Notice (as defined below) and such request is permitted under Section 2.3(a) or (b) hereof.

(b) Registration of Other Securities. Whenever the Company shall effect a registration pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, no securities other than (i) Registrable Securities and (ii) subject to Section 2.3, shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company for its own account shall be included among the securities covered by such registration unless the Selling Holders holding not less than a majority of the Registrable Securities to be covered by such registration shall have consented in writing to the inclusion of such other securities.

(c) Exchange Act Registration; Listing of TRA Rights.

(i) At the request of all of the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together, concurrently with the registration of the TRA Rights under this Section 2.2, the Company shall seek (x) registration of the TRA Rights under the Exchange Act and (y) approval to list the TRA Rights on any stock exchange in the United States selected by the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together.

(ii) At the request of all of the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together, the Company shall seek approval to list the TRA Rights on a stock exchange outside of the United States selected by the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together (a “Designated Foreign Stock Exchange”) and shall, at its expense, take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to permit the Holders of the TRA Rights to freely resell their TRA Rights on the Designated Foreign Stock Exchange.

 

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(d) Effective Registration Statement. A registration requested pursuant to Section 2.2(a) shall not be deemed to have been effected:

(i) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has been declared effective by the Commission and remains effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the laws of any U.S. state or other jurisdiction applicable to the disposition of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement or there shall cease to be any Registrable Securities;

(ii) if, after it has become effective, such registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other Governmental Authority or court for any reason other than a violation of applicable law solely by any Selling Holder and has not thereafter become effective; or

(iii) if, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the conditions to closing specified in an underwriting agreement applicable to the Company are not satisfied or waived other than by reason of any breach or failure by any Selling Holder.

2.3 Offering Requests.

(a) Requests for Marketed Underwritten Offerings. Demand Holders of Registrable Shares may from time to time request to sell all or any portion of their Registrable Shares in an underwritten offering that is registered under the Shelf Registration Statement or under a Registration Demand that includes roadshow presentations or investor calls by management of the Company or other marketing efforts by the Company (a “Marketed Underwritten Offering”); provided that in the case of each such Marketed Underwritten Offering the Registrable Shares proposed to be sold shall have an aggregate offering price of at least $100 million; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to effect a Marketed Underwritten Offering if another Marketed Underwritten Offering has been effected and priced within 90 days or more than four Marketed Underwritten Offerings within any 12-month period.

(b) Requests for Non-Marketed Underwritten Offerings. Demand Holders of Registrable Shares may from time to time request to sell all or any portion of their Registrable Shares in an underwritten offering that is registered under the Shelf Registration Statement or under a Registration Demand that does not include any marketing efforts by the Company or its management, including a “block trade” (a “Non-Marketed Underwritten Offering”); provided that in the case of each such Non-Marketed Underwritten Offering the Registrable Shares proposed to be sold shall have an aggregate offering price of at least $25 million. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise agreed to by the requesting Demand Holders, no other Holder shall have the right to participate in a Non-Marketed Underwritten Offering.

 

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(c) Requests for Non-Underwritten Offerings. At any time that the Shelf Registration Statement or any shelf registration statement filed in connection with a Registration Demand shall be effective with respect to Registrable Securities of a Holder and such Holder desires to initiate an offering or sale of all or part of such Holder’s Registrable Securities that does not constitute an Underwritten Offering (a “Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown”), such Holder shall so indicate in a written request delivered to the Company no later than two Business Days prior to the expected date of such Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown, which request shall include (i) the type and total number of Registrable Securities expected to be offered and sold in such Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown and (ii) the expected plan of distribution of such Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise agreed to by the requesting Selling Holder, no other Holder shall have the right to participate in a Non-Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

(d) Underwritten Offering Notices. All requests for Underwritten Offerings shall be made by giving written notice to the Company (an “Underwritten Offering Notice”). Each Underwritten Offering Notice shall specify (i) the approximate number of Registrable Shares to be sold in the Underwritten Offering, (ii) whether such offering will be a Marketed Underwritten Offering or a Non-Marketed Underwritten Offering, (iii) the intended marketing efforts, if any and (iv) the name(s) of the underwriter(s). Within five Business Days after receipt of any Underwritten Offering Notice requesting a Marketed Underwritten Offering, the Company shall send written notice of such requested Marketed Underwritten Offering to all other Holders of Registrable Shares (the “Company Notice”) and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(f) below, shall include in such Marketed Underwritten Offering all Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within seven Business Days after sending the Company Notice.

(e) Selection of Underwriter(s). The Demand Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Shares requested to be included in an Underwritten Offering shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable, nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(f) Priority. The Company shall not include in any Marketed Underwritten Offering any Other Securities without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Shares requested to be included in the Marketed Underwritten Offering. If the managing underwriter(s) for such Marketed Underwritten Offering advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number and type of Registrable Shares and, if permitted hereunder, Other Securities requested to be included in such Marketed Underwritten Offering exceeds the number of Registrable Shares and Other Securities that can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price

 

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range acceptable to the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Shares requested to be included in the Marketed Underwritten Offering, the Company shall include in such Marketed Underwritten Offering the number and type of Registrable Shares and Other Securities that can be so sold in the following order of priority: (i) first, the Registrable Shares requested to be included in such Marketed Underwritten Offering by the Holders, pro rata among the respective Holders of such Registrable Shares on the basis of the number and type of Registrable Shares held by each such Holder, and (ii) second, Other Securities, including any Company Securities, requested to be included in such Marketed Underwritten Offering to the extent permitted hereunder.

(g) If TRA Rights are requested to be registered under Section 2.2 hereof and either TRA Rights are listed or will be listed on a stock exchange, the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together, may request that an offering of TRA Rights be an Underwritten Offering. If so requested, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the offering of such TRA Rights as an Underwritten Offering. In such event, the provisions of this Agreement applicable to Underwritten Offerings shall apply to such offering (including, without limitation, Section 2.5 hereof) and the TRA Rights Demand Holders shall be treated as Demand Holders for all purposes therein.

2.4 Piggyback Registration.

(a) If the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than in connection with (i) a Shelf Registration under Section 2.1, (ii) a Demand Registration under Section 2.2, (iii) a registration, the primary purpose of which is to register debt securities (other than debt securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock) or (iv) a registration statement on Form S-8 or S-4 or any successor form), whether or not pursuant to registration rights granted to other holders of its securities and whether or not for sale for its own account, it shall give prompt written notice (the “Piggyback Notice”) to all Holders of Registrable Shares of its intention to do so and of such Holders’ rights (if any) under this Section 2.4, which notice, in any event, shall be given at least 15 days prior to such proposed registration (and which notice shall provide no additional information that would constitute material non-public information). Upon the written request of any Holder of Registrable Shares receiving a Piggyback Notice of such proposed registration (or any Affiliate) that is a holder of Registrable Shares (a “Piggyback Requesting Holder”) made within 10 days after the receipt of any such notice, which request shall specify the type and amount of the Registrable Shares intended to be disposed of by such Piggyback Requesting Holder, the Company shall, subject to Section 2.4(b) hereof, effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Shares that the Company has been so requested to register by the Piggyback Requesting Holders thereof; provided that,

(i) promptly following receipt of notification by the Company from the managing underwriter(s) (if an Underwritten Offering) of the price at which such securities are to be sold, the Company shall so advise each Piggyback Requesting Holder of such price, and such Piggyback Requesting Holder shall then have the right, exercisable in its sole discretion, irrevocably to withdraw its

 

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request to have its Registrable Shares included in such registration statement, without prejudice to the rights of any holder or holders of Registrable Securities to include Registrable Shares in any future registration (or registrations) pursuant to this Section 2.4 or under Section 2.1 or 2.2 hereof, as the case may be;

(ii) if at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Piggyback Requesting Holder and (i) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Shares in connection with such registration (but not from any obligation of the Company to pay the Expenses in connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of any Holder to include Registrable Securities in any future registration (or registrations) pursuant to this Section 2.4 or to cause such registration to be effected as a registration under Section 2.1 or 2.2 hereof, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Shares, for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities; and

(iii) if such registration was initiated by the Company for its own account and involves an Underwritten Offering, each Piggyback Requesting Holder shall sell its Registrable Shares on the same terms and conditions as those that apply to the Company, and the underwriter(s) of each such Underwritten Offering shall be a nationally recognized underwriter (or underwriters) selected by the Company.

No registration effected under this Section 2.4 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to effect any registration upon request under Section 2.1 or 2.2 hereof, and no registration effected pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2 hereof. The Piggyback Notice and the contents thereof shall be kept confidential until the filing of the Registration Statement.

(b) Piggyback Underwritten Offerings; Priority.

(i) If the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act for its own account in an Underwritten Offering as contemplated by this Section 2.4 and the managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering advise the Company in writing that in its (their) opinion, the number and type of Other Securities and Registrable Shares requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number and type of securities which could be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Company, then the Company shall include in such registration pursuant to Section 2.4, the number and type of securities that can be so sold in the following order of priority, (i) first, all Company Securities; (ii) second, the Registrable Shares requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering

 

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pursuant to this Section 2.4, pro rata among the respective Piggyback Requesting Holders of such Registrable Shares on the basis of the number and type of Registrable Shares held by such Piggyback Requesting Holder; and (iii) third, Other Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to the terms of any other registration rights agreement to which the Company is a party.

(ii) In the case of any other registration contemplated by Section 2.4 involving an Underwritten Offering, if the managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering shall advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number and type of Registrable Shares requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number and type of securities which could be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range stated to such managing underwriter(s) by the holders of Other Securities who have requested such registration, then the Company shall include in such registration pursuant to Section 2.4, the number and type of securities that can be so sold in the following order of priority, (i) first, Other Securities (other than Company Securities) that are requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to the terms of any other registration rights agreement to which the Company is a party; (ii) second, the Registrable Shares requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering by the Piggyback Requesting Holders, pro rata among the respective Piggyback Requesting Holders of such Registrable Shares on the basis of the number and type of Registrable Shares held by each such Piggyback Requesting Holder; and (iii) third, Company Securities.

A Holder may withdraw its request to have all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in any such offering by notice to the Company within 10 days (or such shorter time as agreed to by the Company and such Holder) after receipt of a copy of a notice from the managing underwriter(s) pursuant to this Section 2.4.

2.5 Expenses.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall pay all Expenses in connection with (i) any registration initiated pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4 hereof (and any related offering of Registrable Securities), whether or not such registration shall become effective (or such offering is completed) and whether or not all or any portion of the Registrable Securities originally requested to be included in such registration are ultimately included in such registration and (ii), if required, the qualification of the TRA Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 2.6(p).

 

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2.6 Registration and Demand Offering Procedures.

If and whenever the Company is required to effect any registration under the Securities Act or any Demand Offering as provided in Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4 hereof, the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and file with the Commission (promptly and, in any event on or before the date that is (i) 45 days, in the case of any Long-Form Registration pursuant to Section 2.2(a), after the receipt by the Company of the written request from the relevant Registration Demanding Holder(s) or (ii) 30 days, in the case of any Short-Form Registration pursuant to Section 2.2(a), after the receipt by the Company of the written request from the relevant Registration Demanding Holder(s)) the requisite registration statement to effect any such registration and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as reasonably practicable (which shall be no later than 120 days after the initial filing of the registration statement), to maintain such registration statement continuously effective and keep such registration statement supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for sales of such Registrable Securities and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, until the earlier to occur of (i) the day after all the Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement have been sold pursuant to that or another effective registration statement or (ii) the first date on which there shall cease to be any Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement; provided that, after the third anniversary of the date a registration statement is initially declared effective, plus any period that the registration statement is not kept effective or its use is suspended pursuant to this Agreement, the Company may terminate the offering under such registration statement and withdraw the registration statement so long as no Holder (x) beneficially owns at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock or 5% of the outstanding TRA Rights or (y) has a representative on the Board or any right to nominate a representative to the Board (and has not had any such representative or right within the prior 90 days); and provided further, that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities that are not Registrable Securities (and, under the circumstances specified in Sections 2.4 and 2.9(b) hereof, its securities that are Registrable Securities) at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto;

(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to any such registration statement and the applicable prospectus or prospectus supplement, including any free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the applicable registration statement effective and to comply with the provisions of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the method of disposition specified by the applicable Holders, and furnish to each Selling Holder and to the managing underwriter(s), if any, within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof a copy of any amendment or supplement to such registration statement or prospectus; provided, however, that, with respect to each free writing prospectus or other materials to be delivered to purchasers at the time of sale of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall (i) ensure that no Registrable Securities are sold “by means of” (as defined in Rule

 

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159A(b) under the Securities Act) such free writing prospectus or other materials without the prior written consent of the sellers of the Registrable Securities, which free writing prospectus or other materials shall be subject to the review of counsel to such sellers and (ii) make all required filings of all free writing prospectuses or other materials with the Commission as are required;

(c) if requested by the managing underwriter(s), the Demand Holders or the Selling Holder or Selling Holders, as the case may be, promptly amend or supplement any registration statement (whether before or after effectiveness in the case of a shelf registration statement and including by way of a post-effective amendment), with such information as the managing underwriter(s) or such Holder or Holders request be included therein relating to any proposed offering of Registrable Securities, including (i) information regarding the intended methods of distribution of the Registrable Securities, (ii) the information provided pursuant to Section 2.3(c), if applicable, and (iii) the information provided pursuant to Section 2.3(d), if applicable, prepare an amendment to such registration statement (including a post-effective amendment) or a prospectus supplement to include such information in the registration statement, promptly file such amendment or prospectus supplement with the Commission (but in no event later than two Business Days after such request in the case of a prospectus supplement, five Business Days after such request in the case of a post-effective amendment or, 10 Business Days in the case of any request under Section 2.3(a)), and use its reasonable best efforts to have any such post-effective amendment declared effective as promptly as practicable, provided, that if there is an offering of Registrable Securities that is ongoing at such time under any shelf registration statement, the Company shall delay the filing of such post effective-amendment until the offering is completed;

(d) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter, if any, such number of copies of such drafts and final conformed versions of the applicable registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits and any documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of such drafts and final versions of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as any Selling Holder or any underwriter may reasonably request in writing;

(e) use its reasonable best efforts (i) to register or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, covered by the applicable registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such states or other jurisdictions of the United States of America as the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement shall reasonably request in writing, (ii) to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as the applicable registration statement remains in effect and (iii) to take any other action that may be necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such sellers to

 

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consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to be sold by such sellers, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this subsection (e) be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in such jurisdiction or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(f) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, covered by the applicable registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other Governmental Authority as may be necessary in the opinion of counsel to the Company and counsel to the seller or sellers of Registrable Securities to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this subsections (f) be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in such jurisdiction or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(g) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and furnish to each Selling Holder, and each underwriter, if any, a signed

(i) opinion of counsel for the Company and addressed to each Selling Holder and the managing underwriter(s), if any, reasonably satisfactory (based on the customary form and substance of opinions of issuers’ counsel customarily given in such an offering, including a negative assurance letter) in form and substance to each Selling Holder and the managing underwriter(s), if any, and

(ii) “comfort” letter, dated the date of any applicable underwriting agreement and the date of the closing under any such underwriting agreement and, in each case, addressed to each Selling Holder and the underwriter(s), if any, and signed by the independent registered public accounting firm that certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the applicable registration statement, reasonably satisfactory (based on the customary form and substance of “comfort” letters of issuers’ independent registered public accounting firm customarily given in such an offering) in form and substance to such Selling Holders and the managing underwriter(s), if any,

in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, covering substantially the same matters with respect to the applicable registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the independent registered public accounting firm’s comfort letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in the independent registered public accounting firm’s comfort letters delivered in underwritten offerings of securities;

 

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(h) notify each Selling Holder, managing underwriter(s) and other holders of securities covered by the applicable registration statement, if any, at any time when (i) a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, (ii) a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment or any free writing prospectus has been filed, and, with respect to a registration statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (iii) the Company receives any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a registration statement or related prospectus or for additional information, (iv) the Commission issues any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or related prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (v) the Company has reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 2.6(m) below cease to be true and correct, (vi) the Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of such Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (vii) upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made (which notice shall notify each Selling Holder only of the occurrence of such an event and shall provide no additional information regarding such event to the extent such information would constitute material non-public information), and, at the written request of any such seller of Registrable Securities, promptly prepare and furnish to it a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus, as supplemented or amended, shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;

(i) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement relating to the Registrable Securities at the earliest possible moment;

(j) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the applicable offering, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earning statement covering the period of at least twelve months, but not more than eighteen months, beginning with the first full calendar month after the effective date of such registration statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;

 

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(k) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Shares covered by a registration statement (i) to be listed on the Designated Exchange, if the listing of such Registrable Shares is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or another national securities exchange if the listing is not then permitted or (ii) if the Company is not permitted pursuant to clause (i) above to list Registrable Shares on a national securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to secure designation of all Registrable Shares as a “national market system security” within the meaning of Rule 600(b)(46) of Regulation NMS and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least three market makers to register with FINRA as such with respect to such Registrable Shares;

(l) provide a transfer agent and registrar for the Registrable Securities covered by a registration statement no later than the effective date thereof;

(m) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as the Selling Holder or Selling Holders, as the case may be, owning at least a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by any applicable registration statement shall reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including customary indemnification and contribution to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 2.10 hereof;

(n) if requested by any Selling Holder or Selling Holders, and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such share amounts and registered in such names as the managing underwriter(s) or, if none, the Selling Holders may request at least three Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriter(s); provided, that in connection with each of the foregoing, the Company’s transfer agent shall be entitled to receive certificates, medallion guarantees, stock powers, indemnities and other documents from the Selling Holder or Selling Holders as are reasonably and customarily requested in connection with the removal of restrictive legends or registration of transfer;

(o) in the case of any Underwritten Offering, cause management of the Company to provide Full Cooperation, if so requested by the Selling Holder or Selling Holders, as the case may, to effect the disposition of the Registrable Shares of such Underwritten Offering; and

(p) if required under applicable law or regulation, the Company shall cause the Tax Receivable Agreement to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and shall take all actions necessary for this qualification as may be required by the Trust Indenture Act, including appointing a suitably independent and qualified trustee to act for the benefit of the holders of TRA.

 

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As a condition to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a Holder, such Holder must furnish to the Company in writing such information (the “Holder Information”) regarding itself and its Affiliates, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended methods of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it (in the case of a registration under Section 2.1 or 2.2) as is necessary to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities and is requested in writing by the Company. At least 15 days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a registration statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company shall notify in writing each Holder of the Holder Information that the Company is requesting from such Holder whether or not such Holder has elected to have any of its Registrable Securities included in the registration statement. If, within two days prior to the anticipated filing date, the Company has not received the requested Holder Information from a Holder, then the Company may file the registration statement without including Registrable Securities of that Holder. If the Company subsequently receives Holder Information that was not previously provided and the Company proposes to file another amendment or supplement to such registration statement, the Company shall include the Registrable Securities of the Holder providing such Holder Information in the amended or supplemented registration statement.

Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in subsection (h) of this Section 2.6, such Holder shall forthwith discontinue such Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement relating to such Registrable Securities until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection (h) of this Section 2.6 and, if so directed by the Company, shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If any event of the kind described in subsection (h) of this Section 2.6 occurs and such event is the fault solely of a Holder or Holders due to the inaccuracy of the Holder Information provided by such Holder(s) for inclusion in the registration statement, such Holder (or Holders) shall pay all Expenses attributable to the preparation, filing and delivery of any supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection (h) of this Section 2.6.

2.7 Underwritten Offerings.

(a) Underwriting Agreements. If requested by the underwriter(s) in connection with a request for a registration under Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4 hereof that is an Underwritten Offering, subject to Section 2.7(b), the Company and the Selling Holders shall enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriter(s) for such offering, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company and the Selling Holders owning at least a majority of the Registrable Securities that are included in such registration and to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and the Selling Holders and such other terms as are customary in agreements of that type, including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 2.10 hereof.

 

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(b) Holders to be Party to Underwriting Agreements. The holders of Registrable Securities to be distributed by the underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering contemplated by this Section 2.7 shall be party to the underwriting agreement with respect to such Underwritten Offerings and any such Holder, at its option, may reasonably require that any or all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such underwriter(s) shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders and that the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriter(s) under such underwriting agreement be a condition precedent to the obligations of such Holders. No such Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriter(s) other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder and such Holder’s Registrable Securities, except such representations, warranties and agreements as are consistent with Section 2.7(c).

(c) Holdback Agreements. Each Holder agrees, unless otherwise agreed to by the managing underwriter(s) for any Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Agreement, not to effect any sale or distribution of any equity securities of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for equity securities of the Company, including any sale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (i) in the case of the initial Underwritten Offering of the Company, if such offering occurs prior to the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Common Stock on the Designated Exchange, for a period (a) beginning upon the earlier of (x) the commencement of the roadshow in respect of such initial Underwritten Offering or (y) seven days prior to the pricing of such initial Underwritten Offering and (b) ending 180 days after the pricing of such initial Underwritten Offering, and (ii) in the case of any Marketed Underwritten Offering occurring after (a) the initial Underwritten Offering or (b) the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Common Stock on the Designated Exchange, solely with respect to Holders who are participating in such offering or who beneficially own at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock at the time of such determination, for a period (a) commencing upon the earlier of (x) the commencement of the roadshow in respect of such offering or (y) seven days prior to the pricing of such offering and (b) ending 90 days after the pricing of such offering, except, in each case, as part of such Underwritten Offering or to the extent as may be agreed between such Holder and the managing underwriter(s) for such offering. If requested by the managing underwriter(s), each Holder subject to the restrictions of the first sentence of Section 2.7(c) agrees to enter into a lock-up agreement with the underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering on similar terms to this Section 2.7(c) in customary form provided that the Company and all directors and executive officers of the Company at the time of such Underwritten Offering have entered into such lock-up agreements with the underwriter(s). Each Holder subject to the restrictions of the first sentence of Section 2.7(c) shall receive the benefit of any shorter “lockup” period or permitted exceptions agreed to by the managing underwriter(s) for any Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Agreement irrespective of whether such Holder participated in the Underwritten Offering and the terms of such lock-up agreements shall govern such Holders in lieu of the first sentence of Section 2.7(c).

 

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The Company agrees not to effect any Public Offering or distribution of any equity securities of the Company, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for equity securities of the Company, (i) in the case of the initial Underwritten Offering of the Company, if such offering occurs prior to the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Common Stock on the Designated Exchanges, for a period (a) beginning upon the earlier of (x) the commencement of the roadshow in respect of such initial Underwritten Offering or (y) seven days prior to the pricing of such initial Underwritten Offering and (b) ending 180 days after the pricing of such initial Underwritten Offering, and (ii) in the case of any Marketed Underwritten Offering occurring after (a) the initial Underwritten Offering or (b) the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Common Stock on the Designated Exchange, for a period (a) commencing upon the earlier of (x) the commencement of the roadshow in respect of such offering or (y) seven days prior to the pricing of such offering and (b) ending 90 days after the pricing of such offering, except, in each case, as part of such Underwritten Offering.

2.8 Preparation: Reasonable Investigation.

(a) Registration Statements. In connection with the preparation and filing of each registration statement under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall (i) give representatives (designated to the Company in writing) of each Selling Holder, the underwriter(s), if any, and one firm of counsel retained on behalf of all underwriter(s) and one firm of counsel retained on behalf of the Selling Holders (as a group), the reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (ii) upon reasonable advance notice to the Company, give each of them such reasonable access to all financial and other records, corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such Holders’ and such underwriters’ counsel, to conduct a reasonable due diligence investigation for purposes of the Securities Act, and (iii) upon reasonable advance notice to the Company, give each of them the opportunity to receive relevant information regarding the business of the Company from its officers, directors, employees and the independent public accounting firm that certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such Holders’ and such underwriters’ counsel, to conduct a reasonable due diligence investigation for purposes of the Securities Act.

(b) Confidentiality. Each Holder shall maintain the confidentiality of any confidential information received from or otherwise made available by the Company to such Holder under this Section 2.8. Information that (i) is or becomes available to a Holder from a public source other than as a result of a disclosure by such Holder or any of its Affiliates, (ii) is disclosed to a Holder by a third-party source who the Holder reasonably believes is not bound by an obligation of confidentiality to the Company, (iii) is or becomes required to be disclosed by a Holder by law, including by court order, or (iv) is independently developed by a Holder without reliance on such confidential information, shall not be deemed to be “confidential information” for purposes of this Agreement. The Holder shall not grant access, and the Company shall not be required to

 

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grant access, to information under this Section 2.8 to any Person who will not agree to maintain the confidentiality (to the same extent a Holder is required to maintain confidentiality) of any confidential information received from or otherwise made available to it by the Company or the Holder under this Agreement.

2.9 Postponements.

(a) If the Company shall fail to file any registration statement to be filed pursuant to a demand for registration under Section 2.2 hereof, the Registration Demanding Holder(s) requesting such registration shall have the right to withdraw the request for registration. Any such withdrawal shall be made by giving written notice to the Company within 20 days after the date on which a registration statement would otherwise have been required to have been filed with the Commission under the first clause (i) of Section 2.6(a) hereof. In the event of such withdrawal, the request for registration shall not be counted for purposes of determining the number of registrations to which the Holders are entitled pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof. The Company shall pay all Expenses incurred in connection with a request for registration withdrawn pursuant to this paragraph.

(b) The Company shall not be obligated to file any registration statement, or file any amendment or supplement to any registration statement, and may suspend any Selling Holder’s rights to make sales pursuant to any effective registration statement, at any time (but not to exceed one time with respect to each effective registration statement in any twelve-month period) when the Company, in the good faith judgment of the Board, reasonably believes that the filing thereof at the time requested, or the offering of securities pursuant thereto, would adversely affect a pending or proposed Public Offering of the Company’s securities, a material financing, or a material acquisition, merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction, or negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect thereto. The filing of a registration statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, by the Company cannot be deferred, and a Selling Holder’s rights to make sales pursuant to an effective registration statement cannot be suspended, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence for more than 10 days after the abandonment or consummation of any of the foregoing proposals or transactions or for more than 60 days after the date of the Board’s determination referenced in the preceding sentence. If the Company suspends the Selling Holders’ rights to make sales pursuant hereto, the applicable registration period shall be extended by the number of days of such suspension. Notwithstanding the terms of this Section 2.9(b), the Company may not delay the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement beyond the period specified in Section 2.1(d).

2.10 Indemnification by the Company.

(a) In connection with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4 hereof, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold harmless, each Holder and seller of any Registrable Securities and its Affiliates covered by such registration statement and each other Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale

 

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of such securities and each other Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) such Holder or seller or any such underwriter, and their respective shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, partners, agents and Affiliates (each, a “Company Indemnitee” for purposes of this Section 2.10), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof and whether or not such indemnified party is a party thereto), joint or several, and expenses, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of legal counsel and reasonable costs of investigation, to which such Company Indemnitee may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise (collectively, a “Loss” or “Losses”), insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which such securities were registered or otherwise offered or sold under the Securities Act or otherwise, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus related thereto, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and free writing prospectus or other offering materials (collectively, “Offering Documents”), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading or any violation by the Company of any U.S. federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations applicable to the Company and relating to action required of or inaction by the Company in connection with any such registration; provided that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Offering Documents in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Company Indemnitee specifically for use therein. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Company Indemnitee and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Company Indemnitee.

(b) Indemnification by the Offerors and Sellers. In connection with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4 hereof in which a Holder has registered for sale Registrable Securities, each such Holder or seller of Registrable Securities shall, and hereby agrees to, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, shareholders, Affiliates and each other Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) the Company and each other Holder or seller of Registrable Securities and such Holder or seller’s employees, directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, agents and Affiliates (each, a “Holder Indemnitee” for purposes of this Section 2.10), against all Losses insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Offering Documents (or any document incorporated by reference therein) or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in the light of circumstances in which they were made not misleading, if such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder or seller of Registrable Securities specifically for use therein; provided, however, that the liability of such indemnifying party under this Section shall be limited

 

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to the amount of the net proceeds (after giving effect to underwriting discounts and commissions) received by such indemnifying party in the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such liability. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holder Indemnitee and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such indemnifying party.

(c) Notices of Losses, etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of written notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a Loss referred to in the preceding subsections of this Section 2.10, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action; provided, however, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the preceding subsections of this Section 2.10 except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially and actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such Loss, to assume and control the defense thereof, in each case at its own expense, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to the extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after its assumption of the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties arises in respect of such claim after the assumption of the defense thereof or the indemnifying party fails promptly to assume, or in the event of a conflict of interest cannot assume, the defense of such claim or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, in which case the indemnified party shall also have the right to employ counsel and to assume the defense of such claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such Loss or which requires action on the part of such indemnified party or otherwise subjects the indemnified party to any obligation or restriction to which it would not otherwise be subject.

 

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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.10 shall for any reason be unavailable to an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10 in respect of any Loss, then, in lieu of the amount paid or payable under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10 the indemnified party and the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10 shall contribute to the aggregate Losses (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the same) (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the prospective sellers of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement which resulted in such Loss or action in respect thereof, with respect to the statements, omissions or action which resulted in such Loss or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and such prospective sellers, on the other hand, from their sale of Registrable Securities; provided that, for purposes of this clause (ii), the relative benefits received by the prospective sellers shall be deemed not to exceed the net proceeds received by such sellers (after giving effect to underwriting discounts and commissions). No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 10(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations, if any, of the selling holders of Registrable Securities to contribute as provided in this subsection (d) are several in proportion to the relative value of their respective Registrable Securities sold under such registration statement and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.10(d), in connection with any registration statement filed by the Company, a Holder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (less underwriting discounts and commissions) received by such Holder under the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation less any amount paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.10(b).

(e) Other Indemnification. The Company shall, in connection with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4, and each Holder who has registered for sale Registrable Securities shall, with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation of any Governmental Authority other than the Securities Act, indemnify Holder Indemnitees or Company Indemnitees, respectively, against Losses, or, to the extent that indemnification shall be unavailable to a Holder Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, contribute to the aggregate Losses of such Holder Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, as applicable, in a manner similar to that specified in the preceding subsections of this Section 2.10 (with appropriate modifications).

2.11 Registration Rights to Others.

The Holders may transfer their Registrable Securities and their rights hereunder to their respective Affiliates (such person, an “Affiliate Transferee”); provided that each such Affiliate shall be required to sign a joinder agreement substantially in the form set forth in Schedule B. The Holders may transfer their Registrable Securities and their rights hereunder to (i) any third party, provided that such third party shall own, after

 

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giving effect to such transfer, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights on a fully diluted basis or (ii) to any third party purchasing all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities (such person described in (i) or (ii), a “Qualified Transferee”). Any such Qualified Transferee shall be required to sign a joinder agreement substantially in the form set forth in Schedule B. Unless and until an Affiliate Transferee or Qualified Transferee delivers the requisite joinder agreement to the Company, such transferee shall have no rights under this Agreement and such transferee’s securities shall not be “Registrable Securities”. Registrable Securities shall cease to be “Registrable Securities” upon a transfer thereof to a Person who is not an Affiliate Transferee or a Qualified Transferee. If the Company shall at any time hereafter provide to any holder of any securities of the Company rights with respect to the registration of such securities under the Securities Act, such rights shall not be in conflict with or adversely affect any of the rights provided to the holders of Registrable Securities in, or conflict (in a manner that adversely affects holders of Registrable Securities) with any other provisions included in, this Agreement. To the extent the Company provides any rights to others that are more favorable than those provided for herein, this Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically modified to ensure that the Holders will have the benefit of terms that are at least as favorable as those provided to such other persons. The Company shall provide prompt notice to the Holders of any such modifications.

2.12 Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities.

Without the written consent of each Holder, the Company shall not effect or permit to occur any combination, subdivision or reclassification of Registrable Securities that would materially adversely affect the ability of the Holders to include such Registrable Securities in any registration of securities under the Securities Act contemplated by this Agreement or the marketability of such Registrable Securities under any such registration or other offering.

2.13 Rule 144.

The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to enable Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time or (b) any similar rules or regulations adopted by the Commission, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, filing on a timely basis all reports required to be filed under the Exchange Act. Upon the written request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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2.14 Reporting.

(a) During such periods as the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide the Holders with copies of, without cost to each Holder:

(i) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, annual reports for such fiscal year containing the information that would have been required to be contained in an annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the Commission;

(ii) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, quarterly reports for such fiscal quarter containing the information that would have been required to be contained in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, except to the extent permitted to be excluded by the Commission; and

(iii) within the time periods specified for filing Current Reports on Form 8-K after the occurrence of each event that would have been required to be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, current reports containing substantially all of the information that would have been required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that such reports will not be required to contain information required by Items 3.01, 5.02(e), 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.08, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 7.01, and 8.01 of Form 8-K.

(b) In addition, during any period when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 2.14(a), (i) the Company shall be deemed to have furnished the reports and other information referred to above to the Holders if such reports and other information shall have been filed with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system or such reports are publicly available on the website of the Company, (ii) unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Company shall not be required to deliver or furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Section 302 or Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K or financial information required by Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X, (iii) to the extent not otherwise filed with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system or publicly available on the website of the Company, the Company shall make the reports and other information referred to above available to prospective investors upon request, and (iv) during any period when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will not be required to provide any exhibits that would have been required to be filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K or any certification required by Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable forms) or related rules under Regulation S-K.

 

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2.15 Calculation of Percentage or Number of Registrable Securities.

For purposes of this Agreement, all references to a percentage or number of Registrable Securities, shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights held by Holders (a) shall be calculated based upon the number of Registrable Securities, shares of Common Stock (including those deemed to be Registrable Securities) or TRA Rights (including those deemed to be Registrable Securities), as applicable, outstanding in the records of the Company at the time such calculation is made and (b) shall exclude, for purposes of the number or percentage held by any Holders, any shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and any Common Stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise, redemption or conversion of securities issued under any of the Company’s employee benefit plans. For the purposes of calculating any percentage or number of Registrable Securities, shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights as contemplated by the previous sentence, the term “Holder” shall include all Affiliates thereof owning any Registrable Securities, shares of Common Stock or TRA Rights, respectively.

2.16 Termination of Registration Rights.

The Company’s obligations under Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4 hereof to register Registrable Securities for sale under the Securities Act with respect to any Holder shall terminate on the first date on which no Registrable Securities are held by such Holder.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

3.1 Amendments; Entire Agreement.

Any amendment or waiver of, or any consent given under, any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and, in the case of an amendment, signed by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (or to the extent that any amendment, waiver or consent applies to only one class of Registrable Securities, Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities of such class); provided that no amendment shall (i) adversely affect in any material manner the rights of a Holder of Registrable Securities without such Holder’s prior written consent or (ii) permit the registration of any TRA Rights hereunder at the request of any Holders (other than the TRA Rights Demand Holders, acting together) without the written consent of all of the then TRA Rights Demand Holders. This Agreement supersedes all prior discussions, memoranda of understanding, term sheets, agreements and arrangements (whether written or oral, including all correspondence), if any, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and this Agreement contains the sole and entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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3.2 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part under any applicable law from time to time: (a) such provision will be fully severable from this Agreement; (b) such provision shall apply with whatever deletion or modification is necessary so that such provision is legal, valid and enforceable, giving effect to the intention of the parties hereto under this Agreement; and (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom.

3.3 Successors and Assigns.

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, each of which, in the case of the Holders, shall agree in a writing to become a party hereto by signing a joinder agreement as set forth in Schedule B and be bound to the same extent as the parties hereto. The Company may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities. Any purported assignment in violation of this provision shall be null and void ab initio. If any transferee of any Holder (including any Affiliate of any Holder) shall acquire Registrable Securities by operation of law, then notwithstanding Section 2.11, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to and benefit from all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities, such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

3.4 Notices.

(a) Any notice, request or other communication to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing. Any such communication shall be delivered by hand, airmail, established courier service, electronic mail (“e-mail”) or facsimile to the party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such party’s address set forth on Schedule A or at such other address as such party may from time to time designate by written notice to the other parties hereto, and shall be effective for all purposes of this Agreement upon the earlier of (i) actual receipt and (ii) deemed receipt under Section 3.4(b) below.

(b) Unless there is reasonable evidence that it was received at a different time, notice pursuant to this Section 3.4 is deemed given if: (i) delivered by hand, when left at the address referred to in Section 3.4(a); (ii) sent by airmail or established courier services within a country, three Business Days after posting it; (iii) sent by airmail or established courier service between two countries, six Business Days after posting it; (iv) sent by e-mail, upon actual receipt and (v) sent by facsimile, when confirmation of its transmission has been recorded by the sender’s facsimile machine. Each such notice shall also be delivered by electronic means.

 

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3.5 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures were upon the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (by telecopy, facsimile, e-mail or otherwise) to the other parties. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signatures.

3.6 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees for itself that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to any matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment rendered in any such action, suit or proceeding, may be brought in either a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State and County of New York. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably accepts and submits itself to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of each such court, generally and unconditionally, with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding. EACH PARTY HERETO UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(b) Each party acknowledges that it would be impossible to determine the amount of damages that would result from any breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement and that, in view of the uniqueness of the subject matter of this Agreement, the remedy at law for any breach, or threatened breach, of any of such provisions would be inadequate and, accordingly, agrees that each other party, in addition to any other rights or remedies which it may have, shall be entitled to specific performance of this Agreement and any of the terms of this Agreement and such other equitable and injunctive relief available to the parties from any court of competent jurisdiction to compel specific performance of, or restrain any party from violating, any of such provisions. In connection with any action or proceeding for equitable and injunctive relief permitted hereunder, each party hereby waives any claim or defense that a remedy at law alone is adequate and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, agrees to have each provision of this Agreement specifically enforced against it, without the necessity of posting bond or other security against it, and consents to the entry of equitable and injunctive relief against it enjoining or restraining any breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

COMPANY:
TCEH Corp.
By:   /s/ David D. Faranetta
  Name: David D. Faranetta
  Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


HOLDERS:
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.
By: Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC, its general partner
/s/ Laurie D. Medley
Name:   Laurie D. Medley
Title:     Vice President

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada) L.P.
On behalf of its general partner, Brookfield Private Fund Holdings Inc.
By:   /s/ Joseph Freedman
Name:   Joseph Freedman
Title:   Senior Managing Partner

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb, L.P.

Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb (Parallel) L.P.

    

Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX (Parallel), L.P.

Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX (Parallel 2), L.P.

By: Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb GP, L.P.      By: Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX GP, L.P.
Its: General Partner      Its: General Partner

By: Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb GP, Ltd.

Its: General Partner

    

By: Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX GP Ltd

Its: General Partner

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

    

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary      By:    /s/ Robert O’Leary

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie      By:    /s/ Rajath Shourie

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund, L.P.      Oaktree Huntington Investment Fund, L.P.
By: Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund GP, L.P.      By: Oaktree Huntington Investment Fund GP, L.P.
Its: General Partner      Its: General Partner

By: Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund GP, L.P.

Its: General Partner

    

By: Oaktree Huntington Investment Fund GP, Ltd.

Its: General Partner

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

    

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary      By:    /s/ Robert O’Leary

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie      By:    /s/ Rajath Shourie

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


OCM Opportunities Fund VI, L.P.      OCM Opportunities Fund VII, L.P.

By: OCM Opportunities Fund VI GP, L.P.

Its: General Partner

    

By: OCM Opportunities Fund VII GP, L.P.

Its: General Partner

By: Oaktree Fund GP I, L.P.

Its: General Partner

     By: OCM Opportunities Fund VII GP, L.P Its: General Partner
      

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary      By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie      By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

OCM Opportunities Fund VIIb. L.P.      Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII, L.P.
     Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII (Parallel 2), L.P.
By: OCM Opportunities Fund VIIb. GP L.P.      By: Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII GP, L.P.
Its: General Partner      Its: General Partner

By: OCM Opportunities Fund VIIb GP, Ltd.

Its: General Partner

    

By: Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII GP Ltd.

Its: General Partner

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

    

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary      By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie      By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

    

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


Oaktree FF Investment Fund, L.P.     Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., as agent on behalf of certain managed high yield trusts and accounts
      By:    /s/ David Rosenberg

By: Oaktree FF Investment Fund GP, L.P.

Its: General Partner

   

Name: David Rosenberg

Title: Managing Director

      By:    /s/ Alan Adler

By: Oaktree FF Investment Fund GP, Ltd.

Its: General Partner

   

Name: Alan Adler

Title: Managing Director

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Its: Director

      
By:   /s/ Robert O’Leary       

Name: Robert O’Leary

Title: Managing Director

      
By:   /s/ Rajath Shourie       

Name: Rajath Shourie

Title: Managing Director

      

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SCHEDULE A

NOTICES

If to the Company, to:

TCEH Corp.

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attn: General Counsel

stephanie.moore@luminant.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue, #1100

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attn: Robert B. Little

Email: RLittle@gibsondunn.com

If to Apollo, to:

Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.

9 West 57th St, 43rd Floor New York

NY 10019 Attn: Laurie D. Medley

lmedley@apollolp.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6064

Attn: Alan W. Kornberg

akornberg@paulweiss.com

If to Brookfield, to:

Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P.

181 Bay Street, Suite 300

Brookfield Place

Toronto, ON M5J 2T3

Attention: Dean Abramsohn

Facsimile: 416-365-9642


If to Oaktree, to:

Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90731

Attn: General Counsel

tmolz@oaktreecapital.com


SCHEDULE B

FORM OF JOINDER

THIS JOINDER (this “Joinder”) to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [__], 2016, by and among TCEH Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the initial Holders identified on the signature pages thereto and certain additional holders who have executed joinders thereto from time to time (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), is made and entered into as of [            ], by and between the Company and [            ] (“Holder”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

WHEREAS, Holder has acquired certain Registrable Securities from [            ].

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties to this Joinder hereby agree as follows:

(c) Agreement to be Bound. Holder hereby agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, it shall become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement as though an original party thereto and shall be deemed a Holder for all purposes thereof.

(d) Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Joinder shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and its successors, heirs and assigns and Holder and its successors, heirs and assigns.

(e) Notices. For purposes of Section 3.4 (Notices) of the Registration Rights Agreement, all notices, requests and demands to the Holder shall be directed to:

[Name]

[Address]

Attn: [            ]

[email]

(f) Governing Law. The provisions of Section 3.5 (Counterparts) and Section 3.6 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Registration Rights Agreement are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full herein and shall apply to the terms and provisions of this Joinder and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

(g) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Joinder are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Joinder.

* * * * *


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Joinder to the Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

TCEH Corp.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
[HOLDER]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
EX-99.4 13 d176523dex994.htm EX-99.4 EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

STOCKHOLDER’S AGREEMENT

This Stockholders’ Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of October 3, 2016 (the “Effective Time”), between TCEH Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [                    ] (the “Stockholder”)1. Unless otherwise specified herein, all of the capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 4 hereof.

WHEREAS, the Company has issued shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to, and upon the terms set forth in, the plan of reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas Corporation, and certain entities in which it holds an equity interest under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Chapter 11 Case”);

WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to permit the Stockholder, on the date hereof, to designate one person to be nominated to serve on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company is entering into substantially identical agreements (the “Other Stockholder’s Agreements”) with certain other former claim holders in the Chapter 11 Case that upon consummation thereof became stockholders of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Board of Directors.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from and after the Effective Time and until a Termination Event (as defined below) shall have occurred, the Stockholder shall have the right to designate one person to be nominated to serve on the Board (the “Nominee”) by giving written notice to the Company in accordance with Section 6 hereof in no event later than the deadline for receipt of a stockholder proposal to be eligible for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with respect to any meeting of the Company’s stockholders at which directors of Class [    ]2 are to be elected (or, if the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation no longer provides for the division of directors into three (3) classes, any meeting of the Company’s stockholders at which directors are to be elected) (any such meeting, an “Applicable Election”).

(b) The Stockholder will, in connection with such nomination, (i) provide such additional information about the Nominee as reasonably requested by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board or other relevant committee of the Board that oversees nominations of members of the Board (the “Committee”) and (ii) cause the Nominee to be reasonably available for interviews and discussions with the Committee.

 

1  Note to Draft: Stockholders of each of Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree will enter into a separate Stockholder’s Agreements.
2  Note to Draft: To be the class of the Board to which the Nominee is initially appointed.


(c) For so long as the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation shall provide for the division of directors into three (3) classes, the Nominee shall be designated as a Class [        ] director. The initial Nominee shall be [                    ], and the Company hereby confirms that such initial Nominee has been reviewed by and is acceptable to, and has been consented to by, the Committee and the Board.

(d) Subject to Section 1(m), the Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to ensure that (i) the Nominee is included in the Board’s slate of nominees submitted to the stockholders for election as directors at the next Applicable Election; (ii) the Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for the next Applicable Election; (iii) the Board recommends that the Company’s stockholders vote in favor of the election of the Nominee; (iv) the Company supports the Nominee for election in a manner no less favorable than the manner in which the Company supports its other nominees; and (v) the Company otherwise uses commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of the Nominee to the Board at each Applicable Election.

(e) If there is a Nominee Rejection (as defined below) pursuant to Section 1(m) hereof, then the Stockholder shall have the right to designate an alternate person to be nominated for election by the Board (the “Alternate Nominee”) by giving written notice to the Company in accordance with Section 6 hereof in no event later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of notice of the Nominee Rejection.

(f) The Stockholder will, in connection with such nomination, (i) provide such additional information about the Alternate Nominee as reasonably requested by the Committee and (ii) cause the Alternate Nominee to be reasonably available for interviews and discussions with the Committee.

(g) Subject to Section 1(m), the Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to ensure that: (i) the Alternate Nominee is included in the Board’s slate of nominees submitted to the Company’s stockholders for election as directors at the next Applicable Election; (ii) the Alternate Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for the next Applicable Election; (iii) the Board recommends that the Company’s stockholders vote in favor of the election of the Alternate Nominee; (iv) the Company supports the Alternate Nominee for election in a manner no less favorable than the manner in which the Company supports its other nominees; and (v) the Company otherwise uses commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of the Alternate Nominee to the Board at each Applicable Election.

(h) The Company shall work in good faith with the Stockholder to identify and pre-clear Nominees and Alternate Nominees, as the case may be, and take such other actions as reasonably requested by the Stockholder to assist the Stockholder in submitting Nominees or Alternate Nominees, as the case may be, that will not result in a Nominee Rejection under Section 1(m) hereof.

 

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(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the rights of the Stockholder under this Agreement shall terminate automatically (the “Termination Event”) upon the Stockholder, together with its Related Parties, ceasing to Beneficially Own for a period of twenty (20) consecutive trading days, in the aggregate, at least Twenty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand (22,500,000) shares of Common Stock3 (the “Minimum Shares”). The Stockholder shall notify the Company within three (3) Business Days after the occurrence of a Termination Event.

(j) Prior to a Termination Event, if a vacancy occurs because of the death, disability, disqualification, resignation or removal of a Nominee or Alternate Nominee, as the case may be, as a member of the Board, the Company shall provide notice of such vacancy to the Stockholder within five (5) Business Days of such vacancy. The Stockholder shall be entitled to designate such person’s successor (the “Vacancy Nominee”) by giving written notice to the Company within thirty (30) days of the date the Stockholder receives notification of the vacancy from the Company. The Stockholder will provide the Company with such additional information about the Vacancy Nominee as reasonably requested by the Committee and cause the Vacancy Nominee to be reasonably available for interviews and discussions with the Committee. Any successor that is appointed to fill a vacancy pursuant to this Section 1(j) shall have the right to serve until the next Applicable Election, or until his/her successor is elected and duly qualified.

(k) If there is a Nominee Rejection with respect to a Vacancy Nominee, then the Stockholder shall have the right to designate an alternative person to fill the vacancy (the “Alternative Vacancy Nominee”) by giving written notice to the Company in accordance with Section 6 hereof in no event later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of notice of the Nominee Rejection. The Stockholder will provide the Company with such additional information about the Alternative Vacancy Nominee as reasonably requested by the Committee and cause the Alternative Vacancy Nominee to be reasonably available for interviews and discussions with the Committee.

(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and for the avoidance of doubt, the Stockholder shall only have the right to nominate or designate one person at a time to serve as a member of the Board in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 1, and in no event will the Company or the Board be obligated to nominate or designate a person to the Board that, upon such person’s election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board, would result in more than one nominee or designee of the Stockholder serving as a member of the Board.

 

3  Note to Draft: 450 million shares of Common Stock will be issued pursuant to the Plan, such that 22.5 million shares would represent 5% of the issued and outstanding shares as of the emergence.

 

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(m) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to appoint to the Board, cause to be nominated for election to the Board or recommend to the stockholders the election of any person the appointment, nomination or recommendation of whom the Board or the Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with and upon the advice of outside legal counsel, would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties (a “Nominee Rejection”); provided, however, that upon the occurrence of a Nominee Rejection, the Company shall promptly notify the Stockholder of the occurrence of such Nominee Rejection and permit the Stockholder to provide an alternate person in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof (Section 1(e) for a Nominee or Alternate Nominee for election at stockholder meetings and Section 1(j) and Section 1(k) for a Vacancy Nominee or Alternative Vacancy Nominee for filling vacancies on the Board) and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to perform its obligations hereunder with respect to such alternate nominee.

Section 2. Transfers; Termination.

(a) Each Stockholder’s rights hereunder do not attach to its respective shares of Common Stock and may only be assigned pursuant to a Permitted Assignment under Section 4 hereof.

(b) Except pursuant to a Permitted Assignment under Section 4 hereof, this Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and shall be of no further force and effect, and no party hereto shall have any surviving obligations, rights, or duties hereunder after a Termination Event; provided, that the Stockholder whose rights under this Agreement have been terminated pursuant to Section 1(i) shall be obligated to comply with the terms and conditions of such Section 1(i).

Section 3. Definitions.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person; provided that neither the Stockholder nor any Related Party thereof shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Affiliates solely by virtue of such party’s ownership of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Alternate Nominee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(e) hereof.

Alternative Vacancy Nominee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(k) hereof.

Applicable Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

Beneficially Own” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Board” has the meaning set forth in recitals.

 

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Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Joinder Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof.

Minimum Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(i) hereof.

Nominee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) hereof.

Other Stockholder’s Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Permitted Assignee” means a Related Party of a Stockholder so long as such Related Party, together with the Stockholder and the other Related Parties of the Stockholder, Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, at least the Minimum Shares.

Permitted Assignment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof.

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that is an Affiliate of such Person, or investment fund, fund or account that is advised, managed or controlled by, such Person or its Affiliates (other than the Company and any entity that is controlled by the Company).

Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(i) hereof.

Transfer” means any sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of (whether with or without consideration and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law) of Common Stock.

Vacancy Nominee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(j) hereof.

Section 4. Assignment; Benefit of Parties; Transfer.

No party may assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder and any assignment hereof will be null and void except that (a) each Stockholder may assign, in whole, but not in part, this Agreement to a Permitted Assignee (a “Permitted Assignment”); provided, that in each case the Permitted Assignee

 

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executes a joinder agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which such Permitted Assignee agrees to be bound by the terms hereof as the Stockholder hereunder (a “Joinder Agreement”). The Stockholder shall notify the Company immediately upon any such Permitted Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, legal representatives and Permitted Assignees for the uses and purposes set forth and referred to herein. In the event of a Transfer by a Stockholder, the transferee shall not have the rights and powers of a Stockholder hereunder unless (i) the transferee is a Permitted Assignee of the Stockholder prior to and following the Transfer and (ii) the Stockholder and such transferee comply with the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation the obligation under this Section 4 for the Transferee to execute a Joinder Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall confer or is intended to confer on any third party or entity that is not a party to this Agreement any rights under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Permitted Assignment, the Permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the applicable Stockholder for purposes of this Agreement.

Section 5. Remedies.

The Company and each Stockholder shall be entitled to enforce their rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that a breach of this Agreement would cause irreparable harm and money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any such breach and that, in addition to other rights and remedies hereunder, the Company and each Stockholder shall be entitled to specific performance and/or injunctive or other equitable relief (without posting a bond or other security) from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction in order to enforce or prevent any violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 6. Notices.

All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when (i) delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) telecopied or sent by email to the recipient, or (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid). Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the Stockholder or the Company at the address set forth below, or at such address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.

 

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Stockholder’s address is:

[                                 ]

Attention: [                                ]

Email: [                                        ]

[and

[                                 ]

Attention: [                                ]

Email: [                                        ]]

with copies to:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6064

Attention: Alan W. Kornberg

Email: akornberg@paulweiss.com

The Company’s address is:

1601 Bryan Street, 43rd Floor

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: General Counsel

Email: stephanie.moore@luminant.com

with copies to:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2100 McKinney Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: Robert B. Little

Email: RLittle@gibsondunn.com

Section 7. Adjustments.

If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Common Stock by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or sale, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made to the definition of Minimum Shares and in any other applicable terms or provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Common Stock as so changed.

Section 8. Descriptive Headings, Interpretation, No Strict Construction.

The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns, pronouns, and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. Reference to any agreement, document, or instrument means such agreement, document, or instrument as amended or otherwise

 

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modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and, if applicable, hereof. The words “include,” “includes” or “including” in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation.” The use of the words “or,” “either” or “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. All references to laws, rules, regulations and forms in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to such laws, rules, regulations and forms, as amended from time to time or, to the extent replaced, the comparable successor thereto in effect at the time. All references to agencies, self-regulatory organizations or governmental entities in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the comparable successors thereto from time to time.

Section 9. No Third-Party Beneficiaries.

Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or entity other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns any remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or any terms, covenants or conditions hereof, and all of the terms, covenants, conditions, promises and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 10. Further Assurances.

Each of the parties hereby agrees that it will hereafter execute and deliver any further document, agreement, instruments of assignment, transfer or conveyance as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes hereof.

Section 11. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and may be delivered by means of facsimile or electronic transmission in portable document format, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon the party who executed the same, but all of such counterparts shall constitute the same agreement.

Section 12. Delivery by Facsimile and Electronic Means.

This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or other electronic means, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means to deliver

 

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a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

Section 13. Arm’s Length Agreement.

Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith, at arm’s length, and not by any means prohibited by law.

Section 14. Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel.

Each of the parties to this Agreement specifically acknowledges that (i) it is a knowledgeable, informed, sophisticated Person capable of understanding and evaluating the provisions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) it has been fully advised and represented by legal counsel of its own independent selection and has relied wholly upon its independent judgment and the advice of such counsel in negotiating and entering into this Agreement.

Section 15. Governing Law.

This Agreement and any dispute arising hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) to the extent such rules or provisions would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

Section 16. Submission to Jurisdiction.

Any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby must be brought in the United States District Court located in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, and each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such action, suit or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such, action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 17. Waiver of Jury Trial.

Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby agrees to waive its respective rights to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement, including contract claims, tort claims and all other common law and statutory

 

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claims. Each party hereto acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement to enter into this Agreement, that each has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement, and that each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings. Each party hereto further warrants and represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.

Section 18. Complete Agreement.

This Agreement and any Joinder Agreements hereto represent the complete agreement between the parties hereto as to all matters covered hereby, and supersedes any prior agreements or understandings between the parties.

Section 19. Severability.

In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

Section 20. Amendment and Waiver.

Except as otherwise provided herein, no modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective against the Company or the Stockholder unless such modification is approved in writing by the Company and the Stockholder; provided, however that in the event of any modification to any Other Stockholder’s Agreement, the Company shall promptly offer to modify this Agreement, at no cost to the Stockholder, on an equivalent basis. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
TCEH CORP.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Stockholder’s Agreement]


STOCKHOLDER:
[                    ]
By:,  
  its [                    ]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Stockholder’s Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Stockholder’s Agreement, dated as of [                    ,     ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) by and between [Reorganized TCEH], a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [                    ] (the “Stockholder”), and any other Persons thereto or who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Stockholder’s Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Stockholder’s Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Stockholder’s Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned becoming a party thereto as a Permitted Assignee, to be bound by and comply with the provisions of the Stockholder’s Agreement applicable to the Permitted Assignee in the same manner as if the undersigned were the Stockholder under the Stockholder’s Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Sections 4 through 20 of the Stockholder’s Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder Agreement as of the      day of                     ,         .

 

 

 

(Signature of Permitted Assignee)
 

 

(Print Name of Permitted Assignee)
Address:    
 
 

 

Telephone:    
Email:    


AGREED AND ACCEPTED

as of the      day of                     ,         .

 

[REORGANIZED TCEH]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Stockholder’s Agreement]

EX-99.5 14 d176523dex995.htm EX-99.5 EX-99.5

Exhibit 99.5

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 3, 2016

among

TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC,

as Holdings

TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC,

as the Borrower,

The Several Lenders

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and

Term Letter of Credit Issuer,

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

UBS SECURITIES LLC

AND

NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page

SECTION 1.             Definitions

   2

1.1.

 

Defined Terms

   2

1.2.

 

Other Interpretive Provisions

   77

1.3.

 

Accounting Terms

   79

1.4.

 

Rounding

   79

1.5.

 

References to Agreements, Laws, Etc.

   79

1.6.

 

Times of Day

   79

1.7.

 

Timing of Payment or Performance

   80

1.8.

 

Currency Equivalents Generally

   80

1.9.

 

Classification of Loans and Borrowings

   80

1.10.

 

Hedging Agreements

   80

1.11.

 

Limited Condition Transactions

   80

1.12.

 

Conversion Date; Conversion Date Schedules

   81

SECTION 2.             Amount and Terms of Credit

   82

2.1.

 

Commitments

   82

2.2.

 

Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings

   83

2.3.

 

Notice of Borrowing; Determination of Class of Loans

   84

2.4.

 

Disbursement of Funds

   84

2.5.

 

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

   85

2.6.

 

Conversions and Continuations

   86

2.7.

 

Pro Rata Borrowings

   87

2.8.

 

Interest

   87

2.9.

 

Interest Periods

   88

2.10.

 

Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.

   89

2.11.

 

Compensation

   90

2.12.

 

Change of Lending Office

   91

2.13.

 

Notice of Certain Costs

   91

2.14.

 

Incremental Facilities

   91

2.15.

 

Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments; Refinancing Facilities

   96

2.16.

 

Defaulting Lenders

   108

2.17.

 

Permitted Debt Exchanges

   109

SECTION 3.             Letters of Credit

   111

3.1.

 

Issuance of Letters of Credit

   111

3.2.

 

Letter of Credit Requests

   113

3.3.

 

Revolving Letter of Credit Participations

   114

3.4.

 

Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings

   116

3.5.

 

Increased Costs

   117

3.6.

 

New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer

   118

3.7.

 

Role of Letter of Credit Issuer

   119

3.8.

 

Cash Collateral

   119

3.9.

 

Term C Loan Collateral Account

   120

 

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3.10.

 

DIP Letters of Credit

  

122

3.11.

 

Applicability of ISP and UCP

  

122

3.12.

 

Conflict with Issuer Documents

  

122

3.13.

 

Letters of Credit Issued for Others

  

122

SECTION 4.             Fees; Commitments

  

122

4.1.

 

Fees

  

122

4.2.

 

Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Letter of Credit Commitments and Term Letter of Credit Commitments

   124

4.3.

 

Mandatory Termination or Reduction of Commitments

   124

SECTION 5.             Payments

  

125

5.1.

 

Voluntary Prepayments

  

125

5.2.

 

Mandatory Prepayments

  

125

5.3.

 

Method and Place of Payment

   129

5.4.

 

Net Payments

   129

5.5.

 

Computations of Interest and Fees

   132

5.6.

 

Limit on Rate of Interest

   132

SECTION 6.             Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness

   133

6.1.

 

Credit Documents

   133

6.2.

 

Collateral

   133

6.3.

 

Legal Opinions

   134

6.4.

 

Closing Certificates

   134

6.5.

 

Authorization of Proceedings of Each Credit Party

   134

6.6.

 

Fees

   134

6.7.

 

Representations and Warranties

   135

6.8.

 

Company Material Adverse Change. No Company Material Adverse Change shall have occurred since the Closing Date

   135

6.9.

 

Solvency Certificate

   135

6.10.

 

Confirmation/Approval Order

   135

6.11.

 

Financial Statements

   136

6.12.

 

No Material DIP Event of Default

   136

6.13.

 

Extension Notice

   136

6.14.

 

Minimum Liquidity

   136

6.15.

 

Plan Consummation

   136

6.16.

 

No Settlement Agreement or Settlement Order Amendments

   136

6.17.

 

Settlement Order

   136

6.18.

 

Settlement Agreement

   136

6.19.

 

Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio

   137

6.20.

 

Patriot Act

   137

SECTION 7.             Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events After the Conversion Date

   137

7.1.

 

No Default; Representations and Warranties

   137

7.2.

 

Notice of Borrowing

   137

 

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SECTION 8.             Representations, Warranties and Agreements

   138

8.1.

 

Corporate Status; Compliance with Laws

   138

8.2.

 

Corporate Power and Authority

   138

8.3.

 

No Violation

   138

8.4.

 

Litigation

   139

8.5.

 

Margin Regulations

   139

8.6.

 

Governmental Approvals

   139

8.7.

 

Investment Company Act

   139

8.8.

 

True and Complete Disclosure

   139

8.9.

 

Financial Condition; Financial Statements

   139

8.10.

 

Tax Matters

   140

8.11.

 

Compliance with ERISA

   140

8.12.

 

Subsidiaries

   140

8.13.

 

Intellectual Property

   141

8.14.

 

Environmental Laws

   141

8.15.

 

Properties

   141

8.16.

 

Solvency

   141

8.17.

 

Security Interests

   141

8.18.

 

Labor Matters

   142

8.19.

 

Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; Patriot Act

   142

8.20.

 

Use of Proceeds

   142

SECTION 9.             Affirmative Covenants

   142

9.1.

 

Information Covenants

   143

9.2.

 

Books, Records and Inspections

   146

9.3.

 

Maintenance of Insurance

   146

9.4.

 

Payment of Taxes

   147

9.5.

 

Consolidated Corporate Franchises

   147

9.6.

 

Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc.

   147

9.7.

 

Lender Calls

   147

9.8.

 

Maintenance of Properties

   147

9.9.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

   147

9.10.

 

End of Fiscal Years

   150

9.11.

 

Additional Guarantors and Grantors

   150

9.12.

 

Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness

   150

9.13.

 

Use of Proceeds

   151

9.14.

 

Further Assurances

   151

9.15.

 

Maintenance of Ratings

   152

9.16.

 

Changes in Business

   153

SECTION 10.             Negative Covenants

   153

10.1.

 

Limitation on Indebtedness

   153

10.2.

 

Limitation on Liens

   160

10.3.

 

Limitation on Fundamental Changes

   166

10.4.

 

Limitation on Sale of Assets

   168

10.5.

 

Limitation on Investments

   171

10.6.

 

Limitation on Dividends

   175

10.7.

 

Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments

   180

10.8.

 

Limitations on Sale Leasebacks

   181

10.9.

 

Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio

   181

 

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10.10.

  Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions   

181

10.11.

  Amendment of Organizational Documents   

183

10.12.

  Permitted Activities   

183

SECTION 11.             Events of Default

  

184

11.1.

  Payments   

184

11.2.

  Representations, Etc.   

184

11.3.

  Covenants   

184

11.4.

  Default Under Other Agreements   

185

11.5.

  Bankruptcy   

185

11.6.

  ERISA   

186

11.7.

  Guarantee   

186

11.8.

  Pledge Agreement   

186

11.9.

  Security Agreement   

186

11.10.

  Judgments   

186

11.11.

  Change of Control   

187

11.12.

  Application of Proceeds   

187

11.13.

  Right to Cure   

189

SECTION 12.             The Agents

  

190

12.1.

  Appointment   

190

12.2.

  Delegation of Duties   

191

12.3.

  Exculpatory Provisions   

191

12.4.

  Reliance by Agents   

192

12.5.

  Notice of Default   

193

12.6.

  Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders   

193

12.7.

  Indemnification   

193

12.8.

  Agents in their Individual Capacities   

194

12.9.

  Successor Agents   

195

12.10.

  Withholding Tax   

196

12.11.

  Trust Indenture Act   

196

12.12.

  Collateral Trust Agreement; Intercreditor Agreements   

196

12.13.

  Security Documents and Guarantee; Agents under Security Documents and Guarantee   

196

SECTION 13.             Miscellaneous

  

198

13.1.

  Amendments, Waivers and Releases   

198

13.2.

  Notices   

203

13.3.

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies   

204

13.4.

  Survival of Representations and Warranties   

204

13.5.

  Payment of Expenses; Indemnification   

204

13.6.

  Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments   

205

13.7.

  Replacements of Lenders under Certain Circumstances   

212

13.8.

  Adjustments; Set-off   

213

13.9.

  Counterparts   

213

13.10.

  Severability   

213

13.11.

  INTEGRATION   

213

13.12.

  GOVERNING LAW   

214

 

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13.13.

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers   

214

13.14.

  Acknowledgments   

215

13.15.

  WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL   

215

13.16.

  Confidentiality   

215

13.17.

  Direct Website Communications   

216

13.18.

  USA PATRIOT Act   

218

13.19.

  Payments Set Aside   

218

13.20.

  [Reserved]   

218

13.21.

  Keepwell   

218

13.22.

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions   

218

 

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SCHEDULES

Schedule 1.1(a)

  

Commitments of Lenders

Schedule 1.1(b)

  

DIP Letters of Credit

Schedule 1.1(c)

  

Mortgaged Properties

Schedule 1.1(d)

  

Excluded Subsidiaries

Schedule 8.4

  

Litigation

Schedule 8.12

  

Subsidiaries

Schedule 8.15

  

Property Matters

Schedule 9.9

  

Closing Date Affiliate Transactions

Schedule 10.1

  

Closing Date Indebtedness

Schedule 10.2

  

Closing Date Liens

Schedule 10.4

  

Scheduled Dispositions

Schedule 10.5

  

Closing Date Investments

Schedule 13.2

  

Notice Addresses

 

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A

  

Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit B

  

Form of Guarantee

Exhibit C

  

[Reserved]

Exhibit D

  

Form of Perfection Certificate

Exhibit E

  

[Reserved]

Exhibit F

  

[Reserved]

Exhibit G

  

Form of Letter of Credit Request

Exhibit I

  

Form of Credit Party Closing Certificate

Exhibit J

  

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit K-1

  

Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans)

Exhibit K-2

  

Form of Promissory Note (Term Loans)

Exhibit K-3

  

Form of Promissory Note (Term C Loans)

Exhibit L

  

Form of Incremental Amendment

Exhibit M

  

Form of Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement

Exhibit Q

  

Form of Non-U.S. Lender Certification

Exhibit R

  

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 3, 2016, among TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC (“Holdings”), TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and a Term Letter of Credit Issuer, and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., BARCLAYS BANK PLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, UBS SECURITIES LLC AND NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not defined in the preamble and these recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

WHEREAS, on April 29, 2014, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TCEH”), Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC (“EFCH”) and certain of TCEH’s domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “TCEH Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (such court, together with any other court having exclusive jurisdiction over any Case from time to time and any Federal appellate court thereof, the “Bankruptcy Court”) and commenced cases, jointly administered under Case No. 14-10979 (collectively, the “Case”), and have continued in the possession and operation of their assets and in the management of their businesses pursuant to sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;

WHEREAS, TCEH and EFCH are parties to the certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing DIP Agreement”), by and among the DIP Borrower, EFCH, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (collectively, the “Existing DIP Lenders”);

WHEREAS, on August 29, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Confirmation/Approval Order (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the Existing DIP Agreement contemplates that, upon the satisfaction (or waiver) of certain conditions precedent to effectiveness in accordance with Section 6 hereof, the loans made under the Existing DIP Agreement, letters of credit issued thereunder, and the other commitments of the Existing DIP Lenders shall be converted to an exit financing facility of the Borrower substantially contemporaneously with the occurrence of the effective date of the Plan as provided for therein (the “Plan Effective Date”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree to convert and replace the Existing DIP Agreement with this Agreement in its entirety as follows:

 

 

 


SECTION 1. Definitions.

1.1. Defined Terms.

As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires:

ABR” shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Wall Street Journal as the “U.S. prime rate” and (c) the LIBOR Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating the LIBOR Rate pursuant to clause (c), the LIBOR Rate for any day shall be based on the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day by reference to the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any successor organization) LIBOR Rate (the “Relevant LIBOR Rate”) for deposits in Dollars (as published by Reuters or any other commonly available source providing quotations of the Relevant LIBOR Rate as designated by the Administrative Agent) for a period equal to one month; provided that, if at any time any rate described in clause (a) or (b) is less than 0.00% then such rate in clause (a) or (b) shall be deemed to be 0.00%. If the Administrative Agent is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate due to its inability to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the definition thereof, after notice is provided to the Borrower, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (a) above until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in such rate announced by the Administrative Agent or in the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change or on the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Relevant LIBOR Rate, as applicable.

ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.

Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment” shall mean a binding commitment or letter of intent of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into at any time prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest the proceeds of a Prepayment Event.

Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a “Pro Forma Entity”) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in a manner not inconsistent with GAAP.

Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Additional Lender” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is not an existing Lender and that has agreed to provide Refinancing Commitments pursuant to Section 2.15(b).

Additional Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Additional Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

Additional Revolving Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment for such Extension Series less the aggregate Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Extension Series.

 

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Adjusted Total New Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean at any time, with respect to any tranche of New Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total New Revolving Credit Commitment for such tranche less the aggregate New Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such tranche.

“Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.

Administrative Agent” shall mean Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9.

Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).

Advisors” shall mean legal counsel, financial advisors and third-party appraisers and consultants advising the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Lenders and their Related Parties in connection with this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the consummation of the Transactions, limited in the case of legal counsel to one primary counsel for the Agents (as of the Conversion Date, White & Case LLP) and, if necessary, one firm of regulatory counsel and/or one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Person affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter, after receipt of the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for all such affected Persons (taken as a whole)).

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

Affiliated Lender” shall mean any direct Affiliated Parent Company or Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that purchases or acquires Term Loans or Term C Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(h).

Affiliated Parent Company” shall mean a direct or indirect parent entity of Holdings and the Borrower that (i) owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Stock of the Borrower, and (ii) operates as a “passive holding company”, subject to customary exceptions of the type described in Section 10.12 (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that no Permitted Holder or affiliated investment fund shall be construed to be an “Affiliated Parent Company”).

Agent Parties” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(d).

 

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Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger.

Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(b).

Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.

AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means any payment or redemption of Indebtedness, including subordinated debt obligations, to avoid the application of Code Section 163(e)(5) thereto.

Alcoa” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(z).

Alternative Acceptable Plan” shall mean a plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, for the TCEH Debtors which satisfies the following requirements in all material respects:

(a) upon substantial consummation of such plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, no person or group acting collectively owns, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least a majority of the voting Stock of the ultimate parent company of the Borrower other than the holders of TCEH First Lien Claims (as defined in the Existing Plan);

(b) upon substantial consummation of such plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, the amount of all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facility (excluding any amount owing under the Term C Loan Facility to the extent of the amount of funds held in the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts) plus the aggregate principal amount of all other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as described in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of “Indebtedness”, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (1) Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money debt obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) the Preferred Stock (if any) of (x) PrefCo, (y) the ultimate parent company of the Borrower, or (z) a Subsidiary of the ultimate parent company of the Borrower, shall not exceed the sum of (i) $3,600,000,000 plus (ii) $750,000,000 so long as such amount under clause (ii) has been incurred for any purpose other than to make any dividends, stock repurchases and redemptions of equity interests;

(c) upon substantial consummation of such plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Lien and payment priority of the Credit Facility is as set forth in the Credit Documents;

(d) upon substantial consummation of such plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Borrower shall have a Minimum Liquidity of at least $500 million as of such date;

(e) upon substantial consummation of such plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (1) own each of the Principal Properties and (2) operate a retail electric business substantially as described in the Existing Plan, with such changes as are necessary or desirable to continue operating such business in the Borrower’s good faith business judgment, in each case, unless sold or otherwise disposed of after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 10.4 of the Existing DIP Agreement; and

 

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(f) upon substantial consummation of such plan of reorganization or any other restructuring transaction, including a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, the aggregate liquidation preference of the Preferred Stock (if any) of (x) PrefCo, (y) the ultimate parent company of the Borrower or (z) a Subsidiary of the ultimate parent company of the Borrower shall not exceed the amount that is determined in connection with such plan of reorganization or restructuring transaction to be reasonably necessary or desirable, as reasonably determined by the proponent of such plan or restructuring transaction, to achieve a step-up in the tax basis of certain assets; provided that (i) any entity that owns or holds material assets contributed to achieve a step-up in the basis of those assets in connection with such reorganization or transaction shall be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and become a Credit Party and (ii) all of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of such entity shall be, subject to the other restrictions in this Agreement, pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, to the extent owned by another Credit Party.

Applicable ABR Margin” shall mean at any date: (a) with respect to each ABR Loan that is a Term Loan, 3.00% per annum, (b) with respect to each ABR Loan that is a Term C Loan, 3.00% per annum, and (c) with respect to each ABR Loan that is a Revolving Credit Loan, 2.25% per annum.

Applicable Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Applicable Amount Reference Time”), an amount equal to (a) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);

(ii) 50% of Cumulative Consolidated Net Income (which amount, if less than zero, shall be deemed to be zero for such period) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period from the first day of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the Closing Date until the last day of the then-most recent fiscal quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered;

(iii) all cash repayments of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries on account of loans made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Applicable Amount Reference Time;

(iv) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value of marketable securities or other property received by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(v)(y), (w) and (nn) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and repurchases and redemptions of such Investments from the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees constituting such Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after the Closing Date; and (B) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock or other ownership interest of Minority Investments, any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary or a dividend or distribution from a Minority Investment, Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent the Investment in such Minority Investment, Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a

 

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Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the proviso in Section 10.5(i) and other than to the extent such dividend or distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary is applied to make a distribution pursuant to Section 10.6 to fund tax or other liabilities of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary that are payable by a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower on behalf of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary), in each case, after the Closing Date;

(v) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Project Subsidiary as, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary with or into, a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary as, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary with or into, a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the proviso in Section 10.5(i);

(vi) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date (other than net cash proceeds from Cure Amounts) from the issue or sale of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower; provided that this clause (vii) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Stock or Stock Equivalents or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock or (c) any contribution or issuance that increases the Applicable Equity Amount;

(vii) without duplication of any amounts above, any returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received on account of Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(v)(y); and

(viii) the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds (other than those used pursuant to Section 10.5(h)(iii) and Section 10.6(q)) retained by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Applicable Amount Reference Time;

minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(h)(iii) and Section 10.5(v)(y) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Amount Reference Time;

(ii) the aggregate amount of dividends pursuant to Section 10.6(c)(y) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Amount Reference Time; and

(iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases, redemptions and defeasances made pursuant to Section 10.7(a)(i)(3) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Amount Reference Time.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in making any calculation or other determination under this Agreement involving the Applicable Amount, if the Applicable Amount at such time is less than zero, then the Applicable Amount shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of such calculation or determination.

 

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Applicable Equity Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time”), an amount equal to, without duplication, (a) the amount of any capital contributions (other than any Cure Amount) made in cash, marketable securities or other property to, or any proceeds of an equity issuance received by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time (taking the fair market value of any marketable securities or property other than cash), including proceeds from the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings (to the extent the proceeds of any such issuance are contributed to the Borrower), but excluding all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Stock and any Cure Amount,

minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(h)(ii) and Section 10.5(v)(x) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time;

(ii) the aggregate amount of dividends pursuant to Section 10.6(c)(x) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time;

(iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases, redemptions and defeasances pursuant to Section 10.7(a)(i)(2) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time; and

(iv) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(aa) and outstanding at the Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time;

provided that issuances and contributions pursuant to Sections 10.5(f)(ii), 10.6(a) and 10.6(b)(i) shall not increase the Applicable Equity Amount.

Applicable Laws” shall mean, as to any Person, any law (including common law), statute, regulation, ordinance, rule, order, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority (including the PUCT and ERCOT), in each case applicable to or binding on such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

Applicable LIBOR Margin” shall mean at any date: (a) with respect to each LIBOR Loan that is a Term Loan, 4.00% per annum, (b) with respect to each LIBOR Loan that is a Term C Loan, 4.00% per annum, and (c) with respect to each LIBOR Loan that is a Revolving Credit Loan, 3.25% per annum.

Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition of any business units, assets or other property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (including any Disposition of any Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned

 

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by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall not include any transaction permitted by Section 10.4 (other than transactions outside the ordinary course of business (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and transactions permitted by Section 10.4(b), Section 10.4(g), and Section 10.4(v), which shall constitute Asset Sale Prepayment Events).

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean (a) an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit J, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and (b) in the case of any assignment of Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Debt Exchange conducted in accordance with Section 2.17, such form of assignment (if any) as may have been requested by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.17(a).

Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit R.

Auction Agent” shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 2.17 or Dutch auction pursuant to Section 13.6(h); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent).

Authorized Officer” shall mean the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Senior Vice President, with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, managing member or general partner thereof, any other senior officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, as applicable, and, with respect to any document delivered on the Conversion Date, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of any Credit Party. Any document (other than a solvency certificate) delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(b).

Available Revolving Commitment” shall mean, as of any date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.

Backstopped” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, that such Letter of Credit is back-stopped by another letter of credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer of such Letter of Credit.

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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Bankruptcy Code” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.

Bankruptcy Court” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account” shall mean the Term C Loan Collateral Account established with (a) Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or any Affiliate thereof as Depositary Bank or (b) Barclays Bank PLC or any Affiliate thereof as Depositary Bank, in either case, for the purpose of cash collateralizing the Term L/C Obligations in respect of Term Letters of Credit issued by Barclays Bank PLC (or any of its Affiliates) as Term Letter of Credit Issuer; provided that, until (i) Barclays Bank PLC provides written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it (or an Affiliate thereof) has opened an account intended to serve as the Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account and (ii) arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower have been implemented with respect to such account (including arrangements relating to perfection by “control”), it is understood and agreed that Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or any Affiliate thereof shall serve as Depositary Bank for the Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account.

Barclays Term Letters of Credit” shall mean Term Letters of Credit issued by Barclays Bank PLC, any of its affiliates or replacement or successor pursuant to Section 3.6(a).

Benefit Plan” shall mean an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and is maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary could incur liability pursuant to Title IV of ERISA.

Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement, and on the Conversion Date, the Borrower shall assume all of the obligations of the DIP Borrower under the Existing DIP Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption and the DIP Borrower shall be automatically released from such obligations under the Existing DIP Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement).

Borrowing” shall mean and include the incurrence of one Class and Type of Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having a single Maturity Date and in the case of LIBOR Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of LIBOR Loans).

Broker-Dealer Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is registered as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act or any other applicable law requiring similar registration.

 

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Bundled Payment” shall mean an amount paid or payable by an obligor to a Credit Party pursuant to a bundled bill, which amount includes both (a) Excluded Property under clauses (a) or (c) (or both such clauses) of the definition of such term, and (b) other amounts.

Bundled Payment Amount” shall mean amounts paid or payable to any Credit Party and described in clause (b) of the definition of “Bundled Payment”.

Business Day” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to (a) any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, (b) any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or (c) any other dealings pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower.

Capital Lease” shall mean, as applied to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of the Borrower; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document, any leases that were not capital leases when entered into but are recharacterized as capital leases due to a change in accounting rules that becomes effective after the Closing Date shall for all purposes of this agreement not be treated as Capital Leases.

Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, as applied to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such Capital Lease prior to the first date upon which such Capital Lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document, any obligations that were not required to be included on the balance sheet of the Borrower as capital lease obligations when incurred but are recharacterized as capital lease obligations due to a change in accounting rules that becomes effective after the Closing Date shall for all purposes of this Agreement not be treated as Capitalized Lease Obligations.

Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower.

Captive Insurance Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower established for the purpose of, and to be engaged solely in the business of, insuring the businesses or facilities owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or joint ventures or to insure related or unrelated businesses.

 

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Case” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Cash Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.

Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that enters into a Cash Management Agreement or provides Cash Management Services, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement or a provider of such Cash Management Services.

Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in connection with, or in respect of, any Cash Management Services or under any Cash Management Agreement.

Cash Management Services” shall mean treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer (including automated clearing house fund transfer services), merchant services (other than those constituting a line of credit) and other cash management services.

“Certificated Securities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.17.

CFC” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

CFC Holding Company” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that has no material assets other than (i) the equity interests (including, for this purpose, any debt or other instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) in (x) one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or (y) one or more other CFC Holding Companies and (ii) cash and Permitted Investments and other assets being held on a temporary basis incidental to the holding of assets described in clause (i) of this definition.

Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any Applicable Law after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any Applicable Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any party with any guideline, request, directive or order issued or made after the Closing Date by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law); provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), but excluding (x) any employee benefit plan of such Person and its subsidiaries and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (y) any Permitted Holders, and (z) any one or more direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower in which no Person or “group” (other than any persons described in the preceding clause (y)), directly or

 

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indirectly, holds beneficial ownership of Voting Stock representing more than 50.1% of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of such parent, shall have, directly or indirectly, acquired beneficial ownership of Voting Stock representing more than 50.1% of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings.

Citibank Term C Loan Collateral Account” shall mean the Term C Loan Collateral Account established with Citibank, N.A. or any Affiliate thereof (which Affiliate is consented to by the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)) as Depositary Bank, for the purpose of cash collateralizing the Term L/C Obligations in respect of Term Letters of Credit issued (or deemed issued) by Citibank, N.A. (or any of its Affiliates) as Term Letter of Credit Issuer.

Citibank Term Letters of Credit” shall mean each Letter of Credit issued by Citibank, N.A. or any of its affiliates and listed on Schedule 1.1(b) as a DIP Term Letter of Credit.

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Term C Loans, Incremental Term C Loans, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Term C Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term C Loans, Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans, Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Term C Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment, an Initial Term C Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term C Loan Commitment, an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, a Refinancing Term Loan Commitment, a Refinancing Term C Loan Commitment, a Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment, a Replacement Term Loan Commitment or a Replacement Term C Commitment.

Class C3 TCEH First Lien Secured Claims” shall mean the “Class C3 TCEH First Lien Secured Claims” as defined in the Plan.

Closing Date” shall mean August 4, 2016.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefore.

Collateral” shall mean all property pledged, mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, all Excluded Collateral).

Collateral Agent” shall mean Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Bank Parties under this Agreement and the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent appointed pursuant hereto.

Collateral Representative” shall mean (i) initially, the Collateral Trustee or (ii) after the termination of the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Collateral Agent.

Collateral Trust Agreement” shall mean that certain Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, by and among the Borrower, the RCT, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and certain other First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto.

 

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Collateral Trustee” shall mean Delaware Trust Company, and any permitted successors and assigns.

Commitment Letter” shall mean the commitment letter, dated May 31, 2016, among TCEH, Deutsche Bank and the other Commitment Parties.

Commitment Parties” shall mean the “Commitment Parties” as defined in the Commitment Letter.

Commitments” shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitments, Incremental Term C Loan Commitment, Refinancing Term Loan Commitment, Refinancing Term C Loan Commitment, Replacement Term Loan Commitment or Replacement Term C Loan Commitment.

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Commodity Hedging Agreement” shall mean any agreement (including each confirmation pursuant to any Master Agreement) or transaction providing for one or more swaps, caps, collars, floors, futures, options, spots, forwards, derivatives, any physical or financial commodity contracts or agreements, power purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, environmental credit purchase or sale agreements, power transmission agreements, commodity transportation agreements, fuel storage agreements, netting agreements (including Netting Agreements), capacity agreements or commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of (or the option to purchase, sell or exchange), transmission, transportation, storage, distribution, processing, lease or hedge of, any Covered Commodity, price or price indices for any such Covered Commodity or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar agreements.

Communications” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).

Company Material Adverse Change” shall mean, a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole; provided, however, that in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Change has occurred, there shall not be taken into account any effect resulting from any of the following circumstances, occurrences, changes, events, developments or states of facts: (a) any change in general legal, regulatory, economic or business conditions generally, financial markets generally or in the industry or markets in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries operates or is involved, (b) any natural disasters, change in political conditions, including any commencement, continuation or escalation of war, material armed hostilities, sabotage or terrorist activities or other material international or national calamity or act of terrorism directly or indirectly involving or affecting the U.S., (c) any changes in accounting rules or principles (or any interpretations thereof), including changes in GAAP, (d) any change in any Applicable Laws (including environmental laws and laws regulating energy or commodities), (e) any change in the costs of commodities or supplies, including fuel, or the price of electricity, (f) the announcement of the execution of the Commitment Letter, any Credit Document (or any other agreement to be entered into pursuant to the Commitment Letter or the Credit Documents) or the pendency of or consummation of the Transactions or the transactions contemplated by the Commitment Letter or any other document or any actions required to be taken hereunder or under the Commitment Letter and (g) any actions to be taken or not taken pursuant to or in accordance with the Credit Documents or the Commitment Letter or any other document entered into in connection herewith; provided that, in the case of clauses (a), (b), (d) or (e), only to the extent such

 

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changes do not have a materially disproportionately adverse effect on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other persons operating in the same industry and jurisdictions in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries operate.

Company Model” shall mean the model filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 11, 2016 as Exhibit E to the Disclosure Statement (as defined in the Existing Plan as in effect on the Closing Date) (together with any updates or modifications thereto prior to the Conversion Date reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers) Docket No. 8423.

Compliance Period” shall mean any period during which the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding (excluding (x) the Stated Amount of up to $100,000,000 of undrawn Revolving Letters of Credit and (y) Cash Collateralized or Backstopped Revolving Letters of Credit) exceeds 30% of the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.

Confirmation/Approval Order” shall mean that certain order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on August 29, 2016 [Docket No. 9421] confirming (or in the case of a Plan effectuated through a sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, approving) the Plan with respect to the TCEH Debtors.

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, nuclear fuel costs, depletion of coal or lignite reserves, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, Capitalized Software Expenditures, amortization of expenditures relating to software, license and intellectual property payments, amortization of any lease related assets recorded in purchase accounting, customer acquisition costs, unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits, amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:

(a) without duplication and (except in the case of the add-backs set forth in clauses (ix), (xiii) and (xix) below) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period:

(i) Consolidated Interest Expense (including (x) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities in each case to the extent included in Consolidated Interest Expense), together with items excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense pursuant to clause (1)(u), (v), (w), (x), (y) and (z) of the definition thereof,

(ii) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains, including federal, foreign, state, franchise, excise, value-added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) paid or accrued during such period,

 

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(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense for such period,

(iv) [reserved],

(v) the amount of any restructuring cost, charge or reserve (including any costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Closing Date and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities) and any one time expense relating to enhanced accounting function or other transaction costs, public company costs, costs, charges and expenses in connection with fresh start accounting, and costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives (provided such costs related to the implementation of operation and reporting systems and technology initiatives shall not exceed $100,000,000 for any such period),

(vi) any other non-cash charges, expenses or losses, including any non-cash asset retirement costs, non-cash increase in expenses resulting from the revaluation of inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods including changes in capitalization of variances) or other inventory adjustments or due to purchase accounting, or any other acquisition, non-cash compensation charges, non-cash expense relating to the vesting of warrants, write-offs or write-downs for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),

(vii) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary,

(viii) [reserved],

(ix) the amount of net cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realizable as a result of specified actions, operational changes and operational initiatives (including, to the extent applicable, resulting from the Transactions) taken or to be taken prior to or during such period (including any “run-rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings determined in good faith by the Borrower to result from actions which have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken no later than 24 months following any such specified actions, operational changes and operational initiatives (which “run-rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized, shall be subject to certification by management of the Borrower and shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such “run-rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that no “run-rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings shall be added pursuant to this clause (ix) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (v) above with respect to such period,

 

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(x) the amount of losses on Dispositions of receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing and any losses, costs, fees and expenses in connection with the early repayment, accelerated amortization, repayment, termination or other payoff (including as a result of the exercise of remedies) of any Permitted Receivables Financing,

(xi) contract termination costs and any costs, charges or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement or other equity-based compensation, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Applicable Equity Amount,

(xii) Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage (if positive); provided that the only Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage that may be included as Consolidated EBITDA shall be, without duplication, (A) up to $250,000,000 per Fiscal Year of Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage incurred within the first 12 months of any planned or unplanned outage of any Unit by reason of any action by any regulatory body or other Governmental Authority or to comply with any Applicable Law, (B) up to $100,000,000 per Fiscal Year of Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage incurred within the first 12 months of any planned outage of any Unit for purposes of expanding or upgrading such Unit and (C) solely for the purposes of calculating “Consolidated EBITDA” for purposes of Section 10.9, all Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage incurred within the first 12 months of any unplanned outage of any Unit,

(xiii) the proceeds of any business interruption insurance and, without duplication of such amounts, all EBITDA Lost as a Result of a Unit Outage and all EBITDA Lost as a Result of a Grid Outage less, in all such cases, the absolute value of Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage (if negative); provided that the amount calculated pursuant to this clause (xiii) shall not be less than zero,

(xiv) [reserved],

(xv) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, expenses or losses (including unusual or non-recurring expenses), transaction fees and expenses and consulting and advisory fees, indemnities and expenses, severance, integration costs, costs of strategic initiatives, relocation costs, consolidation and closing costs, facility opening and pre-opening costs, business optimization expenses or costs, transition costs, restructuring costs, signing, retention, recruiting, relocation, signing, stay or completion bonuses and expenses (including payments made to employees or producers who are subject to non-compete agreements), and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans for such period,

(xvi) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets and Investments in debt and equity securities, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP,

 

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(xvii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in increased cash receipts) not added in arriving at Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent the non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added,

(xviii) charges, losses or expenses to the extent covered by insurance or otherwise reimbursable or indemnifiable by a third party and actually reimbursed or reimbursable or indemnifiable,

(xix) adjustments identified in the Company Model, and

(xx) adjustments evidenced by or contained in a due diligence quality of earnings report made available to the Administrative Agent (who may share with the Lenders) (subject, in each case, to customary access letters) prepared with respect to the target of a Permitted Acquisition or other investment permitted hereunder by (x) a “big-four” nationally recognized accounting firm or (y) any other accounting firm that shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, less

(b) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of the following amounts for such period:

(i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period),

(ii) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains,

(iii) cash expenditures (or any netting arrangements resulting in increased cash expenditures) not deducted in arriving at Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash losses relating to such expenditures were added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (a) above for any previous period and not deducted, and

(iv) the amount of any minority interest income consisting of Subsidiary losses attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary,

in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that

(i) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA any gain or loss resulting in such period from currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness or intercompany balances (including the net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk),

(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or

 

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attributable to any property, assets, division or line of business acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (or any property, assets, division or line of business subject to a letter of intent or purchase agreement at such time) (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any property, assets, division or line of business, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (each such Person, property, assets, division or line of business acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Pro Forma Entity equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition),

(iii) [reserved],

(iv) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary) sold, transferred, abandoned or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred, abandoned or otherwise disposed of, or closed or so classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”) and any Excluded Project Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary”), in each case based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business, Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary or Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition, closure, classification or conversion).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes the four fiscal quarters (or any month) ended prior to the Conversion Date, the Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter (or month) shall be the Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement or the Existing DIP Credit Agreement (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement)) that was calculated under the Existing DIP Agreement (or, if applicable, the Existing DIP Credit Agreement (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement)) for such quarter (or month), adjusted as if calculated pursuant to the definition of Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement in the good faith determination of the Borrower, which adjustments shall be set forth a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent any financial calculation, information, or definition includes any period prior to the Conversion Date, such financial calculation, information or definition shall not be required hereunder to be in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Secured Debt that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations and (ii)

 

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Consolidated Secured Debt of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, in each case as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements described in Section 9.1(a) or (b) are available.

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(1) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or collateral posting facilities, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (v) accretion of asset retirement obligations and accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (w) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting, (x) amortization of reacquired Indebtedness, deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Permitted Receivables Financing); plus

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

(3) interest income for such period; plus

(4) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; plus

(5) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication, the net after-tax effect of,

(a) any extraordinary losses and gains for such period,

(b) Transaction Expenses,

(c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

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(d) any income (or loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations and any gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations,

(e) any gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower,

(f) any income (or loss) during such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Project Subsidiary, and any income (or loss) during such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period,

(g) solely for the purpose of determining the Applicable Amount, any income (or loss) during such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Credit Party) to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its Organizational Documents or any agreement, instrument or Applicable Law applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (i) has been legally waived or otherwise released, (ii) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, Incremental Loans, Incremental Loan Commitments or Permitted Other Debt, (iii) any working capital line permitted by Section 10.2 incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary, or (iv) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period, to the extent not already included therein,

(h) effects of all adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP, net of taxes, resulting from (i) the application of fresh start accounting principles as a result of the TCEH Debtors’ emergence from bankruptcy or (ii) the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition, in each case, including the amortization or write-off of any amounts related thereto and, whether consummated before or after the Closing Date,

(i) any income (or loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness (other than Hedging Obligations, but including, for the avoidance of doubt, debt exchange transactions and the extinguishment of pre-petition indebtedness in connection with the Transactions),

(j) any unrealized income (or loss) for such period attributable to Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments,

 

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(k) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets and investments in debt and equity securities to the extent relating to changes in commodity prices, in each case pursuant to GAAP to the extent offset by gains from Hedging Obligations,

(l) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, and any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Stock or Stock Equivalents by management of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transactions,

(m) accruals and reserves established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of adoption of or modification of accounting policies during such period,

(n) any accruals, payments, fees, expenses or charges (including rationalization, legal, tax, structuring, and other costs and expenses, but excluding depreciation or amortization expense) related to, or incurred in connection with, the Transactions (including letter of credit fees), the Plan, any offering of Stock or Stock Equivalents (including any Equity Offering), Investment, acquisition (including any Permitted Acquisition and any acquisitions subject to a letter of intent or purchase agreement), Disposition, dividends, restricted payments, recapitalization or the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant hereto (including any refinancing transaction or amendment, waiver, or other modification of any debt instrument), in each case whether or not consummated, including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the negotiation, execution and delivery and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any Permitted Receivables Financing, (B) any amendment or other modification of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (C) any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, (D) any charges or non-recurring merger costs as a result of any such transaction, and (E) earnout obligations paid or accrued during such period with respect to any acquisition or other Investment,

(o) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related indemnities and expenses paid in such period to the extent otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 9.9, and

(p) restructuring-related or other similar charges, fees, costs, commissions and expenses or other charges incurred during such period in connection with this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Credit Facilities, the Case, any reorganization plan in connection with the Case, and any and all transactions contemplated by the foregoing, including the write-off of any receivables, the termination or settlement of executory contracts, professional and accounting costs fees and expenses, management incentive, employee retention or similar plans (in each case to the extent such plan is approved by the Bankruptcy Court to the extent required), litigation costs and settlements, asset write-downs, income and gains recorded in connection with the corporate reorganization of the TCEH Debtors.

Consolidated Secured Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt at such date which either (i) is secured by a Lien on the Collateral (and other assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to Section 10.2(cc)) or (ii) constitutes Capitalized Lease Obligations or purchase money Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements described in Section 9.1(a) or (b) are available.

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption), after intercompany eliminations, on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date (or, if such date of determination is a date prior to the first date on which such consolidated balance sheet has been (or is required to have been) delivered pursuant to Section 9.1, on the pro forma financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 (and, in the case of any determination relating to any Specified Transaction, on a Pro Forma Basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith)).

Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) (i) all Indebtedness of the types described in clause (a) (solely to the extent such Indebtedness matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the sole option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation), clause (d) (but, in the case of clause (d), only to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit which are not cash collateralized or backstopped) and clause (f) of the definition thereof, in each case actually owing by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and to the extent appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (provided that the amount of any Capitalized Lease Obligations or any such Indebtedness issued at a discount to its face value shall be determined in accordance with GAAP) and (ii) purchase money Indebtedness (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations) minus (b) the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash minus (c) amounts in the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts.

Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements described in Section 9.1(a) or (b) are available.

Contingent Obligation” shall mean indemnification Obligations and other similar contingent Obligations for which no claim has been made in writing (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amounts available to be drawn under Letters of Credit).

Contractual Requirement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.

Conversion Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.

Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

 

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Corrective Extension Amendment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(c).

Covered Commodity” shall mean any energy, electricity, generation capacity, power, heat rate, congestion, natural gas, nuclear fuel (including enrichment and conversion), diesel fuel, fuel oil, other petroleum-based liquids, coal, lignite, weather, emissions and other environmental credits, waste by-products, renewable energy credit, or any other energy related commodity or service (including ancillary services and related risks (such as location basis)).

Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Guarantee, the Security Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement, each Letter of Credit and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Cash Management Agreements, Hedging Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements shall not be Credit Documents.

Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

Credit Facility” shall mean any category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.

Credit Party” shall mean each of Holdings, the Borrower, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to a Credit Document.

Cumulative Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, taken as a single accounting period. Cumulative Consolidated Net Income may be a positive or negative amount.

Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.13(a).

Cure Period” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.13(a).

Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.13(a).

Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than as permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1).

Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time hereunder, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Default Rate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(d).

Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.

Deferred Net Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date” shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

 

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Depositary Bank” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.9.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.4(b) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition). A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.

Deutsche Bank” shall mean Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.

Deutsche Bank Term C Loan Collateral Account” shall mean the Term C Loan Collateral Account established with Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or any Affiliate thereof (which Affiliate is consented to by the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)) as Depositary Bank for the purpose of cash collateralizing the Term L/C Obligations in respect of Term Letters of Credit issued by Deutsche Bank (or any of its Affiliates) as Term Letter of Credit Issuer.

Deutsche Bank Term Letters of Credit” shall mean (a) Term Letters of Credit issued by Deutsche Bank, any of its affiliates or replacement or successor pursuant to Section 3.6 and (b) any other Term Letters of Credit that are cash collateralized by amounts on deposit in the Deutsche Bank Term C Loan Collateral Account and are designated by the Administrative Agent in writing as “Deutsche Bank Term Letters of Credit,” if any.

DIP Administrative Agent” shall mean Deutsche Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Existing DIP Agreement.

DIP Borrower” shall mean TCEH.

DIP Facilities” shall mean, collectively, the credit facilities providing for the DIP Revolving Credit Loans, DIP Term Loans and DIP Term C Loans.

DIP Facilities Documentation” shall mean the definitive documentation with respect to the DIP Facilities.

DIP Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the Conversion Date.

DIP Revolving Letters of Credit” shall mean the collective reference to the letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing DIP Agreement as of the Conversion Date for the account of the Borrower (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) and identified as “Revolving Letters of Credit” on Schedule 1.1(b) and deemed to be issued as “Revolving Letters of Credit” under this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.10.

DIP Term C Loan Collateral Accounts” shall mean the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement).

 

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DIP Term C Loans” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Term C Loans (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the Conversion Date.

DIP Term Letters of Credit” shall mean the collective reference to the letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing DIP Agreement as of the Conversion Date for the account of the Borrower (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) and identified as “Term Letters of Credit” on Schedule 1.1(b) and deemed to be issued as “Term Letters of Credit” under this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.10.

DIP Term Loans” shall mean with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Term Loans (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the Conversion Date.

Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business, any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business, Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary or Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business, Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary or Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary, as applicable, and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business, Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary or Converted Excluded Project Subsidiary, as the case may be.

Disposition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.4.

Disqualified Institutions” shall mean (a) those banks, financial institutions or other Persons separately identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or prior to May 31, 2016, or as the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall mutually agree after such date and prior to the Closing Date, or to any affiliates of such banks, financial institutions or other persons identified by the Borrower in writing or that are readily identifiable as affiliates on the basis of their name, (b) competitors identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time (or affiliates thereof identified by the Borrower in writing or that are readily identifiable as affiliates on the basis of their name) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than such affiliate that is a bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and whose managers have fiduciary duties to the third-party investors in such fund or investment vehicle independent from their duties owed to such competitor); provided that no such identification after the date of a relevant assignment shall apply retroactively to disqualify any person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation of an interest in any of the Credit Facilities with respect to amounts previously acquired, (c) Excluded Affiliates (it being understood that ordinary course trading activity shall not be considered to be providing advisory services for purposes of determining whether such Excluded Affiliate is a Disqualified Institution) and (d) any Defaulting Lender. The list of all Disqualified Institutions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (d) shall be made available to all Lenders upon request.

Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Stock or Stock Equivalents of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Stock or Stock Equivalents that is not Disqualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon

 

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the occurrence of such change of control, asset sale or similar event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Contingent Obligations and the termination of the Commitments), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale or similar event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such change of control, asset sale or similar event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Contingent Obligations and the termination of the Commitments), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that if such Stock or Stock Equivalents are issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Stock or Stock Equivalents shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations; provided, further, that any Stock or Stock Equivalents held by any present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant, of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, in each case pursuant to any stockholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock incentive plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or otherwise in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of the termination, death or disability of such employee, officer, director, manager or consultant shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Dividends” or “dividends” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6.

Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.

Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(b).

EBITDA Lost as a Result of a Grid Outage” shall mean, to the extent that any transmission or distribution lines go out of service, the revenue not actually earned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that would otherwise have been earned with respect to any Unit within the first 12 month period that such transmission or distribution lines were out of service had such transmission or distribution lines not been out of service during such period.

EBITDA Lost as a Result of a Unit Outage” shall mean, to the extent that any Unit is out of service as a result of any unplanned outage or shut down, the revenue not actually earned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that would otherwise have been earned with respect to any such Unit during the first 12 month period of any such outage or shut down had such Unit not been out of service during such period.

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

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EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

EFCH” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Foreign Plan, that is maintained or contributed to by Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary (or, with respect to an employee benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate).

Environmental CapEx” shall mean Capital Expenditures deemed reasonably necessary by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise undertaken voluntarily by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to comply with, or in anticipation of having to comply with, applicable Environmental Laws or Capital Expenditures otherwise undertaken voluntarily by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with environmental matters.

Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all actions, suits, proceedings, orders, decrees, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, violation or potential responsibility or investigation (other than reports prepared by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Holdings (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of Real Estate) or proceedings in each case relating in any way to any applicable Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any applicable Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief relating to the presence, release or threatened release into the environment of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or to the environment, including ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands.

Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code and rule of common law now or, with respect to any post-Closing Date requirements of the Credit Documents, hereafter in effect, and in each case as amended, and any legally binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any legally binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the protection of the environment, including ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, or to human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or Hazardous Materials.

Equity Offering” shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (a) public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-8; (b) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any such parent; and (c) any Cure Amount.

 

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ERCOT” shall mean the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or any other entity succeeding thereto.

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect on the Closing Date and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) that together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of 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” shall mean (i) the failure of any Benefit Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code or with the terms of such Benefit Plan; (ii) any Reportable Event; (iii) the existence with respect to any Benefit Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iv) any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vi) the occurrence of any event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (vii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any written notice to terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4042(a) of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042(b)(1) of ERISA; (viii) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan (or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA) or Multiemployer Plan; or (ix) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition on it of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent or in Reorganization, or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA).

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Rate” shall mean on any day with respect to any currency, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into any other currency, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate

 

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shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m., local time, on such date for the purchase of the relevant currency for delivery two Business Days later.

Excluded Affiliates” shall mean members of any Joint Lead Arranger or any of its affiliates that are engaged as principals primarily in private equity, mezzanine financing or venture capital or are known by the Joint Lead Arrangers to be engaged in advising creditors receiving distributions in connection with the Plan or any other Person involved in the negotiation of the Plan (other than Holdings, any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), including through the provision of advisory services other than a limited number of senior employees who are required, in accordance with industry regulations or such Joint Lead Arranger’s internal policies and procedures to act in a supervisory capacity and the Joint Lead Arrangers’ internal legal, compliance, risk management, credit or investment committee members.

Excluded Collateral” shall mean (a) Excluded Subsidiaries and (b) Excluded Property.

Excluded Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6.

Excluded Project Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Non-Recourse Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Conversion Date; provided that at such time (or promptly thereafter) the Borrower designates such Subsidiary an “Excluded Project Subsidiary” in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, (b) any Restricted Subsidiary subsequently designated as an “Excluded Project Subsidiary” by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent and (c) each Subsidiary of an Excluded Project Subsidiary; provided that in the case of clauses (a) and (b), (x) such designation shall be deemed to be an Investment (or reduction in an outstanding Investment, in the case of a designation of an Excluded Project Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent not resulting in an increase to the Applicable Amount) on the date of such designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the investment therein and such designation shall be permitted only to the extent permitted under Section 10.5 on the date of such designation, (y) no Event of Default exists or would result from such designation after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and (z) in the case of (b), the Restricted Subsidiary to be so designated as an Excluded Project Subsidiary, does not (directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries) at such time own any Stock of, or own or hold any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. No Subsidiary may be designated as an Excluded Project Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any Material Indebtedness. The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, re-designate any Excluded Project Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, and thereafter, such Subsidiary shall no longer constitute an Excluded Project Subsidiary, but only if (x) to the extent such Subsidiary has outstanding Indebtedness on the date of such designation, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, with the covenant set forth in Section 10.9 (to the extent such covenant is then required to be tested) and (y) no Event of Default exists or would result from such re-designation. If, at any time, any Excluded Project Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of the Borrower, but fails to meet the requirements set forth in the definition of “Non-Recourse Subsidiary” or this definition of “Excluded Project Subsidiary”, it will thereafter cease to be an Excluded Project Subsidiary for the purposes of this Agreement and, unless it is, or has been, designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary at or prior to the time of such failure, such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any then outstanding Indebtedness of such Subsidiary that would otherwise only have been permitted to have been incurred by an Excluded Project Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Project Subsidiary as of such date.

 

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Excluded Property” shall mean (i) a security interest or Lien pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document in the applicable Credit Party’s right, title or interest in any property that would result in material adverse accounting or regulatory consequences, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent, (ii) any vehicles, airplanes and other assets subject to certificates of title; (iii) letter-of-credit rights to the extent a security interest therein cannot be perfected by a UCC filing (other than supporting obligations); (iv) any property subject to a Permitted Lien securing a purchase money agreement, Capital Lease or similar arrangement permitted under the Credit Agreement to the extent, and for so long as, the creation of a security interest therein is prohibited thereby (or otherwise requires consent, provided that there shall be no obligation to seek such consent) or creates a right of termination or favor of a third party, in each case, excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof to the extent not otherwise constituting Excluded Property; (v) (x) all leasehold interests in real property (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any requirement to obtain any landlord or other third party waivers, estoppels, consents or collateral access letters in respect of such leasehold interests) and (y) any parcel of Real Estate located in the United States and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party with a fair market value of $20,000,000 or less (at the time of acquisition) (but not any Collateral located thereon) or any parcel of Real Estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party outside the United States; (vi) any “intent to use” trademark application filed and accepted in the United States Patent and Trademark Office unless and until an amendment to allege use or a statement of use has been filed and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of security interest therein could impair the validity or enforceability of such “intent to use” trademark application under federal law; (vii) any charter, permit, franchise, authorization, lease, license or agreement, in each case, only to the extent and for so long as the grant of a security interest therein (or the assets subject thereto) by the applicable Credit Party (x) could violate, or could invalidate, such charter, permit, franchise, authorization, lease, license, or agreement or (y) would give any party (other than a Credit Party) to any such charter, permit, franchise, authorization, lease, license or agreement the right to terminate its obligations thereunder or (z) is permitted under such charter, permit, franchise, lease, license or agreement only with consent of the parties thereto (other than consent of a Credit Party) and such necessary consents to such grant of a security interest have not been obtained (it being understood and agreed that no Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to obtain such consents) other than, in each case referred to in clauses (x) and (y) and (z), as would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction, in each case excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof which are not otherwise Securitization Assets; (viii) any Commercial Tort Claim (as defined in the Security Agreement) for which no claim has been made or with a value of less than $20,000,000 for which a claim has been made; (ix) any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents; (x) assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Excluded Project Subsidiaries, Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than to the extent a perfected security interest therein can be obtained by filing a UCC-1 financing statement), Captive Insurance Subsidiaries and special purposes entities, including any Receivables Entity or any Securitization Subsidiary or are in an account subject to an intercreditor agreement related to Transition Charges or Transition Property; (xi) any assets with respect to which, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent reasonably determine, the cost or other consequences of granting a security interest or obtaining title insurance in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom; (xii) any assets with respect to which granting a security interest in such assets in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents could reasonably be expected to result in an adverse tax consequence as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent; (xiii) any margin stock; (xiv) any Bundled Payment Amounts, while such Bundled Payment Amounts are in a lockbox, collateral account or similar account established pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Financing to receive collections of Receivables Facility Assets or are in an account subject to an intercreditor agreement related to Transition Charges or Transition Property; (xv) amounts payable to any Credit Party that such Credit Party is collecting on behalf of Persons that are not Credit Parties, including Transition Property and Transition

 

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Charges; and (xvi) any assets with respect to which granting a security interest in such assets is prohibited by or would violate law, treaty, rule, or regulation (including regulations adopted by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and/or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority or which would require obtaining the consent, approval, license or authorization of any Governmental Authority (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received; provided that there shall be no obligation to obtain such consent) or create a right of termination in favor of any governmental or regulatory third party, in each case after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction or other Applicable Law, excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof (to the extent not otherwise constituting Excluded Collateral); provided that with respect to clauses (iv), (vii) and (xvi), such property shall be Excluded Property only to the extent and for so long as such prohibition, violation, invalidation or consent right, as applicable, is in effect and in the case of any such agreement or consent, was not created in contemplation thereof or of the creation of a security interest therein.

Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents” shall mean (i) any Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, the burden or cost of pledging such Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Collateral Representative under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (ii) (A) solely in the case of any pledge of Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any CFC Holding Company, in each case, owned directly by a Credit Party, any Voting Stock in excess of 65% of each outstanding class of Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any CFC Holding Company and (B) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any CFC Holding Company not owned directly by a Credit Party, (iii) any Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirement of Law or any Contractual Requirement (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent or approval of, or a license from, any Governmental Authority or any other regulatory third party unless such consent, approval or license has been obtained (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to obtain any such consent, approval or license)), (iv) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of each Subsidiary to the extent that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Organizational Document of such Subsidiary or requires third party consent (other than the consent of a Credit Party), unless consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent), (v) Stock or Stock Equivalents of any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary (other than PrefCo and PrefCo Subsidiaries), (vi) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Stock or Stock Equivalents could reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax or accounting consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent, (vi) any Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, (viii) any Stock or Stock Equivalents owned by a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, and (ix) any Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Excluded Project Subsidiary, any Immaterial Subsidiary (other than to the extent a perfected security interest therein can be obtained by filing a UCC-1 financing statement), any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, any not-for-profit Subsidiary and any special purpose entity (including any Receivables Entity and any Securitization Subsidiary); provided that Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents shall not include proceeds of the foregoing property to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral.

Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (a) each Domestic Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.1(d) hereto and each future Domestic Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not constitute a Material Subsidiary as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (other than PrefCo and PrefCo Subsidiaries) or otherwise constitutes a joint venture (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned

 

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Restricted Subsidiary or joint venture), (c) any CFC or CFC Holding Company, (d) each Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) prohibited by any applicable (x) Contractual Requirement, (y) Applicable Law (including without limitation as a result of applicable financial assistance, directors’ duties or corporate benefit requirements) or (z) Organizational Document (in the case of clauses (x) and (z), in effect on the Conversion Date or any date of acquisition of such Subsidiary (to the extent such prohibition was not entered into in contemplation of the Guarantee)) from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), or (ii) required to obtain consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority for such guarantee or grant (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has already been received); provided that there shall be no obligation to obtain such consent, (e) each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holding Company, (f) any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax or accounting consequences) of guaranteeing the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, (g) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (h) any Foreign Subsidiary, (i) any special purpose “bankruptcy remote” entity, including any Receivables Entity and any Securitization Subsidiary, (j) any Subsidiary to the extent that the guarantee of the Obligations by could reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax or accounting consequences (as determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent), (k) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (l) any non-profit Subsidiary, (m) any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, or (n) any Excluded Project Subsidiary.

Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest would otherwise have become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation but for such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant” at such time.

Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Agent or any Lender, (a) net income Taxes and franchise and excise Taxes (imposed in lieu of net income Taxes) imposed on such Agent or Lender, (b) any Taxes imposed on any Agent or any Lender as a result of any current or former connection between such Agent or Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or having been a party to or having enforced, this Agreement or any other Credit Document), (c) any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to any Lender under the law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office other than a new lending office designated at the request of the Borrower); provided that this subclause (c) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be entitled to receive (without regard to this subclause (c)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment, participation or transfer to such Lender (or designation of a new lending office by such Lender) would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment or (y) any Tax is imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest in any Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section 13.8(a) or that such Lender acquired pursuant to Section 13.7 (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that any withholding Tax imposed on a Lender as a result of a Change in Law occurring after the time such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) shall not be an Excluded

 

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Tax under this subclause (c)) and (d) any Tax to the extent attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Sections 5.4(d), (e) (in the case of any Non-U.S. Lender) or Section 5.4(h) (in the case of a U.S. Lender) and (f) any Taxes imposed by FATCA.

Existing Class” shall mean Existing Term Loan Classes, Existing Term C Loan Classes and Existing Revolving Credit Classes.

Existing DIP Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Existing DIP Lenders” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean the Letters of Credit listed on Schedule 1.1(b).

Existing Plan” means the Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al. filed in the Bankruptcy Court on May 10, 2016 [Docket No. 8422] (together with all schedules, documents and exhibits contained therein), as amended, supplemented, modified or waived from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof; provided that such Existing Plan shall not be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in any respect that is, in the aggregate, materially adverse to the rights and interests of the Existing DIP Lenders (taken as a whole) (in their capacity as such), unless consented to in writing by the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, conditioned or denied and provided that the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to such waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification unless they shall object thereto within ten (10) Business Days after either (x) their receipt from the Borrower of written notice of such waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification or (y) such waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification is publicly filed with the Bankruptcy Court, unless the Administrative Agent has given written notice to the Borrower within such ten (10) Business Day period that the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders are continuing to review and evaluate such amendment or waiver, in which case the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to such amendment or waiver unless they object within ten (10) Business Days after such notice is given to the Borrower).

Existing Revolving Credit Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

Existing Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

Existing Term C Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(iii).

Existing Term Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

Expenses Relating to a Unit Outage” shall mean an amount (which may be negative) equal to (x) any expenses or other charges as a result of any outage or shut-down of any Unit, including any expenses or charges relating to (a) restarting any such Unit so that it may be placed back in service after such outage or shut-down, (b) purchases of power, natural gas or heat rate to meet commitments to sell, or offset a short position in, power, natural gas or heat rate that would otherwise have been met or offset from production generated by such Unit during the period of such outage or shut-down and (c)

 

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starting up, operating, maintaining and shutting down any other Unit that would not otherwise have been operating absent such outage or shut-down, including the fuel and other operating expenses, incurred to start-up, operate, maintain and shut-down such Unit and that are required during the period of time that the shut-down or outaged Unit is out of service in order to meet the commitments of such shut-down or outaged Unit to sell, or offset a short position in, power, natural gas or heat rate less (y) any expenses or charges not in fact incurred (including fuel and other operating expenses) that would have been incurred absent such outage or shut-down.

Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

Extended Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

Extended Term C Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(iii).

Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

Extending Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(iv).

Extension Amendment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(v).

Extension Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(vi).

Extension Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(iv).

Extension Minimum Condition” shall mean a condition to consummating any Extension Series that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request, in the Borrower’s sole discretion) of any or all applicable Classes be submitted for extension.

Extension Request” shall mean Term Loan Extension Requests, Term C Loan Extension Requests and Revolving Credit Loan Extension Requests.

Extension Series” shall mean all Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans, and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans, or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees and amortization schedule.

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or official administrative interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto.

 

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Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

Fee Letter” shall mean the fee letter, dated May 31, 2016, among the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers.

Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean an Intercreditor Agreement among the representative of such holders of First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Representative, the Credit Parties and any other First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto, whether on the Conversion Date or at any time thereafter, in a form that is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

First Lien Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Obligations and (ii) the Indebtedness and related obligations which are permitted hereunder to be secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank pari passu (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Liens securing the Obligations.

First Lien Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Secured Bank Parties and (ii) the holders from time to time of First Lien Obligations (other than the Secured Bank Parties) and any representative on their behalf for such purposes.

Fiscal Year” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.10.

Foreign Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(i).

Foreign Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United States.

Foreign Recovery Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(i).

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(d).

Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.

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Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date 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.

Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank, stock exchange, PUCT or ERCOT.

Granting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).

Guarantee” shall mean the Guarantee made by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Conversion Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

Guarantors” shall mean (a) Holdings, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) on the Conversion Date, and (c) each Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a party to the Guarantee on or after the Conversion Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise.

Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products spilled or released into the environment, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, for which a release into the environment is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law.

 

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Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower) that either (i) is a party to a Commodity Hedging Agreement or (ii) a party to any other Hedging Agreement (other than a Commodity Hedging Agreement) and, in each case, either (x) is a signatory to the Collateral Trust Agreement or (y) at the time it enters into a Hedging Agreement or on the Conversion Date, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to a Secured Hedging Agreement.

Hedging Agreements” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement and (c) physical or financial commodity contracts or agreements, power purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, environmental credit purchase or sale agreements, power transmission agreements, ancillary service agreements, commodity transportation agreements, fuel storage agreements, weather derivatives, netting agreements (including Netting Agreements), capacity agreements and commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of (or the option to purchase, sell or exchange), transmission, transportation, storage, distribution, processing, sale, lease or hedge of, any Covered Commodity, price or price indices for any such Covered Commodity or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar agreements.

Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.

Holdings” shall mean, (a) prior to the Conversion Date, EFCH, and, (b) after giving effect to the Conversion Date, (x) TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor thereto, which shall assume all of the obligations of EFCH under the Existing DIP Agreement and any other Credit Document (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption; or (y) any other partnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or business trust or any successor thereto organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (the “New Holdings”) that is a Subsidiary of TEX Intermediate Company LLC or that has merged, amalgamated or consolidated with TEX Intermediate Company LLC (or, in either case, the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) (the “Previous Holdings”); provided that, to the extent applicable, (a) such New Holdings owns directly or indirectly 100% of the Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Borrower, (b) the New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) such substitution and any supplements to the Credit Documents shall preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents, and New Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate to that effect and (d) all assets of the Previous Holdings are contributed or otherwise transferred to such New Holdings; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to “Holdings”

 

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in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to the “New Holdings”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Holdings or any New Holdings may change its jurisdiction of organization or location for purposes of the UCC or its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, subject to compliance with the terms and provisions of the Pledge Agreement.

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Material Subsidiary.

Incremental Amendment” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L.

Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Incremental Facilities” shall mean the facilities represented by the Incremental Loan Commitments and the related Incremental Loans.

Incremental Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

Incremental Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Incremental Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

Incremental Revolving Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

Incremental Term C Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any lender to make Incremental Term C Loans of a particular tranche pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

Incremental Term C Loan Facility” shall mean each tranche of Incremental Term C Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14.

Incremental Term C Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

Incremental Term C Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any tranche of Incremental Term C Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14, the final maturity date thereof.

Incremental Term C Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

Incremental Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any lender to make Incremental Term Loans of a particular tranche pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

Incremental Term Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

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Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14, the final maturity date thereof.

Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (c) the deferred purchase price of assets or services that in accordance with GAAP would be included as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (d) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (e) all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, (f) the principal component of all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) the Swap Termination Value of Hedging Obligations of such Person, (h) without duplication, all Guarantee Obligations of such Person, (i) Disqualified Stock of such Person and (j) Receivables Indebtedness of such Person; provided that Indebtedness shall not include (i) trade and other ordinary course payables and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) deferred or prepaid revenue, (iii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller, (iv) amounts payable by and between Holdings, the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries in connection with retail clawback or other regulatory transition issues, (v) any Indebtedness defeased by such Person or by any Subsidiary of such Person, (vi) contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (vii) [reserved], (viii) Performance Guaranties, and (ix) earnouts until earned, due and payable and not paid for a period of thirty (30) days. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) exclude all intercompany Indebtedness among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) obligations constituting Non-Recourse Debt shall only constitute “Indebtedness” for purposes of Section 10.1, Section 10.2 and Section 10.10 and not for any other purpose hereunder.

indemnified liabilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5.

Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than (i) Excluded Taxes and (ii) any interest, penalties or expenses caused by an Agent’s or Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Independent Financial Advisor” shall mean an accounting firm, appraisal firm, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is disinterested with respect to the applicable transaction.

Initial Credit Facilities” shall mean the Initial Term Loans, the Initial Term C Loans and the Initial Revolving Credit Loans (and the related Revolving Credit Exposure with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments).

Initial Financial Statements Delivery Date” shall mean the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent for the first full fiscal quarter commencing after the Conversion Date.

 

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Initial Pricing Certificate” shall mean the certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall certify, and set forth in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the date of such certificate (if the Initial Pricing Certificate is delivered on the Conversion Date, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Transactions).

Initial Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(c).

Initial Term C Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b)(i).

Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(a)(i).

Insolvent” shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

Intercompany Subordinated Note” shall mean the Intercompany Note, dated as of October 3, 2016, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Term Loan, Term C Loan, Revolving Credit Loan, New Revolving Credit Loan or Extended Revolving Credit Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.

Investment” shall mean, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of Stock, Stock Equivalents, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership, limited liability company membership or other ownership interests or other securities of any other Person (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such other Person) (including any partnership or joint venture); (c) the entering into of any Guarantee Obligation with respect to, Indebtedness; or (d) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person; provided that, in the event that any Investment is made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person through substantially concurrent interim transfers of any amount through one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries, then such other substantially concurrent interim transfers shall be disregarded for purposes of Section 10.5. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment reduced (except in the case of (x) Investments made using the Applicable Amount pursuant to Section 10.5(h)(iii) and Section 10.05(v)(y) and (y) Returns which increase the Applicable Amount pursuant to clauses (a)(iii), (iv), (v) and (vii) of the definition thereof) by any Returns of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of cash or Permitted Investments, such amount shall be equal to the fair market value of such consideration).

IPO Reorganization Transaction” shall mean transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating a Qualifying IPO, so long as, after giving effect thereto, the security interest of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired.

ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

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Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by a Letter of Credit Issuer and Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or in favor of a Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

Joint Lead Arrangers” shall mean Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets, UBS Securities LLC and Natixis, New York Branch, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Junior Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).

Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean an Intercreditor Agreement among the representative of such holders of Indebtedness junior to the Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee (if applicable), the Borrower and any other First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto, whether on the Conversion Date or at any time thereafter, substantially in the form of Exhibit M or in a form that is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Class of Loans or Commitments hereunder as of such date of determination.

Latest Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the Latest Maturity Date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder as of such date of determination, including the latest maturity date of any Replacement Term Loan, any Replacement Term C Loan, any Refinancing Term Loan, any Refinancing Term C Loan, any Extended Term Loan or any Extended Term C Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

L/C Obligations” shall mean the Revolving L/C Obligations and the Term L/C Obligations.

LCT Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

LCT Test Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

Lender” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Lender Default” shall mean (a) the refusal or failure (which has not been cured) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing or to fund its portion of any Unpaid Drawing under Section 3.4 that it is required to make hereunder, (b) a Lender having notified the Administrative Agent and/or the Borrower that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement, (c) a Lender has failed to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and, in the case of a Revolving Credit Lender, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, (d) a Lender being deemed insolvent or becoming the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or has admitted in writing that it is insolvent, or (e) a Lender that has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action.

Lender Presentation” shall mean the Lender Presentation dated July 12, 2016, relating to the Credit Facilities and the Transactions.

 

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Letter of Credit” shall mean each Term Letter of Credit and each Revolving Letter of Credit.

Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean, with respect to any Term Letter of Credit, each Term Letter of Credit Issuer, and with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit, any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.

Letter of Credit Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(a).

Level I Status” shall mean, on any date of determination, the circumstance that the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is greater than 1.50 to 1.00 as of such date.

Level II Status” shall mean, on any date of determination, the circumstance that Level I Status does not exist and the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00 as of such date.

LIBOR Loan” shall mean any Term Loan, Term C Loan or Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

LIBOR Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan the rate per annum equal to the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any successor organization) LIBOR Rate (“ICE LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBOR Rate” for such Interest Period, as applicable, shall be the rate per annum as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to be a rate at which the Administrative Agent could borrow funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting offers in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loans for which the LIBOR Rate is then being determined and with maturities comparable to such Interest Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to Term Loans and Term C Loans, in each case, made or deemed made on the Conversion Date, in no event shall the LIBOR Rate be less than 1.00% per annum.

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, collateral assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease or license in the nature thereof); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to be a Lien.

Limited Condition Transaction” shall mean (i) any Permitted Acquisition or other permitted acquisition whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and (ii) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.

Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan, Term Loan or Term C Loan made by any Lender hereunder.

 

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Master Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Hedging Agreement”.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any circumstances or conditions affecting the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (excluding any matters publicly disclosed prior to May 31, 2016 (i) in connection with the Case and the events and conditions related and/or leading up to the Case and the effects thereof or (ii) in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC and/or any quarterly or periodic report of EFCH publicly filed thereafter and prior to May 31, 2016), that would, in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents (taken as a whole) or (b) the material rights or remedies (taken as a whole) of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Representative and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

Material DIP Event of Default” means (x) an “Event of Default” under Section 11.3(a) (solely in respect of defaults in performance of Section 10 of the Existing DIP Agreement), 11.11, or 11.15(i), (ii), or (vi) of the Existing DIP Agreement which has occurred and continued for more than ten (10) days after written notice thereof by the DIP Administrative Agent to the Borrower, (y) an “Event of Default” under Section 11.1(b) of the Existing DIP Agreement (other than with respect to the payment of interest), which has occurred and continued for more than five (5) days from the time of written notice thereof by the DIP Administrative Agent to the Borrower, and (z) a “Default” or “Event of Default” under Section 11.1(a) or (b) (in the case of clause (b) solely with respect to the payment of interest), of the Existing DIP Agreement has occurred and is continuing.

Material Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an outstanding amount exceeding $300,000,000 at any time.

Material Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of the most recent Test Period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose total revenues (when combined with the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries have, in the aggregate, (x) total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (y) total revenues (when combined with the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which the officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(c) of this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” so that such condition no longer exists. It is agreed and understood that no Receivables Entity shall be a Material Subsidiary.

Maturity Date” shall mean the Term Loan Maturity Date, the Term C Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, any Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental

 

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Term C Loan Maturity Date, any maturity date related to any Extension Series of Extended Term Loans, any maturity date related to any Extension Series of Extended Term C Loans and any maturity date related to any Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, any maturity date related to any Refinancing Term Loan, any maturity date related to any Refinancing Term C Loan, any maturity date related to any Refinancing Revolving Credit Loan, any maturity date related to any Replacement Term Loan, or any maturity date related to any Replacement Term L/ C Loan, as applicable.

Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount” shall mean the sum of (1) the greater of (x) $1,000,000,000, reduced by amounts incurred under Section 2.14 of the Existing DIP Agreement as Incremental Facilities (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) and (y) an amount equal to 60.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), plus (2) all voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans, Term C Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Permitted Other Debt and Incremental Term C Loans and commitment reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitment (in each case except to the extent (i) funded with proceeds of long term refinancing Indebtedness or (ii) the prepaid Indebtedness was originally incurred under clause (3) below) plus (3) an unlimited amount so long as, in the case of this clause (3) only, such amount at such time could be incurred without causing (x) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank pari passu with the Liens securing the Term Loans, Term C Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) to exceed 3.00:1.00, (y) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Facilities, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) to exceed 4.00:1.00, and (z) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness or Indebtedness secured only by Liens on assets that do not constitute Collateral, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) to exceed 4.50:1.00, in each case, after giving effect to any acquisition consummated in connection therewith and all other appropriate pro forma adjustments (including giving effect to the prepayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith), and assuming for purposes of this calculation that (i) the full committed amount of any Additional Revolving Credit Commitments then being incurred shall be treated as outstanding for such purpose and (ii) cash proceeds of any such Incremental Facility or Permitted Other Debt then being incurred shall not be netted from Consolidated Total Debt Indebtedness for purposes of calculating such Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable; provided, however, that if amounts incurred under this clause (3) are incurred concurrently with the incurrence of Incremental Facilities in reliance on clause (1) and/or clause (2) above, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be permitted to exceed the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, set forth in clause (3) above to the extent of such amounts incurred in reliance on clause (1) and/or clause (2) solely for the purpose of determining whether such concurrently incurred amounts incurred under this clause (3) are permissible) (it being understood that (A) if the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, incurrence test is met, then, at the election of the Borrower, any Incremental Facility or Permitted Other Debt may be incurred under clause (3) above regardless of whether there is capacity under clause (1) and/or clause (2) above and (B) any portion of any Incremental Facility or Permitted Other Debt incurred in reliance on clause (1) and/or clause (2) may be reclassified, as the Borrower may elect from time to time, as incurred under clause (3) if the Borrower meets the applicable leverage ratio under clause (3) at such time on a Pro Forma Basis); provided that in connection with complying with RCT Reclamation Obligations, if the Borrower is not permitted to secure such obligations by “self-bonding” on an unsecured basis or by maintaining in effect the super-priority Liens in favor of the RCT, the Borrower may incur additional Incremental Facilities in the form of an Incremental Term C Loan Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed, when combined with the aggregate amount of RCT Reclamation Obligations secured by Liens as permitted by Section 10.2(a)(i), $975,000,000; provided that the proceeds thereof are used to cash collateralize Term Letters of Credit issued in favor of the RCT.

 

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Maximum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(b).

Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, $5,000,000 (or, if less, the entire remaining Commitments of any applicable Credit Facility at the time of such Borrowing), and (b) with respect to a Borrowing of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 (or, if less, the entire remaining Commitments of any applicable Credit Facility at the time of such Borrowing).

Minimum Liquidity” shall mean, on the Conversion Date (and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions), the sum of (i) the amount of Unrestricted Cash of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, (ii) the amount on deposit in the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts in excess of the sum of (x) the Stated Amount of all Term Letters of Credit outstanding as of such date and (y) all Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations as of such date and (iii) the unused availability under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Minimum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(b).

Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Stock or Stock Equivalents, including any joint venture (regardless of form of legal entity).

MNPI” shall mean, with respect to any Person, information and documentation that is (a) of a type that would not be publicly available (and could not be derived from publicly available information) if such Person and its Subsidiaries were public reporting companies and (b) material with respect to such Person, its Subsidiaries or the respective securities of such Person and its Subsidiaries for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities laws, in each case, assuming such laws were applicable to such Person and its Subsidiaries.

Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage or a deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property and the Collateral Representative for the benefit of the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property, in a form to be mutually agreed with the Administrative Agent.

Mortgaged Property” shall mean all Real Estate (i) set forth on Schedule 1.1(c) and (ii) with respect to which a Mortgage is required to be granted pursuant to Section 9.14.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (i) to which any of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or has an obligation to make contributions or (ii) with respect to which the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could incur liability pursuant to Title IV of ERISA.

Narrative Report” shall mean, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the applicable period to which such financial statements relate.

 

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Necessary CapEx” shall mean Capital Expenditures that are required by Applicable Law (other than Environmental Law) or otherwise undertaken voluntarily for health and safety reasons (other than as required by Environmental Law). The term “Necessary CapEx” does not include any Capital Expenditure undertaken primarily to increase the efficiency of, expand or re-power any power generation facility.

“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Prepayment Event, as the case may be, less (b) the sum of:

(i) the amount, if any, of (A) all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated by the Borrower in good faith to be payable by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (B) all payments paid or estimated by the Borrower in good faith to be payable by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Shared Services and Tax Agreements in connection with such Prepayment Event,

(ii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (y) retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction); provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,

(iii) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and any other Indebtedness secured by a Lien that ranks pari passu with or is subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event, to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,

(iv) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period, has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest or, with respect to any Recovery Prepayment Event, provided an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or a Restoration Certification prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period) in the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to Section 9.16), including for the repair, restoration or replacement of an asset or assets subject to such Prepayment Event; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds”) shall, unless the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or provided a Restoration Certification prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds, (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or provided such Restoration Certification, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date”), and (y) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i),

 

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(v) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction,

(vi) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event by a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and

(vii) reasonable and customary fees, commissions, expenses (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes and other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees), issuance costs, premiums, discounts and other costs paid by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, in connection with such Prepayment Event, in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (a) above.

Netting Agreement” shall mean a netting agreement, master netting agreement or other similar document having the same effect as a netting agreement or master netting agreement and, as applicable, any collateral annex, security agreement or other similar document related to any master netting agreement or Permitted Contract.

New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1(y)(i), and any Refinancing Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, any Replacement Term C Loans and any loans under any Replacement Facility.

New Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided Section 2.15(b).

New Refinancing Term Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

New Refinancing Term Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

New Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

New Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

New Revolving Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).

 

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Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(b).

Non-Recourse Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by any Non-Recourse Subsidiary to finance the acquisition, improvement, installation, design, engineering, construction, development, completion, maintenance or operation of, or otherwise to pay costs and expenses relating to or provide financing for a project, which Indebtedness does not provide for recourse against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, a Non-Recourse Subsidiary and such recourse as exists under a Performance Guaranty) or any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Stock in, or the property or assets of, a Non-Recourse Subsidiary).

Non-Recourse Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower whose principal purpose is to incur Non-Recourse Debt and/or construct, lease, own or operate the assets financed thereby, or to become a direct or indirect partner, member or other equity participant or owner in a Person created for such purpose, and substantially all the assets of which Subsidiary and such Person are limited to (x) those assets being financed (or to be financed), or the operation of which is being financed (or to be financed), in whole or in part by Non-Recourse Debt, or (y) Stock in, or Indebtedness or other obligations of, one or more other such Subsidiaries or Persons, or (z) Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or other Persons and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Non-Recourse Subsidiary.

Non-U.S. Lender” shall mean any Agent or Lender that is not, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S., (b) a corporation, partnership or entity treated as a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the U.S., or any political subdivision thereof, (c) an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source or (d) a trust if a court within the U.S. is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust or a trust that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a request of the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably).

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6.

Obligations” shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit or under any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement, in each case, entered into with Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, in each case, other than (x) Excluded Swap Obligations and (y) RCT Reclamation Obligations and Permitted Other Debt Obligations secured pursuant to the Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have

 

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obligations under the Credit Documents) (i) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document and (ii) exclude, notwithstanding any term or condition in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, any Excluded Swap Obligations, RCT Reclamation Obligations and Permitted Other Debt Obligations secured pursuant to the Security Documents.

Organizational Documents” shall mean, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and, if applicable, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, registration, documentary or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including interest, fines, penalties, additions to tax and related expenses with regard thereto) arising from any payment made or required to be made under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or from the execution or delivery of, registration or enforcement of, consummation or administration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or the Term Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).

Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(iii).

Participating Receivables Grantor” shall mean the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is or that becomes a participant or originator in a Permitted Receivables Financing.

Patriot Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8.

Payment Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under Section 11.1.

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

Pension Act” shall mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as it presently exists or as it may be amended from time to time.

Pension Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably expected to be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

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Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Performance Guaranty” means any guaranty issued in connection with any Non-Recourse Debt that (i) if secured, is secured only by assets of, or Stock in, an Excluded Project Subsidiary, and (ii) guarantees to the provider of such Non-Recourse Debt or any other Person the (a) performance of the improvement, installation, design, engineering, construction, acquisition, development, completion, maintenance or operation of, or otherwise affects any such act in respect of, all or any portion of the project that is financed by such Non-Recourse Debt, (b) completion of the minimum agreed equity contributions to the relevant Excluded Project Subsidiary, or (c) performance by an Excluded Project Subsidiary of obligations to Persons other than the provider of such Non-Recourse Debt.

Permitted Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition, by merger or otherwise, by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets (including assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division) or Stock or Stock Equivalents, so long as (a) if such acquisition involves any Stock or Stock Equivalents, such acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Stock or Stock Equivalents and its Subsidiaries becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and a Subsidiary Guarantor, to the extent required by Section 9.11 or designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) such acquisition shall result in the Collateral Representative, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, being granted a security interest in any Stock, Stock Equivalent or any assets so acquired, to the extent required by Sections 9.11, 9.12 and/or 9.14, and (c) after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 9.16.

Permitted Contract” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(bb).

Permitted Debt Exchange” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

Permitted Debt Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

Permitted Debt Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

Permitted Holders” shall mean each member of the TCEH First Lien Ad Hoc Committee (and its affiliates) owning, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the Class C3 TCEH First Lien Secured Claims, as described in the Plan as of May 31, 2016.

Permitted Investments” shall mean:

(a) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities and/or reset dates of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) securities issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating generally obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service);

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least A-3 or P-3 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

(d) time deposits with, or domestic and LIBOR certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof issued by, the Administrative Agent (or any Affiliate thereof), any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of domestic banks and $100,000,000 (or the dollar equivalent thereof) in the case of foreign banks;

(e) repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 90 days for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (a), (b) and (d) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (d) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;

(f) marketable short-term money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in excess of $500,000,000 or (y) having a rating of at least A-3 or P-3 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

(g) shares of investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and substantially all the investments of which are one or more of the types of securities described in clauses (a) through (f) above; provided that, in order for such Permitted Investment to constitute a Term L/C Permitted Investment, such investment company must have an investment grade rating generally obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such investment company, then from another nationally recognized rating service); and

(h) in the case of Investments by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, other customarily utilized high-quality Investments in the country where such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary is located or in which such Investment is made.

Permitted Liens” shall mean:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established to the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP or that are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.4;

(b) Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower imposed by Applicable Law, such as carriers’, landlords’, construction contractors’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the construction or restoration of facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, in each case so long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business and do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) Liens arising from judgments or decrees in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.11;

 

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(d) Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employee benefit and pension liability and other types of social security or similar legislation, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, trade contracts (other than for payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, surety, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (including in connection with the construction or restoration of facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity) or otherwise constituting Investments permitted by Section 10.5;

(e) ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower are located;

(f) easements, rights-of-way, licenses, reservations, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, rights of others, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), oil, gas and other mineral interests, royalty interests and leases, minor defects, exceptions or irregularities in title or survey, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, taken as a whole;

(g) any exception shown on a final Survey incidental to the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness for borrowed money and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any exception on the title policies issued in connection with any Mortgaged Property;

(h) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor, sublicensor or grantor of an easement or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s, sublicensor’s interest or grantor of an easement under any lease, sublease, license, sublicense or easement to be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as lessee, sublessee, licensee, grantee or sublicensee to the extent permitted by this Agreement;

(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(j) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or banker’s acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such letter of credit or banker’s acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;

(k) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, taken as a whole;

(l) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

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(m) Liens created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial institutions over credit balances of any bank accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries held at such banks or financial institutions, as the case may be, to facilitate the operation of cash pooling and/or interest set-off arrangements in respect of such bank accounts in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens arising under Section 9.343 of the Texas Uniform Commercial Code or similar statutes of states other than Texas;

(o) (i) Liens on accounts receivable, other Receivables Facility Assets, or accounts into which collections or proceeds of Receivables Facility Assets are deposited, in each case arising in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and (ii) Liens on Securitization Assets and related assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;

(p) any zoning, land use, environmental or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, taken as a whole;

(q) any Lien arising by reason of deposits with or giving of any form of security to any Governmental Authority for any purpose at any time as required by Applicable Law as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege or license, or to enable the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to maintain self-insurance or to participate in any fund for liability on any insurance risks;

(r) Liens, restrictions, regulations, easements, exceptions or reservations of any Governmental Authority applying to nuclear fuel;

(s) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit, or by any provision of Applicable Law, to terminate or modify such right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit or to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of any of the property of such person;

(t) Liens arising under any obligations or duties affecting any of the property, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Governmental Authority with respect to any franchise, grant, license or permit which do not materially impair the use of such property for the purposes for which it is held;

(u) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to use, control or regulate any property of such Person, which do not materially impair the use of such property for the purposes for which it is held;

(v) any obligations or duties, affecting the property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to any Governmental Authority with respect to any franchise, grant, license or permit;

(w) a set-off or netting rights granted by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to any Hedging Agreements, Netting Agreements or Permitted Contracts solely in respect of amounts owing under such agreements;

 

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(x) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

(y) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(z) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Permitted Investments are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Permitted Investments are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;

(aa) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by Applicable Laws; and

(bb) Liens on Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Permitted Other Debt” shall mean, collectively, Permitted Other Loans and Permitted Other Notes.

Permitted Other Debt Documents” shall mean any agreement, document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Debt by any Credit Party.

Permitted Other Debt Obligations” shall mean, if any Permitted Other Debt is issued, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Debt Document and, if applicable, under any Security Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Debt Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Debt Documents and, if applicable, under any Security Document (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Debt Documents and, if applicable, under any Security Document) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Debt Document and, if applicable, under any Security Document.

Permitted Other Debt Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Debt Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).

Permitted Other Loans” shall mean senior secured or unsecured loans (which loans, if secured, may either be secured pari passu with the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies) or

 

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may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations), in either case issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) if such Permitted Other Loans are incurred (and for the avoidance of doubt, not “assumed”), the scheduled final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of which are no earlier than the scheduled final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity, respectively, of the Initial Term Loans or, in the case of any Permitted Other Loans that are issued or incurred in exchange for, or which modify, replace, refinance, refund, renew, restructure or extend any other Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1, no earlier than the scheduled final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such exchanged, modified, replaced, refinanced, refunded, renewed, restructured or extended Indebtedness (other than customary scheduled principal amortization payments, customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty or condemnation event, customary acceleration rights after an event of default, and AHYDO Catch-Up Payments), (b) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Guarantor) is an obligor and (c) if secured, are not secured by any assets other than all or any portion of the Collateral, provided, the requirements of the foregoing clause (a) shall not apply to any customary bridge facility so long as the Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to be converted complies with such requirements.

Permitted Other Notes” shall mean senior secured or unsecured notes (which notes, if secured, may either be secured pari passu with the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies) or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations), in either case issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) if such Permitted Other Notes are incurred (and for the avoidance of doubt, not “assumed”), the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations (other than customary scheduled principal amortization payments, customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty or condemnation event, customary acceleration rights after an event of default, and AHYDO Catch-Up Payments) prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date or, in the case of any Permitted Other Notes that are issued or incurred in exchange for, or which modify, replace, refinance, refund, renew or extend any other Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1, prior to the scheduled maturity date of such exchanged, modified, replaced, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, (b) other than as required by clauses (a) and (c) of this definition, the covenants and events of default of which, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of the Initial Term Loans unless (1) Lenders under the Initial Term Loans also receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms, (2) such terms reflect market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) (it being understood that to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is included for the benefit of any Permitted Other Notes, such financial maintenance covenant shall be added for the benefit of any Loans outstanding hereunder at the time of incurrence of such Permitted Other Notes (except for any financial maintenance covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date, as determined at the time of issuance or incurrence of such Permitted Other Notes) or (3) any such provisions apply after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date), (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Guarantor) is an obligor, and (d) if secured, are not secured by any assets other than all or any portion of the Collateral; provided, the requirements of the foregoing clause (a) shall not apply to any customary bridge facility so long as the Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to be converted complies with such requirements.

Permitted Receivables Financing” shall mean any of one or more receivables financing programs as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities and other customary forms of support, in each case made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Entity) providing for the sale, conveyance, or contribution to capital of Receivables Facility Assets by Participating Receivables Grantors in transactions purporting to be sales of Receivables Facility Assets to

 

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either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Entity that in turn funds such purchase by the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance, pledge, or grant of participation or other interest in such Receivables Facility Assets to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

Permitted Reorganization” shall mean re-organizations and other activities related to tax planning and re-organization, so long as, after giving effect thereto, the security interest of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).

Permitted Sale Leaseback” shall mean any Sale Leaseback existing on the Closing Date or consummated by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback consummated after the Closing Date not between (a) a Credit Party and another Credit Party or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sales Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed $100,000,000, the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).

Permitted Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility” shall mean a synthetic letter of credit facility made available to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding thereunder shall not exceed $250,000,000.

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

Plan” shall mean the Existing Plan or an Alternative Acceptable Plan, as applicable.

Plan Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Platform” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(c).

Pledge Agreement” shall mean (a) the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time), entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Collateral Representative for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (b) any other Pledge Agreement with respect to any or all of the Obligations delivered pursuant to Section 9.12.

Post-Transaction Period” shall mean, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the period beginning on the date such Specified Transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Specified Transaction is consummated.

PrefCo” shall mean the “Preferred Stock Entity” (as defined in the Plan).

PrefCo Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of PrefCo.

 

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Preferred Stock” shall mean any Stock or Stock Equivalents with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Recovery Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event.

Principal Properties” shall mean (i) the approximately 800 megawatt (net load), lignite coal-fired, power generation facility, excluding mining properties, known as “Oak Grove Unit 1”, being operated and owned by Oak Grove Management Company LLC in Robertson County, Texas; (ii) the approximately 800 megawatt (net load), lignite coal-fired, power generation facility, excluding mining properties, known as “Oak Grove Unit 2”, being operated and owned by Oak Grove Management Company LLC in Robertson County, Texas; (iii) the approximately 1,150 megawatt (net load) nuclear fueled power generation facility known as “Comanche Peak Unit 1” being operated and owned by Luminant Generation Company LLC in Somervell County and Hood County, Texas; (v) the approximately 1,792 megawatt (nominal nameplate) natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generating plant known as the “Forney Energy Center” being operated and owned by Luminant Holding Company LLC in Forney, Texas; (vi) the approximately 580 megawatt (net load), lignite coal fired, circulating fluidized bed power generation facility, excluding mining properties, known as “Sandow Unit 5” being operated and owned by Sandow Power Company LLC in Milam County, Texas; and (vii) the approximately 1,000 megawatt (nominal nameplate) natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generating plant known as the “Lamar Energy Center” being operated and owned by Luminant Holding Company LLC in Paris, Texas.

Pro Forma Adjustment” shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Transaction Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Pro Forma Entity or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA (including as the result of any “run-rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings and other adjustments evidenced by or contained in a due diligence quality of earnings report made available to the Administrative Agent prepared with respect to such Pro Forma Entity by a “big-four” nationally recognized accounting firm or any other accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period for the purposes of realizing cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Pro Forma Entity with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (A) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Pro Forma Entity to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $50,000,000 or the aggregate Pro Forma Adjustment would be less than $50,000,000 and (B) so long as such actions are taken, or to be taken, prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period or such costs are incurred prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such “run rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings and other adjustments will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional “run rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings and other adjustments, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for “run rate” synergies, operating expense reductions and improvements and cost savings and other adjustments or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.

 

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Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, and (c) any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith (it being agreed that (x) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination, (y) interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP and (z) interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Borrower or any applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above (but without duplication thereof), the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction and (y) reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.

Pro Forma Entity” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Acquired EBITDA”.

Prohibited Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c) of the Code.

Projections” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(g).

PUCT” shall mean the Public Utility Commission of Texas or any successor.

Qualified ECP Guarantor” shall mean, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Qualified Securitization Financing” shall mean any Securitization Facility (and any guarantee of such Securitization Facility), that meets the following conditions: (i) the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Securitization Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) all sales of Securitization Assets and related assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Securitization Subsidiary or any other Person are made at

 

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fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); (iii) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings; and (iv) the obligations under such Securitization Facility are nonrecourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary).

Qualifying IPO” shall mean the issuance by Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent of Holdings of its common Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).

RCT” shall mean the Railroad Commission of Texas.

RCT Reclamation Obligations” shall mean all amounts required to be paid by the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries to the RCT or the State of Texas (x) in respect of reclamation obligations incurred by the RCT (or which may be incurred by the RCT) and for which any of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries may be liable under Applicable Law and (y) in respect of any other First-Out Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement).

Real Estate” shall mean any interest in land, buildings and improvements owned, leased or otherwise held by any Credit Party, but excluding all operating fixtures and equipment.

Receivables Entity” shall mean any Person formed solely for the purpose of (i) facilitating or entering into one or more Permitted Receivables Financings, and (ii) in each case, engaging in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto.

Receivables Facility Assets” shall mean currently existing and hereafter arising or originated Accounts, Payment Intangibles and Chattel Paper (as each such term is defined in the UCC) owed or payable to any Participating Receivables Grantor, and to the extent related to or supporting any Accounts, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangibles, or constituting a receivable, all General Intangibles (as each such term is defined in the UCC) and other forms of obligations and receivables owed or payable to any Participating Receivables Grantor, including the right to payment of any interest, finance charges, late payment fees or other charges with respect thereto (the foregoing, collectively, being “receivables”), all of such Participating Receivables Grantor’s rights as an unpaid vendor (including rights in any goods the sale of which gave rise to any receivables), all security interests or liens and property subject to such security interests or liens from time to time purporting to secure payment of any receivables or other items described in this definition, all guarantees, letters of credit, security agreements, insurance and other agreements or arrangements from time to time supporting or securing payment of any receivables or other items described in this definition, all customer deposits with respect thereto, all rights under any contracts giving rise to or evidencing any receivables or other items described in this definition, and all documents, books, records and information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, data processing software and related property and rights) relating to any receivables or other items described in this definition or to any obligor with respect thereto and any other assets customarily transferred together with receivables in connection with a non-recourse accounts receivable factoring arrangement and which are sold, conveyed assigned or otherwise transferred or pledge in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing, and all proceeds of the foregoing.

Receivables Fees” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing.

 

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Receivables Indebtedness” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any receivables, securitization or similar facility (including any Permitted Receivables Financing or any Securitization Facility but excluding a any account receivable factoring facility entered into incurred in the ordinary course of business), the aggregate principal, or stated amount, of the “indebtedness”, fractional undivided interests (which stated amount may be described as a “net investment” or similar term reflecting the amount invested in such undivided interest) or other securities incurred or issued pursuant to such receivables, securitization or similar facility, at such time, in each case outstanding at such time.

Recovery Event” shall mean (a) any damage to, destruction of or other casualty or loss involving any property or asset or (b) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation or taking (or transfer under threat of condemnation) under the power of eminent domain of, or any requisition of title or use of or relating to, or any similar event in respect of, any property or asset.

Recovery Prepayment Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds with respect to any settlement or payment in connection with any Recovery Event in respect of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the term “Recovery Prepayment Event” shall not include any Asset Sale Prepayment Event.

Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).

Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

Refinanced Term C Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

Refinanced Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

Refinancing Amendment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(vii).

Refinancing Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

Refinancing Facility” shall mean any new Class of Loans or Commitments or increases to existing Classes of Loans or Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.15(b).

Refinancing Facility Closing Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(iv).

Refinancing Lenders” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(iii).

Refinancing Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(ii).

Refinancing Loan Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

Refinancing Revolving Credit Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(iii).

 

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Refinancing Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(ii).

Refinancing Term C Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(iii).

Refinancing Term C Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(ii).

Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

Refinancing Term Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(iii).

Refinancing Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(ii).

Refinancing Term Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b)(i).

Refinancing Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).

Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

Reinvestment Period” shall mean 15 months following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

Rejection Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

Reorganization” shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

Repayment Amount” shall mean a Term Loan Repayment Amount, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series, an Incremental Term Loan Repayment Amount, a Refinancing Term Loan Repayment Amount, and a Replacement Term Loan Repayment Amount scheduled to be repaid on any date.

Replaced Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

 

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Replaced Term C Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

Replacement Facility” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

“Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments” shall mean commitments to make Permitted Other Loans that are provided by one or more lenders, in exchange for, or which are to be used to refinance, replace, renew, modify, refund or extend Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Loans), Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Extended Revolving Credit Loans), New Revolving Credit Commitments (and related New Revolving Credit Loans) or previous Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Permitted Other Loans); provided that, substantially contemporaneously with the provision of such Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Commitments of the Classes being exchanged, refinanced, replaced, renewed, modified refunded or extended (the “Replaced Classes”) are reduced and permanently terminated (and any corresponding Loans outstanding prepaid) in the manner (except with respect to Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and related Permitted Other Loans) set forth in Section 5.2(e), in an amount such that, after giving effect to such replacement, the aggregate principal amount of Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments plus the aggregate principal amount of Commitments or commitments of the Replaced Classes remaining outstanding after giving effect to such replacement do not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Commitments or commitments of the Replaced Classes that was in effect immediately prior to the replacement.

Replacement Term C Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

Replacement Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

Replacement Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.

Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, other than any event as to which the thirty day notice period has been waived.

Repricing Transaction” shall mean (i) any prepayment or repayment of Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans with the proceeds of, or any conversion of Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans into, any substantially concurrent issuance of new or replacement tranche of broadly syndicated senior secured first lien term loans under credit facilities the primary purpose of which is to reduce the Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans and (ii) any amendment to the Initial Term Loans or the Initial Term C Loans (or any exercise of any “yank-a-bank” rights in connection therewith) the primary purpose of which is to reduce the Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans; provided that a Repricing Transaction shall not include any such prepayment, repayment or amendment in connection with (x) a Change of Control or other “change of control” transaction, (y) initial public offering or other offering of the equity interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof or (z) a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the outstanding amount of the Term Loans in the aggregate at such date, (b)

 

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the outstanding amount of Term C Loans in the aggregate at such date, (c)(i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date or (ii) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date, (d)(i) the Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extension Series at such date or (ii) if the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Extension Series has been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans of such Extension Series and the related Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date, and (e)(i) the Adjusted Total New Revolving Credit Commitments of each tranche of New Revolving Credit Commitments at such date or (ii) if the Total New Revolving Credit Commitment of any tranche of New Revolving Credit Commitments has been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the New Revolving Credit Loans of such tranche and the related revolving letter of credit exposure (excluding the New Revolving Credit Loans and revolving letter of credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

Required Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).

Required Term C Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Lenders having or holding a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term C Loans at such date.

Required Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Lenders having or holding a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans at such date.

Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any 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.

Requisite DIP Roll Lenders” shall mean, at any date, the Existing DIP Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of loans and commitments under the DIP Facilities.

Restoration Certification” shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Prepayment Event, a certification made by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period certifying (a) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary intends to use the proceeds received in connection with such Recovery Prepayment Event (x) to repair, restore, refurbish or replace the property or assets in respect of which such Recovery Prepayment Event occurred or (y) or to invest in assets used or useful in a Similar Business, (b) the approximate costs of completion of such repair, restoration, refurbishment or replacement and (c) that such repair, restoration or replacement will be completed within the later of (x) fifteen months after the date on which cash proceeds with respect to such Recovery Prepayment Event were received and (y) 180 days after delivery of such Restoration Certification.

Restricted Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, after any Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an “Excluded Project Subsidiary” in accordance with the definition thereof (and until such time as such “Excluded Project Subsidiary” is redesignated as a “Restricted Subsidiary”), such Excluded Project Subsidiary shall not constitute a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement, other than for purposes of Sections 9.16, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.11.

Retained Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

Returns” means, with respect to any Investment, any dividends, distributions, interest, fees, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profits (from a Disposition or otherwise) and other amounts received or realized in respect of such Investment.

Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment”, (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, and (c) in the case of any Lender that agrees to provide an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, in each case, the amount specified in the applicable Incremental Amendment, in each case as such Revolving Credit Commitment may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, including, unless the context shall otherwise require, the term “Revolving Credit Commitment”, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and Replacement Revolving Commitments of such Lender.

Revolving Credit Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).

Revolving Credit Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean with respect to the Available Revolving Commitment applicable to all Revolving Credit Lenders, on any date, the rate per annum set forth below based upon the Status in effect on such day:

 

Status

   Revolving Credit Commitment
Fee Rate
 

Level I Status

     0.50

Level II Status

     0.375

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained in the definition of “Status,” the term “Revolving Credit Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean 0.50% during the period from and including the Conversion Date to but excluding the earlier of (i) the date on which the Borrower delivers an Initial Pricing Certificate to the Administrative Agent (which date may be the Conversion Date) and (ii) the Initial Financial Statements Delivery Date.

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time by (b) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time by (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time.

 

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Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then-outstanding and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure at such time.

Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean the revolving credit facility represented by the Revolving Credit Commitments.

Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time (or, after the termination of its Revolving Credit Commitment, Revolving Credit Exposure at such time).

Revolving Credit Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(iii).

Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean the Initial Revolving Credit Loans, each additional Loan made by a Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(c), any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, loans under any Replacement Facility, any Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans or any Extended Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable.

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean August 4, 2021.

Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the earlier to occur of (a) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (b) the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.

Revolving L/C Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Revolving Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.

Revolving L/C Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

Revolving L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit plus the aggregate principal amount of all Unpaid Drawings under all Revolving Letters of Credit, including all Revolving L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Revolving Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Revolving L/C Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

Revolving L/C Participation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

Revolving Letter of Credit” shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i) (including DIP Revolving Letters of Credit deemed issued as Revolving Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.10).

Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean $500,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 4.2(c).

 

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Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the principal amount of any Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a) at such time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a)).

Revolving Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(c).

Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers” shall mean (a) on the date hereof, (i) Citibank, N.A. and its Affiliates, (ii) Credit Suisse AG Cayman Islands Branch and its Affiliates, (iii) Royal Bank of Canada and its Affiliates, (iv) UBS AG, Stamford Branch and its Affiliates, and (v) Natixis, New York Branch and its Affiliates (and, in the case of such Affiliates referenced in this clause (a), solely to the extent reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), and (b) at any time such Person who shall become a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.6 (it being understood that if any such Person ceases to be a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder, such Person will remain a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to any Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Person that remained outstanding as of the date such Person ceased to be a Lender). Any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Revolving Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, and in each such case the term “Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate or Lender with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or Lender. References herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.

Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the sum of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Unpaid Drawings in respect of all such Revolving Letters of Credit. References herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall be deemed to refer to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of all Revolving Letters of Credit issued by the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of all Revolving Letters of Credit, as the context requires.

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

Sale Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.

Sanctions” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19.

Sanctions Laws” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19.

 

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Sandow Unit 4” shall mean the approximately 557 megawatt (net load) lignite fired power generation facility, excluding mining properties, known as “Sandow Unit 4” being operated and owned by Luminant Generation Company LLC in Milam County, Texas.

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(c).

Section 2.15(a) Additional Amendment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(v).

Secured Bank Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers, each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedging Agreement or a Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement, as applicable, each Cash Management Bank that is a party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or appointed by the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.

Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement relating to Cash Management Services that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank (it being understood and agreed that each Secured Cash Management Agreement (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) entered into during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Conversion Date shall be a Secured Cash Management Agreement hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, but only to the extent that the underlying Cash Management Agreement does not terminate due to the occurrence of the Conversion Date).

Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Commodity Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank (it being understood and agreed that each Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) entered into during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Conversion Date shall be a Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, but only to the extent that the underlying Commodity Hedging Agreement does not terminate due to the occurrence of the Conversion Date).

Secured Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank (it being understood and agreed that each Secured Hedging Agreement (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) entered into during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Conversion Date shall be a Secured Hedging Agreement hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, but only to the extent that the underlying Hedging Agreement does not terminate due to the occurrence of the Conversion Date).

Secured Parties” shall mean the Secured Bank Parties, the Collateral Trustee (for so long as the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect), the RCT (at all times prior to the Discharge of the First-Out Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement)), each other First Lien Secured Party (other than the Secured Bank Parties) and each sub-agent appointed by the Collateral Representative with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Securitization” shall mean a public or private offering by a Lender or any of its Affiliates or their respective successors and assigns of securities or notes which represent an interest in, or which are collateralized, in whole or in part, by the Loans and the Lender’s rights under the Credit Documents.

Securitization Asset” shall mean (a) any accounts receivable or related assets and the proceeds thereof, in each case, subject to a Securitization Facility and (b) all collateral securing such receivable or asset, all contracts and contract rights, guaranties or other obligations in respect of such receivable or asset, lockbox accounts and records with respect to such account or asset and any other assets customarily transferred (or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted), together with accounts or assets in a securitization financing and which in the case of clause (a) and (b) above are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or pledged in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing.

Securitization Facility” shall mean any transaction or series of securitization financings that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or may grant a security interest in, Securitization Assets to either (a) a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Securitization Subsidiary that in turn sells such Securitization Assets to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Securitization Fees” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any Securitization Asset or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) paid to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Qualified Securitization Financing.

Securitization Repurchase Obligation” shall mean any obligation of a seller (or any guaranty of such obligation) of (i) Receivables Facility Assets under a Permitted Receivables Financing to repurchase Receivables Facility Assets or (ii) Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets, in either case, arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

Securitization Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower in each case formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages in, one or more Qualified Securitization Financings and other activities reasonably related thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers Securitization Assets and related assets.

Security Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time), entered into by the Borrower, the other grantors party thereto, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Collateral Representative for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Security Agreement, (b) the Pledge Agreement, (c) the Mortgages, (d) the Collateral Trust Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor

 

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Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and any other intercreditor agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 10.2 and (e) each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents.

Series” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Settlement Agreement” shall mean the Settlement Agreement as defined in the Existing Plan as in effect on May 31, 2016.

Settlement Order” shall mean the Settlement Order as defined in the Existing Plan as in effect on May 31, 2016.

Shared Services and Tax Agreements” shall mean, collectively, (i) any shared services or similar agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party, (ii) any tax sharing agreements to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party, (iii) the Tax Receivable Agreement and (iv) the Tax Matters Agreement (as defined in the Existing Plan).

Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date or any other business activities which are reasonable extensions thereof or otherwise similar, incidental, corollary, complementary, synergistic, reasonably related, or ancillary to any of the foregoing (including non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment), in each case as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that as of the Conversion Date, (i) the present fair saleable value of the property (on a going concern basis) of such Person is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Person is not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business contemplated as of the date hereof for which they have unreasonably small capital and (iii) such Person is able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) the fair value of the assets (on a going concern basis) of such Person exceeds, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

Specified Affiliates” shall mean, collectively, the following affiliates of the Borrower: EFH Corporate Services Company and EFH Properties Company.

Specified Default” shall mean any Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5.

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

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Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Borrower and, and to the extent applicable, the Guarantors, set forth in (i) Section 8.1(a) (solely with respect to valid existence), (ii) Section 8.2, (iii) Section 8.3(c) (solely with respect to the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party), (iv) Section 8.5, (v) Section 8.7, (vi) Section 8.16 (which shall be satisfied by the delivery of a solvency certificate substantially in the form of the solvency certificate attached as Annex III to Exhibit C of the Commitment Letter), (vii) Section 8.17, and (viii) the last sentence of Section 8.19.

Specified Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, (a) in the case of each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer that is a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer on the date hereof, the percentage of the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment set forth opposite such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer’s “Specified Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment” or such other percentage as the Borrower and such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may agree in writing from time to time, and (b) in the case of any other Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, 100% of the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment or such lower percentage as is specified in the agreement pursuant to which such Person becomes a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer entered into pursuant to Section 3.6(a) hereof.

Specified Schedule” shall have the meaning providing in Section 1.12.

Specified Term Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Term Letter of Credit Issuer, (a) in the case of each Term Letter of Credit Issuer that is a Term Letter of Credit Issuer on the date hereof (other than Citibank N.A. and its Affiliates as Term Letter of Credit Issuers with respect to DIP Term Letters of Credit), the percentage of the Term Letter of Credit Commitment set forth opposite such Term Letter of Credit Issuer’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Term Letter of Credit Issuer’s “Specified Term Letter of Credit Commitment” or such other percentage as the Borrower and such Term Letter of Credit Issuer may agree in writing from time to time and (b) in the case of any other Term Letter of Credit Issuer, 100% of the Term Letter of Credit Commitment or such lower percentage as is specified in the agreement pursuant to which such Person becomes a Term Letter of Credit Issuer entered into pursuant to Section 3.6(a) hereof.

Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment, the signing of a letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to any Investment, any Disposition of assets, Permitted Sale Leaseback, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, dividend, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Term C Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans or other event that by the terms of this Agreement requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis”.

SPV” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).

Standard Securitization Undertakings” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Securitization Facility, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Securitization Subsidiary, it being understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met.

 

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Stated Maturity” shall mean, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for payment thereof; provided that, with respect to any pollution control revenue bonds or similar instruments, the Stated Maturity of any series thereof shall be deemed to be the date set forth in any instrument governing such Indebtedness for the remarketing of such Indebtedness.

Status” shall mean, as to the Borrower as of any date, the existence of Level I Status or Level II Status, as the case may be, on such date. Changes in Status resulting from changes in the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first day following each date that (a) Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1 and (b) an officer’s certificate is delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent setting forth, with respect to such Section 9.1 Financials, the then-applicable Status, and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this definition; provided that each determination of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio pursuant to this definition shall be made as of the end of the Test Period ending at the end of the fiscal period covered by the relevant Section 9.1 Financials.

Stock” shall mean shares of capital stock or shares in the capital, as the case may be (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock or ordinary shares or preferred shares, as the case may be), beneficial, partnership or membership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting, provided that any instrument evidencing Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Stock shall not be deemed to be Stock unless and until such instrument is so converted or exchanged.

Stock Equivalents” shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, provided that any instrument evidencing Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Stock Equivalents shall not be deemed to be Stock Equivalents unless and until such instrument is so converted or exchanged.

Subsequent Transaction” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time or is a controlling general partner. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).

Survey” shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon), including a survey based on aerial photography that is (a) (i) prepared by a licensed surveyor or

 

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engineer, (ii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonable in light of the size, type and location of the Real Estate covered thereby) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Title Company and (iii) sufficient, either alone or in connection with a survey (or “no change”) affidavit in form and substance customary in the applicable jurisdiction, for the Title Company to remove (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) or amend all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or commitment) relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue such endorsements or other survey coverage, to the extent available in the applicable jurisdiction, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request or (b) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, taking into account the size, type and location of the Real Estate covered thereby.

Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swap Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.

Tax Receivable Agreement” shall mean the Spin-Off Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined in the Existing Plan), including any agreement or arrangement thereunder pursuant to which any direct or indirect parent of Holdings (or any subsidiary of such direct or indirect parent) shall be obligated from time to time to make payments (including those related to early termination, if any) to or for the benefit of certain holders of rights under such agreement or arrangement (including through a transfer agent or similar agent, trustee or other intermediary) or to or for the benefit of one or more entities interests in which may be held by such holders, in all cases with respect to specified tax items of such direct or indirect parent (or any subsidiary thereof).

TCEH” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

TCEH Debtors” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

TCEH First Lien Ad Hoc Committee” shall mean the “TCEH First Lien Ad Hoc Committee” as defined in the Plan.

Term C Loan” shall mean the Initial Term C Loans, any Incremental Term C Loan, any Extended Term C Loan, any Refinancing Term C Loan, or any Replacement Term C Loan, as applicable.

Term C Loan Collateral Account” shall mean one or more cash collateral accounts or securities accounts established pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, Section 3.9 for the purpose of cash collateralizing the Term L/C Obligations in respect of Term Letters of Credit, including the Deutsche Bank Term C Loan Collateral Account, the Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account and the Citibank Term C Loan Collateral Account.

 

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Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Term C Loan Collateral Account, the aggregate amount on deposit in such Term C Loan Collateral Account. References herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance shall be deemed to refer to the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance in respect of the applicable Term C Loan Collateral Account or to the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance in respect of all Term C Loan Collateral Accounts, as the context may require.

Term C Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(iii).

Term C Loan Facility” shall mean the facility providing for the Term C Loans.

Term C Loan Increase” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Term C Loan Lender” shall mean each Lender holding a Term C Loan.

Term C Loan Maturity Date” shall mean August 4, 2023.

Term L/C Cash Coverage Requirement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.9.

Term L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Term Letters of Credit plus the aggregate principal amount of all Unpaid Drawings under all Term Letters of Credit. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Term Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Term Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Term L/C Permitted Investments” shall mean:

(a) any Permitted Investments described in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition thereof; and

(b) such other securities as agreed to by the Borrower and the applicable Term Letter of Credit Issuer from time to time.

Term L/C Termination Date” shall mean the date that is five Business Days prior to the Term C Loan Maturity Date.

Term Letter of Credit” shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(i) (including Existing Letters of Credit deemed issued as Term Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.10).

Term Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean $650,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.5(a) or Section 5.2(d).

Term Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean (a) Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and any of its Affiliates (in the case of such Affiliates, solely to the extent reasonably acceptable to the

 

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Borrower), (b) Barclays Bank PLC and any of its Affiliates (in the case of such Affiliates, solely to the extent reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), (c) each issuer of a DIP Term Letter of Credit listed on Schedule 1.1(b) and (d) at any time such Person who shall become a Term Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.6 (it being understood that if any such Person ceases to be a Lender hereunder, such Person will remain a Term Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to any Term Letters of Credit issued by such Person that remained outstanding as of the date such Person ceased to be a Lender). Any Term Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Term Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, and in each such case the term “Term Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate or Lender with respect to Term Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or Lender. References herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Term Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Term Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Term Letter of Credit or to all Term Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.

Term Letters of Credit Outstanding” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Term Letter of Credit Issuer, the sum of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Term Letters of Credit issued by such Term Letter of Credit Issuer and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Unpaid Drawings in respect of all such Term Letters of Credit. References herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding shall be deemed to refer to the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of all Term Letters of Credit issued by the applicable Term Letter of Credit Issuer or to the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of all Term Letters of Credit, as the context requires.

Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations” shall mean the obligations of the Credit Parties to reimburse and repay Unpaid Drawings on any Term Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.

Term Loan Facility” shall mean the facility providing for the Term Loans.

Term Loan Increase” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

Term Loan Lender” shall mean each Lender holding a Term Loan.

Term Loans” shall mean the Initial Term Loans, any Incremental Term Loan, any Replacement Term Loan, any Refinancing Term Loans or any Extended Term Loans, as applicable.

Term Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean August 4, 2023.

Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then last ended and for which Section 9.1 Financials have been or were required to have been delivered (or, for purposes of any calculation of a financial ratio under this Agreement, for which the financial statements described in Section 9.1(a) or (b) are otherwise available).

Title Company” shall mean Fidelity National Title Insurance Company.

Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Commitments of all Lenders.

 

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Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Total Commitment at such date, (b) if any of the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Extension Series, the Total New Revolving Credit Commitment of any tranche of New Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated on or prior to such date, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, New Revolving Credit Loans in respect of such tranche of the Lenders most recently holding such terminated Commitments at such date and (ii) the aggregate exposure in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit of such Lenders at such date (which sum of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall, in the case of any such Lenders that are Revolving Credit Lenders, be equal to the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lenders), (c) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date and (d) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term C Loans at such date.

Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date of all Lenders of each Extension Series.

Total New Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of the New Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.

Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.

TPL” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(z).

Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees, costs, liabilities or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its respective Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including in respect of the commitments, negotiation, syndication, documentation and closing (and post-closing actions in connection with the Collateral) of the Credit Facilities.

Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the (i) consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Existing DIP Agreement, including the Closing Refinancing (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) and (ii) transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur on or around the Conversion Date (including the entering into and funding hereunder) and the transactions in connection with the consummation of the Plan, and the payment of fees, costs, liabilities and expenses in connection with each of the foregoing and the consummation of any other transaction connected with the foregoing.

Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).

Transition Charges” shall have the meaning provided in Section 39.302(7) of the Texas Utilities Code.

Transition Property” shall have the meaning provided in Section 39.302(8) of the Texas Utilities Code.

Trust Indenture Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.11.

Type” shall mean, (a) as to any Term Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Loan, (b) as to any Term C Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Loan, and (c) as to any Revolving Credit Loan, Extended Revolving Credit Loan or New Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Loan.

 

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UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or the State of Texas, as applicable, or of any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the perfection of security interests in any Collateral.

Unfunded Current Liability” of any Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the Accumulated Benefit Obligation (as defined under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 (“SFAS 87”)) under the Plan as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with SFAS 87 as in effect on the Closing Date, exceeds the fair market value of the assets allocable thereto.

Unit” shall mean an individual power plant generation system comprised of all necessary physically connected generators, reactors, boilers, combustion turbines and other prime movers operated together to independently generate electricity.

Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

Unrestricted Cash” shall mean, without duplication, (a) all cash and Permitted Investments included in the cash and Permitted Investments accounts listed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date (other than any such amounts listed as “restricted cash” thereon) and (b) all margin deposits related to commodity positions listed as assets on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that Unrestricted Cash shall not include any amounts on deposit in or credited to any Term C Loan Collateral Account.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Existing DIP Agreement; provided that any Unrestricted Subsidiary existing on the Conversion Date shall be required to be permitted as an Investment on the Closing Date of the Existing DIP Agreement or if designated thereafter under an applicable basket in Section 10.5 as required by Section 1.12, (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Conversion Date; provided that at such time (or promptly thereafter) the Borrower designates such Subsidiary an Unrestricted Subsidiary in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, (c) any Restricted Subsidiary subsequently designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that in the case of (b) and (c), (x) such designation shall be deemed to be an Investment (or reduction in an outstanding Investment, in the case of a designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary) on the date of such designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the investment therein and such designation shall be permitted only to the extent permitted under Section 10.5 on the date of such designation and (y) no Event of Default exists or would result from such designation after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and (d) each Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. No Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any Material Indebtedness. The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, re-designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, and thereafter, such Subsidiary shall no longer constitute an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but only if (x) to the extent such Subsidiary has outstanding Indebtedness on the date of such designation, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, with the covenant set forth in Section 10.9 (to the extent such covenant is then required to be tested) and (y) no Event of Default exists or would result from such re-designation.

U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(h).

 

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Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Stock or Stock Equivalents having the right to vote for the election of directors or other governing body of such Person under ordinary circumstances.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining scheduled installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payments of principal, including payment at final scheduled maturity, in respect thereof by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness; provided that for purposes of determining the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Indebtedness that is being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended (the “Applicable Indebtedness”), the effects of any prepayments or amortization made on such Applicable Indebtedness prior to the date of the applicable modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension shall be disregarded.

Wholly Owned” shall mean, with respect to the ownership by a Person of a Subsidiary, that all of the Stock of such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to Applicable Law) are owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Yield” shall mean, with respect to any Commitments and/or Loans, on any date of determination, the yield to maturity, in each case, based on the interest rate applicable to such Commitments and/or Loans on such date and giving effect to interest rate floors applicable to the initial applicable Term Loans shall be increased to the extent of such differential between interest rate floors and any original issue discount or upfront fees (amortized over four years), but excluding any structuring, underwriting, ticking, arrangement, commitment and other similar fees not payable to all Lenders generally providing such Commitments and/or Loans).

1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(c) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

 

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(d) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(e) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(f) The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(g) All references to “knowledge” or “awareness” of any Credit Party or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof means the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of a Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.

(h) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”.

(i) Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof.

(j) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

(k) For purposes of determining compliance with any one of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and 1.1, (i) in the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar fundamental change, Disposition, dividend, Affiliate transaction, contractual obligation or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of transactions permitted pursuant to any clause of such Section, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time and from time to time shall be permitted under one or more of such clauses as determined by the Borrower (and the Borrower shall be entitled to redesignate use of any such clauses from time to time) in its sole discretion at such time; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents will be deemed at all times to have been incurred in reliance only on the exception in clause (a) of Section 10.1 and (ii) with respect to any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar fundamental change, Disposition, dividend, Affiliate transaction, contractual obligation or prepayment of Indebtedness or other applicable transaction in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of currency exchange occurring after the time such Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar fundamental change, Disposition, dividend, Affiliate transaction, contractual obligation or prepayment of Indebtedness or other applicable transaction is made (so long as such Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar fundamental change, Disposition, dividend, Affiliate transaction, contractual obligation or prepayment of Indebtedness or other applicable transaction at the time incurred or made was permitted hereunder.

(l) All references to “in the ordinary course of business” of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof means (i) in the ordinary course of business of, or in furtherance of an objective that is in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, (ii) customary and usual in the industry or industries of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary does business, as applicable, or (iii) generally

 

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consistent with the past or current practice of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or any similarly situated businesses in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary does business, as applicable.

1.3. Accounting Terms.

(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs (or, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant governing the permissibility of any transaction hereunder, during such period and thereafter and on or prior to such date of determination), the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, and the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis and (ii) for purposes of determining compliance with any ratio governing the permissibility of any transaction to be consummated on a Pro Forma Basis hereunder, (A) the cash proceeds of any incurrence of debt then being incurred in connection with such transaction shall not be netted from Consolidated Total Debt and (B) Consolidated Total Debt shall be calculated after giving effect to any prepayment of Indebtedness, in each case for purposes of calculating the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable. If since the beginning of any applicable Test Period, any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then such financial ratio or test (or Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this definition.

1.4. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.5. References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Credit Document and (b) references to any Requirement of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Requirement of Law.

1.6. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

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1.7. Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

1.8. Currency Equivalents Generally. For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars (other than with respect to (a) any amount derived from the financial statements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower or (b) any Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars), such amount shall be deemed to equal the Dollar equivalent thereof based on the average Exchange Rate for such other currency for the most recent twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of determination determined in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated EBITDA for the related period. For purposes of determining compliance with Sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.5, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness in a currency other than Dollars, compliance will be determined at the time of incurrence or advancing thereof using the Dollar equivalent thereof at the Exchange Rate in effect at the time of such incurrence or advancement.

1.9. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Revolving Credit Borrowing”).

1.10. Hedging Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the following Hedging Agreements and/or Commodity Hedging Agreements shall not be deemed speculative or entered into for speculative purposes for any purpose of this Agreement and all other Credit Documents: (a) any Commodity Hedging Agreement intended, at inception or execution, to hedge or manage any of the risks related to existing and/or forecasted power generation or load of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether owned or contracted), (b) any Hedging Agreement intended, at inception or execution, (i) to hedge or manage the interest rate exposure associated with any debt securities, debt facilities or leases (existing or forecasted) of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) for foreign exchange or currency exchange management, (iii) to manage commodity portfolio exposure associated with changes in interest rates or (iv) to hedge any exposure that the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries may have to counterparties under other Hedging Agreements such that the combination of such Hedging Agreements is not speculative taken as a whole and (c) any Hedging Agreement and/or Commodity Hedging Agreement, as applicable, entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice) that was intended, at inception or execution, to unwind or offset any Hedging Agreement and/or Commodity Hedging Agreement, as applicable, described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 1.10.

1.11. Limited Condition Transactions. In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of (i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test or (ii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets), in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test or basket shall be

 

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deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and, following the LCT Test Date, any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would have failed to have been satisfied as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense or Consolidated Total Assets following the LCT Test Date but at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have failed to have been satisfied as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any event or transaction occurring after the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction (a “Subsequent Transaction”) in connection with which a ratio, test or basket availability calculation must be made on a Pro Forma Basis or giving Pro Forma Effect to such Subsequent Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such ratio, test or basket availability has been complied with under this Agreement, any such ratio, test or basket shall be required to be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated.

1.12. Conversion Date; Conversion Date Schedules. The parties hereto hereby agree that Schedules 8.4, 8.12, 8.15, 9.9, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4 and 10.5 (each, a “Specified Schedule”) annexed hereto shall contain all items reflected on Schedules 8.4, 8.12, 8.15, 9.9, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4 and 10.5, as applicable, to the Existing DIP Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Conversion Date; provided, that (i) items shall be deleted from any Specified Schedules if the Borrower elects such deletion on or prior to the Conversion Date, (ii) items shall be added or modified on Schedules 8.4, 8.12, 8.15, 9.9, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4 and 10.5 to this Agreement to the extent the Borrower elects on or prior to the Conversion Date to add or modify such items to reflect changes resulting from the consummation of the Plan and the reinstatement, assumption or rejection of prepetition agreements in the Case, in each case taking effect on or prior to the Conversion Date and (iii) in addition to all deletions, additions and modifications to such Schedules permitted pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii), items shall be added to such Schedules as may be requested by the Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent. Usage under any “basket” set forth in any covenant, exception or definition in the Existing DIP Agreement resulting from a transaction consummated on or after the Closing Date and prior to the Conversion Date shall represent usage under an applicable available “basket” under this Agreement on the Conversion Date, it being understood that (i) the Borrower shall have the right to allocate such usage to applicable available “baskets” in accordance with clauses (i) through (iii) above on the Conversion Date and thereafter in accordance with Section 1.2(k) and (ii) “builders” and usage under specific provisions of the definitions of “Applicable Amount” and “Applicable Equity Amount” after the Closing Date and prior to the Conversion Date shall apply to the corresponding provisions of such definitions under this Agreement. In addition, the Borrower may propose Schedules to this Agreement (other than the Specified Schedules) that reflect the facts and circumstances relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Conversion Date, and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith the contents of each such Schedule so as to reach agreement on such Schedules that are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to remove footnotes and brackets and insert dates in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, as appropriate and agreed with the Borrower, in order to finalize the Credit Documents on the Conversion Date.

 

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SECTION 2. Amount and Terms of Credit

2.1. Commitments.

(a) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Term Loan Lender holding a DIP Term Loan (including for the avoidance of doubt any Incremental Term Loans incurred under (and as defined in) the Existing DIP Agreement and outstanding under the Existing DIP Agreement immediately prior to the Conversion Date) shall be deemed, on the Conversion Date, to have made a loan or loans (each, an “Initial Term Loan” and, collectively, the “Initial Term Loans”) in Dollars to the Borrower, equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s DIP Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Conversion Date and all of such Term Loan Lender’s DIP Term Loans shall automatically be converted into, and deemed continued as, Initial Term Loans in Dollars and in a like principal amount (with the tenor therefor described in the definition of Term Loan Maturity Date) without further action by any party to this Agreement.

(ii) The Initial Term Loans shall be made on the Conversion Date and may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Initial Term Loans shall, to the extent converted from a DIP Term Loan that was a LIBOR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) on the Conversion Date be continued as a LIBOR Loan hereunder with the same Interest Period immediately following the Conversion Date (for the avoidance of doubt, without any breakage or other termination cost), and, to the extent such DIP Term Loan was an ABR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) on the Conversion Date, be continued as an ABR Loan hereunder immediately following the Conversion Date.

(b) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Term C Loan Lender holding a DIP Term C Loan (including for the avoidance of doubt any Incremental Term C Loans incurred under (and as defined in) the Existing DIP Agreement and outstanding under the Existing DIP Agreement immediately prior to the Conversion Date) shall be deemed, on the Conversion Date, to have made a loan or loans (each, an “Initial Term C Loan” and, collectively, the “Initial Term C Loans”) in Dollars to the Borrower, equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s DIP Term C Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Conversion Date and all of such Term C Loan Lender’s DIP Term C Loans shall automatically be converted into, and deemed continued as, Initial Term C Loans in Dollars and in a like principal amount (and with the tenor therefor described in the definition of Term C Loan Maturity Date) without further action by any party to this Agreement.

(ii) The Term C Loans shall be made on the Conversion Date and may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Term C Loans shall, to the extent converted from a DIP Term C Loan that was a LIBOR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) on the Conversion Date be continued as a LIBOR Loan hereunder with the same Interest Period immediately following the Conversion Date (for the avoidance of doubt, without any breakage or other termination cost), and, to the extent such DIP Term C Loan was an ABR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) on the Conversion Date, be continued as an ABR Loan hereunder immediately following the Conversion Date.

(c) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment (x) holding DIP Revolving Credit Loans (including for the avoidance of doubt any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans incurred under (and as defined in) the Existing DIP Agreement and outstanding under the Existing DIP Agreement immediately prior to the Conversion Date) shall be deemed, on the Conversion Date, to have made a loan or loans (each, an “Initial Revolving Credit Loan” and, collectively, the “Initial Revolving Credit Loans”) in Dollars to the Borrower, equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s DIP Revolving Credit Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Conversion Date and all of such Revolving Credit Lender’s DIP Revolving Credit Loans shall automatically be converted into, and deemed continued

 

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as, Initial Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars and in a like principal amount (and with the tenor therefor described in the definition of Revolving Credit Maturity Date) without further action by any party to this Agreement and (y) severally but, not jointly, agrees to make a Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to the Borrower.

(ii) Such Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall be made (or in the case of Initial Revolving Credit Loans, deemed made) at any time and from time to time on and after the Conversion Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (B) may, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that Initial Revolving Credit Loans shall be deemed issued on the Conversion Date in accordance with Section 2.1(c)(i)(y) above, and to the extent such DIP Revolving Credit Loan was a LIBOR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) on the Conversion Date, shall be continued as a LIBOR Loan hereunder with the same Interest Period immediately following the Conversion Date (for the avoidance of doubt, without any breakage or other termination cost), and, to the extent such DIP Revolving Credit Loan was an ABR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) on the Conversion Date, shall be continued as an ABR Loan hereunder immediately following the Conversion Date; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, (C) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall not, for any Lender at any time with respect to any Class of Revolving Credit Loan, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure with respect to such Class at such time exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment with respect to such Class at such time, and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.

(d) [Reserved]

(e) Each Lender may at its option make any LIBOR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that (A) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan and (B) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any increased costs to the Borrower resulting therefrom (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in material increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2.10 shall apply).

2.2. Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (except borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit). More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than (i) 25, in the case of Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) ten, in the case of Term Loans, (iii) five, in the case of Term C Loans, and (iv) up to an additional three Borrowings in respect of each Incremental Facility, Borrowings of LIBOR Loans under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise determined by the Borrower, all Loans of the same Class and subject to the same Interest Period will constitute one Borrowing.

 

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2.3. Notice of Borrowing; Determination of Class of Loans.

(a) Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Revolving Credit Loans (other than borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, (i) prior to 2:00 p.m. at least three Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans if all or any of such Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of Borrowings on the Conversion Date, prior to 10:00 a.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing) and (ii) prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans if all or any of such Revolving Credit Loans are to be ABR Loans. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), and (iii) whether the Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans and/or LIBOR Loans and, if LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Revolving Credit Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

(b) Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 3.4(a).

(c) Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it may give hereunder by telephone, the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.

2.4. Disbursement of Funds.

(a) No later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (including Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit), each Lender will make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below.

(b) Each Lender shall make available all amounts required under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars, and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit) make available to the Borrower, by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower in writing and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such

 

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Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Overnight Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the Loans of the applicable Class.

(c) Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).

2.5. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, on the Maturity Date, (i) the then outstanding Term Loans and Term C Loans and (ii) the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. Upon the repayment of the then outstanding Term C Loans on the Maturity Date, the Term Letter of Credit Commitment shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion of such repayment constituting principal as provided in Section 4.3(b) and the Borrower shall be permitted to withdraw an amount up to the amount of such prepayment from the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts to complete such repayment as, and to the extent, provided in Section 4.3(b).

(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit of the Lenders of the Initial Term Loans, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing March 31, 2016, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans outstanding on the Conversion Date (each such repayment amount, a “Term Loan Repayment Amount”), which payments shall be reduced as a result of prepayments to the Initial Term Loans in accordance with this Agreement, including Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 13.6(h).

(c) In the event any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans are made, such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans, as applicable, shall be repaid in amounts (each, an “Incremental Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on dates as agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14. In the event that any Extended Term Loans or Extended Term C Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans or Extended Term C Loans shall, subject to Section 2.15, be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, an “Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment. In the event any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are established, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall, subject to Section 2.15, be terminated (and all Extended Revolving Credit Loans of the same Extension Series repaid) on the dates set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment. In the event that any Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term C Loans are established, such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term C Loans shall, subject to Section 2.15, be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a “Refinancing Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment. In the event that any Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Term C Loans are established, such Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Term C Loans shall, subject to Section 13.1, be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, an “Replacement Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates set forth in the applicable amendment to this Agreement in respect of Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Term C Loans.

 

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(d) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is a Term Loan, a Term C Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan, as applicable, and, if applicable, the relevant tranche thereof and the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder, (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof, and (iv) any cancellation or retirement of Loans as contemplated by Section 13.6(h).

(f) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2.6. Conversions and Continuations.

(a) Subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of any Term Loans, any Term C Loans or any Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any LIBOR Loans as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBOR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into LIBOR Loans if a Payment Default or Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) LIBOR Loans may not be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Required Lenders have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 1:00 p.m. at least (i) three Business Days’, in the case of a continuation of, or conversion to, LIBOR Loans or (ii) one Business Day’s in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans, prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) (each, a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted into or continued and, if such Loans are to be converted into, or continued as, LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto (if no Interest Period is selected, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration). The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans.

 

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(b) If any Payment Default or Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBOR Loans and the Required Lenders have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBOR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a) above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBOR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower may deliver a Notice of Conversion or Continuation pursuant to which the Borrower elects to irrevocably continue the outstanding principal amount of any Term Loans or Term C Loans subject to an interest rate Hedging Agreement as LIBOR Loans for each Interest Period until the expiration of the term of such applicable Hedging Agreement.

2.7. Pro Rata Borrowings. Subject to Section 2.1(c), each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then applicable Revolving Credit Commitments without regard to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments held by such Lender. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation under any Credit Document.

2.8. Interest.

(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable ABR Margin plus the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.

(b) The unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable LIBOR Margin plus the relevant LIBOR Rate, in each case in effect from time to time.

(c) [Reserved].

(d) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon or any other amount hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), and an Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing, then, upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (except in the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.5, for which no notice is required), such overdue amount (other than any such amount owed to a Defaulting Lender) shall bear interest at a rate per annum (the “Default Rate”) that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2% or (y) in the case of any overdue interest or other amounts due hereunder, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) plus 2% from the date of written notice to the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment) (or if an Event of Default under Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing, the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default).

 

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(e) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable in Dollars; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below, interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the tenth Business Day following the end of each March, June, September and December, (ii) in respect of each LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any prepayment; provided that interest on ABR Loans shall only become due pursuant to this subclause (A) if the aggregate principal amount of the ABR Loans then-outstanding is repaid in full, (B) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and (C) after such maturity, on demand.

(f) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.

(g) The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

2.9. Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans in accordance with Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one week (solely (x) with respect to LIBOR Loans which are Revolving Credit Loans and (y) with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), or a one, two, three or six or (if available to all relevant Lenders participating in the relevant Credit Facility) a twelve month period or a period of less than one month; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial Interest Period beginning on the Conversion Date may be for a period of less than one month if required to effect the continuation of Interest Periods in respect of DIP Term Loans, DIP Term C Loans and DIP Revolving Credit Loans immediately prior to the Conversion Date in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:

(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires, provided that with respect to any LIBOR Loan that had been a LIBOR Loan (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) that is converted on the Conversion Date into Loans that are LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period for such Loans shall commence on the borrowing date under the Existing DIP Agreement and end on the date selected as the final day of such Interest Period (as defined in the Existing DIP Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Existing DIP Agreement;

(b) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

 

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(c) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; and

(d) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date of such Loan.

2.10. Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.

(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or (y) in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) below, the Required Lenders shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):

(i) on any date for determining the LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such LIBOR Borrowing are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank LIBOR market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of LIBOR Rate; or

(ii) at any time, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loans (other than any increase or reduction attributable to (i) Indemnified Taxes and Taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) net income Taxes and franchise and excise Taxes (imposed in lieu of net income Taxes) imposed on any Agent or Lender or (iii) Taxes included under clauses (c) through (f) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes”) because of (x) any change since the Closing Date in any Applicable Law (or in the interpretation or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new Applicable Law), such as, for example, without limitation, a change in official reserve requirements, and/or (y) other circumstances affecting the interbank LIBOR market or the position of such Lender in such market; or

(iii) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law (or would conflict with any such Applicable Law not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the interbank LIBOR market;

then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above, LIBOR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to LIBOR Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, as applicable, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to

 

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such Lender, promptly after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise, as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (z) in the case of subclause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in Section 2.10(b) as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by Applicable Law.

(b) At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBOR Loan, affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel such Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then-outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent require the affected Lender to convert each such LIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).

(c) If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity occurring after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or its parent’s or its Affiliates’ capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or any Affiliate thereof could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any Applicable Law as in effect on the Closing Date. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) upon receipt of such notice.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.10 if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in substantially the same manner as applied to other similarly situated borrowers under comparable syndicated credit facilities.

2.11. Compensation. If (i) any payment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (ii) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing, (iii) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBOR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (iv) any LIBOR Loan is not continued as a LIBOR Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (v) any prepayment of principal of any LIBOR

 

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Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such LIBOR Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11 if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in substantially the same manner as applied to other similarly situated borrowers under comparable syndicated credit facilities.

2.12. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b), 3.5 or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.

2.13. Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 181st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.

2.14. Incremental Facilities.

(a) The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional term loans, which may be of the same Class as any then-existing Term Loans (a “Term Loan Increase”) or a separate Class of Term Loans (the commitments for additional term loans of the same Class or a separate Class, collectively, the “Incremental Term Loan Commitments”), (y) additional term letter of credit loans, which may be of the same Class as any then-existing Term C Loans (a “Term C Loan Increase”) or a separate Class of Term C Loans (the commitments for additional term loans of the same Class or a separate Class, collectively, the “Incremental Term C Loan Commitments”) and/or (z) revolving credit commitments, which may be of the same Class as any then-existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the commitments thereto, the “New Revolving Credit Commitments”) or a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (the commitments thereto, the “Additional Revolving Credit Commitments” and, together with the New Revolving Credit Commitments, the “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments”; together with the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term C Loan Commitments, the “Incremental Loan Commitments”), by an aggregate amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Other Debt incurred in reliance on Sections 10.1(y)(iii) and (iv) (solely to the extent of refinancing Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (iii) of Section 10.(y)), not in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount at the time of incurrence thereof and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount as (x) may be approved by the Administrative Agent or (y) shall constitute the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount at such time). Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the

 

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Incremental Loan Commitments shall be effective. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person (other than a natural Person) to provide all or a portion of the Incremental Loan Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Incremental Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide an Incremental Loan Commitment, and the Borrower shall have no obligation to approach any existing Lender to provide any Incremental Loan Commitment. In each case, such Incremental Loan Commitments shall become effective as of the applicable Increased Amount Date; provided that, (i) (x) other than as described in the immediately succeeding clause (y), no Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Loan Commitments and the borrowing of any Incremental Loans thereunder or (y) if such Incremental Loan Commitment is being provided in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition constituting a permitted Investment, or in connection with refinancing of any Indebtedness that requires an irrevocable prepayment or redemption notice, then no Event of Default under (A) Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall exist on such Increased Amount Date and (B) such other provisions of Section 11 as may otherwise be required by the Lenders providing the applicable Incremental Loan Commitment immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Loan Commitment and the borrowing of any Incremental Loans thereunder, (ii) in connection with any incurrence of Incremental Loans, or establishment of Incremental Loan Commitments, on an Increased Amount Date, there shall be no requirement for the Borrower to bring down the representations and warranties under the Credit Documents unless and until requested by the Persons holding more than 50% of the applicable Incremental Loans or Incremental Loan Commitments (provided that, in the case of Incremental Loans or Incremental Loan Commitments used to finance a Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition constituting a permitted Investment, only the Specified Representations (conformed as necessary for such acquisition) shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects if requested by the Persons holding more than 50% of the applicable Incremental Loans or Incremental Loan Commitments), (iii) the Incremental Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Incremental Amendments executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e), and (iv) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 in connection with the Incremental Loan Commitments, as applicable. No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). For all purposes of this Agreement, (a) any Incremental Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated (x) a separate series of Term Loans or (y) in the case of a Term Loan Increase, a part of the series of existing Term Loans subject to such increase, (b) any Incremental Term C Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated (x) a separate series of Term C Loans or (y) in the case of a Term C Loan Increase, a part of the series of existing Term C Loans subject to such increase, and (c) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated (x) a separate series of Revolving Credit Commitments or (y) in the case of a New Revolving Credit Commitment, a part of the series of existing Revolving Credit Commitments subject to such increase (such new or existing series of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, each, a “Series”).

(b) On any Increased Amount Date on which Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following terms and conditions, (x) with respect to New Revolving Credit Commitments, each of the Revolving Credit Lenders with an existing Revolving Credit Commitment of the Class being increased by such New Revolving Credit Commitments shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Revolving Credit Lender with a New Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class (each, a “New Revolving Loan Lender”), and each of such New Revolving Loan Lenders shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have purchased and assumed, (i) a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit, so that after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption and participation, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations

 

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hereunder in such Revolving Letters of Credit held by each Revolving Credit Lender holding Revolving Credit Loans (including each such New Revolving Loan Lender), as applicable, will equal the percentage of the aggregate Total Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders under the Credit Facilities, and (ii) at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and assumptions, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class will be held by existing Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class and New Revolving Loan Lenders under such Class ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving Credit Commitments to such existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to this clause (x)), and (y) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, (i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and each loan made under a New Revolving Credit Commitment (each, a “New Revolving Credit Loan”) and each loan made under an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (each, an “Additional Revolving Credit Loan” and, together with New Revolving Credit Loans, the “Incremental Revolving Credit Loans”) shall be deemed, for all purposes, Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) each New Revolving Loan Lender and each Revolving Credit Lender with an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (each, an “Additional Revolving Loan Lender” and, together with the New Revolving Loan Lenders, the “Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders”) shall become a Revolving Credit Lender with respect to the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment and all matters relating thereto.

(c) On any Increased Amount Date (x) on which any Incremental Term Loan Commitments of any Series are effective, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (each, an “Incremental Term Loan Lender”) of any Series shall make a term loan to the Borrower (an “Incremental Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each Incremental Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the Incremental Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto and (y) on which any Incremental Term C Loan Commitments of any Series are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each Lender with an Incremental Term C Loan Commitment (each, a “Incremental Term C Loan Lender”) of any Series shall make a term letter of credit loan to the Borrower (a “Incremental Term C Loan” and, together with the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, collectively the “Incremental Loans”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term C Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each Incremental Term C Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Term C Loan Commitment of such Series and the Incremental Term C Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto. The Borrower shall use the proceeds, if any, of the Incremental Loans for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement and as agreed by the Borrower and the lender(s) providing such Incremental Loans.

(d) The terms and provisions of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments and any Incremental Term C Loan Commitments and the respective related Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans, in each case effected pursuant to a Term Loan Increase or Term C Loan Increase shall be substantially identical to the terms and provisions applicable to the Class of Term Loans or Term C Loans subject to such increase; provided, that underwriting, arrangement, structuring, ticking, commitment, original issue discount, upfront or similar fees, and other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with all relevant lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan Commitments and any Incremental Term C Loan Commitments and the respective related Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans, that may be agreed to among the Borrower and the lender(s)

 

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providing and/or arranging such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Term C Loan Commitments may be paid in connection with such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Term C Loan Commitments, provided, that, upon any repayment of Incremental Term C Loans or reduction in related term letter of credit commitments, any excess cash collateral funded by such Incremental Term C Loans shall be withdrawn from the applicable funded term loan letter of credit cash collateral account. The terms and provisions of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments and any Incremental Term C Loan Commitments and the respective related Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans of any Series not effected pursuant to a Term Loan Increase or Term C Loan Increase shall be on terms and documentation set forth in the applicable Incremental Amendment as determined by the Borrower; provided that:

(i) (x) the applicable Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date and (y) the applicable Incremental Term C Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Initial Term C Loan Maturity Date, provided, the requirements of the foregoing clause (i) shall not apply to any customary bridge facility so long as the Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to be converted complies with such requirements;

(ii) (x) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the applicable Incremental Term Loans of each Series shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans (without giving effect to any previous amortization payments or prepayments of the Initial Term Loans) and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the applicable Incremental Term C Loans of each Series shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term C Loans (without giving effect to any previous amortization payments or prepayments of the Initial Term Loans);

(iii) the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term Loan Commitments, Incremental Term C Loans and Incremental Term C Loan Commitments (x) may participate on a pro rata basis, greater than pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayment of any Class of Term Loans hereunder and may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments of any Class of Term Loans hereunder; provided that if such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans are unsecured or rank junior in right of payment or as to security with the First Lien Obligations, such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans shall participate on a junior basis with respect to mandatory repayments of Term Loans and Term C Loans hereunder (except in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, replacement, repurchase or retirement thereof permitted by this Agreement), (y) shall not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary other than a Guarantor hereunder and (z) shall be unsecured or rank pari passu or junior in right of security with any First Lien Obligations outstanding under this Agreement and, if secured, shall not be secured by assets other than Collateral (and, if applicable, shall be subject to a subordination agreement and/or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement and/or other lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as applicable);

(iv) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, interest rate floors, fees, and amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the lender(s) thereunder; provided, however, that, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans made under Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Term C Loan Commitments, if the Yield in respect of any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans that rank pari

 

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passu in right of payment and security with the Initial Term Loans as of the date of funding thereof exceeds the Yield in respect of any Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable ABR Margin or the Applicable LIBOR Margin, as applicable, in respect of such Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans, as applicable, shall be adjusted so that the Yield in respect of such Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans, as applicable, is equal to the Yield in respect of such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans minus 0.50%; provided, further, to the extent any change in the Yield of the Initial Term Loans or the Incremental Term C Loans, as applicable, is necessitated by this clause (iv) on the basis of an effective interest rate floor in respect of the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans, the increased Yield in the Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans, as applicable, shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower) have such increase in the Yield effected solely by increases in the interest rate floor(s) applicable to the Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans, as applicable; and

(v) all other terms of any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans (other than as described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above) may differ from the terms of the Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans if reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the lender(s) providing such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans.

(e) The terms and provisions of any New Revolving Credit Commitments and the related New Revolving Credit Loans shall be substantially identical to the Class of Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans subject to increase by such New Revolving Credit Commitments and New Revolving Credit Loans; provided, that underwriting, arrangement, structuring, ticking, commitment, upfront or similar fees, and other fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all relevant lenders providing such New Revolving Credit Commitments and related New Revolving Credit Loans, that may be agreed to among the Borrower and the lender(s) providing and/or arranging such New Revolving Credit Commitments may be paid in connection with such New Revolving Credit Commitments. Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall be on terms and documentation set forth in the applicable Incremental Amendment as determined by the Borrower; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise:

(i) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the applicable Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments (without giving effect to any previous prepayments of the Initial Revolving Credit Loans);

(ii) any such Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans (and, if applicable, shall be subject to a subordination agreement and/or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement or other lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent);

(iii) any such Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional Revolving Credit Loans (x) shall not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary other than a Guarantor hereunder and (y) if secured, shall not be secured by assets other than Collateral (and, if applicable, shall be subject to a subordination agreement and/or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement and/or other lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as applicable); and

(iv) any such Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date as in effect on the Conversion Date.

 

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(f) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.14 and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.14. Each Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14.

2.15. Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments; Refinancing Facilities.

(a) Extensions.

(i) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (an “Existing Term Loan Class”) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (A) reflect market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) if not consistent with the terms of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class, shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term Loans of such applicable Existing Term Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date; provided, however, that (1) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Extension Amendment, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted, in each case as more particularly set forth in Section 2.15(a)(v)), (2)(A) pricing, fees, optional prepayment or redemption terms shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower and the interest rates, interest margins, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and premiums (including through fixed rate interest) with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins and floors for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees, premiums or AHYDO Catch-Up Payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by

 

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the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, (3) the Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis, greater than pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayment of any Class of Term Loans hereunder and may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments of any Class of Term Loans hereunder; provided that if such Extended Term Loans are unsecured or rank junior in right of payment or as to security with the First Lien Obligations, such Extended Term Loans shall participate on a junior basis with respect to mandatory repayments of Term Loans hereunder (except in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, replacement, repurchase or retirement thereof permitted by this Agreement), (4) Extended Term Loans may have call protection and prepayment premiums and, subject to clause (3) above, other redemption terms as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and (5) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date, provided that the principal amount of the Extended Term Loans shall not exceed the principal amount of the Term Loans being extended except as otherwise permitted herein. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted; provided that any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any then outstanding Class of Term Loans other than the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted (in which case scheduled amortization with respect thereto shall be proportionally increased).

(ii) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, each existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” and any related Revolving Credit Loans thereunder, “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an “Existing Revolving Credit Class”) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Existing Revolving Credit Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related Revolving Credit Loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15(a). In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a “Revolving Credit Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which, shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (A) reflect market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) if not consistent with the terms of the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment”) unless (x) the Lenders providing Existing Revolving Credit Loans receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Latest Maturity Date of any Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding under this Agreement, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that (w) all or

 

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any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) (A) the interest rates, interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discount and premiums with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discount and premiums for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and/or (B) additional fees and premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), (y) the commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the commitment fee rate for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and (z) unless otherwise permitted hereby, the amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and the principal amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall not exceed the amount of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments being extended and the principal amount of the related Existing Revolving Credit Loans being extended, respectively, and provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15(a) or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with any borrowings and repayments of the Specified Existing and each other Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the mechanics for which may be implemented through the applicable Extension Amendment and may include technical changes related to the borrowing and repayment procedures of the applicable Credit Facility) and (2) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Loans related to such Commitments set forth in Section 13.6. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Revolving Credit Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments converted from an Existing Revolving Credit Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any then outstanding Class of Revolving Credit Commitments other than the Existing Revolving Credit Class from which such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments were converted.

(iii) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term C Loans of any Class (an “Existing Term C Loan Class”) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term C Loans (any such Term C Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term C Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15(a). In order to establish any Extended Term C Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term C Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a “Term C Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term C Loans to be established, which, shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (A) reflect market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) if not consistent with the terms of the applicable Existing Term C Loan Class, shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of

 

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the Term C Loans of the Existing Term C Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term C Loans of such applicable Existing Term C Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Latest Term C Loan Maturity Date; provided, however, that (1) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended to a later date than the scheduled maturity of the Existing Term C Loan Class and there shall not be any scheduled amortization payments of principal in respect of Extended Term C Loans, (2)(A) pricing, fees, optional prepayment or redemption terms shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower and the interest rates, interest margins, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and premiums (including through fixed interest rates) with respect to the Extended Term C Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins rate floors, interest margins, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and premiums (including through fixed interest rates) for the Term Loans of such Existing Term C Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees, premiums or AHYDO Catch-Up Payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term C Loans in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, (3) the Extended Term C Loans may participate on a pro rata basis, greater than pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayment of any Class of Term C Loans hereunder and may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments of any Class of Term C Loans hereunder; provided that if such Extended Term C Loans are unsecured or rank junior in right of payment or as to security with the First Lien Obligations, such Extended Term C Loans shall participate on a junior basis with respect to mandatory repayments of Term C Loans hereunder (except in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, replacement, repurchase or retirement thereof permitted by this Agreement), (4) Extended Term C Loans may have call protection and prepayment premiums and, subject to clause (3) above redemption terms as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, (5) to the extent that any such provision applicable after the Initial Term C Loan Maturity Date pursuant to clause (y) is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders and (6) unless otherwise permitted hereby, the principal amount of the Extended Term C Loans shall not exceed the principal amount of the Term C Loans being extended. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term C Loans of any Existing Term C Loan Class converted into Extended Term C Loans pursuant to any Term C Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term C Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term C Loans from the Existing Term C Loan Class from which they were converted; provided that any Extended Term C Loans converted from an Existing Term C Loan Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any then outstanding Class of Term C Loans other than the Existing Term C Loan Class from which such Extended Term C Loans were converted (in which case scheduled amortization with respect thereto shall be proportionally increased).

(iv) Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans, Extended

 

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Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments included in each such Extension Election. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be treated identically to all then-outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the Revolving L/C Maturity Date may be extended and the related obligations to issue Revolving Letters of Credit may be continued so long as the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has consented to such extensions in its sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension). Notwithstanding the conversion of any Term C Loans of an Existing Term C Loan Class into Extended Term C Loans, the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the Term C Loan Maturity Date may be extended and the related obligations to issue Term Letters of Credit may be continued so long as the applicable Term Letter of Credit Issuer has consented to such extensions in its sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension)

(v) Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the last sentence of this Section 2.15(a)(v) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any Class of Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000 and the Borrower may condition the effectiveness of any Extension Amendment on an Extension Minimum Condition, which may be waived by the Borrower in its sole discretion. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.15(a), each Extension Amendment (x) shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Incremental Amendment with respect to the Class of Existing Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were converted to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Term Loan Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class is to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Term Loan Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof) and (y) may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans incurred following the date of such Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15, and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 13.1 to any Section 2.15(a) Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a “Section 2.15(a) Additional Amendment”) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.15(a) Additional Amendments comply with the requirements of Section 2.15(a) and do not become effective prior to the time that such

 

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Section 2.15(a) Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term C Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Incremental Amendment and (2) consents applicable to holders of any Extended Term Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.15(a) Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 13.1.

(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with paragraph (a) above (an “Extension Date”), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans, provided that any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any then outstanding Class of Term Loans other than the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted (in which case scheduled amortization with respect thereto shall be proportionally increased), (II) in the case of the existing Term C Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term C Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term C Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term C Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term C Loans, provided that any Extended Term C Loans converted from an Existing Term C Loan Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any then outstanding Class of Term C Loans other than the Existing Term C Loan Class from which such Extended Term C Loans were converted, and (III) in the case of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so exchanged by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, provided that any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments converted from an Existing Revolving Credit Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any then outstanding Class of Revolving Credit Commitments other than the Existing Revolving Credit Class from which such Extended Term C Loans were converted and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, such Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) and Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.

(vii) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.15(a) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.15(a).

(viii) No conversion of Loans or Commitments pursuant to any Extension Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.15(a) shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Refinancing Facilities.

(i) The Borrower may, at any time or from time to time after the Conversion Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (a “Refinancing Loan Request”), request (A) (i) the establishment of one or more new Classes of term loans under this Agreement (any such new Class, “New Refinancing Term Loan Commitments”) or (ii) increases to one or more existing Classes of term loans under this Agreement (provided that the loans under such new commitments shall be fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the existing Class of Term Loans proposed to be increased on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date for such increase) (any such increase to an existing Class, collectively with New Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, “Refinancing Term Loan Commitments”), or (B) (i) the establishment of one or more new Classes of term letter of credit loans under this Agreement (any such new Class, “New Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments”) or (ii) increases to one or more existing Classes of term letter of credit loans under this Agreement (provided that the loans under such new commitments shall be fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the existing Class of Term C Loans proposed to be increased on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date for such increase) (any such increase to an existing Class, collectively with New Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments, “Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments”), or (C) (i) the establishment of one or more new Classes of revolving credit commitments under this Agreement (any such new Class, “New Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments”), or (ii) increases to one or more existing Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments (any such increase to an existing Class, collectively with the New Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, “Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments” and, collectively with any Refinancing Term Loan Commitments and Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments, “Refinancing Commitments”), in each case, established in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or in part, as selected by the Borrower, any one or more then existing Class or Classes of Loans or Commitments (with respect to a particular Refinancing Commitment or Refinancing Loan, such existing Loans or Commitments, “Refinanced Debt”), whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of each such notice to each of the Lenders.

(ii) Any Refinancing Term Loans made pursuant to New Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, any Refinancing Term C Loans made pursuant to New Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments or any New Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments made on a Refinancing Facility Closing Date shall be designated a separate Class of Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term C Loans or Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement unless designated as a part of an existing Class of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with this Section 2.15(b). On any Refinancing Facility Closing Date on which any Refinancing Term Loan Commitments of any Class are effected, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.15(b), (x) each Refinancing Term Lender of such Class shall make a term loan to the Borrower (each, a “Refinancing Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its Refinancing Term Loan Commitment of such Class and (y) each Refinancing Term Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Refinancing Term Loan Commitment of such Class and the Refinancing Term Loans of such Class made pursuant thereto. On any Refinancing Facility

 

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Closing Date on which any Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments of any Class are effected, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.15(b), (x) each Refinancing Term C Loan Lender of such Class shall make a term loan to the Borrower (each, a “Refinancing Term C Loan”) in an amount equal to its Refinancing Term C Loan Commitment of such Class and (y) each Refinancing Term C Loan Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Refinancing Term C Loan Commitment of such Class and the Refinancing Term C Loans of such Class made pursuant thereto. On any Refinancing Facility Closing Date on which any Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class are effected, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.15(b), (x) each Refinancing Revolving Credit Lender of such Class shall make its Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment available to the Borrower (when borrowed, a “Refinancing Revolving Credit Loan” and collectively with any Refinancing Term Loan and Refinancing Term C Loan, a “Refinancing Loan”) and (y) each Refinancing Revolving Credit Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class and the Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class made pursuant thereto.

(iii) Each Refinancing Loan Request from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15(b) shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term C Loans or Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and identify the Refinanced Debt with respect thereto. Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term C Loans may be made, and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, by any existing Lender (but no existing Lender will have an obligation to make any Refinancing Commitment, nor will the Borrower have any obligation to approach any existing Lender to provide any Refinancing Commitment) or by any Additional Lender (each such existing Lender or Additional Lender providing such Commitment or Loan, a “Refinancing Revolving Credit Lender”, a “Refinancing Term C Lender” or “Refinancing Term Lender,” as applicable, and, collectively, “Refinancing Lenders”).

(iv) The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, and the Refinancing Commitments thereunder, shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) on the date thereof (each, a “Refinancing Facility Closing Date”) of each of the following conditions, together with any other conditions set forth in the Refinancing Amendment:

(A) each Refinancing Commitment shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if such amount is equal to (x) the entire outstanding principal amount of Refinanced Debt that is in the form of Term Loans or Term C Loans or (y) the entire outstanding principal amount of Refinanced Debt (or commitments) that is in the form of Revolving Credit Commitments),

(B) the Refinancing Term Loans made pursuant to any increase in any existing Class of Term Loans shall be added to (and form part of) each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans under the respective Class so incurred on a pro rata basis (based on the principal amount of each Borrowing) so that each Lender under such Class will participate proportionately in each then outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans under such Class, and

(C) the Refinancing Term C Loans made pursuant to any increase in any existing Class of Term C Loans shall be added to (and form part of) each Borrowing of outstanding Term C Loans under the respective Class so incurred on a pro rata basis

 

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(based on the principal amount of each Borrowing) so that each Lender under such Class will participate proportionately in each then outstanding Borrowing of Term C Loans under such Class.

(v) Upon any Refinancing Facility Closing Date on which Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments are effected, (a) there shall be an automatic adjustment to the participations hereunder in Letters of Credit held by each Revolving Credit Lender under the Revolving Credit Commitments so that each such Revolving Credit Lender shares ratably in such participations in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving effect to the establishment of such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments), (b) each Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and each Refinancing Revolving Credit Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Credit Loan and (c) each Refinancing Revolving Credit Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and all matters relating thereto. Upon any Refinancing Facility Closing Date on which Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments are effected through the establishment of a new Class of Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.15(b), if, on such date, there are any Revolving Credit Loans under any Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall be prepaid from the proceeds of a new Borrowing of the Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans under such new Class of Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments in such amounts as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to such Borrowing and all such related prepayments, all Revolving Credit Loans under all Revolving Credit Commitments will be held by all Revolving Credit Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments (including Lenders providing such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments) ratably in accordance with all of their respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all Classes (after giving effect to the establishment of such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments). Upon any Refinancing Facility Closing Date on which Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments are effected through the increase to any existing Class of Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.15(b), if, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding under such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased, each of the Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each of the Refinancing Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class, and each of such Refinancing Revolving Credit Lenders shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have purchased and assumed, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding on such Refinancing Facility Closing Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and assumptions, such Revolving Credit Loans of such Class will be held by existing Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class and Refinancing Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving effect to the addition of such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments to such existing Revolving Credit Commitments under such Class. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the two preceding sentences.

(vi) The terms, provisions and documentation of the Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, the Refinancing Term C Loans and Refinancing Term C Loan Commitments, or the Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, of any Class shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Refinancing Lenders providing such Refinancing Commitments, and except as otherwise set forth herein, to the extent not identical to (or constituting a part of) any

 

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Class of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, each existing on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date, shall be consistent with clauses (A) or (B) below, as applicable, and the other terms and conditions shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (x) reflect market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined by the Borrower) or (y) if not consistent with the terms of the corresponding Class of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, not be materially more restrictive to the Borrower (as determined by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the applicable Class of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments being refinanced or replaced (except (1) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date (as of the applicable Refinancing Facility Closing Date) and (2) pricing, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or redemption terms (which shall be determined by the Borrower) unless the Lenders under the Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, each existing on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date, receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms. In any event:

(A) the Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Term C Loans:

(1) (I) shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment with any First Lien Obligations outstanding under this Agreement and (II) shall be unsecured or rank pari passu or junior in right of security with any First Lien Obligations outstanding under this Agreement and, if secured, shall not be secured by assets other than Collateral (and, if applicable, shall be subject to a subordination agreement and/or the Collateral Trust Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as applicable);

(2) as of the Refinancing Facility Closing Date, shall not have a Maturity Date earlier than the Maturity Date of the Refinanced Debt;

(3) as of the Refinancing Facility Closing Date, such Refinancing Term Loans shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Debt on the date of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans (without giving effect to any previous amortization payments or prepayments of the Refinanced Debt);

(4) shall have a Yield determined by the Borrower and the applicable Refinancing Term Lenders or Refinancing Term C Loan Lenders;

(5) may provide for the ability to participate on a pro rata basis or less than or greater than a pro rata basis in any voluntary repayments or prepayments of principal of Term Loans or Term C Loans hereunder and on a pro rata basis or less than a pro rata basis (but, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory repayments or prepayments of principal of Term Loans or Term C Loans hereunder; provided, that if such Refinancing Term Loans are unsecured or rank junior in right of payment or as to security with the First Lien Obligations, such Refinancing Term Loans shall participate on a junior basis with respect to mandatory repayments of Term Loans and Term C Loans hereunder (except in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, replacement, repurchase or retirement thereof permitted by this Agreement);

 

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(6) unless otherwise permitted hereby, shall not have a greater principal amount than the principal amount of the Refinanced Debt (plus the amount of any unused commitments thereunder), plus accrued interest, fees, defeasance costs and premium (including call and tender premiums), if any, under the Refinanced Debt, plus underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) in connection with the refinancing of such Refinanced Debt and the incurrence or issuance of such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term C Loans; and

(7) may not be guaranteed by any Person other than a Credit Party;

(B) the Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans:

(1) (I) shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and (II) shall be pari passu or junior in right of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and, in each case, shall not be secured by assets other than Collateral (and, if applicable, shall be subject to a subordination agreement and/or the Collateral Trust Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as applicable);

(2) shall not mature earlier than, or provide for mandatory commitment reductions prior to, the maturity date with respect to the Refinanced Debt;

(3) shall provide that the borrowing, prepayments and repayment (except for (1) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and (3) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (4) below)) of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Refinancing Facility Closing Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments existing on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date; provided, that if such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Obligations) are unsecured or rank junior in right of payment or as to security with the First Lien Obligations, such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments may participate on a “first-in/last-out” basis (but not a “last-in/first-out” basis) with respect to borrowings, prepayments and repayments of all other Revolving Credit Commitments existing on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date (except in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, replacement, repurchase or retirement thereof permitted by this Agreement);

(4) shall provide that the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination or reduction of, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Refinancing Facility Closing Date be made on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not greater than pro rata basis, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate Commitments in respect of any such Class of Revolving Credit Loans on a greater than pro rata basis as compared to any other Class of Revolving Credit Loans with a later maturity date than such Class or in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, replacement, repurchase or retirement thereof permitted by this Agreement) with all other Revolving Credit Commitments existing on the Refinancing Facility Closing Date;

 

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(5) shall have a Yield determined by the Borrower and the applicable Refinancing Revolving Credit Lenders;

(6) except as otherwise permitted hereby, shall have a greater principal amount of Commitments than the principal amount of the utilized Commitments of the Refinanced Debt (plus the amount of any unused commitments thereunder), plus accrued interest, fees, defeasance costs and premium (including call and tender premiums), if any, under the Refinanced Debt, plus underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) in connection with the refinancing of such Refinanced Debt and the incurrence or issuance of such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans; and

(7) may not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary other than a Credit Party.

(vii) Commitments in respect of Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments shall become additional Commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (a “Refinancing Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by the Borrower, each Refinancing Lender providing such Commitments and the Administrative Agent. The Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Credit Party, Agent or Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15(b). The Borrower will use the proceeds, if any, of the Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term C Loans and Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, and shall permanently terminate applicable commitments under, substantially concurrently, the applicable Refinanced Debt.

(viii) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.15(b) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Refinanced Debt on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Refinancing Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such refinancing or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.15.

(c) In the event that the Administrative Agent determines, and the Borrower agrees (acting reasonably), that the allocation of Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series, Extended Term C Loans of a given Extension Series or the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, in each case to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election timely submitted by such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (each, a “Corrective Extension Amendment”) within 15 days following the effective date of such Extension Amendment, as the case may be, which Corrective Extension Amendment shall (i) provide for the conversion and extension of the applicable Term Loans, the applicable Term C Loans or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure), as the case may be, in such amount as is required to cause such Lender to hold Extended Term

 

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Loans, Extended Term C Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure) of the applicable Extension Series into which such other Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments or New Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, were initially converted, as the case may be, in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension Amendment, in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree (including conditions of the type required to be satisfied for the effectiveness of an Extension Amendment described in Section 2.15(a)), and (iii) effect such other amendments of the type (with appropriate reference and nomenclature changes) described in Section 2.15(a) to the extent reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section 2.15(c).

2.16. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) (i) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 4 or any interest at the Default Rate payable under Section 2.8(d) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee or interest that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

(ii) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Revolving Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Stated Amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided cash collateral satisfactory to the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.

(iii) With respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (b) below, (y) pay to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer’s Revolving Credit Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

(b) If any Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then (i) all or any part of such Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will, subject to the limitation in the first proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage; provided that (A) each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure may not in any event exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation and (B) neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers, or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender, (ii) to the extent that all or any portion of the Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure cannot, or can only partially, be so reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders, whether by reason of the first proviso in Section 2.16(b)(i) above or otherwise, the Borrower shall within two Business Days following written notice by the Administrative Agent Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation

 

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pursuant to clause (i) above), in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 for so long as such Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding, (iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(b)(i), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized, (iv) if the Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(b), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to the Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure during the period that such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure is reallocated, or (v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(b), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure shall be payable to the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer until such Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated.

(c) No Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer will be required to issue any new Revolving Letter of Credit or to amend any outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit to increase the face amount thereof or extend the expiry date thereof, unless the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or by Cash Collateralization or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(b) above or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower.

(d) If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers agree in writing in their discretion that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon, as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender and any applicable Cash Collateral shall be promptly returned to the Borrower and any Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender reallocated pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.16(b) shall be reallocated back to such Lender; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

2.17. Permitted Debt Exchanges.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a “Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower, is unable to certify that it is either a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act)) with outstanding Term Loans under one or more Classes of Term Loans (as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion) on the same terms, the Borrower may from time to time consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans for Permitted Other Notes (such notes, “Permitted Debt Exchange Notes” and each such exchange, a “Permitted Debt Exchange”), so long as the following conditions are satisfied or waived: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering document in respect of

 

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a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is delivered to the relevant Lenders, (ii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall equal the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans, provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Debt Exchange Notes may include accrued interest, fees and premium (if any) under the Term Loans exchanged and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) in connection with the exchange of such Term Loans and the issuance of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, (iii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged under each applicable Class by the Borrower pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of a given Class tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans under the relevant Class tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, or if such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have been made with respect to multiple Classes without specifying a maximum aggregate principal amount offered to be exchanged for each Class, and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Classes tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of all relevant Classes offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans across all Classes subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing, and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Borrower and the Auction Agent, and (vi) any applicable Minimum Tender Condition or Maximum Tender Condition, as the case may be, shall be satisfied or waived by the Borrower.

(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 5.1 or 5.2, and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii) the Borrower may at its election specify (A) as a condition (a “Minimum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s sole discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered and/or (B) as a condition (a “Maximum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that no more than a maximum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s sole discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes will be accepted for exchange.

 

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(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower and the Auction Agent shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.17 and without conflict with Section 2.17(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than a reasonable period (in the discretion of the Borrower and the Auction Agent) of time following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made.

(d) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) none of the Auction Agent, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrower’s compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable “insider trading” laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

SECTION 3. Letters of Credit.

3.1. Issuance of Letters of Credit.

(a) Revolving Letters of Credit. (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time on and after the Conversion Date and prior to the Revolving L/C Maturity Date, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3, to issue upon the request of the Borrower and (x) for the direct or indirect benefit of the Borrower and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries and (y) for the direct or indirect benefit of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries of such direct or indirect parent (or any Person which was a Subsidiary of a direct or indirect parent of the DIP Borrower on the Closing Date) so long as the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for such parent and its other Subsidiaries’ (or such other Persons’) benefit (excluding Letters of Credit issued to support the obligations of such direct or indirect parent or its other Subsidiaries which obligations were entered into primarily to benefit the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries) does not exceed $50,000,000 at any time, a letter of credit or letters of credit (the “Revolving Letters of Credit” and each, a “Revolving Letter of Credit”) in such form and with such Issuer Documents as may be approved by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion; provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and jointly and severally liable with respect to each Revolving Letter of Credit issued for the account of such Subsidiary or such direct or indirect parent and its other Subsidiaries; provided further that Revolving Letters of Credit issued for the direct or indirect benefit of such direct or indirect parent and its other Subsidiaries other than the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be subject to Section 10.5 hereof; provided further that each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer that is an issuer of DIP Revolving Letters of Credit on the Conversion Date shall be deemed to have issued Revolving Letters of Credit on the Conversion Date as provided in Section 3.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) none of Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS AG, Stamford Branch or any Affiliate thereof that is a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be required to issue trade or commercial Revolving Letters of Credit under this Agreement and (ii) none of Barclays Bank PLC or any Affiliate thereof shall be required to issue any Revolving Letter of Credit that provides for payment less than three Business Days after receipt of a draw request from the applicable beneficiary (unless Barclays Bank PLC or such Affiliate otherwise agrees in its sole discretion).

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Outstanding in respect of all Revolving Letters of Credit at such time, would exceed the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect; (B) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to all Revolving Letters of Credit would cause the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Exposures at such time to exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; (C) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued (or deemed issued) by any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, would exceed the Specified Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment of such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer then in effect; (D) each Revolving Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, or if issued to replace existing Revolving Letters of Credit with a maturity of longer than one year, or as provided under Section 3.2(b) and (y) the Revolving L/C Maturity Date; (E) each Revolving Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (F) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any Applicable Law for the beneficiary of the Revolving Letter of Credit to have a Revolving Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (G) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued after the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has received a written notice from the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders stating that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice (x) of rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice, (y) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or (z) that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing.

(b) Term Letters of Credit. (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time on and after the Conversion Date and prior to the Term L/C Termination Date, each Term Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to issue upon the request of the Borrower and (x) for the direct or indirect benefit of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (y) for the direct or indirect benefit of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries (or any Person which was a Subsidiary of a direct or indirect parent of the DIP Borrower on the Closing Date) so long as the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for such parent and its other Subsidiaries’ (or such other Persons’) benefit (excluding Letters of Credit issued to support the obligations of the direct or indirect parent or its other Subsidiaries which obligations were entered into primarily to benefit the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries) does not exceed $50,000,000, a letter of credit or letters of credit (the “Term Letters of Credit” and each a “Term Letter of Credit”) in such form and with such Issuer Documents as may be approved by such Term Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion; provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and be jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Term Letter of Credit issued for the account of such Subsidiary or the direct or indirect parent and its other Subsidiaries; provided further that Term Letters of Credit issued for the direct or indirect benefit of such direct or indirect parent and its other Subsidiaries other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be subject to Section 10.5; provided further that each Term Letter of Credit Issuer that is an issuer of DIP Term Letters of Credit on the Conversion Date shall be deemed to have issued Term Letters of Credit on the Conversion Date as provided in Section 3.10 and, in the case of Citibank, N.A. and its Affiliates only, shall have no further obligation after the Conversion Date to issue or renew any Term Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) none of Barclays Bank PLC or any Affiliate thereof that is a Term Letter of Credit Issuer shall be required to issue trade or commercial Term Letters of Credit under this Agreement and (ii) none of Barclays Bank PLC or any Affiliate thereof shall be required to issue any Term Letter of Credit that provides for payment less than three Business Days after receipt of a draw request from the applicable beneficiary (unless Barclays Bank PLC or such Affiliate otherwise agrees in its sole discretion).

 

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(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) no Term Letter of Credit shall be issued, the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of all Term Letters of Credit at such time, would exceed the lesser of (x) the Term Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect and (y) the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance, (B) subject to the provisions of Section 3.9, no Term Letter of Credit (other than a Citibank Term Letter of Credit) shall be issued (or deemed issued) by any Term Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to such Term Letter of Credit Issuer, would exceed the Specified Term Letter of Credit Commitment of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer then in effect, (C) no Term Letter of Credit shall be issued (or deemed issued) by any Term Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to such Term Letter of Credit Issuer, would exceed the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer, (D) each Term Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Term Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(b) and (y) the Term L/C Termination Date, (E) each Term Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars, (F) no Term Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any Applicable Law for the beneficiary of the Term Letter of Credit to have a Term Letter of Credit issued in its favor, and (G) no Term Letter of Credit shall be issued after the Term Letter of Credit Issuer has received a written notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders stating that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as the Term Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice (x) of rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice, (y) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or (z) that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing; provided, however, that the Stated Amount of any Term Letter of Credit with respect to which another Term Letter of Credit is to be (or has been) issued to replace such Term Letter of Credit shall be excluded in calculating the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding in connection with any determination of compliance with clause (A)(x) above, so long as (and only so long as) the Term L/C Cash Coverage Requirement (determined without regard to the proviso following the definition thereof) shall, at all times prior to the termination and cancellation of the Term Letter of Credit that is being (or has been) replaced (as notified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by the Term Letter of Credit Issuer thereof), be satisfied (including with respect to the Term Letter of Credit that is being (or has been) replaced and the related replacement Term Letter of Credit).

3.2. Letter of Credit Requests.

(a) Whenever the Borrower desires that a Letter of Credit be issued, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. at least two (or such shorter time as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and such Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance. Each notice shall be executed by the Borrower, shall specify whether such Letter of Credit is to be a Revolving Letter of Credit or Term Letter of Credit and shall be in the form of Exhibit G, or such other form (including by electronic or fax transmission) as agreed between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer (each a “Letter of Credit Request”).

(b) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, any Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit)

 

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by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by a Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Borrower and, in the case of Revolving Letters of Credit, the Revolving Credit Lenders, and in the case of Term Letters of Credit, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than, in the case of any Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving L/C Maturity Date, and in the case of any Term Letter of Credit, the Term L/C Termination Date; provided, however, that such Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) of either Sections 3.1(a) or (b), as applicable, or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 are not then satisfied (or waived), and in each such case directing such Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension. For the avoidance of doubt, Citibank, N.A. and its Affiliates shall in no event be required to renew Citibank Term Letters of Credit, and may send notices of non-renewal to the beneficiaries of Citibank Term Letters of Credit, notwithstanding any other term or provision hereof; provided that Citibank, N.A. and any Affiliate thereof that sends any such notice of non-renewal shall have provided written notice of any such notice of non-renewal to the Borrower no less than five Business Days prior to sending such notice of non-renewal to the applicable beneficiary.

(c) Each Letter of Credit Issuer shall, at least once each month, provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) issued by it that are outstanding at such time and specifying whether such Letters of Credit are Revolving Letters of Credit or Term Letters of Credit; provided that (i) upon written request from the Administrative Agent, such Letter of Credit Issuer shall thereafter notify the Administrative Agent in writing on each Business Day of all Letters of Credit issued on the prior Business Day by such Letter of Credit Issuer and specifying whether such Letters of Credit are Revolving Letters of Credit or Term Letters of Credit and (ii) the failure of a Letter of Credit Issuer to provide such list (A) shall not result in any liability of such Letter of Credit Issuer to any Person and (B) shall not impair or otherwise affect the liability or obligation of any Credit Party in respect of any Letter of Credit.

(d) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(a)(ii) or Section 3.1(b)(ii), as applicable.

3.3. Revolving Letter of Credit Participations.

(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer of any Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3, a “Revolving L/C Participant”), and each such Revolving L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation, in each Revolving Letter of Credit, each substitute therefor, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto (each, a “Revolving L/C Participation”) pro rata based on such Revolving L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (determined without regard to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments held by such Lender), and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto.

 

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(b) In determining whether to pay under any Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Revolving L/C Participants other than to confirm that (i) any documents required to be delivered under such Revolving Letter of Credit have been delivered, (ii) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has examined the documents with reasonable care and (iii) the documents appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Revolving Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or a material breach by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer of any Credit Document, shall not create for the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.

(c) Whenever the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the Revolving L/C Participants, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Revolving L/C Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (determined without regard to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments held by such Lender) of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Revolving L/C Participant’s share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such Revolving L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all Revolving L/C Participants) of the principal amount so paid in respect of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Revolving L/C Participations at the Overnight Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, all distributions under this Section 3.3(c) shall be made to each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage without regard to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments held by such Lender.

(d) The obligations of the Revolving L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;

(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Revolving Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Revolving Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Revolving Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Revolving Letter of Credit);

(iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Revolving Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents; or

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provided, however, that no Revolving L/C Participant shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any unreimbursed amount arising from any wrongful payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under a Revolving Letter of Credit as a result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.

3.4. Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.

(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment in Dollars to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, for any payment or disbursement made by such Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, an “Unpaid Drawing”) (i) within one Business Day of the date of such payment or disbursement, if such Letter of Credit Issuer provides written notice to the Borrower of such payment or disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such next succeeding Business Day or (ii) if such notice is received after such time, on the first Business Day following the date of receipt of such notice (such required date for reimbursement under clause (i) or (ii), as applicable, the “Reimbursement Date”), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such Letter of Credit Issuer, from and including the date of such payment or disbursement to but excluding the Reimbursement Date, at the per annum rate for each day equal to the Overnight Rate; provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) in the case of any Unpaid Drawings under any Revolving Letters of Credit, (A) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 10:00 a.m. on the Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that, with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit, the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be ABR Loans) on the Reimbursement Date in the amount of such Unpaid Drawing and (B) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof (without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount), and each Revolving L/C Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (determined without regard to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments held by such Lender) of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 2:00 p.m. on such Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for purpose of reimbursing the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing or (ii) in the case of any Unpaid Drawing under any Term Letter of Credit, unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 10:00 a.m. on the Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with its own funds, the Collateral Agent shall (or shall instruct the Collateral Trustee to) instruct the applicable Depositary Bank to cause the amounts on deposit in the applicable Term C Loan Collateral Account to be disbursed to the applicable Term Letter of Credit Issuer for application to repay in full the amount of such Unpaid Drawing. For the avoidance of doubt, all Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans under this Section 3.4(a) shall be made by each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (determined without regard to Class of Revolving Credit Commitments held by such Lender).

In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any Revolving Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the Revolving L/C Maturity Date, the full amount of the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an Unpaid

 

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Drawing subject to the provisions of this Section 3.4 except that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the Lenders as contemplated above as cash collateral for such Revolving Letter of Credit to reimburse any Drawing under such Revolving Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any Drawings made in respect of such Revolving Letter of Credit following the Revolving L/C Maturity Date, second, to the extent such Revolving Letter of Credit expires or is returned undrawn while any such cash collateral remains, to the repayment of obligations in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that have not been paid at such time and third, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.4 to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuers with respect to Unpaid Drawings (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against any Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as a Revolving L/C Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit (each a “Drawing”) to conform to the terms of the Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse any Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by such Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or a material breach by such Letter of Credit Issuer (or any of its Related Parties) of any Credit Document.

3.5. Increased Costs. If after the Closing Date, the adoption of any Applicable Law, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or actual compliance by a Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving L/C Participant with any request or directive made or adopted after the Closing Date (whether or not having the force of law), by any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall either (a) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy, liquidity or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by any Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Revolving L/C Participant’s Revolving L/C Participation therein, or (b) impose on any Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving L/C Participant any other conditions or liabilities affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such Revolving L/C Participant’s Revolving L/C Participation therein, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant hereunder (other than any such increase or reduction attributable to (i) Indemnified Taxes and Taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) net income Taxes and franchise and excise Taxes (imposed in lieu of net income Taxes) imposed on any Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant or (iii) Taxes included under clauses (c) through (f) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes”) in respect of Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that any Letter of Credit Issuer or a Revolving L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Person’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the Closing Date. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer or a Revolving L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by such Letter of Credit Issuer or

 

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such Revolving L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Letter of Credit Issuer or Revolving L/C Participant shall demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.5 if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in substantially the same manner as applied to other similarly situated borrowers under comparable syndicated credit facilities.

3.6. New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.

(a) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Letter of Credit Issuer as provided in this paragraph (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of Credit Issuer upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower. The Borrower may add Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers and/or Term Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If a Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the Lenders a successor issuer of Letters of Credit under the applicable Credit Facility or a new Letter of Credit Issuer under the applicable Credit Facility, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, denied, conditioned or delayed), another successor or new issuer of Letters of Credit under the applicable Credit Facility, whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or Term Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, hereunder, and the term “Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer” or “Term Letter of Credit Issuer”, as applicable, shall mean such successor or include such new issuer of Letters of Credit under the applicable Credit Facility effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become a “Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer” or “Term Letter of Credit Issuer”, as applicable, hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) in the case of Revolving Letters of Credit, the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue “back-stop” Revolving Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Revolving Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Revolving Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Revolving Letters of Credit shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Revolving Letters of

 

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Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer’s resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to a Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.

(b) To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.

3.7. Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any Drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(d); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against a Letter of Credit Issuer, and such Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct, gross negligence, bad faith or a material breach by such Letter of Credit Issuer of any Credit Document or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no Letter of Credit Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

3.8. Cash Collateral.

(a) Upon the written request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders if, as of the Revolving L/C Maturity Date, (i) there are any Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding or (ii) the provisions of Section 2.16(b)(ii) are in effect, the Borrower shall promptly Cash Collateralize the then Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (ii) above, after giving effect to Section 2.16(b)(i)).

 

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(b) If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders may require that the Revolving L/C Obligations be Cash Collateralized.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers as collateral for the Revolving L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (Cash Collateral) in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such terms have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Such cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts established by and in the name of the Administrative Agent (with the interest accruing for the benefit of the Borrower).

3.9. Term C Loan Collateral Account. On the Closing Date, the Borrower established a Term C Loan Collateral Account for the benefit of each Term Letter of Credit Issuer on the Closing Date (including the Deutsche Bank Term C Loan Collateral Account, the Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account and the Citibank Term C Loan Collateral Account) for the purpose of cash collateralizing the Borrower’s obligations (including Term L/C Obligations) to such Term Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the Term Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Term Letter of Credit Issuer. On the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Term C Loans, together with other funds (if any) provided by the Borrower, were deposited into the applicable Term C Loan Collateral Accounts such that the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance of the Term C Loan Collateral Account established for the benefit of each Term Letter of Credit Issuer equaled at least the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer. After the Conversion Date, the Borrower may establish additional Term C Loan Collateral Accounts for the benefit of any additional Term Letter of Credit Issuer for the purpose of cash collateralizing the Borrower’s obligations to such Term Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the Term Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Term Letter of Credit Issuer, and may transfer all or any portion of the funds in any Term C Loan Collateral Account to any other Term C Loan Collateral Account (including between the Deutsche Bank Term C Loan Collateral Account, the Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account and the Citibank Term C Loan Collateral Account), subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.9 (and each Term Letter of Credit Issuer and the Collateral Agent agrees to (or shall instruct the Collateral Trustee to) instruct the applicable Depositary Bank to transfer such funds at the discretion of the Borrower within one Business Day after the Borrower has provided notice to make such transfer); provided that each Term Letter of Credit Issuer may require that the Depositary Bank for the Term C Loan Collateral Account corresponding to its Term L/C Obligations is such Term Letter of Credit Issuer or an Affiliate thereof. The Borrower agrees that at all times, and shall immediately cause additional funds to be deposited and held in the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts from time to time in order that (A) the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance for all Term C Loan Collateral Accounts shall at least equal the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to all Term Letters of Credit and (B) the Term C Loan Collateral Account Balance of each Term C Loan Collateral Account established for the benefit of a Term Letter of Credit Issuer shall equal at least the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer (the “Term L/C Cash Coverage Requirement”); provided that in the case of clause (B), such requirement shall be deemed to have been met at such time if the Borrower shall have instructed that funds held in one Term C Loan Collateral Account be transferred to the Term C Loan Collateral Account established for the benefit of another Term Letter of Credit Issuer so long as after giving effect to such transfer, the Term L/C Cash

 

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Coverage Requirement shall have been met. The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Representative, for the benefit of all Term Letter of Credit Issuers, a security interest in the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts and all cash and balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing, as security for the Term L/C Obligations (including the Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations) (and, in addition, grants a security interest therein, for the benefit of the Secured Parties as collateral security for the RCT Reclamation Obligations and the other First Lien Obligations; provided that (w) amounts on deposit in the Citibank Term C Loan Collateral Account shall be applied, first, to repay the Term L/C Obligations (including any Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations) in respect of Citibank Term Letters of Credit, second, to repay the Term L/C Obligations in respect of all other Term Letters of Credit and, then, to repay the RCT Obligations and all other First Lien Obligations as provided in Section 11.12, (x) amounts on deposit in the Deutsche Bank Term C Loan Collateral Account shall be applied, first, to repay the Term L/C Obligations in respect of Deutsche Bank Term Letters of Credit, second, to repay the Term L/C Obligations in respect of all other Term Letters of Credit and, then, to repay the RCT Obligations and all other First Lien Obligations as provided in Section 11.12, (y) amounts on deposit in the Barclays Term C Loan Collateral Account shall be applied, first, to repay the Term L/C Obligations in respect of Barclays Term Letters of Credit, second, to repay the Term L/C Obligations in respect of all other Term Letters of Credit and, then, to repay the RCT Obligations and all other First Lien Obligations as provided in Section 11.12 and (z) amounts on deposit in any other Term C Loan Collateral Account shall be applied, first, to repay the corresponding Term L/C Obligations (including Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations) owing to the applicable Term Letter of Credit Issuer, second, to repay the Term L/C Obligations in respect of all other Term Letters of Credit and, then, to repay the RCT Obligations and all other First Lien Obligations as provided in Section 11.12). Except as expressly provided herein or in any other Credit Document, no Person shall have the right to make any withdrawal from any Term C Loan Collateral Account or to exercise any right or power with respect thereto; provided that at any time the Borrower shall fail to reimburse any Term Letter of Credit Issuer for any Unpaid Drawing in accordance with Section 3.4(a), the Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to instruct (and shall be entitled to instruct the Collateral Trustee to instruct) the applicable depositary bank (each, a “Depositary Bank”) of the applicable Term C Loan Collateral Account to withdraw therefrom and pay to such Term Letter of Credit Issuer amounts equal to such Unpaid Drawings. Amounts in any Term C Loan Collateral Account shall be invested by the applicable Depositary Bank in Term L/C Permitted Investments (and as reasonably agreed by the applicable Depositary Bank under the applicable depositary agreement) in the manner instructed by the Borrower (and agreed to by such Depositary Bank) (and returns shall accrue for the benefit of the Borrower); provided, however, that the applicable Depositary Bank shall determine such investments in Term L/C Permitted Investments during the existence of any Event of Default as long as made in Term L/C Permitted Investments, it being understood and agreed that neither the Borrower nor the applicable Depositary Bank nor any other Person may direct the investment of funds in any Term C Loan Collateral Account in any assets other than Term L/C Permitted Investments. The Borrower shall bear the risk of loss of principal with respect to any investment in any Term C Loan Collateral Account. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and subject to the satisfaction of the Term L/C Cash Coverage Requirement for each Term Letter of Credit Issuer after giving effect to any such release, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, request release of and payment to the Borrower of (and the Collateral Agent hereby agrees to instruct (or to instruct the Collateral Trustee to instruct) the applicable Depositary Bank to release and pay to the Borrower) any amounts on deposit in the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts (as reduced by the aggregate amounts, if any, withdrawn by the Term Letter of Credit Issuers and not subsequently deposited by the Borrower) in excess of the Term Letter of Credit Commitment at such time (provided that the Collateral Agent shall have received prior confirmation of the amount of such excess from the Administrative Agent). 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Term C Loan Collateral Accounts after the termination or cancellation of all Term Letters of Credit, the termination of the Term Letter of Credit Commitment and the repayment in full of all outstanding Term C Loans and Term L/C Obligations.

3.10. DIP Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (i) each DIP Revolving Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the Conversion Date, listed on Schedule 1.1(b) shall, effective as of the Conversion Date and without any further action by the Borrower, be continued (and deemed issued) as a Revolving Letter of Credit hereunder and from and after the Conversion Date shall be deemed a Revolving Letter of Credit for all purposes hereof and shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof and (ii) each DIP Term Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the Conversion Date, listed on Schedule 1.1(b) shall, effective as of the Conversion Date and without any further action by the Borrower, be continued (and deemed issued) as a Term Letter of Credit hereunder and from and after the Conversion Date shall be deemed a Term Letter of Credit for all purposes hereof and shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

3.11. Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an DIP Term Letter of Credit or a DIP Revolving Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial letter of credit, and in each case to the extent not inconsistent with the above referred rules, the laws of the State of New York shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

3.12. Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control and any security granted pursuant to any Issuer Document shall be void.

3.13. Letters of Credit Issued for Others. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or the direct or indirect parent of Borrower or its other Subsidiaries, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of its Subsidiaries or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or its other Subsidiaries, inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of its Subsidiaries or its direct or indirect parent and its other Subsidiaries.

SECTION 4. Fees; Commitments.

4.1. Fees.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee (the “Revolving Credit Commitment Fee”) for each day from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Revolving Credit Termination Date. The Revolving Credit Commitment Fee shall be earned, due and payable by the Borrower (x) quarterly in arrears on the tenth Business Day following the end of each March, June, September and December (for the three-month period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the applicable portion of the Available Revolving Commitment in effect on such day.

 

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(b) In the event that, prior to the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower (x) makes any prepayment or repayment of Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction or (y) effects any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders holding Initial Term Loans or Initial Term C Loans, as applicable, (I) a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans and Initial Term C Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (II) in the case of clause (y), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Initial Term Loans and Initial Term C Loans of non-consenting Lenders outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such amendment.

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Revolving Letter of Credit (the “Revolving Letter of Credit Fee”), for the period from the date of issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit to the termination or expiration date of such Revolving Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to the product of (x) the Applicable LIBOR Margin for Revolving Credit Loans and (y) the average daily Stated Amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit. The Revolving Letter of Credit Fee shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the tenth Business Day following the end of each March, June, September and December and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above). If there is any change in the Applicable LIBOR Margin during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Revolving Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable LIBOR Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable LIBOR Margin was in effect.

(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it (the “Fronting Fee”), for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.25% per annum, on the average daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing between the Borrower and such Letter of Credit Issuer). Such Fronting Fees shall be earned, due and payable by the Borrower (x) quarterly in arrears on the tenth Business Day following the end of each March, June, September and December and (y) (1) in the case of Revolving Letters of Credit, on the later of (A) the Revolving Credit Termination Date and (B) the day on which the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero and (2) in the case of Term Letters of Credit, the Term C Loan Maturity Date or, if earlier, (I) in the case of any Term Letter of Credit, the date upon which the Term Letter of Credit Commitment terminates and the Term Letter of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or (II) in the case of any Term Letter of Credit constituting a DIP Term Letter of Credit, the date on which such DIP Term Letter of Credit is cancelled or replaced.

(e) The Borrower agrees to pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer upon each issuance of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a Letter of Credit issued by it such amount as the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower shall have agreed upon for issuances of, drawings under or amendments of, letters of credit issued by it.

(f) The Borrower agrees to pay directly to the Administrative Agent for its own account the administrative agent fees as set forth in the Fee Letter.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 4.1 (subject to Section 2.16).

 

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4.2. Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Letter of Credit Commitments and Term Letter of Credit Commitments.

(a) Upon at least one Business Day’s prior revocable written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such termination or reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments of each of the Revolving Credit Lenders of such Class, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may allocate any termination or reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments in its sole discretion among the Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments as the Borrower may specify, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be in the amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount and (c) after giving effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans or cancellation or Cash Collateralization of Revolving Letters of Credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 5.2(b)), the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) Upon at least one Business Day’s prior revocable written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, (i) the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to all Revolving Letters of Credit, after giving effect to Cash Collateralization of Revolving Letters of Credit, shall not exceed the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment and (ii) the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not exceed the Specified Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment of such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.

(d) Upon at least one Business Day’s prior revocable written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent and the Term Letter of Credit Issuers (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Term C Loan Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty (except as provided in Section 4.1(b)), on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Term Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, immediately upon any such termination or reduction, (i) the Borrower shall prepay the Term C Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Term Letter of Credit Commitment so terminated or reduced in accordance with the requirements of Sections 5.1 and 5.2(d) and (ii) the Term Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to each Term Letter of Credit Issuer with a Specified Term Letter of Credit Commitment shall not exceed the Specified Term Letter of Credit Commitment of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer.

4.3. Mandatory Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a) The Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

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Borrower shall be permitted to withdraw an amount up to the amount of such prepayment or repayment from the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts to complete such prepayment or repayment; provided that after giving effect to such withdrawal, the Term L/C Cash Coverage Requirement shall be satisfied

SECTION 5. Payments.

5.1. Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, Term C Loans, and Revolving Credit Loans, without premium or penalty (other than as provided in Section 4.1(b) and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.11 with respect to prepayments of LIBOR Loans made on any date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period), in whole or in part, from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (a) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office revocable written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 1:00 p.m. (x) one Business Day prior to (in the case of ABR Loans) or (y) three Business Days prior to (in the case of LIBOR Loans), (b) each partial prepayment of any Borrowing of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $1,000,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000; provided that no partial prepayment of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBOR Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount for LIBOR Loans and (c) any prepayment of LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the Borrower with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11. Each prepayment in respect of any tranche of Term Loans and Term C Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be (a) applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans or Term C Loans, as applicable, in such manner as the Borrower may determine and (b) in the case of Term Loans, applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may determine. In the event that the Borrower does not specify the order in which to apply prepayments of Term Loans to reduce Term Loan Repayment Amounts or prepayments of Term Loans or Term C Loans as between Classes of Term Loans or Term C Loans, as applicable, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that (i) in the case of Term Loans, such prepayment be applied to reduce the Term Loan Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity on a pro rata basis with the applicable Class or Classes, if a Class or Classes were specified, or among all Classes of Term Loans then outstanding, if no Class was specified and (ii) in the case of Term C Loans, among all Classes of Term C Loans then outstanding. All prepayments under this Section 5.1 shall also be subject to the provisions of Section 5.2(d) or (e), as applicable. At the Borrower’s election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Loan of a Defaulting Lender.

5.2. Mandatory Prepayments.

(a) Loan Prepayments. (i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event (other than a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or a New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) occurs, the Borrower shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within three Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay (or cause to be prepaid) (subject to Section 11.12 when applicable), in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) below, Loans in a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event.

(ii) On each occasion that a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds from the occurrence of such Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, prepay Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) below.

 

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(iii) On each occasion that a New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds from the occurrence of such New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, (A) with respect to a New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(y)(i) at the Borrower’s election as to the allocation of such Net Cash Proceeds as among any and all of the following Classes, (x) prepay any Class or Classes of Term Loans as selected by Borrower, (y) prepay, at the Borrower’s option, any Class or Classes of Revolving Credit Loans (and permanently reduce and terminate the related Revolving Credit Commitments in the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds allocated to the prepayment of such Class or Classes of Revolving Credit Loans) and/or (z) prepay any Class or Classes of Term C Loans as directed by Borrower and (B) with respect to each other New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, prepay the applicable Class or Classes of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Loans that are the subject of the applicable Refinanced Debt, Replaced Revolving Loans, Refinanced Term Loans or Refinanced Term C Loans, as applicable, in each case in a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event.

(b) Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. If on any date the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures (collectively, the “Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings”) for any reason exceeds 100% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall, forthwith repay within one Business Day of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans in an amount necessary to eliminate such deficiency. If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations to the extent of such excess.

(c) Application to Repayment Amounts. Each prepayment of Loans required by Section 5.2(a) (except as provided in Section 5.2(a)(ii)) shall be allocated (i) first, to the Term Loans then outstanding (ratably to each Class of Term Loans (or on a less than ratable basis, if agreed to by the Lenders providing such Class of Term Loans) based on then remaining principal amounts of the respective Classes of Term Loans then outstanding) until paid in full, (ii) second, to the Term C Loans then outstanding (ratably to each Class of Term C Loans (or on a less than ratable basis, if agreed by the Lenders providing such Class of Term C Loans) based on the remaining principal amounts of the respective Classes of Term C Loans then outstanding) until paid in full and (iii) thereafter, to the Revolving Credit Facility (ratably to each Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (or on a less than ratable basis if agreed by the Lenders providing such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments) based on the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of each Class) (without any permanent reduction in commitments thereof); provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Recovery Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, in each case solely to the extent with respect to any Collateral, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Debt (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Debt permanently extinguished) constituting First Lien Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Debt Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Debt to prepay or make an offer to purchase or prepay such Permitted Other Debt with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Debt constituting First Lien Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase or prepay exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and Term C Loans. Each prepayment of Loans required by Section 5.2(a) shall be applied within each Class of Loans (i) ratably among the Lenders holding Loans of such Class (unless otherwise agreed by an applicable

 

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affected Lender) and (ii) to scheduled amortization payments in respect of such Loans in direct forward order of scheduled maturity thereof or as otherwise directed by the Borrower. Any prepayment of Term Loans with the Net Cash Proceeds of, or in exchange for, Permitted Other Debt, Refinancing Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(iii)(B) shall be applied solely to each applicable Class or Classes of Term Loans, Term C Loans or Revolving Credit Loans being refinanced or replaced.

(d) Application to Term Loans and Term C Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans and Term C Loans elected to be made by the Borrower or required pursuant to Section 5.2(a), subject to Section 11.12 when applicable, the Borrower may designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided that the Borrower pays any amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.11 with respect to prepayments of LIBOR Loans made on any date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period. In the absence of a Rejection Notice or a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11. Upon any prepayment of Term C Loans, the Term Letter of Credit Commitment shall be reduced by an amount equal to such prepayment as provided in Section 4.3(b) and the Borrower shall be permitted to withdraw an amount up to the amount of such prepayment from the Term C Loan Collateral Account to complete such prepayment as, and to the extent, provided in Section 4.3(b).

(e) Application to Revolving Credit Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans elected to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or required by Section 5.2(a) or (b), the Borrower may designate (i) the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made and (ii) the Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans; and (y) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (x), no prepayment made pursuant to Section 5.1 or 5.2(b) of Revolving Credit Loans shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Loans of any Defaulting Lender. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11. The mandatory prepayments set forth in this Section 5.2 shall not reduce the aggregate amount of Commitments and amounts prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms hereof except as provided in Section 5.2(a)(iii).

(f) LIBOR Interest Periods. In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 5.2 in respect of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower at its option may deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the amount of the LIBOR Loan to be prepaid and such LIBOR Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period therefor in the required amount. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest at the then customary rate for accounts of such type. Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the LIBOR Loans to be so prepaid; provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 5.2.

(g) Minimum Amount. (i) No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) in the case of any Prepayment Event yielding Net Cash Proceeds of less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) unless and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events required to be applied at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and not yet applied at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to such Section exceeds (x) $25,000,000 for a single Prepayment Event or (y) $100,000,000 in the aggregate for all Prepayment Events (other than those that

 

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are either under the threshold specified in subclause (i) or over the threshold specified in subclause (ii)(x)) in any one Fiscal Year, at which time all such Net Cash Proceeds referred to in this subclause (ii) with respect to such Fiscal Year shall be applied as a prepayment in accordance with this Section 5.2.

(h) Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) (other than prepayments made in connection with any Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event), in each case at least three Business Days prior to the date such prepayment is required to be made (or such shorter period of time as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Each such notice shall be revocable and specify the anticipated date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed estimated calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term Loans to be prepaid in accordance with such prepayment notice of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Lender’s pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Lender may reject all or a portion of its pro rata share of any such prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) (other than prepayments made in connection with any Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or New Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory prepayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining thereafter shall be retained by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”).

(i) Foreign Net Cash Proceeds. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2, (i) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds from a Recovery Prepayment Event (a “Foreign Recovery Event”) of, or any Disposition by, a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to an Asset Sale Prepayment Event are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law or material agreement (so long as not created in contemplation of such prepayment) or organizational document from being repatriated to the United States (a “Foreign Asset Sale”), such portion of the Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans or Term C Loans, as applicable, at the times provided in this Section 5.2 but may be retained by the applicable Restricted Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to promptly take commercially reasonable actions reasonably required by the applicable local law or material agreement to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law (and in any event not later than ten (10) Business Days after such repatriation is permitted to occur) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) apply an amount equal thereto to the repayment of the Term Loans or Term C Loans as required pursuant to this Section 5.2 and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Recovery Event, any Foreign Asset Sale would have an adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds, the Net Cash Proceeds so affected may be retained by the applicable Restricted Foreign Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds had been received by the Borrower rather than such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash

 

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Proceeds are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, so long as an amount equal to the amount of Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied in accordance with Section 5.2(a) is applied by the Borrower, nothing in this Agreement (including this Section 5) shall be construed to require any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to repatriate cash.

5.3. Method and Place of Payment.

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto or the Letter of Credit Issuer entitled thereto, as the case may be, not later than 2:00 p.m., in each case, on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower, it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrower’s account at the Administrative Agent’s Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. All repayments or prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder and all other payments under each Credit Document shall be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. or, otherwise, on the next Business Day) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.

(b) Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.

5.4. Net Payments.

(a) Any and all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Indemnified Taxes; provided that if the Borrower or any Guarantor or the Administrative Agent shall be required by Applicable Law to deduct or withhold any Indemnified Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that after making all such required deductions and withholdings (including such deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4), the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender (which term shall include each Letter of Credit Issuer for purposes of Section 5.4 and for the purposes of the definition of Excluded Taxes), as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the Borrower or such Guarantor or the Administrative Agent shall make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) the Borrower or such Guarantor or the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority within the time allowed and in accordance with Applicable Law. Whenever any Indemnified Taxes are payable by the Borrower or such Guarantor, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower or Guarantor shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the Borrower or such Guarantor showing payment thereof.

 

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(b) The Borrower shall timely pay and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender with regard to any Other Taxes (whether or not such Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority).

(c) The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender within fifteen Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or such Lender as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) and any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting forth reasonable detail as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as applicable) on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Any Non-U.S. Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or under any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall, to the extent it is legally able to do so, deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. A Lender’s obligation under the prior sentence shall apply only if the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has made a request for such documentation. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4(d), the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.4(e), 5.4(h) and 5.4(i) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(e) Each Non-U.S. Lender with respect to any Loan made to the Borrower shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so:

(i) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, prior to the date on which the first payment to the Non-U.S. Lender is due hereunder, two copies of (x) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding Tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (together with a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit Q representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower, any interest payment received by such Non-U.S. Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), (y) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, Form W-8-BEN-E or Form W-8ECI, in each case

 

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properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement or (z) if a Non-U.S. Lender does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Credit Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation or where Non-U.S. Lender is a pass through entity) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all necessary attachments (including the forms described in clauses (x) and (y) above, as required); and

(ii) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower.

If in any such case any Change in Law has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable or would prevent such Non-U.S. Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it, such Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly so advise the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(f) If any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it had received and retained a refund of an Indemnified Tax (including an Other Tax) for which a payment has been made by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, which refund in the good faith judgment of such Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by the Borrower, then the Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Borrower for such amount (net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and without interest other than any interest received thereon from the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund) as the Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion exercised in good faith to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position (taking into account expenses or any Taxes imposed on the refund) than it would have been in if the payment had not been required; provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in the event the Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. A Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its sole discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. None of any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be obliged to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or computations to any Credit Party in connection with this clause (f) or any other provision of this Section 5.4.

(g) If the Borrower determines that a reasonable basis exists for contesting a Tax, each Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request in challenging such Tax. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.12, each Lender and Agent agrees to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request to minimize any amount payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to this Section 5.4. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold each Lender and Agent harmless against any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Person in connection with any request made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.4(g). Nothing in this Section 5.4(g) shall obligate any Lender or Agent to take any action that such Person, in its sole judgment, determines may result in a material detriment to such Person.

 

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(h) Each Lender with respect to any Loan made to the Borrower that is a United States person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and Agent (each, a “U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9 (or substitute or successor form), properly completed and duly executed, certifying that such Lender or Agent is exempt from United States backup withholding (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of a change in such Agent’s or Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.

(i) If a payment made to any Lender would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed under FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such other documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s FATCA obligations and to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this subsection (i), “FATCA” shall include any amendments after the date of this Agreement.

(j) The agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

5.5. Computations of Interest and Fees.

(a) Except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on LIBOR Loans and ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans in respect of which the rate of interest is calculated on the basis of the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Wall Street Journal as the “U.S. prime rate” and interest on overdue interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.

(b) Fees and the average daily Stated Amount of Letters of Credit shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.

5.6. Limit on Rate of Interest.

(a) No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.

(b) Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

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(c) Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any Applicable Law, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Applicable Law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8.

(d) Spreading. In determining whether the interest hereunder is in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any Applicable Law, the total amount of interest shall be spread throughout the entire term of this Agreement until its payment in full.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any Applicable Law, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.

SECTION 6. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness.

The automatic conversion of the DIP Revolving Credit Loans, DIP Term C Loans, DIP Term Letters of Credit, DIP Revolving Letters of Credit and DIP Term Loans into Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder, is subject to the satisfaction in all material respects or waiver by the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 6 (such date, the “Conversion Date”).

6.1. Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit R hereto, executed and delivered by the Borrower, (b) this Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party as of the Conversion Date, (c) the Guarantee, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each Guarantor as of the Conversion Date, (d) the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each pledgor party thereto as of the Conversion Date, (d) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each grantor party thereto as of the Conversion Date, (e) the Collateral Trust Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each of the parties thereto and (f) each other customary security document (and, if applicable, mortgages, any assumption agreements, reaffirmation agreements, guaranty joinders and joinders to applicable security documents) duly authorized, executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and related items to the extent necessary to create and perfect (or continue the perfection) of the security interests in the Collateral.

6.2. Collateral.

(a) All outstanding Stock of the Borrower directly owned by Holdings and all Stock of each Subsidiary of the Borrower directly owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, as of the Conversion Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (except that such Credit Parties shall not be required to pledge any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents) and the Collateral Representative shall have received all certificates, if any, representing such securities pledged under the Pledge Agreement, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank.

 

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(b) All Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is owing to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall, to the extent exceeding $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, be evidenced by one or more global promissory notes and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Representative shall have received all such promissory notes, together with instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.

(c) All documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable personal property and financing statements, reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document to be executed on the Conversion Date and to perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Representative in proper form for filing, registration or recording and none of the Collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages, except for Liens permitted hereunder.

(d) Holdings and the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Perfection Certificate, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of Holdings and the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any security documents relating to real property to the extent constituting Collateral, to the extent that any such security interest is not so granted and/or perfected on or prior to the Conversion Date, then Holdings and the Borrower each agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered such documents and instruments, and take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be required to grant and perfect such security interests, on or prior to the date that is 120 days (or 180 days in the case of Collateral consisting of mining properties) after the Conversion Date or such longer period of time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

6.3. Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed customary legal opinions of (a) Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special New York counsel to Holdings and the Borrower, and (b) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, special Texas counsel to Holdings and the Borrower, in each case, solely in respect of the Security Documents described in Section 6.1. Holdings, the Borrower, the other Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinions.

6.4. Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Credit Parties, dated the Conversion Date, in respect of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.7, 6.8, 6.12, 6.14, and, if applicable 6.19, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, with appropriate insertions, executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party, and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.5.

6.5. Authorization of Proceedings of Each Credit Party. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors, other managers or general partner of each Credit Party (or a duly authorized committee thereof) authorizing (i) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents referred to in Section 6.1 (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (b) true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of each Credit Party as of the Conversion Date, and (c) good standing certificates (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction of organization) of the Borrower and the Guarantors.

6.6. Fees. All fees required to be paid on the Conversion Date pursuant to the Fee Letter and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Conversion Date pursuant to the Existing DIP Agreement, in the case of expenses, to the extent invoiced at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Conversion Date, shall have been paid, or shall be paid substantially concurrently with, the initial Borrowings hereunder.

 

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6.7. Representations and Warranties. All Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Conversion Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, it shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

6.8. Company Material Adverse Change. No Company Material Adverse Change shall have occurred since the Closing Date.

6.9. Solvency Certificate. On the Conversion Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Annex III to Exhibit C of the Commitment Letter.

6.10. Confirmation/Approval Order. The Confirmation/Approval Order, as it relates to the TCEH Debtors only, and without regard to the confirmation and/or approval order for the TCEH Debtors’ Debtor-affiliates, shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court, which Confirmation/Approval Order shall be in full force and effect, shall authorize the TCEH Debtors’ entry into and performance under the Credit Facilities, as applicable, and shall not otherwise be materially inconsistent with the Summary of Terms and Conditions attached as Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter in a manner that is, in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Existing DIP Lenders (taken as a whole) unless the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders consent in writing, and which such Confirmation/Approval Order shall not be subject to any stay and shall not be subject to any pending appeals, except for any of the following, which shall be permissible appeals the pendency of which shall not prevent the occurrence of the Conversion Date: (a) any appeal brought by (1) the holders of asbestos claims or any representative thereof to the extent such appeal is consistent with or otherwise relates to or addresses in any manner any of the arguments previously raised in any of the asbestos objections or motions in the Case [Docket Nos. 1791, 1796, 1983, 5072, 5194, 5361, 6344. 6610, 6703, 8244, and 8450], or on appeal at USDC C.A. No. 15-1183 (RGA) (including, in the Case, Docket Nos. 6342, 7414, and 7547), (2) the holders of PCRB Claims (as such term is defined in the Existing Plan) or any agent or representative thereof to the extent such appeal is consistent with or otherwise relates to or addresses in any manner any of the arguments previously raised in any of the PCRB Trustee’s (as defined in the Plan) objections in the Case [Docket Nos. 6621 and 6623], (3) the United States Trustee to the extent such appeal is consistent with or otherwise relates to or addresses in any manner any of the arguments previously raised in any of the United States Trustee’s objections in the Case [Docket Nos. 5858, 5872, 6705], or (4) the Internal Revenue Service or any agent or representative thereof, (b) any appeal with respect to or relating to the distributions (or the allocation of such distributions) between and among creditors under the Plan or (c) any other appeal, the result of which would not have a materially adverse effect on the rights and interests of the Existing DIP Lenders (taken as a whole and in their capacities as such). Neither the Plan nor the Confirmation/Approval Order shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in any respect that is in the aggregate materially adverse to the rights and interests of the Existing DIP Lenders (taken as a whole) in their capacities as such unless consented to in writing by the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, conditioned or denied and provided that the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to such waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification unless they shall object thereto within ten (10) Business Days after either (x) their receipt from TCEH of written notice of such waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification or (y) such waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification is publicly filed with the Bankruptcy Court, unless the DIP Administrative Agent has given written notice to TCEH within such ten (10) Business Day period that the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders are continuing to review and evaluate such amendment or waiver, in which case the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders shall be deemed to have

 

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consented to such amendment or waiver unless they object within ten (10) Business Days after such notice is given to TCEH). Each condition precedent to the Plan Effective Date with respect to the TCEH Debtors shall have been satisfied in all material respects in accordance with its terms (or waived with the prior written consent of the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, denied or delayed and provided that the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to such waiver unless they shall object thereto within ten (10) Business Days after either (x) their receipt from TCEH of written notice of such waiver or (y) such waiver is publicly filed with the Bankruptcy Court, unless the DIP Administrative Agent has given written notice to TCEH within such ten (10) Business Day period that the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders are continuing to review and evaluate such amendment or waiver, in which case the Requisite DIP Roll Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to such amendment or waiver unless they object within ten (10) Business Days after such notice is given to TCEH; provided no such consent will be required if the waiver of such condition precedent is not in the aggregate materially adverse to the rights and interests of any or all of the Existing DIP Lenders (taken as a whole) in their capacities as such). The TCEH Debtors shall be in compliance in all material respects with the Confirmation/Approval Order.

6.11. Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent (for further distribution to Lenders) shall have received an unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of TCEH and its subsidiaries as of the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended at least 45 days (or 90 days if such four-fiscal quarter period is the end of the TCEH’s fiscal year) prior to the Conversion Date, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on such date (in the case of such pro forma balance sheet) (which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulations S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).

6.12. No Material DIP Event of Default. On the Conversion Date, no Material DIP Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

6.13. Extension Notice. The Borrower shall deliver a written notice to the DIP Administrative Agent electing to extend the maturity date of the DIP Facilities Documentation.

6.14. Minimum Liquidity. The Borrower shall have a Minimum Liquidity of at least $500,000,000 as of the Conversion Date.

6.15. Plan Consummation. The Plan shall be substantially consummated substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the Conversion Date, and any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is outstanding immediately after consummation of the Plan shall not exceed the amount contemplated or otherwise permitted by the Plan.

6.16. No Settlement Agreement or Settlement Order Amendments. No amendment, modification, change or supplement to either the Settlement Agreement or the Settlement Order shall have occurred in a manner that is, in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Existing DIP Lenders, taken as a whole.

6.17. Settlement Order. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Settlement Order, which order shall be final and in full force and effect, subject to amendments, modifications, changes and supplements permitted by Section 6.16.

6.18. Settlement Agreement. The Settlement Agreement shall remain in full force and effect subject to amendments, modifications, changes and supplements permitted by Section 6.16.

 

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6.19. Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio. Solely in the event that the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is required to be tested pursuant to Section 10.9, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 10.9 after giving effect to the Transactions.

6.20. Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent shall have received (at least 3 Business Days prior to the Conversion Date) all documentation and other information about the Borrower (to the extent the Borrower is a different Person than the DIP Borrower under the Existing DIP Agreement in connection with the consummation of the Plan) as has been reasonably requested in writing at least 10 Business Days prior to the Conversion Date by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 7. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events After the Conversion Date.

The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (excluding Revolving Credit Loans required to be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Section 3.4), and the obligation of any Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit on any date, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth in the following Sections 7.1 and 7.2, provided that the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7.1 shall not be required to be satisfied with respect to the Borrowings on the Conversion Date:

7.1. No Default; Representations and Warranties. At the time of each Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (other than any Credit Event on the Conversion Date) (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (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 in all material respects as of such earlier date).

7.2. Notice of Borrowing.

(a) Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.

(b) Prior to the issuance of each Revolving Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a).

(c) Prior to the issuance of each Term Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Term Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(b).

The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified in this Section 7 have been satisfied or waived as of that time to the extent required by this Section 7.

 

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SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements.

In order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into this Agreement, to make the Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein, each of Holdings and the Borrower makes (on the Conversion Date after giving effect to the Transactions, limited solely to the Specified Representations and on each other date as required or otherwise set forth in this Agreement) the following representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit:

8.1. Corporate Status; Compliance with Laws. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation or other entity in good standing (as applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (c) is in compliance with all Applicable Laws, except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

8.2. Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law) (provided that, with respect to the creation and perfection of security interests with respect to Indebtedness, Stock and Stock Equivalents of Foreign Subsidiaries, only to the extent the creation and perfection of such obligation is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code).

8.3. No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor the compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the financing transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material Applicable Law (including material Environmental Laws) other than any contravention which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents, Permitted Liens or Liens subject to an intercreditor agreement permitted hereby or the Collateral Trust Agreement) pursuant to the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material debt agreement or instrument to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a “Contractual Requirement”) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party.

 

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8.4. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.4, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that have a reasonable likelihood of adverse determination and such determination could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

8.5. Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.

8.6. Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and (iii) such licenses, authorizations, consents, approvals, registrations, filings or other actions the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.7. Investment Company Act. None of the Credit Parties is an “investment company” within the meaning of, and subject to registration under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

8.8. True and Complete Disclosure.

(a) None of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such information and data contained in the Credit Documents) regarding Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include projections or estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry nature.

(b) The projections contained in the Lender Presentation are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Agents, Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders that such projections, forward-looking statements, estimates and pro forma financial information are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, and are subject to material contingencies and assumptions, many of which are beyond the control of the Credit Parties, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections, forward-looking statements, estimates and pro forma financial information may differ materially from the projected results.

8.9. Financial Condition; Financial Statements. The financial statements described in Section 6.11 present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of TCEH and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the dates thereof and for such period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise noted therein, and subject, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes. There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the Closing Date.

 

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8.10. Tax Matters. Except where the failure of which could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all federal income Tax returns and all other Tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by it (after giving effect to all applicable extensions) and has paid all material Taxes payable by it that have become due (whether or not shown on such Tax return), other than those (i) not yet delinquent or (ii) contested in good faith as to which adequate reserves have been provided to the extent required by law and in accordance with GAAP, (b) each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has provided adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP for the payment of, all federal, state, provincial and foreign Taxes not yet due and payable, and (c) each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has satisfied all of its Tax withholding obligations.

8.11. Compliance with ERISA.

(a) Each Employee Benefit Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any Applicable Law; no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) with respect to any Benefit Plan; no Multiemployer Plan is Insolvent or in reorganization (or is reasonably likely to be Insolvent or in reorganization), and no written notice of any such insolvency or reorganization has been given to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; no Benefit Plan has an accumulated or waived funding deficiency (or is reasonably likely to have such a deficiency); on and after the effectiveness of the Pension Act, each Benefit Plan has satisfied the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Benefit Plan, and there has been no determination that any such Benefit Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 4010(d)(2) of ERISA); none of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably likely to incur) any liability to or on account of a Benefit Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code; no proceedings have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Benefit Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Benefit Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; and no Lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate exists (or is reasonably likely to exist) nor has the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a Lien will be imposed on the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Benefit Plan, except to the extent that a breach of any of the representations, warranties or agreements in this Section 8.11(a) would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in an amount of liability that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Benefit Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that would, individually or when taken together with any other liabilities referenced in this Section 8.11(a), be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to Benefit Plans that are Multiemployer Plans, the representations and warranties in this Section 8.11(a)), other than any made with respect to (i) liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or (ii) liability for termination or reorganization of such Multiemployer Plans under ERISA, are made to the best knowledge of the Borrower.

(b) All Foreign Plans are in compliance with, and have been established, administered and operated in accordance with, the terms of such Foreign Plans and Applicable Law, except for any failure to so comply, establish, administer or operate the Foreign Plans as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All contributions or other payments which are due with respect to each Foreign Plan have been made in full and there are no funding deficiencies thereunder, except to the extent any such events would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.12. SubsidiariesSchedule 8.12 lists each Subsidiary of Holdings (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of Holdings therein), in each case existing on the Conversion Date (after giving effect to the Transactions). Each Material Subsidiary as of the Conversion Date has been so designated on Schedule 8.12.

 

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8.13. Intellectual Property. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, or a valid license or right to use, all patents, trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, copyrights and all applications therefor and licenses thereof, and all other intellectual property rights, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 10.2), that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have any such title, license or rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.14. Environmental Laws. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and all Real Estate are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (b) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have, and have timely applied for renewal of, all permits under Environmental Law to construct and operate their facilities as currently constructed; (c) except as set forth on Schedule 8.4, neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened Environmental Claim or any other liability under any Environmental Law, including any such Environmental Claim, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any other liability under Environmental Law related to, or resulting from the business or operations of any predecessor in interest of any of them; (d) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting or financing or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, is required to conduct or finance, any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location; (e) to the knowledge of the Borrower, no Hazardous Materials have been released into the environment at, on or under any Real Estate currently owned or leased by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (f) neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has treated, stored, transported, released, disposed or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, formerly owned or leased Real Estate or facility. Except as provided in this Section 8.14, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries make no other representations or warranties regarding Environmental Laws.

8.15. Properties. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have good title to or valid leasehold or easement interests or other license or use rights in all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title, leasehold or easement interests or other license or use rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.16. Solvency. On the Conversion Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, immediately following the making of each Loan on such date and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries will be Solvent.

8.17. Security Interests. Subject to the qualifications set forth in Section 6.2 and the terms, conditions and provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement and any other applicable intercreditor agreement then in effect, with respect to each Credit Party, the Security Documents, taken as a whole, are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Representative, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable first priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted hereunder) in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof, in each case, to the extent required under the Security Documents, the enforceability of which is 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. In the case of

 

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(i) the Stock described in the Pledge Agreement that is in the form of securities represented by stock certificates or otherwise constituting certificated securities within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(15) of the New York UCC (“Certificated Securities”), when certificates representing such Stock are delivered to the Collateral Representative along with instruments of transfer in blank or endorsed to the Collateral Representative, and (ii) all other Collateral constituting Real Estate or personal property described in the Security Agreement, when financing statements and other required filings, recordings, agreements and actions in appropriate form are executed and delivered, performed, recorded or filed in the appropriate offices, as the case may be, the Collateral Representative, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Credit Parties in all Collateral that may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document and the proceeds thereof (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by possession of the Certificated Securities by the Collateral Representative or such filings, agreements or other actions or perfection is otherwise required by the terms of any Credit Document), in each case, to the extent required under the Security Documents, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Lien (except, in the case of Liens permitted hereunder).

8.18. Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing; and (b) hours worked by and payment made for such work to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters.

8.19. Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; Patriot Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers is subject to any economic embargoes or similar sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Treasury (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control) or any other applicable sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”, and the associated laws, rules, regulations and orders, collectively, “Sanctions Laws”). Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) all Sanctions Laws, (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, rules, regulations and orders (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”) and (iii) the Patriot Act and any other applicable anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering laws, rules, regulations and orders. No part of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used, directly or indirectly, (A) for the purpose of financing any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that at such time is the subject of any Sanctions or (B) for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation in any material respect of any Anti-Corruption Law.

8.20. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans in accordance with Section 9.13 of this Agreement.

SECTION 9. Affirmative Covenants.

The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Conversion Date (immediately after giving effect to the Transactions) and thereafter, until the Total Commitments and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized, Backstopped or otherwise collateralized on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer following the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments or the termination of the Term Letter of Credit Commitments and the repayment of the Term C Loans, as the case may be) and the Loans

 

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and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or Contingent Obligations), are paid in full:

9.1. Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):

(a) Annual Financial Statements. On or before the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such Fiscal Year (or, in the case of financial statements for the Fiscal Year during which the Conversion Date occurs, on or before the date that is 120 days after the end of such Fiscal Year)), the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP in all material respects and, in each case, except with respect to any such reconciliation, certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as a going concern (other than any exception or qualification that is a result of (x) a current maturity date of any Indebtedness or (y) any actual or prospective default of a financial maintenance covenant), all of which shall be (i) certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries(or Holdings or an indirect parent of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as the case may be) in accordance with GAAP in all material respects, subject to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes and (ii) accompanied by a Narrative Report with respect thereto.

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. On or before the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period (or, in the case of financial statements for the first three fiscal quarters following the Conversion Date, on or before the date that is 60 days after the end of such fiscal quarter) of the first three fiscal quarters of every Fiscal Year), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case, as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated statements of operations for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior Fiscal Year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the prior Fiscal Year, all of which shall be (i) certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or Holdings or an indirect parent of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as the case may be) in accordance with GAAP in all material respects, subject to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes and (ii) accompanied by a Narrative Report with respect thereto.

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the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries were in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.9 as at the end of such Fiscal Year or period (solely to the extent such covenant is required to be tested at the end of such Fiscal Year or quarter), as the case may be and (ii) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Conversion Date or the most recent Fiscal Year or period, as the case may be (including calculations in reasonable detail of any amount added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (a)(xii), clause (a)(xiii) and any amount excluded from Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (k) of the definition thereof). Within five Business Days of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth (A) in reasonable detail the Applicable Amount and the Applicable Equity Amount as at the end of the Fiscal Year to which such financial statements relate and (B) the information required pursuant to Section 7 of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Conversion Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (c)(B), as the case may be.

(d) Notice of Default; Litigation; ERISA Event. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto, (ii) any litigation, regulatory or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that has a reasonable likelihood of adverse determination and such determination could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Other Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports that Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt with a principal amount in excess of $300,000,000 of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in their capacity as such holders (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement).

(f) Requested Information. With reasonable promptness, following the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.1(f), none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to provide any such other information pursuant to this Section 9.1(f) to the extent that (i) the provision thereof would violate any attorney client privilege (as reasonably determined by counsel (internal or external) to the Credit Parties), law, rule or regulation, or any contractual obligation of confidentiality binding on the Credit Parties or their respective affiliates (so long as not entered into in contemplation hereof) or (ii) such information constitutes attorney work product (as reasonably determined by counsel (internal or external) to the Credit Parties).

 

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(g) Projections. Within 90 days after the commencement of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (or, in the case of the budget for the first full Fiscal Year after the Closing Date, within 120 days after the commencement of such Fiscal Year), a reasonably detailed consolidated budget for the following Fiscal Year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the following Fiscal Year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and a summary of the material underlying assumptions applicable thereto) (collectively, the “Projections”), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood that such Projections and assumptions as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and that actual results may vary from such Projections and such differences may be material.

(h) Reconciliations. Simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 9.1(a) and (b) above, reconciliations for such consolidated financial statements or other consolidating information reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements; provided that the Borrower shall be under no obligation to deliver the reconciliations or other information described in this clause (h) if the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (which Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated in accordance with the definitions of such terms, but determined based on the financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and not the financial information of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) do not differ from the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated EBITDA, respectively, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries by more than 2.5%.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a), (b) and (e) of this Section 9.1 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or (B) the Borrower’s (or Holdings’ or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Form 8-K, 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of subclauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph, to the extent such information relates to Holdings or a direct or indirect parent of Holdings, such information is accompanied by consolidating or other information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings or such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand (provided, however, that the Borrower shall be under no obligation to deliver such consolidating or other explanatory information if the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries do not differ from the Consolidated Total Assets and the Consolidated EBITDA, respectively, of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by more than 2.5%). Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (e) of this Section 9.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website as notified to the Administrative Agent; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, or filed with the SEC, and available in EDGAR (or any successor) to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

 

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9.2. Books, Records and Inspections.

(a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (as accompanied by the Administrative Agent) to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in whomsoever’s possession to the extent that it is within such party’s control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not within such party’s control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Restricted Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Restricted Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or Required Lenders may desire (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default (a) only the Administrative Agent, whether on its own or in conjunction with the Required Lenders, may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than one time in any calendar year and (c) only one such visit shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of any Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2, neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will be required under this Section 9.2 to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of any document, information or other matter to the extent that such action would violate any attorney-client privilege (as reasonably determined by counsel (internal or external) to the Credit Parties), law, rule or regulation, or any contractual obligation of confidentiality (not created in contemplation thereof) binding on the Credit Parties or their respective affiliates or constituting attorney work product (as reasonably determined by counsel (internal or external) to the Credit Parties).

(b) The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity, in all material respects, with GAAP shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets of the business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that any Restricted Subsidiary may maintain its individual books and records in conformity with local standards or customs and that such maintenance shall not constitute a breach of the representations, warranties or covenants hereunder).

9.3. Maintenance of Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower, as applicable) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower, as applicable) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower, as applicable) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon written reasonable request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried, provided, however, that for so long as no

 

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Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to make such request only once in any calendar year. With respect to each Mortgaged Property, obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to time require, if at any time the area in which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.

9.4. Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims in respect of any Taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon any properties of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that neither the Borrower nor any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim (i) that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (ii) with respect to which the failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

9.5. Consolidated Corporate Franchises. The Borrower will do, and will cause each Material Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, corporate rights and authority, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction otherwise permitted hereby, including under Section 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.

9.6. Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, comply with all Applicable Laws applicable to it or its property, including all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.7. Lender Calls. The Borrower shall conduct a conference call that Lenders may attend to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended measurement period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) (beginning with the fiscal period of the Borrower ending December 31, 2016), at a date and time to be determined by the Borrower with reasonable advance notice to the Administrative Agent, limited to one conference call per fiscal quarter.

9.8. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted), except to the extent that the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.9. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will conduct, and cause the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its or their respective Affiliates (other than (x) any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate value that is equal to or less than $25,000,000 or (y) transactions between or among (i) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transactions and (ii) the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and to the extent in the ordinary course or consistent with past practice Holdings,

 

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any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, and any of its other Subsidiaries) on terms that are, taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:

(a) the payment of customary fees for management, monitoring, consulting, advisory, underwriting, placement and financial services rendered to Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and customary investment banking fees paid for services rendered to the Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions, whether or not consummated,

(b) transactions permitted by Section 10 (other than Section 10.6(m) and any provision of Section 10 permitting transactions by reference to Section 9.9),

(c) the Transactions and the payment of the Transaction Expenses,

(d) the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) to the management of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with the Transactions or pursuant to arrangements described in clause (f) of this Section 9.9,

(e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s Subsidiary ownership of Stock or Stock Equivalents in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10,

(f) (i) employment, consulting and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) and their respective officers, employees, directors or consultants in the ordinary course of business (including payments, loans and advances in connection therewith) and (ii) issuances of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise and other transactions pursuant to any equityholder, employee or director equity plan or stock or other equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, other compensatory arrangement or any stock or other equity subscription, co-invest or equityholder agreement,

(g) payments (i) by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in an amount sufficient so as to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to make when due (but without regard to any permitted deferral on account of financing agreements) any payment pursuant to any Shared Services and Tax Agreements and (ii) by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower pursuant to the Shared Services and Tax Agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that solely in the case of the payment of Taxes of the type described in Section 10.6(d)(i) under a Shared Services and Tax Agreement (and in lieu of making a dividend thereunder as contemplated by Section 10.6(d)(i)) and not (for the avoidance of doubt) for purposes of payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement and the Tax Matters Agreement (as defined in the Existing Plan), the amount of such payments shall not exceed the amount permitted to be paid as dividends or distributions under Section 10.6(d)(i),

 

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(h) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers and employees of the Borrower (or, to the extent attributable to the ownership of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower,

(i) the payment of indemnities and reasonable expenses incurred by the Permitted Holders and their Affiliates in connection with services provided to the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower,

(j) the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) to Holdings, any Permitted Holder or to any director, officer, employee or consultant,

(k) any customary transactions with a Receivables Entity effected as part of a Permitted Receivables Facility Financing and any customary transactions with a Securitization Subsidiary effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Financing,

(l) the performance of any and all obligations pursuant to the Shared Services and Tax Agreements (provided that payment obligations shall be subject to Section 9.9(g)) and other ordinary course transactions under the intercompany cash management systems with Specified Affiliates and subleases of property from any Specified Affiliate to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,

(m) transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and, to the extent each such transaction is valued in excess of $15,000,000, set forth on Schedule 9.9 or any amendment, modification, supplement, replacement, extension, renewal or restructuring thereto to the extent such an amendment, modification, supplement, replacement, extension renewal or restructuring (together with any other amendment or supplemental agreements) is not materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Lenders (in the good faith determination of the Borrower),

(n) transactions in which Holdings (or any indirect parent of the Borrower), the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of Section 9.9,

(o) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable, and (ii) in the case of an Excluded Project Subsidiary, such agreements and transactions comply with the requirements of the definitions of “Non-Recourse Subsidiary” and “Non-Recourse Debt”,

(p) Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted hereunder and the payments and other transactions reasonably related thereto,

(q) (i) investments by Permitted Holders in securities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the investment is being offered by the Borrower or such

 

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Restricted Subsidiary generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms, and (ii) payments to Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary contemplated in the foregoing clause (i) or that were acquired from Persons other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans; provided, that with respect to securities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary contemplated in clause (i) above, such investment constitutes less than 10% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities, and

(r) transactions constituting any part of a Permitted Reorganization or an IPO Reorganization Transaction.

9.10. End of Fiscal Years. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause each of its, and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year (each a “Fiscal Year”); provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent change the Fiscal Year with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, delayed or denied), in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.

9.11. Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Guarantee, the Security Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement or any applicable intercreditor agreement and this Agreement (including Section 9.14), the Borrower will cause each direct or indirect wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Conversion Date and each other Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary to, within 60 days from the date of such formation, acquisition or cessation (which in the case of any Excluded Subsidiary shall commence on the date of delivery of the certificate required by Section 9.1(c)), as applicable (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), execute (A) a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement in order to become a Guarantor under such Guarantee, a pledgor under the Pledge Agreement and a grantor under such Security Agreement, (B) a joinder to the Intercompany Subordinated Note and (C) a joinder to the Collateral Trust Agreement.

9.12. Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement and any applicable intercreditor agreement, and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost, burden or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (y) to the extent doing so could result in adverse tax consequences (that are not de minimis) as reasonably determined by the Borrower, the Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any Stock or Stock Equivalents constituting Collateral and issued or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Conversion Date and of any Indebtedness in excess of $20,000,000 that is owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.11) incurred (individually or in a series of related transactions) after the Conversion Date and, in each case, if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, will pledge, and, if applicable, will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.11), to pledge to the Collateral Representative for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in each case, excluding Excluded Collateral), (i) all such Stock and Stock Equivalents, pursuant to a Pledge Agreement or supplement thereto, and (ii) all evidences of such Indebtedness, pursuant to a Pledge Agreement or supplement thereto.

 

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9.13. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use (i) the proceeds of the Term C Loans and the Term Loans for the purposes set forth in the recitals to this Agreement and (ii) the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans (a) on the Closing Date and the Conversion Date to fund (i) a portion of the Transactions, and (ii) any original issue discount or upfront fees required to be funded in connection with the “market flex” provisions of the Fee Letter, (b) on and after the Closing Date, to backstop or replace existing letters of credit or to cash collateralize outstanding letters of credit other than Term Letters of Credit, (c) on or after the Closing Date, for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes (including acquisitions, Investments, restricted payments and other transactions not prohibited hereunder), and (d) to fund the transactions contemplated by the Plan and for other purposes to be mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

9.14. Further Assurances.

(a) Subject to the applicable limitations set forth in this Agreement (including Sections 9.11 and 9.12) and the Security Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement and any applicable intercreditor agreement, the Borrower will, and will cause each other Credit Party 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) that may be required under any Applicable Law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the applicable Security Documents, all at the expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents (including in any Mortgage), if any assets (including any owned Real Estate or improvements thereto constituting Collateral with a book value in excess of $20,000,000) are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor after the Conversion Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Security Documents that become subject to the Lien of any Security Document upon acquisition thereof or assets subject to a Lien granted pursuant to Section 10.2(d) or 10.2(g)) that are of the nature secured by any Security Document, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (who shall thereafter notify the Lenders) thereof and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the applicable Obligations and will take, and cause the other Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 120 days (or 180 days in the case of Collateral consisting of mining properties), unless extended by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion, to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Credit Parties.

(c) Any Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Representative in accordance with the preceding clause (b) shall be accompanied by those items set forth in clause (d) that are customary for the type of assets covered by such Mortgage. Any items that are customary for the type of assets covered by such Mortgage may be delivered within a commercially reasonable period of time after the delivery of a Mortgage if they are not reasonably available at the time the Mortgage is delivered.

(d) With respect to any Mortgaged Property, within 120 days (or 180 days in the case of Collateral consisting of mining properties), unless extended by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion, the Borrower will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Collateral Representative (i) a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, executed by a duly authorized officer of each obligor party thereto, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by the Title Company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as permitted by Section 10.2 or consented to in writing (including via email) by the

 

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Collateral Agent, together with such endorsements and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, together with evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment of all title insurance premiums, search and examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, fees, costs and expenses required for the issuance of the title insurance policies referred to above, (iii) a Survey, to the extent reasonably necessary to satisfy the requirements of clause (ii) above, (iv) all other documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable fixture security financing statements, reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any such Mortgage and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, such Mortgage shall have been delivered to the Collateral Representative in proper form for filing, registration or recording and (v) written opinions of legal counsel in the states in which each such Mortgaged Property is located in customary form and substance; provided that, with respect to each Mortgaged Property consisting of oil, gas, hydrocarbon or other similar mineral interests, the applicable Mortgages will describe the mortgaged mineral interests in the manner customary for the mortgaging of similar mineral interests in similar transactions and there will be no title insurance or Surveys in connection with such Mortgaged Properties. The Borrower, prior to delivery of the Mortgages, will deliver, or cause to be delivered, (i) a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (ii) evidence of flood insurance with respect to each Mortgaged Property, to the extent and in amounts required by Applicable Laws, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Borrower and the Collateral Agent mutually agree in their reasonable judgment (confirmed in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) that the cost or other consequences (including adverse tax and accounting consequences) of creating or perfecting any Lien on any property is excessive in relation to the benefits afforded to the Secured Parties thereby, then such property may be excluded from the Collateral for all purposes of the Credit Documents.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall not be required, nor shall the Collateral Agent or Collateral Representative be authorized, (i) to perfect the above-described pledges, security interests and mortgages by any means other than by (A) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the office of the secretary of state (or similar central filing office) of the relevant State(s), (B) filings in United States government offices with respect to intellectual property as expressly required herein and under the other Credit Documents, (C) delivery to the Collateral Agent or Collateral Representative, for its possession, of all Collateral consisting of material intercompany notes, stock certificates of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (D) Mortgages required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 9.14, (ii) to enter into any control agreement with respect to any deposit account, securities account or commodities account or contract (other than in respect of the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts), (iii) to take any action in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or pursuant to the requirements of the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction in order to create any security interests or to perfect any security interests, including with respect to any intellectual property registered outside of the United States (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (iv) except as expressly set forth above (including with respect to the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts), to take any other action with respect to any Collateral to perfect through control agreements or to otherwise perfect by “control” or (v) to provide any notice to obtain the consent of governmental authorities under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act (or any state equivalent thereof).

9.15. Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) a public corporate family and/or corporate credit rating, as applicable, and public ratings in respect of the Term Loans provided pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, from each of S&P and Moody’s.

 

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9.16. Changes in Business. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Conversion Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise similar, incidental, complementary, synergistic, reasonably related or ancillary to any of the foregoing (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment), in each case as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

SECTION 10. Negative Covenants.

The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Conversion Date (immediately after giving effect to the Transactions) and thereafter, until the Total Commitments and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Backstopped, Cash Collateralized or otherwise collateralized on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer following the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments or the termination of the Term Letter of Credit Commitments and the repayment of the Term C Loans, as the case may be) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreement or Contingent Obligations), are paid in full:

10.1. Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the limitations set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to any of the following items:

(a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents (including any Indebtedness incurred as permitted by Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 13.1);

(b) subject to compliance with Section 10.5, Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all such Indebtedness of any Credit Party owed to any Person that is not a Credit Party shall be (x) evidenced by the Intercompany Subordinated Note or (y) otherwise be subject to subordination terms substantially identical to the subordination terms set forth in the Intercompany Subordinated Note or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(c) Indebtedness in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letter of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction and restoration activities and in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims and similar obligations);

(d) subject to compliance with Section 10.5, Guarantee Obligations incurred by (i) Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement and (ii) the Borrower in respect of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement; provided that (A) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed under this Section 10.1(d) is subordinated to the Obligations, such

 

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Guarantee Obligations shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations on terms (taken as a whole) at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness, and (B) the aggregate amount of Guarantee Obligations incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors under this clause (d), when combined with the total amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Sections 10.1(k) and 10.1(ii), shall not exceed the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding;

(e) Guarantee Obligations (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities) in respect of obligations of (or to) suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees, (ii) otherwise constituting Investments permitted by Section 10.5 (other than Investments permitted by Section 10.5(l) by reference to Section 10.1 and Section 10.5(q)); provided that this clause (ii) shall not be construed to limit the requirements of Section 10.1(b) and (d), or (iii) contemplated by the Plan;

(f) (i) Indebtedness (including Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases) incurred to finance the purchase price, cost of design, acquisition, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, expansion, installation or improvement of fixed or capital assets or otherwise in respect of Capital Expenditures, so long as such Indebtedness, except in the case of Environmental CapEx or Necessary CapEx, is incurred within 270 days of the acquisition, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, expansion, installation or improvement of such fixed or capital assets or incurrence of such Capital Expenditure, (ii) Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases entered into in connection with Permitted Sale Leasebacks and (iii) Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases, other than Capital Leases in effect on the Closing Date and Capital Leases entered into pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) above; provided, that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $500,000,000 and (y) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding and (iv) any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i), (ii) or (iii) above; provided that, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus the amounts paid in respect of fees, premiums, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension plus unused commitments;

(g) Indebtedness permitted to remain outstanding under the Plan, and to the extent such Indebtedness exceeds $15,000,000, set forth on Schedule 10.1 and any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension thereof; provided that except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, in the case of any such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension, (i) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus any unused commitments plus the amounts paid in respect of fees, premiums, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, or extension, (ii) additional obligors do not guarantee such Indebtedness, (iii) the scheduled maturity date of such Indebtedness is not prior to the later of (A) the Latest Maturity Date and (B) the

 

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Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness as of the Conversion Date, and (iv) if the Indebtedness being refinanced, or any guarantee thereof, constituted Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then such replacement or refinancing Indebtedness, or such guarantee, respectively, shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations to substantially the same extent, taken as a whole;

(h) Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements; provided that (i) other than in the case of Commodity Hedging Agreements, such Hedging Agreements are not entered into for speculative purposes (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and (ii) any speculative Commodity Hedging Agreements must be entered into in the ordinary course of business (as determined by the Borrower in good faith);

(i) Indebtedness in respect of the RCT Reclamation Obligations;

(j) (i) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment (including through merger or consolidation); provided that (x) such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Subsidiary of the Borrower or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof and (y) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than by any such Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries), unless such Guarantee Obligations is separately permitted under this Section 10.1;

(ii) any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus any unused commitments, plus amounts paid in respect of fees, premiums, costs and expenses incurred in connection with such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension, (y) additional obligors do not guarantee such Indebtedness and (z) if the Indebtedness being refinanced, or any guarantee thereof, constituted Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then such replacement or refinancing Indebtedness, or such guarantee, respectively, shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations to substantially the same extent, taken as a whole;

(k) (i) Permitted Other Debt and any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension thereof, in each case assumed or incurred for any purpose, including to finance a Permitted Acquisition, other permitted Investments or Capital Expenditures and Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that otherwise meets the requirements of the definition of Permitted Other Debt except for the fact that it is incurred by a non-Credit Party; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred or assumed by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by the Borrower or any other Guarantor except as permitted under Section 10.5;

 

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(ii) any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above (which may be Permitted Other Notes or Permitted Other Loans); provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus any unused commitments plus amounts paid in respect of fees, premiums, costs and expenses incurred in connection with such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension, (y) additional obligors do not guarantee such Indebtedness and (z) such Indebtedness complies with the requirements of the definition of “Permitted Other Loans” or “Permitted Other Notes”, as applicable, except, in the case of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries, where such Indebtedness fails to meet the requirement that it be incurred by a Credit Party;

(iii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred or assumed under this Section 10.1(k) (A) shall not exceed (i) the greater of (x) $275,000,000 and (y) 16% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding, plus (ii) additional amounts if, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of proceeds thereof and, if applicable, the Permitted Acquisition, permitted Investment (including a prospective Investment as contemplated by the definition of “Specified Transaction”), Disposition, or Capital Expenditure, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 4.50 to 1.0 (or, to the extent incurred or assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, permitted Investment (including a prospective Investment as contemplated by the definition of “Specified Transaction”), Disposition, or Capital Expenditure, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (on a Pro Forma Basis for such transaction and the incurrence of such Indebtedness) is not greater than 4.50 to 1.00 or shall not be higher than the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such Permitted Acquisition, permitted Investment (including a prospective Investment as contemplated by the definition of “Specified Transaction”), Disposition, or Capital Expenditure and (B) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors, when combined with the total amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Sections 10.1(d) and (ii) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding; and

(iv) if such Permitted Other Debt incurred (and for the avoidance of doubt, not “assumed”) pursuant to this clause (k) is a term loan that ranks pari passu in right of security with the Initial Term Loans as to payment and security, the Initial Terms Loans shall be subject to the adjustment (if applicable) set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(c)(iii) as if such Permitted Other Debt were an Incremental Term Loan incurred hereunder;

(l) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with money borrowed, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities) or consistent with past practice or in respect of coal mine reclamation, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities) or consistent with past practice;

 

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(m) (i) Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Sale Leaseback and (ii) any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus any unused commitment plus the amounts paid in respect of fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension and (y) additional obligors with respect to such Indebtedness are not added;

(n) (i) additional Indebtedness and (ii) any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred or issued pursuant to this Section 10.1(n) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $275,000,000 and (y) 16% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding;

(o) Indebtedness under a Permitted Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility;

(p) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(q) (i) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services, including turbines, transformers and similar equipment and (ii) Indebtedness in respect of intercompany obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of accounts payable incurred in connection with goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

(r) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case entered into in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments and the Disposition of any business, assets or Stock or Stock Equivalents permitted hereunder;

(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities);

(t) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation, or similar arrangement, to employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower (or, to the extent such work is done for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(u) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Credit Party to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the purchase or redemption of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 10.6(b);

 

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(v) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;

(w) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Receivables Financings owed by a Receivables Entity or Qualified Securitization Financings owed by a Securitization Subsidiary and (ii) accounts receivable factoring facilities in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of Receivables Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (w) shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(x) Indebtedness to finance or refinance capital improvements necessary to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Haze rules and regulations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(y) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Debt issued or incurred for cash to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to the prepayment of, at the Borrower’s option as to the allocation among any and all of the following Classes: (A) Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(iii)(A), (B) at the Borrower’s option, Revolving Credit Loans, New Revolving Credit Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Loans (accompanied by a permanent reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments, New Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, in the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds allocated to the prepayment of such Revolving Credit Loans, New Revolving Credit Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Loans) in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(iii)(A), and/or (C) Term C Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(iii)(A), (ii) Permitted Other Loans incurred under Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) other Permitted Other Debt; provided that if such Permitted Other Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (iii) is a term loan that ranks pari passu in right of security with the Initial Term Loans as to payment and security, the Initial Terms Loans shall be subject to the adjustment (if applicable) set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(c)(iii) as if such Permitted Other Debt were an Incremental Term Loan incurred hereunder, and (iv) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above; provided that in the case of this clause (iv), except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies the definition of Permitted Other Loans (in the case of Indebtedness in the form of loans) or the definition of Permitted Other Notes (in the case of Indebtedness in the form of notes) (it being understood that Permitted Other Loans may be refinanced by Permitted Other Notes and Permitted Other Notes may be refinanced by Permitted Other Loans); provided further that the aggregate principal amount of any such Indebtedness incurred under preceding clauses (iii) and (iv) (in respect of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on preceding clause (iii)) shall not exceed, when combined with the aggregate amount of any Incremental Term Loans, any Incremental Term C Loans and any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments that have been incurred or provided in reliance on Section 2.14, the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount;

(z) (i) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Exchange in accordance with Section 2.17 (and which does not generate any additional proceeds) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness

 

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specified in subclause (i) above; provided that except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of “Permitted Other Notes”;

(aa) Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed the Applicable Equity Amount;

(bb) issuances of Preferred Stock (if any) by PrefCo as set forth in the Plan;

(cc) Indebtedness of any Minority Investments or Indebtedness incurred on behalf thereof or representing guarantees of such Indebtedness of any Minority Investment, in an amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding;

(dd) intercompany Indebtedness among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries constituting any part of any Permitted Reorganization;

(ee) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, customer deposits and advance payments (including progress payments) received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;

(ff) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit so long as such letter of credit is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 10.1 or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than the United States;

(gg) Indebtedness owing to the seller of any business or assets permitted to be acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness permitted under this clause (gg) shall not exceed the greater of $500,000,000 and 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) outstanding at any time;

(hh) obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock in an amount not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 3% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) outstanding at any time;

(ii) Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors under this clause (d), when combined with the total amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Section 10.1(d) and 10.1(k), shall not exceed the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case at any time outstanding;

(jj) Non-Recourse Debt; and

(kk) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges, and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (jj) above.

 

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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in the proviso to the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and clauses (a) through (kk) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above paragraph or clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents will be deemed at all times to have been incurred in reliance only on the exception in clause (a) of Section 10.1.

Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant.

For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced (plus unused commitments thereunder) plus (ii) the aggregate amount of accrued interest, premiums (including call and tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees, commissions, costs and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) incurred in connection with such refinancing.

The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

10.2. Limitation on Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens arising under (i) the Credit Documents securing the Obligations and the RCT Reclamation Obligations and (ii) the Security Documents and the Permitted Other Debt Documents securing Permitted Other Debt Obligations permitted to be incurred under Section 10.1(k), (y) or (z); provided that, (A) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Debt Obligations that constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to subclause (ii) above and whose collateral package is identical to the Collateral (subject to exceptions set forth in the Security Documents), (I) the applicable Permitted Other

 

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Debt Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have delivered to the Collateral Representative an Additional First Lien Secured Party Consent (as defined in the Security Agreement), an Additional First Lien Secured Party Consent (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) and a joinder to the Collateral Trust Agreement and, if the Collateral Trust Agreement has been terminated, shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or, if already in effect, a joinder thereto) and (II) the Borrower shall have complied with the other requirements of Section 8.16 of the Security Agreement with respect to such Permitted Other Debt Obligations, if applicable, the applicable Permitted Other Debt Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents, a joinder to the Collateral Trust Agreement and, if the Collateral Trust Agreement has been terminated, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or a joinder thereto or an intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with the Collateral Representative and each Hedge Bank party to a Commodity Hedging Agreement), (B) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Debt Obligations that do not constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to subclause (ii) above, the applicable Permitted Other Debt Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or a joinder thereto), (C) the aggregate amount of all RCT Reclamation Obligations secured by Liens on the Collateral pursuant to subclause (i) above shall not exceed, when combined with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term C Loans incurred in reliance on the last proviso appearing in the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount” and used to cash collateralize Term Letters of Credit issued in favor of the RCT, $975,000,000 and (D) (I) with respect to Indebtedness under subclause (ii) incurred in reliance on Section 10.1(k) that is secured by Liens on a pari passu basis with any Liens securing the Credit Facilities (without regard to control of remedies), immediately after the incurrence thereof, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 3.00 to 1.00 and (II) with respect to Indebtedness under subclause (ii) incurred in reliance on Section 10.1(k) that is secured by Liens that are junior in right of security to the Liens securing the Credit Facilities, immediately after the incurrence thereof, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 (it being understood and agreed that (x) without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Trustee shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement contemplated by, or to effect the provisions of, this Section 10.2(a) and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, the Liens created for the benefit of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers as contemplated by Section 3.8(c) are permitted by this Section 10.2(a);

(b) Liens on the Collateral securing obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements; provided that (i) at all times such obligations shall be secured by the Liens granted in favor of the Collateral Representative in the manner set forth in, and be otherwise subject to (and in compliance with), the Collateral Trust Agreement and governed by the applicable Security Documents and (ii) such agreements were not entered into for speculative purposes (as determined by the Borrower at the time such agreements were entered into in its reasonable discretion acting in good faith) and, in the case of any Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or any Secured Hedging Agreement of the type described in clause (c) of the definition of “Hedging Agreement”, entered into in order to hedge against or manage fluctuations in the price or availability of any Covered Commodity);

(c) Permitted Liens;

(d) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f); provided that (x) except with respect to any Indebtedness incurred in connection with Environmental CapEx or Necessary CapEx, such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days

 

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after completion of the acquisition, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, expansion, installation or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens and (y) except as otherwise permitted hereby, such Liens attach at all times only to the assets so financed except (1) for accessions to the property financed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness and the proceeds and the products thereof and (2) that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

(e) (i) Liens permitted to remain outstanding under the Plan and (ii) Liens existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (x) $15,000,000 individually or (y) $100,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (e) that are not set forth on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule 10.2;

(f) the supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (a)(ii), clause (e), clause (g) and clause (ee) of this Section 10.2 upon or in the same assets theretofore subject to such Lien (or upon or in after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and accessions thereto or any proceeds or products thereof) or the supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in any obligor, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder) of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (including any unused commitments), to the extent such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, extension or renewal is permitted by Section 10.1; provided that in the case of any such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (a)(ii) and clause (ee) of this Section 10.2, the requirements set forth in the proviso to clause (a)(ii) or subclause (ii) of clause (ee), as applicable, shall have been satisfied;

(g) Liens existing on the assets of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or existing on assets acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent the Liens on such assets secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1; provided that such Liens (i) are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming such a Restricted Subsidiary or such assets being acquired and (ii) attach at all times only to the same assets to which such Liens attached and after-acquired property, property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and accessions thereto and products and proceeds thereof, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto and additions and accessions) provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement to pledge such after-acquired property shall not be permitted to apply to any such after-acquired property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) except as otherwise permitted hereunder, and any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension thereof permitted by Section 10.1;

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(i) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations (i) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in favor of a Credit Party and (ii) of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in favor of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

(j) Liens (i) of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (ii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) or attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law or customary contract encumbering deposits, including deposits in “pooled deposit” or “sweep” accounts (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;

(k) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

(l) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities) permitted by this Agreement;

(m) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5;

(n) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(o) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(p) Liens (a) on any cash earnest money deposits or cash advances made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement, (b) on other cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment or other acquisition permitted hereunder to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or other acquisition or (c) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder (or reasonably expected to be so permitted by the Borrower at the time such Lien was granted);

(q) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

(r) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(s) Liens securing Non-Recourse Debt of an Excluded Project Subsidiary on the assets (and the income and proceeds therefrom) of such Excluded Project Subsidiary that are developed, operated and/or constructed with the proceeds of (A) such Non-Recourse Debt or investments in such Non-Recourse Subsidiary; or (B) Non-Recourse Debt or investments referred to in clause (A) refinanced in whole or in part by such Non-Recourse Debt;

(t) additional Liens on assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted pursuant to Section 10.1 (or other obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary not constituting Indebtedness);

(u) Liens in respect of Permitted Sale Leasebacks;

(v) [reserved];

(w) rights reserved to or vested in others to take or receive any part of, or royalties related to, the power, gas, oil, coal, lignite or other minerals or timber generated, developed, manufactured or produced by, or grown on, or acquired with, any property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and Liens upon the production from property of power, gas, oil, coal, lignite or other minerals or timber, and the by-products and proceeds thereof, to secure the obligations to pay all or a part of the expenses of exploration, drilling, mining or development of such property only out of such production or proceeds;

(x) Liens arising out of all presently existing and future division and transfer orders, advance payment agreements, processing contracts, gas processing plant agreements, operating agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, pooling, unitization or communitization agreements, pipeline, gathering or transportation agreements, platform agreements, drilling contracts, injection or repressuring agreements, cycling agreements, construction agreements, shared facilities agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, leases or rental agreements, farm-out and farm-in agreements, exploration and development agreements, and any and all other contracts or agreements covering, arising out of, used or useful in connection with or pertaining to the exploration, development, operation, production, sale, use, purchase, exchange, storage, separation, dehydration, treatment, compression, gathering, transportation, processing, improvement, marketing, disposal or handling of any property of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities);

(y) any restrictions on any Stock or Stock Equivalents or other joint venture interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for a breach, termination or default under any owners, participation, shared facility, joint venture, stockholder, membership, limited liability company or partnership agreement between such Person and one or more other holders of such Stock or Stock Equivalents or interest of such Person, if a security interest or other Lien is created on such Stock or Stock Equivalents or interest as a result thereof and other similar Liens;

(z) rights of first refusal and purchase options in favor of Aluminum Company of America (“Alcoa”) to purchase Sandow Unit 4 and/or the real property related thereto, as described in (i) Sandow Unit 4 Agreement dated August 13, 1976, as amended, between Alcoa and Texas Power & Light Company (“TPL”) and in (ii) Deeds dated March 14, 1978 and July 21, 1980, as amended, executed by Alcoa conveying to TPL the Sandow Unit 4 real property;

 

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(aa) Liens and other exceptions to title, in either case on or in respect of any facilities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, arising as a result of any shared facility agreement entered into with respect to such facility, except to the extent that any such Liens or exceptions, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of the relevant property or materially impair the use of the relevant property in the operation of business the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(bb) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments (i) deposited by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in margin accounts with or on behalf of brokers, credit clearing organizations, independent system operators, regional transmission organizations, pipelines, state agencies, federal agencies, futures contract brokers, customers, trading counterparties, or any other parties or issuers of surety bonds or (ii) pledged or deposited as collateral by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with any of the entities described in clause (i) above to secure their respective obligations, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, with respect to: (A) any contracts and transactions for the purchase, sale, exchange of, or the option (whether physical or financial) to purchase, sell or exchange (1) natural gas, (2) electricity, (3) coal, (4) petroleum-based liquids, (5) oil, (6) nuclear fuel (including enrichment and conversion), (7) emissions or other environmental credits, (8) waste byproducts, (9) weather, (10) power and other generation capacity, (11) heat rate, (12) congestion, (13) renewal energy credit or (14) any other energy-related commodity or services or derivative (including ancillary services and related risk (such as location basis) or weather-related risk); (B) any contracts or transactions for the purchase, processing, transmission, transportation, distribution, sale, lease, hedge or storage of, or any other services related to any commodity or service identified in subparts (1) - (14) above, including any capacity agreement; (C) any financial derivative agreement (including but not limited to swaps, options or swaptions) related to any commodity identified in subparts (1) - (14) above, or to any interest rate or currency rate management activities; (D) any agreement for membership or participation in an organization that facilitates or permits the entering into or clearing of any Netting Agreement, any insurance or self-insurance arrangements or any agreement described in this Section 10.2(bb); (E) any agreement combining part or all of a Netting Agreement or part or all of any of the agreements described in this Section 10.2(bb); (F) any document relating to any agreement described in this Section 10.2(bb) that is filed with a Governmental Authority and any related service agreements; or (G) any commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to, or involving the purchase, transmission, distribution, sale, lease or hedge of, any energy, generation capacity or fuel, or any other energy related commodity or service, price or price indices for any such commodities or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar agreements (such agreements described in clauses (A) through (G) of this Section 10.2(bb) being collectively, “Permitted Contracts”), Netting Agreements, Hedging Agreements and letters of credit supporting Permitted Contracts, Netting Agreements and Hedging Agreements;

(cc) additional Liens on assets that do not constitute Collateral prior to the creation of such Liens, so long as the Credit Facilities hereunder are equally and ratably secured thereby and otherwise subject to intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent;

(dd) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(x);

(ee) additional Liens, so long as (i)(x) with respect to Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on a pari passu basis with any Liens securing the Initial Credit Facilities (without regard to control of remedies), immediately after the incurrence thereof, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 3.00 to 1.00 and (y) with respect to Indebtedness that is secured by Liens that are junior in right of security to the Liens securing any Initial Credit Facilities, immediately after the incurrence thereof, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (ii) the holder(s) of such Liens (or a representative thereof) shall have

 

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entered into the Collateral Trust Agreement or, if the Collateral Trust Agreement has been terminated, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (in the case of subclause (i)(x)), the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (in the case of subclause (i)(y)) or other intercreditor agreements or arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; and

(ff) additional Liens, so long as the aggregate amount of obligations secured thereby at any time outstanding does not exceed the greater of (x) $275,000,000 and (y) 16% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence or issuance; provided that any Liens on the Collateral may (at the Borrower’s election) rank pari passu or junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations in which case, the holder(s) of such Liens (or a representative thereof) shall have entered into the Collateral Trust Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or other intercreditor agreements or arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as applicable.

10.3. Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Except as permitted by Section 10.4 or 10.5, the Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise consummate the disposition of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties, except that:

(a) so long as both before and after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower; provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving company or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (1) the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (3) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (4) each grantor and each pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as applicable, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of this Agreement and the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the applicable Security Documents;

(b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (in each case, other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or

 

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surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Guarantor) shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the relevant Security Documents each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties and to acknowledge and agree to the terms of the Intercompany Subordinated Note, and (iii) Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to the Guarantee and any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the applicable Security Documents to the extent otherwise required;

(c) any Permitted Reorganization, an IPO Reorganization Transaction and the Transactions may be consummated;

(d) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

(e) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any Credit Party; provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;

(f) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Credit Party, any assets or business of such Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise disposed of or transferred in accordance with Section 10.4 or 10.5, or in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, a Credit Party after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution;

(g) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may change its legal form, so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Liens granted pursuant to any Security Documents to which such Person is a party remain perfected and in full force and effect, to the extent otherwise required hereby;

(h) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation the purpose and only substantive effect of which is to reincorporate or reorganize the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a jurisdiction in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, so long as the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents to which the Borrower is a party remain perfected and in full force and effect, to the extent otherwise required hereby;

(i) the Transactions and any transactions as contemplated by the Plan may be consummated; and

(j) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, amalgamation dissolution, liquidation, windup, consolidation or disposition, constituting, or otherwise resulting in, a transaction permitted by Section 10.4 (other than Section 10.4(d)), an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 (other than Section 10.5(l)), and any dividends permitted pursuant to Section 10.6 (other than Section 10.6(f)).

 

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10.4. Limitation on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, (i) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise consummate the disposition of any of its property, business or assets (including receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or (ii) consummate the sale to any Person (other than to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor) any shares owned by it of the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Stock and Stock Equivalents (each of the foregoing, a “Disposition”), except that:

(a) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (i) obsolete, negligible, immaterial, worn-out, uneconomical, scrap, used, or surplus or mothballed assets (including any such equipment that has been refurbished in contemplation of such disposition) or assets no longer used or useful in the business or no longer commercially desirable to maintain, (ii) inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale in the ordinary course of business, (iii) cash and Permitted Investments, (iv) immaterial assets, and (v) assets for the purposes of charitable contributions or similar gifts to the extent such assets are not material to the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to conduct its business in the ordinary course;

(b) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of assets; provided that (i) to the extent required, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are promptly applied to the prepayment of Term Loans or Term C Loans as provided for in Section 5.2(a)(i), (ii) as of the date of signing of the definitive agreement for such Disposition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (b) for a purchase price in excess of $50,000,000, the Person making such Disposition shall receive fair market value and not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Permitted Investments; provided that for the purposes of this subclause (iii) the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms (1) subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations or (2) not secured by the assets that are the subject of such Disposition, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Person making such Disposition from the purchaser that are converted by such Person into cash or Permitted Investments or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Permitted Investments (to the extent of the cash or Permitted Investments received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition, (C) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of any Credit Party (other than subordinated Indebtedness) received after the Closing Date from Persons who are not Restricted Subsidiaries (so long as such Indebtedness is not cancelled or forgiven) and (D) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Person making such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 10.4(b) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of $500,000,000 and 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value and (iv) any non-cash proceeds received in the form of Real Estate, Indebtedness or Stock and Stock Equivalents are pledged to the Collateral Representative to the extent required under Section 9.12 or 9.14;

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Dispositions to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that with respect to any such Disposition to an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary, such Disposition shall be for fair value and (iii) any Credit Party may make Dispositions to a non-Credit Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed $300,000,000;

(d) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may effect any transaction permitted by Sections 10.2, 10.3, (other than Section 10.3(j)), 10.5 (other than Section 10.5(l)) or 10.6 (other than Section 10.6(f));

(e) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may lease, sublease, license (only on a non-exclusive basis, with respect to any intellectual property) or sublicense (only on a non-exclusive basis, with respect to any intellectual property) real, personal or intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Dispositions of property (including like-kind exchanges) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property (excluding any boot thereon) or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement property, in each case under Section 1031 of the Code or otherwise;

(g) Dispositions pursuant to Permitted Sale Leaseback transactions;

(h) Dispositions of (i) Investments in joint ventures (regardless of the form of legal entity) to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements or put/call arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements or (ii) to joint ventures in connection with the dissolution or termination of a joint venture to the extent required pursuant to joint venture and similar arrangements;

(i) (i) Dispositions of Receivables Facility Assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing, and any Disposition of Securitization Assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing, provided that the Receivables Indebtedness arising in connection therewith shall not exceed the amount of Receivables Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(w) and (ii) Dispositions in connection with accounts receivable factoring facilities in the ordinary course of business;

(j) Dispositions listed on Schedule 10.4 or to consummate the Transactions, including transactions contemplated by the Plan;

(k) transfers of property subject to a Recovery Event or in connection with any condemnation proceeding upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Recovery Event or condemnation proceeding;

(l) Dispositions or discounts of accounts receivable or notes receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;

(m) Dispositions of any assets not constituting Collateral in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000;

(n) Dispositions of power, capacity, heat rate, renewable energy credits, waste by-products, energy, electricity, coal and lignite, oil and other petroleum-based liquids, emissions and other environmental credits, ancillary services, fuel (including all forms of nuclear fuel and natural gas) and other related assets or products of services, including assets related to trading activities or the sale of inventory or contracts related to any of the foregoing, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(o) the execution of (or amendment to), settlement of or unwinding of any Hedging Agreement;

(p) any Disposition of mineral rights, other than mineral rights in respect of coal or lignite;

(q) any Disposition of any real property that is (i) primarily used or intended to be used for mining which has either been reclaimed, or has not been used for mining in a manner which requires reclamation, and in either case has been determined by the Borrower not to be necessary for use for mining, (ii) used as buffer land, but no longer serves such purpose, or its use is restricted such that it will continue to be buffer land, or (iii) was acquired in connection with power generation facilities, but has been determined by the Borrower to no longer be commercially suitable for such purpose;

(r) any Disposition (including foreclosure, condemnation or expropriation) of any assets required by any Governmental Authority;

(s) any Disposition of assets in connection with salvage activities;

(t) the surrender or waiver of contractual rights and settlement or waiver of contractual or litigation claims;

(u) Dispositions of any assets (including Stock and Stock Equivalents) acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment not prohibited hereunder, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); and

(v) other Dispositions (including those of the type otherwise described herein) made for fair market value in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $500,000,000 and (y) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);

(w) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) terminate or otherwise collapse its cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and settle any crossing payments in connection therewith, (ii) convert any intercompany Indebtedness to Stock or any Stock to intercompany Indebtedness, (iii) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any intercompany Indebtedness or other obligation owing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (iv) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, managers, directors, officers or employees of Holdings, the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent thereof, or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their successors or assigns;

(x) any disposition of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is purchased within 270 days thereof or (2) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually purchased within 270 days thereof);

(y) any disposition in connection with a Permitted Reorganization or an IPO Reorganization Transaction;

 

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(z) any swap of assets in exchange for services or other assets in the ordinary course of business of comparable or greater fair market value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Borrower; and

(aa) Dispositions of any asset between or among the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary as a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (z) above; provided that after giving effect to any such Disposition, to the extent the assets subject to such Dispositions constituted Collateral, such assets shall remain subject to, or be rejoined to, the Lien of the Security Documents.

10.5. Limitation on Investments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries, to make any Investment except:

(a) extensions of trade credit, asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, fuel (including all forms of nuclear fuel), supplies, materials and equipment) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements or development agreements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities);

(b) Investments in cash or Permitted Investments when such Investments were made;

(c) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes (including employee payroll advances), (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Stock or Stock Equivalents of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof; provided that, to the extent such loans and advances are made in cash, the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Stock or Stock Equivalents shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii); provided that the aggregate principal amount outstanding pursuant to subclause (iii) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(d) Investments (i) contemplated by the Plan or to consummate the Transactions and (ii) existing on, or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on, the Closing Date and, to the extent such Investments exceed $15,000,000, set forth on Schedule 10.5 and any supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension thereof, only to the extent that the amount of any Investment made pursuant to this clause (d)(ii) does not at any time exceed the amount of such Investment set forth on Schedule 10.5 (except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus any unused commitments plus amounts paid in respect of fees, premiums, costs and expenses incurred in connection with such supplement, amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, restructuring, renewal or extension or as otherwise permitted hereunder);

(e) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts or disputes with or judgments against, the issuer, obligor or borrower of such original Investment or accounts receivable, (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default or (c) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;

 

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(f) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with (i) Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or (ii) the proceeds from the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock, any Cure Amount, any sale or issuance to any Subsidiary and any issuance applied pursuant to Section 10.6(a) or Section 10.6(b)(i)) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof); provided that such Stock or Stock Equivalents or proceeds of such Stock or Stock Equivalents will not increase the Applicable Equity Amount;

(g) Investments (i) (A) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Credit Party, (B) between or among Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, and (C) consisting of intercompany Investments incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) among the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (provided that any such intercompany Investment in connection with cash management arrangements by a Credit Party in a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Credit Party is in the form of an intercompany loan or advance and the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary complies with Section 9.12 to the extent applicable); (ii) by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, to the extent that the aggregate amount of all Investments made on or after the Closing Date pursuant to this subclause (ii), when valued at the fair market value (determined by the Borrower acting in good faith) of each such Investment at the time each such Investment was made, is not in excess of, when combined with, and without duplication of, the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(i), an amount equal to the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), provided, that to the extent the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.0 to 1.0 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis at the time of such Investment), such Investments pursuant to this clause (g)(ii)) shall be unlimited; and (iii) by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party so long as such Investment is part of a series of simultaneous Investments by Restricted Subsidiaries in other Restricted Subsidiaries that result in the proceeds of the initial Investment being invested in one or more Credit Parties;

(h) Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions; provided that the aggregate amount of any such Investment, as valued at the fair market value (determined by the Borrower acting in good faith) of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made, made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any Restricted Subsidiary that, after giving effect to such Investment, shall not be a Guarantor, shall not cause the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this clause (h) (as so valued at the time each such investment is made) to exceed the sum of (i) $300,000,000, plus (ii) the Applicable Equity Amount at such time plus (iii) the Applicable Amount at such time; provided that in respect of any Investments made in reliance of clause (ii) of the definition of “Applicable Amount”, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(i) Investments constituting (i) Minority Investments and Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries, (ii) Investments in joint ventures (regardless of the form of legal entity) or similar Persons that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, in each case valued at the fair market value (determined the Borrower acting in good faith) of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made, in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (i) that, at the time each such Investment is made, would not exceed, when combined with, and without duplication of, the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 10.5(g), an amount equal to the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), provided, that to the extent the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.0 to 1.0 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis at the time of such Investment), such Investments pursuant to this clause (i) shall be unlimited;

 

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(j) Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of Dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 10.4;

(k) Investments made to repurchase or retire Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof owned by any employee or any stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in an aggregate amount, when combined with distributions made pursuant to Section 10.6(b), not to exceed the limitations set forth in such Section;

(l) Investments consisting of or resulting from Indebtedness, Liens, dividends or other payments, fundamental changes and Dispositions permitted by Section 10.1 (other than Sections 10.1(b), 10.1(d) and 10.1(e)(ii)), 10.2 (other than Liens Section 10.2(m)), 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(j)), 10.4 (other than Section 10.4(d)), 10.6 (other than Section 10.6(f)), 10.7 or 10.8, as applicable;

(m) loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of, dividends or other payments to the extent permitted to be made to such parent in accordance with Section 10.6; provided that the aggregate amount of such loans and advances shall reduce the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to make dividends under the applicable clauses of Section 10.6 by such amount;

(n) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

(p) advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capital Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Investments held by a Person acquired (including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) after the Closing Date otherwise in accordance with this Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(s) Investments in Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 10.1;

(t) Investments in or by a Receivables Entity or a Securitization Entity arising out of, or in connection with, any Permitted Receivables Financing or Qualified Securitization Financing, as applicable; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Receivables Entity or a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Receivables Facility Assets or Securitization Assets, as applicable, or as equity;

 

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(u) Investments consisting of deposits of cash and Permitted Investments as collateral support permitted under Section 10.2;

(v) other Investments not to exceed an amount equal to (x) the Applicable Equity Amount at the time such Investments are made plus (y) the Applicable Amount at such time, provided that in respect of any Investments made in reliance of clause (ii) of the definition of “Applicable Amount”, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(w) other Investments in an amount at any one time outstanding equal to the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);

(x) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets and services in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of construction or restoration activities);

(y) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practice;

(z) Investments made as a part of, or in connection with or to otherwise fund the Transactions;

(aa) [reserved];

(bb) Investments relating to pension trusts;

(cc) Investments by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party so long as such Investment is part of a series of simultaneous Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in other Restricted Subsidiaries that result in the proceeds of the intercompany Investment being invested in one or more Credit Parties;

(dd) Investments relating to nuclear decommission trusts and nuclear insurance and self-insurance organizations or arrangements;

(ee) Investments in the form of, or pursuant to, operating agreements, working interests, royalty interests, mineral leases, processing agreements, farm-out agreements, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas or other fuel or commodities, unitization agreements, pooling agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, production sharing agreements or other similar or customary agreements, transactions, properties, interests or arrangements, and Investments and expenditures in connection therewith or pursuant thereto, in each case, made or entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(ff) Investments in wind or other renewable energy projects or in any nuclear power or energy joint venture or in assets comprising an energy generating facility or unit or in any Similar Business, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 17.5% of Consolidated EBITDA at any time outstanding;

 

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(gg) to the extent constituting Investments, transactions pursuant to the Shared Services and Tax Agreements permitted under Section 10.6(n));

(hh) Investments in connection with Permitted Reorganizations or an IPO Reorganization Transaction;

(ii) Investments in deposit accounts, commodities and securities accounts opened in the ordinary course of business;

(jj) Investments solely to the extent such Investments reflect an increase in the value of Investments otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(kk) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;

(ll) Loans repurchased by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in accordance with Section 13.6(h);

(mm) loans to, or letters of credit (including Letters of Credit) to be issued on behalf of, any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies or such parents’ Subsidiaries for working capital purposes, in each case so long as made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices and in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

(nn) other Investments in an unlimited amount, provided that the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio not greater than 3.0 to 1.0.

10.6. Limitation on Dividends. The Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends or return any capital to its stockholders or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its stockholders on account of such Stock and Stock Equivalents, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Stock or Stock Equivalents or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, (other than dividends payable solely in its Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) (all of the foregoing, “dividends”), provided:

(a) the Borrower may (or may pay dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) redeem in whole or in part any of its Stock or Stock Equivalents for another class of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than any Cure Amount, any sale or issuance to any Subsidiary and any contribution or issuance applied pursuant to Section 10.5(f)(ii) or Section 10.6(b)(i)); provided that (i) such new Stock or Stock Equivalents contain terms and provisions (taken as a whole) at least as advantageous to the Lenders, taken as a whole, in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Stock or Stock Equivalents redeemed thereby and (ii) the cash proceeds from any such contribution or issuance shall not increase the Applicable Equity Amount;

(b) the Borrower may (or may pay dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase shares of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents held by any present or former officer, manager, consultant, director or employee (or their respective Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees, estates or immediate family members) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and any

 

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Subsidiaries, so long as such repurchase is pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee benefit, stock ownership or option plan, stock subscription plan or agreement, employment termination agreement or any employment agreements or stockholders’ or shareholders’ agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of payments made under this Section 10.6(b), when combined with Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(k), do not exceed in any calendar year $25,000,000 (which shall increase to $50,000,000 subsequent to the consummation of an initial public offering of, or registration of, Stock by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $60,000,000 in any calendar year (which shall increase to $100,000,000 subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public offering of, or registration of, Stock by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent corporation of the Borrower)); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(i) the cash proceeds from the sale of Stock (other than Disqualified Stock, any Cure Amount, any sale or issuance to any Subsidiary and any contribution or issuance applied pursuant to Section 10.5(f)(ii) or Section 10.6(a)) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, Stock of any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to present or former officers, managers, consultants, directors or employees (or their respective Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees, estates or immediate family members) of the Borrower (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies) or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that occurs after the Closing Date; provided that such Stock or proceeds of such Stock will not increase the Applicable Equity Amount; plus

(ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; less

(iii) the amount of any dividends or distributions previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii) above;

and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from present or former officers, managers, consultants, directors or employees (or their respective Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees, estates or immediate family members) of the Borrower (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies), or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with a repurchase of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a dividend for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement;

(c) so long as no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay dividends on its Stock or Stock Equivalents; provided that the amount of all such dividends paid from the Closing Date pursuant to this clause (c) shall not exceed an amount equal to (x) the Applicable Equity Amount at the time such dividends are paid plus (y) the Applicable Amount at such time, provided that in respect of any dividends made in reliance of clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Amount, (i) the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 4.50 to 1.0 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such dividends) and (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

 

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(d) the Borrower may make dividends, distributions or loans to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amount required for any such direct or indirect parent to pay, in each case without duplication:

(i) foreign, federal, state and local income Taxes, to the extent such income Taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that for purposes of this Section 10.6(d)(i), such Taxes shall be deemed to equal the amount that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of foreign, federal, state and local income Taxes if the Borrower were the parent of a standalone consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar income tax group including its Subsidiaries; provided, further, that the permitted payment pursuant to this clause (i) with respect to any taxes of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary for any taxable period shall be limited to the amount actually paid with respect to such period by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Project Subsidiary to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for the purposes of paying such taxes;

(ii) (A) such parents’ and their respective Subsidiaries’ general operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties) to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (to the extent of cash actually paid by Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Excluded Project Subsidiaries to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for such purposes) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries, (B) any indemnification claims made by directors or officers of the Borrower (or any parent thereof) to the extent such claims are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (to the extent of cash actually paid by Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Excluded Project Subsidiaries to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for such purposes) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries or (C) fees and expenses otherwise due and payable by the Borrower (or any parent thereof and such parent’s Subsidiaries) or any Restricted Subsidiary and not prohibited to be paid by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries hereunder;

(iii) franchise and excise Taxes and other fees, Taxes and expenses required to maintain the corporate existence of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;

(iv) to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to finance any Investment permitted to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 10.5; provided that (A) such dividend shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets, Stock or Stock Equivalents) to be contributed to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation (to the extent permitted in Section 10.5) of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (C) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Section 9.11 and Section 9.12 to the extent applicable, (D) the aggregate amount of such dividends shall reduce the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiary to make Investments under the applicable clauses of Section 10.5 by such amount and (E) any property received in connection with such transaction shall not increase the Applicable Equity Amount;

(v) customary costs, fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering or acquisition or disposition transaction payable by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(vi) customary salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to officers, employees or consultants of any direct or indirect parent company (and such parent’s Subsidiaries) of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries and (to the extent of cash actually paid by Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Excluded Project Subsidiaries to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for such purposes) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Excluded Project Subsidiaries;

(vii) [reserved];

(viii) to the extent constituting dividends, amounts that would be permitted to be paid directly by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries under Section 9.9(a);

(ix) AHYDO Catch-Up Payments with respect to Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower; provided that the proceeds of such Indebtedness have been contributed to the Borrower as a capital contribution; and

(x) expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in connection with any public offering or other sale of Stock or Stock Equivalents or Indebtedness (i) where the net proceeds of such offering or sale are intended to be received by or contributed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in a pro-rated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received or contributed or (iii) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed;

(e) [reserved];

(f) dividends consisting of or resulting from Liens, fundamental changes, Dispositions, Investments or other payments permitted by 10.2, 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(j)), 10.4 (other than Section 10.4(d)), 10.5 (other than Section 10.5(l)), 10.7 or 10.8, as applicable;

(g) the Borrower may repurchase Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Stock or Stock Equivalents represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, and the Borrower may pay dividends to any direct or indirect parent thereof as and when necessary to enable such parent to effect such repurchases;

(h) the Borrower may (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any dividend, distribution, split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition, and any dividend to the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent in order to effect the same and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

(i) the Borrower may pay any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or giving irrevocable notice thereof, if at the date of declaration or notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;

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pay dividends and may redeem or repurchase on the Borrower’s (or any direct or indirect parent’s thereof) Stock and Stock Equivalents following the registration or first public offering of the Borrower’s Stock or Stock Equivalents or the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any of its direct or indirect parents after the Closing Date, so long as the aggregate amount of all such dividends, redemptions and repurchases in any calendar year does not exceed 3% of the market capitalization of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent, as applicable, to the extent attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) calculated on a trailing twelve month average basis;

(k) the Borrower may pay dividends in an amount equal to withholding or similar Taxes payable or expected to be payable by any present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective Affiliates, estates or immediate family members) and any repurchases of Stock or Stock Equivalents in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;

(l) dividends with respect to the Preferred Stock (if any) of PrefCo as set forth in the Plan;

(m) the Borrower may make payments described in Section 9.9 (other than Section 9.9(b), Section 9.9(e) (to the extent expressly permitted by reference to Section 10.6), Section 9.9(g) and Section 9.9(l));

(n) the Borrower may pay dividends or make distributions (i) in connection with the Transactions or contemplated by the Plan, and (ii) in an amount sufficient so as to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to make when due (but without regard to any permitted deferral on account of financing agreements) any payment pursuant to any Shared Services and Tax Agreements; provided that solely in the case of the payment of Taxes of the type described in Section 10.6(d)(i) under a Shared Services and Tax Agreement (and in lieu of making a dividend thereunder as contemplated by Section 10.6(d)(i)) and not (for the avoidance of doubt) for purposes of payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement and the Tax Matters Agreement (as defined in the Existing Plan), the amount of such payments shall not exceed the amount permitted to be paid as dividends or distributions under Section 10.6(d)(i);

(o) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay declare and pay dividends to, or make loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amounts up to the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 12% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);

(p) the Borrower may make distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and Securitization Fees;

(q) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends out of Retained Declined Proceeds remaining after any Prepayment Event and not included in the Applicable Amount in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000;

(r) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may declare and pay dividends in an unlimited amount, provided that the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio not greater than 2.0 to 1.0;

(s) the Borrower may make distributions of, or Investments in, Receivables Facility Assets for purposes of inclusion in any Permitted Receivables Financing and Securitization Assets for purposes of inclusion in any Qualified Securitization Financing, in each case made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;

 

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(t) the Borrower may make distributions in an amount sufficient so as to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay any AHYDO Catch-Up Payments relating to Indebtedness of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;

(u) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with Section 10.1(hh);

(v) any dividends made in connection with the Transactions (and the fees and expenses related thereto) or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates in connection with the Transactions (including dividends or distributions to any direct or indirect company of the Borrower to permit payment by such parent of such amount) to the extent permitted by Section 9.9 (other than clause (b) thereof), and dividends in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder; and

(w) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Stock or Stock Equivalents of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries or the proceeds thereof.

10.7. Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments.

(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, voluntarily prepay, repurchase or redeem or otherwise defease any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment or lien to the Obligations with Stated Maturities beyond the Latest Maturity Date (the “Junior Indebtedness”); provided, however, that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may prepay, repurchase or redeem or otherwise defease Junior Indebtedness (i) in an aggregate amount from the Closing Date not in excess of the sum of (1) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (A) the greater of (x) $500,000,000 and (y) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) and (B) additional unlimited amounts, provided that the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio not greater than 2.0 to 1.0 plus (2) the Applicable Equity Amount at the time of such prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other defeasance plus (3) the Applicable Amount at the time of such prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other defeasance, provided that in respect of any prepayments, repurchases or redemptions or defeasances made in reliance of clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Amount, (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.50 to 1.0 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect thereto); (ii) with the proceeds from, or in exchange for, Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, (iii) by converting, exchanging, redeeming, repaying or prepaying such Junior Indebtedness into, for or with, as applicable, Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock except as permitted hereunder) and (iv) within 60 days of the applicable Redemption Notice if, at the date of any payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation notice in respect thereof (each, a “Redemption Notice”), such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation would have complied with another provision of this Section 10.7, provided that such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation shall reduce capacity under such other provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 10.7 shall prohibit (A) the repayment or prepayment of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness (including under the Intercompany Subordinated

 

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Note) owed among the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in either case unless an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing and the Borrower has received a written notice from the Collateral Trustee or Collateral Agent instructing it not to make or permit any such repayment or prepayment or (B) transfers of credit positions in connection with intercompany debt restructurings so long as such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1 after giving effect to such transfer.

(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit to the Restricted Subsidiaries to waive, amend, or modify any Indebtedness with a principal amount in excess of $300,000,000 that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, in each case, that to the extent that any such waiver, amendment or modification, taken as a whole, would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect other than in connection with (i) a refinancing or replacement of such Indebtedness permitted hereunder or (ii) in a manner expressly permitted by, or not prohibited under, the applicable intercreditor or subordination terms or agreement(s) governing the relationship between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the lenders or purchasers of the applicable subordinated Indebtedness, on the other hand; and

(c) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make AHYDO Catch-Up Payments relating to Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

10.8. Limitations on Sale Leasebacks. The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or effect any Sale Leasebacks after the Closing Date, other than Permitted Sale Leasebacks.

10.9. Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements were required to have been furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date), solely during any Compliance Period, to exceed 4.25 to 1.00. The provisions of this Section 10.9 are for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders only, and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility may (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify this Section 10.9, or the defined terms used solely for purposes of this Section 10.9, or (b) waive any Default or Event of Default resulting from a breach of this Section 10.9, in each case under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), without the consent of any Lenders other than the Required Revolving Credit Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1.

10.10. Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to (x) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor on its Stock or Stock Equivalents or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, (y) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is Guarantor or (z) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions (A) which the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith will not materially impair the Borrower’s ability to make payments under this Agreement when due or (B) existing under or by reason of:

(a) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Conversion Date, including pursuant to this Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

 

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(b) purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (x), (y) or (z) above on the property so acquired, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to such arrangement, the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto and additions and accessions) provided by any lender, other equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto and additions and accessions) financed by such lender (it being understood that such restriction shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such restriction would not have applied but for such acquisition);

(c) Applicable Laws or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any request of any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(d) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Project Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to such agreement or instrument, the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto and additions and accessions) provided by any lender, other equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto and additions and accessions) financed by such lender (it being understood that such encumbrance or restriction shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such encumbrance or restriction would not have applied but for such acquisition);

(e) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Stock or Stock Equivalents or assets of such Subsidiary and restrictions on transfer of assets subject to Liens permitted hereunder;

(f) (x) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (y) restrictions or encumbrances on transfers of assets subject to Liens permitted hereunder (but, with respect to any such Lien, only to the extent that such transfer restrictions apply solely to the assets that are the subject of such Lien);

(g) restrictions or encumbrances on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under, or made necessary or advisable by, contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(h) restrictions or encumbrances imposed by other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred Stock or Stock Equivalents of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.1;

(i) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture (including its assets and Subsidiaries) and the Stock or Stock Equivalents issued thereby;

 

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(j) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(k) restrictions created in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing or any Qualified Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Permitted Receivables Financing or Qualified Securitization Financing, as the case may be;

(l) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to property interest, rights or the assets subject thereto;

(m) customary provisions restricting assignment or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(n) restrictions contemplated by the Plan or created in connection with the consummation of the Transaction, or restrictions arising from Shared Services and Tax Agreements;

(o) restrictions created in connection with Non-Recourse Debt;

(p) restrictions created in connection with a Permitted Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility; or

(q) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, extensions, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (p) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, extensions, supplements, refundings, extensions, replacements, restructurings or refinancings (x) are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, extension, restructuring, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or (y) do not materially impair the Borrower’s ability to pay its obligations under the Credit Documents as and when due (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);

provided that (x) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock and (y) the subordination of (including the application of any standstill requirements to) loans or advances made to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall not be deemed to constitute such an encumbrance or restriction.

10.11. Amendment of Organizational Documents. The Borrower will not, nor will the Borrower permit any Credit Party to, amend or otherwise modify any of its Organizational Documents in a manner that is materially adverse to the Lenders, except as required by Applicable Laws.

10.12. Permitted Activities. Holdings will not engage in any material operating or business activities; provided that the following and any activities incidental thereto shall be permitted in any event: (i) its ownership of the Stock of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries, including receipt and payment of dividends and payments in respect of Indebtedness and other amounts in respect of Stock, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur and pay, as applicable, fees, costs and expenses and taxes relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations with respect

 

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to the Transactions, the Credit Documents and any other documents governing Indebtedness permitted hereby, (iv) any public offering of its or its direct or indirect parent entity’s common equity or any other issuance or sale of its or its direct or indirect parent entity’s Stock, (v) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, receipt and payment of dividends and distributions, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries, (vi) if applicable, participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group and the provision of administrative and advisory services (including treasury and insurance services) to its Subsidiaries of a type customarily provided by a holding company to its Subsidiaries, (vii) holding any cash or other property (but not operate any property), (viii) making and receiving of any dividends, payments in respect of Indebtedness or Investments permitted hereunder, (ix) providing indemnification to officers and directors, (x) activities relating to any Permitted Reorganization or IPO Reorganization Transaction, (xi) activities related to (A) the Plan and the consummation of the Transactions and activities contemplated thereby and (B) the Shared Services and Tax Agreements, (xii) merging, amalgamating or consolidating with or into any direct or indirect parent or subsidiary of Holdings (in compliance with the definition of “Holdings” in this Agreement), (xiii) repurchases of Indebtedness through open market purchases and Dutch auctions, (xiv) activities incidental to Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments consummated by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities and intercompany loans and/or Investments incidental to such Permitted Acquisitions or similar Investments, (xv) any transaction with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent expressly permitted under this Section 10, and (xvi) any activities incidental or reasonably related to the foregoing.

SECTION 11. Events of Default.

Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of Default”):

11.1. Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or any Unpaid Drawings, (b) default, and such default shall continue for more than five Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or (c) default, and such default shall continue for more than ten Business Days, in the payment when due of any Fees or any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or

11.2. Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be materially untrue on the date as of which made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation and warranty shall remain incorrect in any material respect for a period of thirty days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or

11.3. Covenants. Any Credit Party shall:

(a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(d)(i) (provided that notice of such default at any time shall timely cure the failure to provide such notice), Section 9.5 (solely with respect to the Borrower) or Section 10; provided that an Event of Default under Section 10.9 shall not constitute an Event of Default for purposes of any Term Loan or Term C Loan, or result in the availability of any remedies for the Term Loan Lenders or Term C Loan Lender, unless and until the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have actually declared all Revolving Credit Loans and all related Obligations to be immediately due and payable in accordance with this Agreement and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before the date the Required Lenders declare an Event of Default with respect to Section 10.9; or

 

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(b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 calendar days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

11.4. Default Under Other Agreements. (a) The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) default in any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in Section 11.1, Hedging Obligations or Indebtedness under any Permitted Receivables Financing) in excess of $300,000,000 in the aggregate for the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries beyond the period of grace or cure and following all required notices, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (other than any agreement or condition relating to, or provided in any instrument or agreement, under which such Hedging Obligations or such Permitted Receivables Financing was created) beyond the period of grace or cure and following all required notices, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, if the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment (other than any Hedging Obligations or Indebtedness under any Permitted Receivables Financing) or as a mandatory prepayment, prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that clauses (a) and (b) above 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, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided, further, that this Section 11.4 shall not apply to (i) any Indebtedness if the sole remedy of the holder thereof following such event or condition is to elect to convert such Indebtedness into Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) and cash in lieu of fractional shares or (ii) any such default that is remedied by or waived (including in the form of amendment) by the requisite holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness or contested in good faith by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary in either case, prior to acceleration of all the Loans pursuant to this Section 11; or

11.5. Bankruptcy. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 10.3, (i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under (a) Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary, any domestic or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, judicial management, insolvency, reorganization, administration or relief of debtors in effect in its jurisdiction of incorporation, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the “Bankruptcy Code”); (ii) an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; (iii) an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed or stayed within 60 consecutive days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; (iv) a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), judicial manager, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; (v) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary commences any other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, administration or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the

 

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Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; (vi) there is commenced against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; (vii) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; (viii) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; (ix) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; (x) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (xi) any corporate action is taken by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing; or

11.6. ERISA. (a) The occurrence of any ERISA Event, (b) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code; any Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings under ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); an event shall have occurred or a condition shall exist in either case entitling the PBGC to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan (including the giving of written notice thereof); any Plan shall have an accumulated funding deficiency (whether or not waived); the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code (including the giving of written notice thereof); (c) there could result from any event or events set forth in clause (b) of this Section 11.6 the imposition of a Lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability, or the reasonable likelihood of incurring a Lien, security interest or liability; and (d) such ERISA Event, Lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

11.7. Guarantee. Any Guarantee provided by Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee; or

11.8. Pledge Agreement. Any Pledge Agreement pursuant to which the Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or due to any defect arising as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee or any Lender which do not result from a material breach by a Credit Party of its obligations under the Credit Documents) or any pledgor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing such pledgor’s obligations under any Pledge Agreement; or

11.9. Security Agreement. The Security Agreement or any other material Security Document pursuant to which the assets of any Credit Party are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect in respect of Collateral with an individual fair market value in excess of $100,000,000 at any time or $300,000,000 in the aggregate (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or any defect arising as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee or any Lender which do not result from a material breach by a Credit Party of its obligations under the Credit Documents) or any grantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing such grantor’s obligations under the Security Agreement or any other such Security Document; or

11.10. Judgments. One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary involving a liability requiring the payment of $300,000,000 or more in the aggregate for all such final judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted

 

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Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or covered by indemnity or insurance provided by a carrier that has not denied coverage) and any such final judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 consecutive days after the entry thereof; or

11.11. Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur:

(a) then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing (other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) with respect to any default of performance or compliance with the covenant under Section 10.9 prior to the date the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated and the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated (and such declaration has not been rescinded)), subject to the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement and any other applicable intercreditor agreement, the Administrative Agent shall, at the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent as specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice): (i) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment, if any, of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and Fees in respect of any or all Loans and any or all Obligations owing hereunder and under any other Credit Document to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; (iii) terminate any Letter of Credit that may be terminated in accordance with its terms; (iv) direct the Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents (or direct the Collateral Agent to cause the Collateral Trustee to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents, as applicable); (v) enforce any and all of the Administrative Agent’s rights under the Guarantee; and/or (vi) direct the Borrower to Cash Collateralize (and the Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower, it will Cash Collateralize) all Revolving Letters of Credit issued and then-outstanding.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Event of Default under this Agreement or similarly defined term under any other Credit Document, other than any Event of Default which cannot be waived without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, shall be deemed not to be “continuing” if the events, act or condition that gave rise to such Event of Default have been remedied or cured (including by payment, notice, taking of any action or omitting to take any action) or have ceased to exist and the Borrower is in compliance with this Agreement and/or such other Credit Document.

11.12. Application of Proceeds.

(a) Subject to clauses (b) and (c) below, any amount received by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied in accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement and any other applicable intercreditor agreement; provided that, with respect to any Term C Loan Collateral Account (and all amounts deposited therein or credited thereto), any amounts so received shall be applied:

(i) First, on a pro rata basis, to the payment of all amounts due to the relevant Term Letter of Credit Issuer under any of the Credit Documents, excluding amounts payable in connection with any Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligation;

 

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(ii) Second, on a pro rata basis, to the payment of all amounts due to the relevant Term Letter of Credit Issuer in an amount equal to 100% of all Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations;

(iii) Third, on a pro rata basis, to any Secured Bank Party which has theretofore advanced or paid any fees to the relevant Term Letter of Credit Issuer, other than any amounts covered by priority Second, an amount equal to the amount thereof so advanced or paid by such Secured Bank Party and for which such Secured Bank Party has not been previously reimbursed;

(iv) Fourth, on a pro rata basis, to the payment of all other relevant Term L/C Obligations; and

(v) Last, the balance, if any, after all of the relevant Term L/C Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, as set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement and any other applicable intercreditor agreement.

(b) In the event that either (x) the Collateral Trust Agreement or any applicable intercreditor agreement directs the application with respect to any Collateral (other than any Term C Loan Collateral Account (and all amounts deposited therein or credited thereto)) be made with reference to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (y) the Collateral Trust Agreement has been terminated and no intercreditor agreement is then in effect, any amount received by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral), in each case, other than with respect to any Term C Loan Collateral Account (and all amounts deposited therein or credited thereto) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:

(i) First, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses, fees, commissions and taxes of such sale, collection or other realization including compensation to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and their agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in connection therewith and all amounts for which the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent is entitled to indemnification pursuant to the provisions of any Credit Document, together with interest on each such amount at the highest rate then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;

(ii) Second, to the payment of all other reasonable costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization including all costs, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the other Secured Parties in connection therewith, together with interest on each such amount at the highest rate then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;

(iii) Third, without duplication of amounts applied pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash, pro rata, of interest and other amounts constituting Obligations (other than principal, reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and obligations to cash collateralize Letters of Credit) and any fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments due under Secured Hedging Agreement, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements to the extent constituting

 

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Obligations and any interest accrued thereon (excluding any breakage, termination or other payments thereunder), in each case equally and ratably in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and owing;

(iv) Fourth, to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, of principal amount of the Obligations (including reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and obligations to cash collateralize Letters of Credit) and any premium thereon and any breakage, termination or other payments under Secured Hedging Agreement, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements to the extent constituting Obligations and any interest accrued thereon; and

(v) Fifth, the balance, if any, to the person lawfully entitled thereto (including the applicable Credit Party or its successors or assigns) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

(c) In the event that the Collateral Trust Agreement has been terminated and no intercreditor agreement is then in effect, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party with respect to any Term C Loan Collateral Account (and all amounts deposited therein or credited thereto) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied in the order set forth in the proviso to clause (a) above.

11.13. Right to Cure.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.3(a), in the event that the Borrower fails to comply with the requirement of the covenant set forth in Section 10.9, until the expiration of the fifteenth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials with respect to the Test Period in which the covenant set forth in such Section is being measured are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 (the “Cure Period”), Holdings or any other Person shall have the right to make a direct or indirect equity investment (in the form of cash common equity or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) in the Borrower (the “Cure Right”), and upon receipt by the Borrower of the net cash proceeds pursuant to the exercise of the Cure Right (including through the capital contribution of any such net cash proceeds to the Borrower, the “Cure Amount”), the covenant set forth in such Section shall be recalculated, giving effect to the pro forma increase to Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period in an amount equal to such Cure Amount; provided that (i) such pro forma adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA shall be given solely for the purpose of calculating the covenant set forth in such Section with respect to any Test Period that includes the fiscal quarter for which such Cure Right was exercised and not for any other purpose under any Credit Document, (ii) unless actually applied to Indebtedness, there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of any Cure Right for determining compliance with Section 10.9 for the fiscal quarter in respect of which such Cure Right is exercised (either directly through prepayment or indirectly as a result of the netting of Unrestricted Cash for purposes of the definitions of Consolidated Total Debt) and (iii) subject to clause (ii), no other adjustment under any other financial definition shall be made as a result of the exercise of any Cure Right.

(b) If, after the exercise of the Cure Right and the recalculations pursuant to clause (a) above, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the covenant set forth in Section 10.9 during such Test Period (including for the purposes of Section 7), the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable Default or Event of Default under Section 11.3 that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of

 

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this Agreement; provided that (i) in each Test Period there shall be at least two fiscal quarters for which no Cure Right is exercised, (ii) no more than five Cure Rights may be exercised during the term of the Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) with respect to any exercise of the Cure Right, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 10.9.

(c) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall exercise the right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Commitments and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Bank Party shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral or exercise any other remedy prior to the expiration of the Cure Period solely on the basis of an Event of Default having occurred and being continuing with respect to a failure to comply with the requirement of the covenant set forth in Section 10.9 (it being understood that no Revolving Credit Lender or Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be required to fund Revolving Credit Loans or extend new credit in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit during any such Cure Period).

SECTION 12. The Agents.

12.1. Appointment.

(a) Each Secured Bank Party (other than the Administrative Agent) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Secured Bank Party under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than this Section 12.1 and Sections 12.9, 12.12 and 12.13 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the other Secured Bank Parties, and the Borrower shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of such provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in any other Credit Document, any fiduciary relationship with any other Secured Bank Party or any agency or trust obligations with respect to any Credit Party, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against such Agent.

(b) The Secured Bank Parties hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Representative as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Secured Bank Parties hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Representative, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Representative by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, the Secured Bank Parties hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as an additional agent with respect to the Collateral, and each Secured Bank Party hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in any other Credit Document, any fiduciary relationship with any of the other Secured Bank Parties or any agency or trust obligations with respect to any Credit Party, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.

(c) Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.

 

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12.2. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

12.3. Exculpatory Provisions.

(a) No Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or for any failure of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any other Secured Bank Party to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof.

(b) Each Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each other Lender and each of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its Related Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable, without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit, accounting and other financial matters) of (x) entering into this Agreement, (y) making Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and (z) in taking or not taking actions hereunder and thereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risks and (iii) has determined that entering into this Agreement and making Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder and under the other Credit Documents is suitable and appropriate for it.

(c) Each Lender acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, made its own appraisal and investigation of all risks associated with, and its own

 

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credit analysis and decision to enter into, this Agreement based on such documents and information, as it has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, continue to be solely responsible for making its own appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with, and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not take action under, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each case:

(i) the financial condition, status and capitalization of the Borrower and each other Credit Party;

(ii) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement and each other Credit Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Credit Document;

(iii) determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit and the form and substance of all evidence delivered in connection with establishing the satisfaction of each such condition; and

(iv) the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Lender or by any of their respective Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Credit Document.

12.4. Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex, electronic mail, or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings and/or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans; provided that none of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or Applicable Law. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 6 and 7 on the Conversion Date, each Lender that has signed or authorized the signing of this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or

 

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accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Conversion Date specifying its objection thereto.

12.5. Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, has received notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders, the Collateral Representative and either the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Trustee shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee, as applicable, shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee, as applicable, may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as is within its authority to take under this Agreement and otherwise as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.

12.6. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer represents to Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower, each other Guarantor and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower, each other Guarantor and each other Credit Party. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, none of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

12.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent, each in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon

 

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which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent, including all fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the extent required to be reimbursed by the Credit Parties pursuant to Section 13.5, in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing (SUBJECT TO THE PROVISO BELOW, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNIFIED PERSON); provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur, be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing (including at any time following the payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse such Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Credit Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s pro rata portion thereof; and provided further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final judgment of court of competent jurisdiction). The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

12.8. Agents in their Individual Capacities. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower, any other Guarantor, and any other Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

 

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12.9. Successor Agents. (a) Each of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the other Agent, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including receipt of the Borrower’s consent); provided that if such Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person (including as a result of the absence of consent of the Borrower) has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (x) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (y) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders with (except after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5) the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld) appoint successor Agents as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including Section 12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 the retiring Agent was acting as an Agent.

(b) Without limitation to Section 3.6(a) or 13.9, any resignation by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.9 shall also constitute its resignation as a Letter of Credit Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer, (b) the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, and (c) the successor Letter of Credit Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

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12.10. Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent or of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Borrower (solely to the extent required by this Agreement) and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses.

12.11. Trust Indenture Act. In the event that Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Credit Party, and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document by or on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Lender or Secured Party under any Credit Document (other than Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or an Affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch) and which is applied in accordance with the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

12.12. Collateral Trust Agreement; Intercreditor Agreements. Each of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to enter into the Collateral Trust Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement contemplated hereby, and the parties hereto acknowledge that the Collateral Trust Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement to which the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and/or the Administrative Agent is a party are each binding upon them. Each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement and any such other intercreditor agreement and (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Administrative Agent to enter into any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. In addition, each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Administrative Agent to enter into (i) any amendments to the Collateral Trust Agreement and (ii) any other intercreditor arrangements, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent required to give effect to the establishment of intercreditor rights and privileges as contemplated and required by Section 10.2 of this Agreement.

12.13. Security Documents and Guarantee; Agents under Security Documents and Guarantee. (a) Each Secured Bank Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Bank Parties with respect to the Guarantee, the Collateral and the Security Documents, as applicable. Subject to Section 13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Bank Party, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may (or otherwise instruct the Collateral Representative to) execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee (or any sub-agent thereof) under any Credit Document (i) upon the payment in full (or Cash Collateralization) of all Obligations (except for contingent obligations in respect of which a claim has not yet been made), Hedging Obligations under

 

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Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements and the termination of Commitments and Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit, (ii) if the property subject to such Lien is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any sale or other transfer permitted hereunder and the other Credit Documents to a Person that is not a Credit Party or in connection with the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Project Subsidiary in compliance with this Agreement, (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Credit Party, upon the release of such Credit Party from its Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Credit Documents, (iv) as and to the extent provided in the Security Documents, (v) if the property subject to such Lien constitutes Excluded Collateral or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents, or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 13.1; (b) release any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary from its obligations under the Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; provided that the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement if such Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of the type described in clause (b) of the definition thereof shall only be permitted if at the time such Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of such type after giving pro forma effect to such release and the consummation of the transaction that causes such Person to be an Excluded Subsidiary of such type, the Borrower is deemed to have made a new Investment in such Person for purposes of Section 10.5 (as if such Person were then newly acquired) and such Investment is permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 (other than Section 10.5(d)) at such time; (c) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien permitted under clauses (d), (f) (to the extent representing a refinancing Lien in respect of Section 10.2(g)), (g), (s), (u) and (ff) of Section 10.2 and clause (o) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”; or (d) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee is otherwise contemplated herein as being a party to such intercreditor or subordination agreement, including the Collateral Trust Agreement.

(b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents and each Secured Bank Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Bank Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the Guaranty may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Bank Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Trustee and the Collateral Agent, in each case, on behalf of the Secured Bank Parties, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Representative on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Representative or any Secured Bank Party may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and each of the Collateral Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Bank Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Representative at such sale or other disposition. No holder of Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements or Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Credit Party under this Agreement. No holder of Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements or Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any

 

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other Credit Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to or vote on, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Agent and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Hedging Agreements, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

SECTION 13. Miscellaneous.

13.1. Amendments, Waivers and Releases. Neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided, further, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

(i) forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate, or forgive any portion, or extend the date for the payment, of any interest or Fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment or extend the final expiration date of any Revolving Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving L/C Maturity Date or extend the final expiration date of any Term Letter of Credit beyond the Term L/C Termination Date, or increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 6 or Section 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness of any portion of any Loan or in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan, or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment; or

(ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Credit Lenders”, “Required Term Loan Lenders” or “Required Term C Loan Lenders”, consent to the assignment or transfer by Holdings or the Borrower of their respective rights and obligations

 

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under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3) or alter the order of application set forth in Section 5.2(c) during the continuance of an Event of Default or Section 11.12 or Section 3.4 of the Collateral Trust Agreement, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or

(iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any other former or current Agent to whom Section 12 then applies in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or

(iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 with respect to any Letter of Credit in a manner that directly and adversely affects a Letter of Credit Issuer without the written consent of the such Letter of Credit Issuer, or

(v) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantors under the Guarantee (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantee or this Agreement) or, subject to the Collateral Trust Agreement, release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents or this Agreement), in either case without the prior written consent of each Lender.

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon Holdings, the Borrower, the applicable Credit Parties, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans.

In the case of any waiver, Holdings, the Borrower, the applicable Credit Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders, except as expressly provided for by this Agreement).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.9 (or the defined terms to the extent used therein but not as used in any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document), Section 11 (solely as it directly relates to Section 10.9), or Section 9.1 (solely as it directly relates to a qualification resulting from an actual Event of Default under Section 10.9) and (ii) the written consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent shall be required to amend the sublimit for Revolving Letters of Credit and the definition of “Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment.”

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Incremental Amendment(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required

 

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Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Loans and Commitments and the accrued interest and Fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such new Loans and Commitments.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer(s) and the relevant Credit Parties may amend, supplement or modify any provision of Section 3 (or any defined term as used in such Section 3, or any underlying definition thereto as used in Section 3, or any underlying definition thereto as used in Section 3) to make technical, ministerial or operational changes (or any other amendments, supplements or modifications which impact such consenting Letter of Credit Issuer) without the consent of any Lender so long as such amendments do not adversely affect the Lenders.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of a given Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) except as otherwise permitted hereby, the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans plus (i) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premium, and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) and (ii) unused commitment amounts, (b) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing ((without giving effect to any previous amortization payments or prepayments of the Term Loans), and (c) the covenants, defaults, guaranties, security and mandatory repayment provisions applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term C Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term C Loans of a given Class (“Refinanced Term C Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche (“Replacement Term C Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) except as otherwise permitted hereby, the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term C Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term C Loans plus (i) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premium, and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) and (ii) unused commitment amounts, (b) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term C Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term C Loans at the time of such refinancing (without giving effect to any previous amortization payments or prepayments of the Term C Loans) and (c) the covenants, defaults, guaranties, security and mandatory repayment provisions applicable to such Replacement Term C Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term C Loans than those applicable to such Refinanced Term C Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

 

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In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower, the Term Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Facility (as defined below) to permit the replacement of all outstanding Term C Loans of a given Class (“Replaced Term C Loans”) or all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of a given Class (“Replaced Revolving Credit Loans”) with a replacement revolving credit loan facility (the sole purpose of which would be to support the issuance of letters of credit), an off-balance sheet synthetic letter of credit facility or another facility designed to provide the Borrower with access to letters of credit (“Replacement Facility”) hereunder; provided that (a) except as otherwise permitted hereby, the aggregate amount of such Replacement Facility shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Replaced Term C Loans plus (i) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premium, and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including original issue discount, upfront fees and similar items) and (ii) unused commitment amounts, (b) such Replacement Facility does not mature (or require any mandatory commitment reductions) prior to the maturity date of such Replaced Term C Loans or Replaced Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, and (d) the covenants, defaults, guaranties, security and mandatory repayment provisions applicable to such Replacement Facility shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Facility than those applicable to such Replaced Term C Loans or Replaced Revolving Credit Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Representative by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (and the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Collateral Representative to release), subject to the Collateral Trust Agreement, (i) in full, upon the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all Obligations hereunder (except for Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreement and/or any Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations in respect of Secured Cash Management Agreements and contingent obligations in respect of which a claim has not yet been made and Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit), (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee (in accordance with the following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Representative pursuant to the Security Documents and (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Collateral. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be automatically released from the Guarantee upon consummation of any transaction resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or upon becoming an Excluded Subsidiary; provided that the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement if such Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of the type described in clause (b) of the definition thereof shall only be permitted if at the time such Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of such type after giving pro forma effect to such release and the

 

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consummation of the transaction that causes such Person to be an Excluded Subsidiary of such type, the Borrower is deemed to have made a new Investment in such Person for purposes of Section 10.5 (as if such Person were then newly acquired) and such Investment is permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 (other than Section 10.5(d)) at such time. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Trustee, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent agree to (and agree to instruct the Collateral Trustee to), execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable or reasonably requested by the Borrower to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to (i) add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto and (ii) if applicable, add or modify “parallel debt” language in any jurisdiction in favor of the Collateral Agent or Collateral Trustee or add Collateral Agents, in each case under clauses (i) and (ii), with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and in the case of clause (ii), the Collateral Agent.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 13.1) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility, refinancing facility or extension facility pursuant to Section 2.14 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect (and instruct the Collateral Representative to effect) such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility, refinancing facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to the Collateral Trust Agreement (and the Administrative Agent shall instruct the Collateral Representative to effect such amendment or supplement) or other intercreditor agreement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Indebtedness as expressly contemplated by the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement permitted under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the Collateral Trust Agreement or applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any exhibit, schedule or other attachment to any Credit Document) may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, if applicable, the Collateral Representative, at the direction of the Administrative Agent) to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) and (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower); (iv) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by the Credit Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in its or their respective sole discretion if applicable (or the Collateral Representative, at the direction of the Administrative Agent), (A) to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any

 

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security interest for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable requirements of law, (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or (D) to provide for the termination of the Collateral Trust Agreement and related arrangements (including the continuation of the Liens securing the Obligations); and (v) the Credit Parties, the Collateral Agent and Collateral Representative, without the consent of any other Secured Bank Party, shall be permitted to enter into amendments and/or supplements to the Collateral Trust Agreement and any Security Documents in order to (i) include customary provisions permitting the Collateral Representative to appoint sub-collateral agents or representatives to act with respect to Collateral matters thereunder in its stead (including the Collateral Agent and sub-collateral agent with control over the Term C Loan Collateral Accounts pursuant to the applicable account control agreements) and (ii) expand the indemnification provisions contained therein to provide that holders of Additional First Lien Debt (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement) indemnify the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as Controlling Priority Lien Representative (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement) and/or the Collateral Trustee, on a pro rata basis with the Lenders.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, grant extensions of time (and direct the Collateral Representative to grant such extensions) for the satisfaction of any of the requirements under Sections 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14 or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if it determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.

13.2. Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(a) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or a Term Letter of Credit Issuer, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

(b) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and any Term Letter of Credit Issuer.

All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 4.2 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.

 

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13.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

13.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

13.5. Payment of Expenses; Indemnification. The Borrower agrees, within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor (including documentation reasonably supporting such request), or, in the case of expenses of the type described in clause (a) below incurred prior to the Conversion Date, on the Conversion Date, (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents and the Lead Arrangers for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred (i) in connection with the syndication, preparation, execution, delivery, negotiation and administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of White & Case LLP, and (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of Advisors (limited, in the case of Advisors, as set forth in the definition thereof), (b) to pay, indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuers and each Agent from, any and all recording and filing fees and (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuers and each Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, partners, employees and agents (other than, in each case, Excluded Affiliates) from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of Advisors related to the Transactions or, with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including, any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law (other than by such indemnified person or any of its Related Parties (other than trustees and advisors)) or to any actual or alleged presence, release or threatened release into the environment of Hazardous Materials attributable to the operations of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or any of the Real Estate (all the foregoing in this clause (c), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”) (SUBJECT TO THE PROVISO BELOW, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNIFIED PERSON); provided that neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party shall have any obligation hereunder to any Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender or any of their respective Related Parties with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent they result from (A) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (B) a material breach of the obligations of such indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the Credit

 

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Documents as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (C) disputes not involving an act or omission of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and that is brought by an indemnified Person against any other indemnified Person, other than any claims against any indemnified Person in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an Agent or any similar role under the Credit Facilities, (D) such indemnified Person’s capacity as a financial advisor of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, (E) such indemnified Person’s capacity as a co-investor in any potential acquisition of the Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or (F) any settlement effected without the Borrower’s prior written consent, but if settled with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, conditioned or denied) or if there is a final non-appealable judgment against an indemnified Person in any such proceeding, the Borrower will indemnify and hold harmless such indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with this Section 13.5. All amounts payable under this Section 13.5 shall be paid within 30 days of receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in reasonable detail. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

No Credit Party nor any indemnified Person shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Conversion Date) (except, in the case of the Borrower’s obligation hereunder to indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified Person, to the extent any indemnified Person is found liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages to a third party). No indemnified Persons shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). This Section 13.5 shall not apply to Taxes.

Each indemnified Person, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Section 13.5, agrees to refund and return any and all amounts paid by the Borrower (or on its behalf) to it if, pursuant to limitations on indemnification set forth in this Section 13.5, such indemnified Person was not entitled to receipt of such amounts.

13.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.

(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 a Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, neither Holdings nor the Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Holdings or the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 13.6. 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 a Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6), to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 12.7) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) and (h) below, any Lender may at any time 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 Commitments (including any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) and the Loans (including participations in Revolving L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that, without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold or delay its consent to any assignment if in order for such assignment to comply with Applicable Law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:

(A) the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment (1) to a Lender (other than in respect of an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans), an Affiliate of a Lender (other than in respect of an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans (except to an Affiliate of such Revolving Credit Lender having a combined capital and surplus of not less than the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) an amount equal to twice the amount of Revolving Credit Commitments to be held by such assignee after giving effect to such assignment, in which case no such Borrower consent shall be required) or an Approved Fund (other than in respect of an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans) or (2) if a Specified Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Borrower, to any other assignee; and

(B) the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for any assignment of any Term Loan or Term C Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund, Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or an Affiliated Parent Company otherwise in accordance with clause (h) below.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to (x) a natural person or (y) a Disqualified Institution, and any attempted assignment to a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Person became a Disqualified Institution shall be null and void. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation with respect to, and shall bear no responsibility or liability for, the monitoring or enforcing of the list of Persons who are Disqualified Institutions (or any provisions relating thereto) at any time and (ii) the Administrative Agent may share a list of Persons who are Disqualified Institutions with any Lender upon request.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except (i) in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, (ii) an assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank or (iii) in connection with the initial syndication of the Commitments or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent), shall not be less than, (x) in the case of Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments, $5,000,000 and (y) in the case of Term Loans and Term C Loans, $1,000,000, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be

 

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unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if a Specified Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Holdings or the Borrower; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliates of Lenders and related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

(C) The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Questionnaire”).

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(iv) of this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, 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 Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance 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 2.10, 2.11, 3.5, 5.4 and 13.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.6 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 clause (c) of this Section 13.6 (other than attempted assignments or transfers to Disqualified Institutions, which shall be null and void as provided above).

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and any payment made by any Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Further, each Register shall contain the name and address of the Administrative Agent and the lending office through which each such Person acts under this Agreement. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders shall 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 Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance 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 clause (b) of this Section 13.6 (unless waived) and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register.

 

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(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Letter of Credit Issuer, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities that are not Disqualified Institutions (each, a “Participant”) (and any such attempted sales to Disqualified Institutions after such Person became a Disqualified Institution shall be null and void) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments (including any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation with respect to, and shall bear no responsibility or liability for, the monitoring or enforcing of the list of Disqualified Institutions Lenders with respect to the sales of participations at any time. 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 this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any consent, amendment, modification, supplement or waiver described in clauses (i) or (vii) of the second proviso of the first paragraph of Section 13.1 that directly and adversely affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.6, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender, and provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11, or 5.4 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 (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(iii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts of each participant’s interest in the Loans (or other rights or obligations) held by it (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, and such lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such Loan or other obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any

 

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Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. This Section shall be construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code.

(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of Holdings, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, 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 13.6 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 order to facilitate such pledge or assignment or for any other reason, the Borrower hereby agrees that, promptly following the reasonable request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after any Borrower has made its initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrower’s own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1, K-2, or K-3, evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans and Term C Loans, respectively, owing to such Lender.

(e) Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose (other than to any Disqualified Institutions) to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a “Transferee”), any prospective Transferee and any prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties to any swap or derivative transactions to be entered into in connection with or relating to Loans made hereunder any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

(f) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

(g) SPV Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (a “SPV”), 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 the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV 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 SPV, it shall not institute

 

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against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPV 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 contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (x) no SPV shall be entitled to any greater rights under Sections 2.10, 2.11, and 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to absent the use of such SPV and (y) each SPV agrees to be subject to the requirements of Sections 2.10, 2.11, and 5.4 as though it were a Lender and has acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6.

(h) (x) Any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans and Term C Loans to any Affiliated Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof and (y) any Affiliated Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans and Term C Loans, in each case, on a non pro rata basis through (1) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be mutually agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (2) open market purchases; provided that:

(i) any Loans or Commitments acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon acquisition thereof;

(ii) no assignment of Term Loans or Term C Loans to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) may be purchased with the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans or (y) may occur while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder;

(iii) in connection with each assignment pursuant to this Section 13.6(h), none of any Affiliated Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary purchasing any Lender’s Term Loans or Term C Loans shall be required to make a representation that it is not in possession of MNPI with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities, and all parties to such transaction may render customary “big boy” letters to each other (or to the Auction Agent, if applicable);

(iv) (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans or Term C Loans of the applicable Class shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of such Term Loans or Term C Loans acquired by, or contributed to, any Affiliated Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary and (B) any scheduled principal repayment installments with respect to the Term Loans or Term C Loans of such Class occurring pursuant to Sections 2.5(b) and (c), as applicable, prior to the final maturity date for Term Loans or Term C Loans of such Class, shall be reduced pro rata by the par value of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans so purchased or contributed (and subsequently cancelled and retired), with such reduction being applied solely to the remaining Term Loans or Term C Loans of the Lenders which sold or contributed such Term Loans or Term C Loans;

 

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(v) no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to (x) attend or participate in (including, in each case, by telephone) any meeting (including “Lender only” meetings) or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present or invited thereto, (y) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders or any other material which is “Lender only”, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Section 2) or receive any advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or (z) make any challenge to the Administrative Agent’s or any other Lender’s attorney-client privilege on the basis of its status as a Lender;

(vi) except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (a) that pursuant to Section 13.1 requires the consent of all Lenders, all Lenders directly and adversely affected or specifically such Lender, (b) that alters the applicable Affiliated Lender’s pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders, or (c) affects the applicable Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender in the same Class, the Loans held by the applicable Affiliated Lender shall be disregarded in both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of any Lender vote (and, in the case of a plan of reorganization that does not affect the applicable Affiliated Lender in a manner that is adverse to such Affiliated Lender relative to other Lenders, such Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have voted its interest in the Term Loans and Term C Loans in the same proportion as the other Lenders in the same Class) (and shall be deemed to have been voted in the same percentage as all other applicable Lenders voted if necessary to give legal effect to this paragraph) (but, in any event, in connection with any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action, shall be entitled to any consent fee, calculated as if all of the applicable Affiliated Lender’s Term Loans and Term C Loans had voted in favor of any matter for which a consent fee or similar payment is offered); and

(vii) no such acquisition by an Affiliated Lender shall be permitted if, after giving effect to such acquisition, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Term C Loans of any Class held by Affiliated Lenders would exceed 25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans or Term C Loans, as applicable, of such Class outstanding at the time of such purchase; provided that to the extent any assignment to an Affiliated Lender would result in the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Loans held by Affiliated Lenders exceeding such 25% threshold at the time of such purchase, the purchase of such excess amount will be void ab initio.

Each Lender that sells its Term Loans or Term C Loans pursuant to this Section 13.6 acknowledges and agrees that (i) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may come into possession of additional information regarding the Loans or the Credit Parties at any time after a repurchase has been consummated pursuant to an auction or open market purchase hereunder that was not known to such Lender at the time such repurchase was consummated and may be information that would have been material to such Lender’s decision to enter into an assignment of such Term Loans or Term C Loans hereunder (“Excluded Information”), (ii) such Lender will independently make its own analysis and determination to enter into an assignment of its Loans and to consummate the transactions contemplated by an auction notwithstanding such Lender’s lack of knowledge of Excluded Information and (iii) none of the direct or indirect equityholders of Holdings or any of its respective Affiliates, or any other Person, shall have any liability to such Lender with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information.

 

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13.7. Replacements of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.

(a) The Borrower shall be permitted to (x) to replace any Lender with a replacement bank or other financial institution or (y) terminate the Commitment of such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than a Letter of Credit Issuer), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date and (2) in the case of a Letter of Credit Issuer only, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by the Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit issued by it, in each case, that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4, (b) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken, (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender or (d) refuses to make an Extension Election pursuant to Section 2.15; provided that, solely in the case of the foregoing clause (x), (i) no Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (ii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts (other than any disputed amounts), pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be) owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iii) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (solely to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6), (iv) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein unless otherwise agreed) and (v) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

(b) If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of either (i) all of the Lenders of the applicable Class or Classes directly and adversely affected or (ii) all of the Lenders of the applicable Class or Classes, and, in each case, with respect to which the Required Lenders (or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, Required Term Loan Lenders or Lenders holding the majority of outstanding loans or commitments in respect of the applicable Class or Classes, as applicable) or a majority (in principal amount) of the directly and adversely affected Lenders shall, in each such case, have granted their consent, then provided no Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to (x) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans and its Commitments hereunder (in respect of any applicable Class only, at the election of the Borrower) to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6) or (y) terminate the Commitment of such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date and (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer only, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by the Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit issued by it; provided that: (a) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6.

(c) If any assignment or participation under Section 13.6 is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior written consent, such assignment or participation shall be void. Nothing in this Section 13.7(c) shall be deemed to prejudice any right or remedy that Holdings or the Borrower may otherwise have at law or at equity.

 

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13.8. Adjustments; Set-off.

(a) Except as contemplated in Section 13.6 or elsewhere herein or in any other Credit Document, if any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or Collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Applicable Law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to Holdings, the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by Holdings, the Borrower to the extent permitted by Applicable Law but with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary, employee health and benefits, pension, 401(k) and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

13.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

13.10. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

13.11. INTEGRATION. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT OF PARENT, HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUERS AND THE LENDERS WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF,

 

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AND (1) THERE ARE NO PROMISES, UNDERTAKINGS, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES BY HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUERS OR ANY LENDER RELATIVE TO SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH OR REFERRED TO HEREIN OR IN THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, (2) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES AND (3) THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES; PROVIDED THAT THE SYNDICATION PROVISIONS AND THE BORROWER’S AND HOLDINGS’ CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS IN THE COMMITMENT LETTER SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. IT IS SPECIFICALLY AGREED THAT THE PROVISION OF THE CREDIT FACILITIES HEREUNDER BY THE LENDERS SUPERSEDES AND IS IN SATISFACTION OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE AGENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE COMMITMENT LETTER) TO PROVIDE THE COMMITMENTS SET FORTH IN THE COMMITMENT LETTER.

13.12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

13.13. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on Schedule 13.2 at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction;

(e) subject to the last paragraph of Section 13.5, waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; and

(f) agrees that a final judgment in any 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 Applicable Law.

 

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13.14. Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;

(b) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between Holdings and the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and Holdings, the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for any of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or any other Agent has advised or is currently advising Holdings, the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to Holdings, the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and Holdings and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Holdings and the Borrower agree not to claim that the Administrative Agent or any other Agent has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Affiliates, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading hereto.

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among Holdings and the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other hand.

13.15. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

13.16. Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, each other Agent and each Lender shall hold all non-public information furnished by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such Lender’s evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Lender, the Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or such other Agent pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement or in connection with any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver or proposed amendment, supplement, modification or

 

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waiver hereto (including any Extension Amendment) or the other Credit Documents (“Confidential Information”), confidential; provided that the Administrative Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, each other Agent and each Lender may make disclosure (a) as required by the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by Applicable Law, regulation or compulsory legal process (in which case such Lender, the Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or such other Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to inform the Borrower promptly thereof to the extent lawfully permitted to do so (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or governmental or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority)), (b) to such Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s or such other Agent’s attorneys, professional advisors, independent auditors, trustees or Affiliates involved in the Transactions (other than Excluded Affiliates) on a “need to know” basis and who are made aware of and agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 13.16, in each case on a confidential basis (with such Lender, the Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or such other Agent responsible for such persons’ compliance with this Section 13.16), (c) to any bona fide investor or prospective bona investor in a Securitization that agrees its access to information regarding the Credit Parties, the Loans and the Credit Documents is solely for purposes of evaluating an investment in a Securitization and who agrees to treat such information as confidential in accordance with this Section 13.16, (d) on a confidential basis to any bona fide prospective Lender, prospective participant or swap counterparty (in each case, other than a Disqualified Institution or a Person who the Borrower has affirmatively denied assignment thereto in accordance with Section 13.6), (e) to the extent requested by any bank regulatory authority having jurisdiction over a Lender or its Affiliates (including in any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or governmental or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), (f) to a trustee, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, noteholder or secured party in connection with the administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral for a Securitization and who agrees to treat such information as confidential, (g) to a nationally recognized ratings agency that requires access to information regarding the Credit Parties, the Loans and Credit Documents in connection with ratings issued with respect to a Securitization or (h) as consented by the Borrower in writing. Each Lender, the Administrative Agent, each other Letter of Credit Issuer and each other Agent agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees or to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 or to prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties to any swap or derivative transactions to be entered into in connection with or relating to Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16.

13.17. Direct Website Communications.

(a) Holdings and the Borrower may, at their option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that they are obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or Interest Period relating thereto), (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default under this Agreement, or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any Borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent at marcus.tarkington@db.com, nick.salemme@db.com and Ls2.docs-ny@db.com; provided that: (i) upon

 

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written request by the Administrative Agent, Holdings or the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) Holdings or the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.

(b) The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.

(c) Holdings and the Borrower further agree that the Agents may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”), so long as the access to such Platform is limited (i) to the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Lenders or any bona fide potential Transferee and (ii) remains subject the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.16.

(d) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall any Agent or their Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties” and each an “Agent Party”) have any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of Holdings’, the Borrower’s or any Agent’s transmission of Communications through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Party’s (or any of its Related Parties’ (other than trustees or advisors)) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach of the Credit Documents (as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

(e) The Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document or notice that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the

 

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Borrower and their securities may be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any document or notice contains only publicly available information.

13.18. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender 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 each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.

13.19. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.

13.20. [Reserved].

13.21. Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Guarantor to honor all of its obligations under this Guarantee in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 13.21, or otherwise under this Agreement, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 13.21 constitute, and this Section 13.21 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Guarantor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

13.22. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

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(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC, as Holdings
By:  

/s/ David D. Faranetta

Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC, as Holdings
By:  

/s/ David D. Faranetta

Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

Signature Page to

Credit Agreement


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer as of the Conversion Date)
By:  

/s/ Marcus M. Tarkington

Name:   Marcus M. Tarkington
Title:   Director
By:  

/s/ Anca Trifan

Name:   Anca Trifan
Title:   Managing Director

 

Signature Page to

Credit Agreement


[Schedules omitted.]


EXHIBIT A

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

To: Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent

60 Wall Street (NYC60 - 0266)

New York, New York 10005-2836

Attention: Marcus M. Tarkington

[            ], 201[    ]

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement [to be] dated as of October [●], 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other Agents and Persons party thereto. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower hereby gives notice to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement, that Loans under the Credit Agreement, and of the Class, Type and amount, set forth below are requested to be made on the date indicated below:

 

Class of Loans

   Type
of
Loans
     [Interest
Period]1
     Aggregate
Principal
Amount
     Date of
Borrowings
 
           
           
           

 

1  To be included for LIBOR Loans.

 

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The Borrower hereby requests that the proceeds of Loans described in this Notice of Borrowing be deposited in the account set forth below:

 

[   ]
[   ]
[   ]
[   ]
ABA: [   ]
GLA #:[   ]
A/C Name: [   ]
A/C Number [               ]

At the time of each above-described Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in any Credit Document shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of each such Credit Event (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 in all material respects as of such earlier date).

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TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Notice of Borrowing]


EXHIBIT B

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF GUARANTEE

[See attached]


GUARANTEE

GUARANTEE dated as of             ,          (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, this “Guarantee”), is made by each of the signatories listed on the signature pages hereto and each of the other entities that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 19 (the “Guarantors” and each, individually, a “Guarantor”), in favor of Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as the Administrative Agent (as defined below) for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company (as defined herein) is party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and the other agents and entities party thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements;

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings and each Guarantor (other than Holdings) (each, a “Subsidiary Guarantor”) is a direct or indirect wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company;

WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it has derived or will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit and the provision of the Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Bank Product Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Conversion Date under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Administrative Agent;

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements set forth herein and to induce (i) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement, (ii) each Cash Management Bank to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) each Hedge Bank to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements and/or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties, as follows:

1. Defined Terms.

(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

(b) The following terms have the following meanings:

Guarantee Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e).

(c) Sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

2. Guarantee.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2(b), each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Bank Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of anyone other than such Guarantor (including amounts that would become due but for operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)).

(b) Anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall in no event exceed the amount that can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors.

(c) Each Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges) of Advisors that may be paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Bank Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in each case within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor and in accordance with, and subject to the limitations on reimbursement of costs and expenses set forth in Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party hereunder.

(e) No payment or payments made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations

 

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shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments, other than payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations, remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until all Obligations (other than Contingent Obligations) are paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding or all outstanding Letters of Credit shall have been Cash Collateralized or otherwise backstopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers (the “Guarantee Termination Date”).

(f) Each Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Administrative Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose, but the failure to notify the Administrative Agent of any such payment will not create a breach or default hereunder or result in any liability to such Guarantor.

3. Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder (including by way of set-off rights being exercised against it), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5 hereof. The provisions of this Section 3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder.

4. Right of Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Secured Bank Parties provided by law, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Bank Party at any time and from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by such Guarantor hereunder (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Secured Bank Party to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor. Each Secured Bank Party shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the appropriation and application made by such Secured Bank Party, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

5. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation and application of funds of any of the Guarantors by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights (or if subrogated by operation of law, such

 

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Guarantor hereby waives such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law) of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party against the Company or any Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party for the payment of any of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, in each case, until the Guarantee Termination Date. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Guarantee Termination Date, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 11.12 of the Credit Agreement.

6. Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Unless and until the Guarantee Termination Date has occurred or, with respect to any Guarantor, such Guarantor shall be released in accordance with Section 7(c), each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith (including the Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements) and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, the party thereto) may deem advisable from time to time and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party for the payment of any of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Bank Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person or any release of the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person shall not relieve any Guarantor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Guarantor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

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Further, each Guarantor expressly waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each and every right to which it may be entitled by virtue of the suretyship law of the state of Texas, including without limitation, any rights pursuant to Rule 31, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Articles 1986 and 1987, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas and Chapter 34 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code.

7. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, contraction, incurrence, renewal, extension, amendment, waiver or accrual of any of the Obligations, and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee. All Obligations shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended, waived or accrued, in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives diligence, promptness, presentment, protest and notice of protest, demand for payment or performance, notice of default or nonpayment, notice of acceptance and any other notice in respect of the Obligations or any part of them, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations (other than the defense that the Guarantee Termination Date has occurred or release of such Guarantor in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement). Each Guarantor understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Letter of Credit, any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement, any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment, performance or release of such Guarantor in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement) that may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or such Guarantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance (in each case, other than the occurrence of the Guarantee Termination Date). When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and any other Secured Bank Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Company or any such other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company or any such other Person or any such

 

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collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve such Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties against such Guarantor.

(b) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Guarantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until the Guarantee Termination Date.

(c) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder, and the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically released, under the circumstances described in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.

8. Reinstatement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Guarantee shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

9. Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. Dollars. Each Guarantor agrees that the provisions of Sections 5.4 and 13.19 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee.

10. Representations and Warranties; Covenants.

(a) Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor and in the other Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct in all material respects as of the Conversion Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), and the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Bank Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein; provided that on the Conversion Date, each such Guarantor’s representations and warranties under this Section 10(a) shall be limited to the Specified Representations.

(b) Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Bank Party that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Guarantee Termination Date, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any

 

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provision, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9 or Section 10 of the Credit Agreement and so that no Default or Event of Default, is caused by any act or failure to act of such Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

11. Authority of the Administrative Agent.

(a) The Administrative Agent enters into this Guarantee in its capacity as agent for the Secured Bank Parties from time to time. The rights and obligations of the Administrative Agent under this Guarantee at any time are the rights and obligations of the Secured Bank Parties at that time. Each of the Secured Bank Parties has (subject to the terms of the Credit Documents) a several entitlement to each such right, and a several liability in respect of each such obligation, in the proportions described in the Credit Documents. The rights, remedies and discretions of the Secured Bank Parties, or any of them, under this Guarantee may be exercised by the Administrative Agent. No party to this Guarantee is obliged to inquire whether an exercise by the Administrative Agent of any such right, remedy or discretion is within the Administrative Agent’s authority as agent for the Secured Bank Parties.

(b) Each party to this Guarantee acknowledges and agrees that any changes (in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents) in the identity of the Persons from time to time comprising the Secured Bank Parties gives rise to an equivalent change in the Secured Bank Parties, without any further act. Upon such an occurrence, the Persons then comprising the Secured Bank Parties are vested with the rights, remedies and discretions and assume the obligations of the Secured Bank Parties under this Guarantee. Each party to this Guarantee irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to give effect to the change in Lenders contemplated in this Section 11(b) by countersigning an Assignment and Acceptance.

(c) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be liable to any party for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Guarantee or any other Credit Document (except for its or such other Person’s own gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or material breach of any Credit Document, each as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

12. Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

13. Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. a “pdf” or “tif” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to be originals and shall constitute one and the same instrument.

14. Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision

 

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in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

15. Integration. This Guarantee, together with the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, represents the agreement of each Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein, in the Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents.

16. Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

(a) None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.

(b) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Bank Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 16(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Bank Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or any Secured Bank Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.

(c) The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

17. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

18. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

19. Additional Guarantors. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Guarantee pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, for all purposes of this Guarantee upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a written

 

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supplement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto or in such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee.

20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

21. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Service of Process. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Guarantee and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to (i) the Administrative Agent at its address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement or (ii) any Guarantor in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in the Credit Agreement, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Company to accept such service on its behalf;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto or any Secured Bank Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of any party hereto or any Secured Bank Party to sue in any other jurisdiction;

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 21 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; and

(f) agrees that a final judgment in any 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 Applicable Law.

Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoints the Company as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Guarantee and agrees that service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be effected by

 

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mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Guarantor in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

22. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

23. Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Guarantor to honor all of its obligations under this Guarantee in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under Section 13.21 of the Credit Agreement, or otherwise under this Agreement, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that Section 13.21 of the Credit Agreement constitute, and Section 13.21 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Guarantor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or other representative as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC,

as a Guarantor

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Guarantee]


SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

4CHANGE ENERGY COMPANY LLC

BIG BROWN POWER COMPANY LLC
BRIGHTEN ENERGY LLC
COMANCHE PEAK POWER COMPANY LLC
DALLAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, INC.
EFH CORPORATE SERVICES COMPANY
EFH PROPERTIES COMPANY
FORNEY PIPELINE, LLC
GENERATION SVC COMPANY
LA FRONTERA HOLDINGS, LLC
LONE STAR ENERGY COMPANY, INC.
LONE STAR PIPELINE COMPANY, INC.
LUMINANT ENERGY COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT ENERGY TRADING CALIFORNIA COMPANY
LUMINANT ET SERVICES COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC
NCA RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
OAK GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
SANDOW POWER COMPANY LLC
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
TEX FINANCE CORP.
TEX ASSET COMPANY LLC
TEX PREFERRED INC.
TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS ENERGY INDUSTRIES COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
TXU ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
TXU ENERGY RETAIL COMPANY LLC
TXU RETAIL SERVICES COMPANY

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Guarantee]


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Guarantee]


ANNEX A TO THE GUARANTEE

SUPPLEMENT, dated as of [    ], to the GUARANTEE dated as of                 ,     , among each of the Persons listed on the signature pages thereto (each such Person individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Bank Parties.

A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities from time to time party thereto.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guarantee.

C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements.

D. Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 19 of the Guarantee provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Subsidiary (each a “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make additional Extensions of Credit, and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made.

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 19 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and each New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date). Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor. The Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SECTION 2. Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Bank Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity and principles of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to be an original and shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Guarantee, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

  ,
as a Guarantor
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Supplement to Guarantee]


EXHIBIT D

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

[See attached]


PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

Reference is hereby made to (i) that certain Amended & Restated Security Agreement dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), between TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), the Borrower’s subsidiaries party thereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and the Collateral Representative (as defined therein) and (ii) that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, Holdings, the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement.

As used herein, the term “Companies” means Holdings, Borrower and each Guarantor.

The undersigned hereby certify to the Collateral Agent as follows:

1. Names.

(a) The exact legal name of each Company, as such name appears in its respective certificate of incorporation or any other organizational document, is set forth in Schedule 1(a). Each Company is (i) the type of entity disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a) and (ii) a registered organization except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 1(a). Also set forth in Schedule 1(a) is the organizational identification number, if any, of each Company that is a registered organization, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number, if any, of each Company and the jurisdiction of formation of each Company.

(b) Set forth in Schedule 1(b) hereto is any other corporate or organizational names each Company has had in the past five (5) years, together with the date of the relevant change.

(c) Set forth in Schedule 1(c) is a list of all other names used by each Company, or any other business or organization to which each Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise at any time in the past five (5) years. Except as set forth in Schedule 1(c), no Company has changed its jurisdiction of organization at any time during the past four (4) months.

2. Current Locations. The chief executive office of each Company is located at the address set forth in Schedule 2 hereto.

3. UCC Filing Offices. Attached hereto as Schedule 3 is a schedule of the Uniform Commercial Code filing offices (i) in each jurisdiction identified in Schedule 1(a) or Schedule 2 with respect to each legal name set forth in Schedule 1(a) and (ii) in each jurisdiction described in Schedule 1(c) relating to any of the transactions described in Schedule (1)(c) with respect to each legal name of the person or entity from which each Company purchased or otherwise acquired any of the Collateral.

 

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4. Real Property. Attached hereto as Schedule 4(a) is a list of all (i) real property with a value of at least $20,000,000 owned by each Company (all of which in the case of such property located in the United States, referred to as “Mortgaged Property”) as of the Closing Date and (ii) filing offices for mortgages relating to the Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date. Attached hereto as Schedule 4(b) is a list of all water rights owned or used by the Companies in connection with the operation of any Mortgaged Property.

5. Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests. Attached hereto as Schedule 5(a) is a true and correct list of all of the authorized, and the issued and outstanding, stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity interest of each Company and its Subsidiaries and the record and beneficial owners of such stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests. Set forth on Schedule 5(b) is each equity investment of each Company that represents 50% or less of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made.

6. Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness held by each Company as of the date hereof having a principal amount in excess of $20,000,000, including all intercompany notes between or among any two or more Companies or any of their Subsidiaries.

7. Intellectual Property. Attached hereto as Schedule 7(a) is a schedule setting forth all of each Company’s Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses (each as defined in the Security Agreement) registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Attached hereto as Schedule 7(b) is a schedule setting forth all of each Company’s United States Copyrights and Copyright Licenses (each as defined in the Security Agreement) registered with the United States Copyright Office.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate as of this day of                 ,     .

 

HOLDINGS:
TEX Intermediate Company LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
BORROWER:
TEX Operations Company LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Perfection Certificate]


Schedule 1(a)

Legal Names, Etc.

 

Legal Name

   Type of Entity      Registered
Organization
(Yes/No)
     Organizational
Number
     Federal
Taxpayer
Identification
Number
     State of
Formation
 
              
              
              
              
              
              
              

 

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Schedule 1(b)

Prior Organizational Names

 

Company/Subsidiary

  

Prior Name

  

Date of Change

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

D-5


Schedule 1(c)

Changes in Corporate Identity; Other Names

 

Company/Subsidiary

  

Action

  

Date of Action

  

State of

Formation

  

Other Names Used on IRS
Filings

           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

D-6


Schedule 2

Chief Executive Offices

 

Company/Subsidiary

  

Address

  

County

  

State

        
        
        
        
        
        
        

 

D-7


Schedule 3

UCC Filing Offices

 

Entity

  

Filing Office

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

D-8


Schedule 4(a)

Real Property

 

Entity of Record

  

Address

  

County

  

State

  

Filing Office for

Mortgage

           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

D-9


Schedule 4(b)

Water Rights

Attached hereto is a true copy of the current Water Rights owned or used by any Company in connection with the operation of any Mortgaged Property.

 

D-10


Schedule 5

Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests

 

(a) Companies

 

Issuer

   Record
Owner
     Certificate
Number
     Number of
Authorized
Shares
     Number of
Issued
Shares/Interests
     Percent
Shares/Interest
     Percent
Pledged
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

(b) Other Equity Interests

 

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Schedule 6

Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper

 

(a) Promissory Notes

 

Entity

   Principal Amount      Date of Issuance      Interest Rate      Maturity Date  
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

(b) Instruments

 

(c) Chattel Paper

 

D-12


Schedule 7(a)

Patents and Trademarks

UNITED STATES PATENTS

Registrations:

 

Owner

  

Registration Number

  

Title

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Applications:

 

Owner

  

Application Number

  

Title

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Licenses:

 

Licensee

  

Licensor

  

Registration/Application

Number

  

Title/Description

        
        
        
        
        
        
        

 

D-13


UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS

Registrations:

 

Owner

  

Registration Number

  

Trademark

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Applications:

 

Owner

  

Application Number

  

Trademark

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Licenses:

 

Licensee

  

Licensor

  

Registration/Application

Number

  

Trademark

        
        
        
        
        
        
        

 

D-14


Schedule 7(b)

Copyrights

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS

Registrations:

 

Owner

  

Registration Number

  

Trademark

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Applications:

 

Owner

  

Application Number

  

Description

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Licenses:

 

Licensee

  

Licensor

  

Registration/Application

Number

  

Title/Description

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

 

D-15


EXHIBIT G

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF [REVOLVING][TERM] LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST [AMENDMENT]

([REVOLVING][TERM] LETTER OF CREDIT)

 

No.                     1

   Dated                    2

 

To:   Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, [            ], as the [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit Issuer, under the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”) and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby requests that the [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit Issuer [issue][amend]3 a [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit on                     4 (the “Date of Issuance”) in the aggregate stated amount of $        .

For purposes of this [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit Request, unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meanings provided therein.

The beneficiary of the requested [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit [will be][is]                     ,5 and such [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit [will be][is] in support of                     6 and [will have][has] a stated expiration date of                     .7

 

1  Letter of Credit Request Number.
2  Date of standby Letter of Credit Request (to be dated at least two Business Days prior to the Date of Issuance or such lesser number of Business Days as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Letter of Credit Issuer).
3  If an amendment, include a description of the proposed amendment.
4  Date of Issuance.
5  Insert name and address of beneficiary.
6  Insert description of supported obligations and name of agreement to which it relates, if any.
7  Insert last date upon which drafts may be presented.

 

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[The undersigned hereby certifies that:

(a) All representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Date of Issuance (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and

(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the Date of Issuance before or after giving effect to the issuance of the [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit requested hereby.]8

Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the documents to be presented by the beneficiary of the requested [Revolving][Term] Letter of Credit in the case of any drawing thereunder.

Attached hereto as Exhibit B is the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder.

Copies of all documentation with respect to the supported transaction are attached hereto.

 

8  To be included for issuances only.

 

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TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Letter of Credit Request]


EXHIBIT I

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF CREDIT PARTY CLOSING CERTIFICATE

[See attached]


CLOSING CERTIFICATE

OF THE COMPANIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO

                    ,         

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”) and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

1. The undersigned, [            ], in [his][her] capacity as an Authorized Officer of [            ], solely in [his][her] capacity as such and not individually, hereby certifies as follows:

(a) As of the Conversion Date, the Specified Representations, are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty was true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(b) No Company Material Adverse Change has occurred since the Closing Date.

(c) As of the Conversion Date, no Material DIP Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(d) As of the Conversion Date, the Borrower has a Minimum Liquidity of at least $500,000,000.

(e) [Solely in the event that the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is required to be tested pursuant to Section 10.9 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower is in Pro Forma Compliance with the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 10.9 of the Credit Agreement after giving effect to the Transactions.]

2. The undersigned, [            ], in [his][her] capacity as an Authorized Officer of the entities listed on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Company”), solely in [his][her] capacity as such and not individually, hereby certifies as follows:

(a) [            ] is duly elected and qualified to serve as [            ] of each Company listed on Schedule IV hereto, and the signature set forth on the signature line below is such [            ] true and genuine signature.

(b) [            ] is duly elected and qualified to serve as [            ] of each Company listed on Schedule V hereto, and the signature set forth on the signature line below is such [            ] true and genuine signature.

 

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3. The undersigned [            ] of each applicable Company, solely in their respective capacities as [            ] of each applicable Company and not individually, hereby certifies as follows:

(a) attached hereto as Exhibit A is a complete and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors, sole member, managing member, manager, general partner or equivalent governing body, as applicable, (or a duly authorized committee thereof), respectively, of each Company authorizing (i) the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which such Company is a party and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated under the Credit Documents; such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded and have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof;

(b) attached hereto as Exhibit B or filed with the SEC in the filing identified in Schedule III hereto (and hereby incorporated herein by reference as if attached hereto) are true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents, respectively, of each Company, as in effect as of the date hereof;

(c) attached hereto as Exhibit C is a certificate of good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction of organization) for each Company from each such Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, dated a recent date prior to the Conversion Date; and

(d) the persons listed on Schedule II are now duly elected and qualified officers of the Companies indicated on Schedule I, holding the offices indicated on Schedule II, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of each applicable Company each Credit Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by each applicable Company pursuant to each Credit Document.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the parties executing this Closing Certificate are acting in their capacities as Authorized Officers for each of the applicable Companies, and each of the Companies may be acting in its capacity as a shareholder, member, managing member, manager, general partner, trustee, beneficiary, or other controlling or significant interest owner, or other type of representative, of another Company, as may be required or permitted by applicable law or the Companies’ organizational documents.

 

I-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereto set our names as of the date set forth above.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
FOR THE COMPANIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE IV HERETO:
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
FOR THE COMPANIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE V HERETO:
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Closing Certificate of the Companies listed on Schedule I hereto]


SCHEDULE I

[COMPANIES]


SCHEDULE II

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES

 

Name

  

Title

  

Signature

     
     
     

 

[Closing Certificate-Incumbency Signature Page]


SCHEDULE III

[FILINGS]


SCHEDULE IV

[COMPANIES]


SCHEDULE V

[COMPANIES]


EXHIBIT A

[RESOLUTIONS]


EXHIBIT B

[ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS]


EXHIBIT C

[GOOD STANDINGS]


EXHIBIT J

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

This Assignment and Acceptance (this “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4 Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s] [the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities5 identified below [(including, without limitation, the Term Letters of Credit included in such facilities)]6 [(including, without limitation, the Revolving Letters of Credit included in such facilities)]7 and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and

 

1  For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.
2  For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.
3  Select as appropriate.
4  Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.
5  Include all applicable subfacilities.
6  Include only if assignment includes a Term Letter of Credit Commitment.
7 

Include only if assignment involves a Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

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obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

1. Assignor[s]:                                                              

2. Assignee[s]:                                                              

[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]

3. Borrower: TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

4. Administrative Agent: Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement

5. Credit Agreement: Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Borrower, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

6. Assigned Interest:

 

Assignor[s]8

   Assignee[s]9      Facility
Assigned10
     Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for All Lenders11
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment/
Loans12
    CUSIP
Number
 
         $                    $                            
         $                    $                            
         $                    $                            

[7. Trade Date:                                         ]13

Effective Date:             , 20     [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

8  List each Assignor, as appropriate.
9  List each Assignee, as appropriate.
10  Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g., “Term Letter of Credit Commitment,” “Revolving Credit Commitment,” “Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment,” etc.).
11  Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
12  Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
13  To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

ANNEX 1-2


The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Consented to and Accepted:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Consented to:14
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

14  Insert for the Borrower or any other entity whose consent is required under the Credit Agreement.

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Acceptance]


ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

1.2 Assignee. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 13.6(b)(ii) and (iii) and (v) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 13.6(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) 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 Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) it is not a Disqualified Institution; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

ANNEX 1-1


2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance. This Assignment and Acceptance, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

ANNEX 1-2


EXHIBIT K-1

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

(REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS)

 

$           

New York, New York

[            , 20    ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to [Revolving Credit Lender] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of (a) [AMOUNT] [($[    ])], or, if less, (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount, if any, of Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Borrower, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers party thereto from time to time, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties named therein.

The Borrower hereby further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s office or such other place as the Administrative Agent shall have specified. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) at the Default Rate. The Revolving Credit Loans evidenced hereby are subject to prepayment prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part, as provided in the Credit Agreement.

This promissory note (this “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. The Revolving Credit Loans evidenced hereby are guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents.

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives presentment, protest, demand and notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Promissory Note.

All payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note shall be made to the Person recorded in the Register as the holder of this Promissory Note, as described more fully in Section 2.5(e) of the Credit Agreement, and such Person shall be treated as the Revolving Credit Lender hereunder for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

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THIS PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Signature page follows]

 

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TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans)]


LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

 

Date

   Type of Loan
Made
     Amount of
Revolving Credit
Loan Made
     End of Interest
Period
     Amount of
Principal or
Interest Paid
This Date
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance This
Date
     Notation
Made By
 
                 
                 
                 

 

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EXHIBIT K-2

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

(TERM LOANS)

 

$           

New York, New York

[            , 20    ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to [Term Loan Lender] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of (a) [AMOUNT] [($[        ])], or, if less, (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount, if any, of Term Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Borrower, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers party thereto from time to time, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties named therein.

The Borrower hereby further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan made by the Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s office or such other place as the Administrative Agent shall have specified. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) at the Default Rate. The Term Loans evidenced hereby are subject to prepayment prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part, as provided in the Credit Agreement.

This promissory note (this “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. The Term Loans evidenced hereby are guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents.

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives presentment, protest, demand and notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with of this Promissory Note.

All payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note shall be made to the Person recorded in the Register as the holder of this Promissory Note, as described more fully in Section 2.5(e) of the Credit Agreement, and such Person shall be treated as the Term Loan Lender hereunder for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

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THIS PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Signature page follows]

 

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TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Promissory Note (Term Loans)]


LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

 

Date

   Type of
Loan
Made
     Amount
of Term
Loan
Made
     End of
Interest
Period
     Amount of
Principal
or Interest
Paid This

Date
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance This
Date
     Notation
Made By
 
                 
                 
                 

 

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EXHIBIT K-3

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

(TERM C LOANS)

 

$           

New York, New York

[        , 20    ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to [Term C Loan Lender] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of (a) [AMOUNT] [($[         ])], or, if less, (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount, if any, of Term C Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Borrower, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers party thereto from time to time, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties named therein.

The Borrower hereby further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term C Loan made by the Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s office or such other place as the Administrative Agent shall have specified. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) at the Default Rate. The Term C Loans evidenced hereby are subject to prepayment prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part, as provided in the Credit Agreement

This promissory note (this “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. The Term C Loans evidenced hereby are guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents.

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives presentment, protest, demand and notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Promissory Note.

All payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note shall be made to the Person recorded in the Register as the holder of this Promissory Note, as described more fully in Section 2.5(e) of the Credit Agreement, and such Person shall be treated as the Term C Loan Lender hereunder for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

[Signature Page to Promissory Note (Term C Loans)]


THIS PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Signature page follows]

 

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TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Promissory Note (Term C Loans)]


LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

 

Date

   Type of
Loan
Made
     Amount
of Term
C Loan
Made
     End of
Interest
Period
     Amount of
Principal
or Interest
Paid This
Date
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance This
Date
     Notation
Made By
 
                 
                 
                 

 

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EXHIBIT L

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF INCREMENTAL AMENDMENT

INCREMENTAL AMENDMENT, dated as of [            , 20    ] (this “Agreement”), by and among [LENDERS PROVIDING NEW LOANS] (each, a “New Loan Lender” and, collectively, the “New Loan Lenders”), TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”) and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the other parties named therein (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement); and

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term C Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans by, among other things, entering into one or more Incremental Amendments with Incremental Term Loan Lenders, Incremental Term C Loan Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders (each a “New Loan Lender”), as applicable;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Each New Loan Lender party hereto hereby agrees to provide its respective Incremental Term Loans (in the case of each New Loan Lender that is lending Incremental Term Loans (each an “Incremental Term Loan Lender”)), Incremental Term C Loans (in the case of each New Loan Lender that is lending Incremental Term C Loans (each an “Incremental Term C Loan Lender”)) or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (in the case of each New Loan Lender that is lending Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (each an “Incremental Revolving Loan Lender”)), as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below.

Each New Loan Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the exhibits thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other New Loan Lender or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are

 

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delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Incremental Term Loan Lender, Incremental Term C Loan Lender and/or an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender, as the case may be.

Each New Loan Lender hereby agrees to make its respective Commitment on the following terms and conditions:1

1. Applicable Margin. The Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin, as applicable, for each Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Term C Loan or Incremental Revolving Credit Loan shall mean, as of any date of determination, the applicable percentage per annum as set forth below based on the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio in effect on such date:2

 

[Incremental Term Loans][Incremental Term C Loans] [Incremental Revolving Credit Loans]

 

Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio

   LIBOR Loans     ABR Loans  

    :    

                  

2. Principal Payments. The Borrower shall make principal payments on the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans in installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth below:

 

(A)

Payment Date

   (B)
Scheduled Repayment of Incremental Term Loans
 
   $                
   $                
   $                
   $                
   $                
   $                
   $                
   $                

 

1  Insert completed items 1-7 as applicable, with respect to Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term C Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans with such modifications as may be agreed to by the parties hereto to the extent consistent with the Credit Agreement.
2  Include reserve amount if applicable.

 

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3. Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments. Scheduled installments of principal of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans set forth above shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term C Loans in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the Credit Agreement respectively.

4. Prepayment Fees. Borrower agrees to pay to each New Loan Lender the following prepayment fees, if any: [            ].

[Insert other additional prepayment provisions with respect to Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term C Loans]

5. Other Fees. Borrower agrees to pay each New Loan Lender its pro rata share (determined based upon each [Incremental Term Loan Lender’s][Incremental Term C Loan Lender’s][Incremental Revolving Loan Lender’s] share of the [Incremental Term Loans][Incremental Term C Loans][Incremental Revolving Credit Term Loans]) of an aggregate fee equal to $[        ] on [            ,20    ].

6. Proposed Borrowing. This Agreement represents Borrower’s request to borrow Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term C Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans from the Additional Lenders as follows (the “Proposed Borrowing”):

 

  (a) Business Day of Proposed Borrowing:                                         

 

  (b) Amount of Proposed Borrowing: $        

 

  (c) Interest Rate option:

 

  (i) ABR Loan(s)

 

  (ii) LIBOR Loans with an initial Interest Period of      month(s)

7. [New Loan Lenders. Each New Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and the making of [Incremental Term Loans][Incremental Term C Loans][Incremental Revolving Credit Loans], as the case may be, that such New Loan Lender shall become a “Lender” under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder.]3

 

3  Insert bracketed language if the lending institution is not already a Lender.

 

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8. Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the [Incremental Term Loans][Incremental Term C Loans][Incremental Revolving Credit Loans] shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

9. Borrower’s Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies, on behalf of the Borrower and not in his/her individual capacity, that:

(i) [the [representations and warranties]4[Specified Representations]5 contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof to the same extent as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; and]6

(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Borrowing contemplated hereby that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default.7

10. Borrower Covenants. By its execution of this Agreement, the Borrower hereby covenants that the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the Incremental Loan Commitments.

11. Notice. For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each New Loan Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below.

 

4  Select this option if requested by the Persons holding more than 50% of the applicable Incremental Loans or Incremental Loan Commitments.
5  Select this option if the incremental Indebtedness is being used to finance a Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition constituting a permitted Investment.
6  Include only if (i) requested by the Persons holding more than 50% of the applicable Incremental Loans or Incremental Loan Commitments or (ii) the incremental Indebtedness is being used to finance a Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition constituting a permitted Investment.
7  If the incremental Indebtedness is being provided in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition constituting a permitted Investment, or in connection with refinancing of any Indebtedness that requires an irrevocable prepayment or redemption notice, then no Event of Default under (A) Sections 11.1 or 11.5 of the Credit Agreement shall exist on such Increased Amount Date and (B) such other provisions of Section 11 of the Credit Agreement as may otherwise be required by the Lenders providing the applicable Incremental Loan Commitment immediately before or immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Loan Commitment and the borrowing of any Incremental Loans thereunder.

 

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12. Tax Forms. For each relevant New Loan Lender, delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such New Loan Lender may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(c) and/or Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement.

13. Recordation of the New Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term C Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, made by each New Loan Lender in the Register.

14. Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.

15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

16. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

17. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.

18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

19. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

  a. submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

  b. consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

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  c. agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at such address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement;

 

  d. agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction;

 

  e. subject to the last paragraph of Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement, waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 19 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; and

 

  f. agrees that a final judgment in any 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 Applicable Law.

20. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Incremental Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NAME OF NEW LOAN LENDER]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Notice Address:
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
TEX Operations Company LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Incremental Amendment]


Consented to by:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Incremental Amendment]


SCHEDULE A

TO INCREMENTAL AMENDMENT

 

Name of New Loan Lender

  

Type of Commitment

   Amount  

[                                         ]

  

[Incremental Term Loans]

 

[Incremental Term C Loans]

 

[Incremental Revolving Credit Loans]

   $                

[                                         ]

  

[Incremental Term Loans]

 

[Incremental Term C Loans]

 

[Incremental Revolving Credit Loans]

   $                
     

 

 

 

Total:

      $                
     

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT M

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

[See attached]


[FORM OF]

JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

dated as of [                    ]

among

[    ]1,

as Senior Representative for the

First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties,

[    ],

as the Junior Priority Representative for the

Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties

and

each additional Representative from time to time party hereto,

and acknowledged and agreed to by

TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC,

as Holdings,

TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC,

as Borrower

and

the other Grantors party hereto

 

1  NOTE Insert First Lien Collateral Representative on the date of this Agreement.

 

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JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [                    ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among [    ]2, as Representative for the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Representative”), [    ], as Representative for the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Junior Lien Collateral Agent”) and as Administrative Agent for the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Junior Lien Administrative Agent”), and each additional Junior Priority Representative and Senior Representative that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.09, and acknowledged and agreed to by TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”) and the other Grantors (as defined below) from time to time party hereto.

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the First Lien Collateral Representative (for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Junior Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties), each additional Senior Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Senior Debt Parties under the applicable Additional Senior Debt Facility) and each additional Junior Priority Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Junior Priority Debt Parties under the applicable Junior Priority Debt Facility) agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the First Lien Credit Agreement [or the Collateral Trust Agreement, as applicable,]3 or, if defined in the New York UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Additional Junior Priority Debt” means any Indebtedness that is issued or guaranteed by the Borrower and/or any other Grantor (and not guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor) (other than Indebtedness constituting Junior Lien Credit Agreement Obligations), which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the Junior Priority Collateral (or any portion thereof) on a pari passu basis or a junior priority basis (but without regard to control of remedies, other than as provided by the terms of the applicable Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents) with the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and any other Junior Priority Debt Obligations and which the applicable Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents provide that such Indebtedness and guarantees are to be secured by such Junior Priority Collateral on a subordinate basis to the Senior Obligations (and which is not secured by Liens on any assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor other than the Junior Priority Collateral or which are not included in the Senior Collateral); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then extant Senior Debt Document and Junior Priority Debt Document and (ii) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have (A) become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof and (B) become a party to the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by

 

2  NOTE Insert First Lien Collateral Representative on the date of this Agreement.
3 

NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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satisfying the conditions set forth in the applicable Sections thereof providing for the joinder of additional Indebtedness thereto; provided further that, if such Indebtedness will be the initial Additional Junior Priority Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Grantors, the then-existing Junior Priority Representative and the Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. Additional Junior Priority Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Junior Priority Debt, the promissory notes, loan agreements, indentures, the Junior Priority Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, replaced, extended, renewed and/or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Additional Junior Priority Debt Facility” means each indenture, loan agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Junior Priority Debt.

Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Junior Priority Debt, all amounts owing pursuant to the terms of such Additional Junior Priority Debt, including, without limitation, the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest (including interest, fees, and expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether such interest is an allowed claim under such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), letter of credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by a Grantor under any Additional Junior Priority Debt Document.

Additional Junior Priority Debt Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Junior Priority Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any other Grantor under any related Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents.

Additional Senior Debt” means any Indebtedness (or other secured obligations) that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor (other than Indebtedness or obligations constituting First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations) which Indebtedness and Guarantees are secured by the Senior Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu basis or a junior priority basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations (but in either case on a senior priority basis to the Junior Priority Debt Obligations); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness (or other secured obligations) is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then extant Senior Debt Document and Junior Priority Debt Document and (ii) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness (or other secured obligations) shall have (A) become a party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof and (B) become a party to the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in the applicable Sections thereof providing for the joinder of additional Indebtedness thereto; provided further that, if such Indebtedness will be the initial Additional Senior Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Grantors, the First Lien Collateral Representative and the Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. Additional Senior Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

Additional Senior Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the promissory notes, loan agreements, indentures, the Senior Collateral

 

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Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, replaced, extended, renewed and/or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Additional Senior Debt Facility” means each indenture, loan agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Senior Debt.

Additional Senior Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, all amounts owing pursuant to the terms of such Additional Senior Debt, including, without limitation, the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest (including interest, fees, and expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether such interest is an allowed or allowable claim under such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), letter of credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by a Grantor under any Additional Senior Debt Document.

Additional Senior Debt Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents.

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Class Debt Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Collateral” means the Senior Collateral and the Junior Priority Collateral.

Collateral Documents” means the Senior Collateral Documents and the Junior Priority Collateral Documents.

[“Collateral Trust Agreement” means that certain Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, by and among the Borrower, the RCT, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, Delaware Trust Company, as Collateral Trustee, and certain other First Lien Secured Parties from time to time party thereto.]4

 

4  NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Debt Facility” means any Senior Facility and any Junior Priority Debt Facility.

Designated Junior Priority Representative” means (i) the Junior Lien Collateral Agent, so long as the Junior Lien Credit Agreement is the only Junior Priority Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) if there is more than one Junior Priority Debt Facility under this Agreement, the agent designated as the controlling agent under the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement at such time; provided that if the Representatives for all Junior Priority Debt then outstanding are not a party to the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement at such time then the Junior Priority Representative designated from time to time by the Junior Priority Majority Representatives, in a notice to the Designated Senior Representative and the Borrower, as the “Designated Junior Priority Representative” for purposes hereof shall be the Designated Junior Priority Representative; it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement, the Designated Junior Priority Representative shall be the Junior Lien Collateral Agent. When any Designated Junior Priority Representative other than the Junior Lien Collateral Agent becomes the Designated Junior Priority Representative it shall send a written notice thereof to the Designated Senior Representative and the Borrower.

Designated Senior Representative” means (i) if at any time there is only one Senior Facility with respect to which the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, the Senior Representative for such Senior Facility and (ii) at any time when clause (i) does not apply, the agent designated as the controlling agent under the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement at such time; it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement, the Designated Senior Representative shall be the First Lien Collateral Representative. When any Designated Senior Representative other than the First Lien Collateral Representative becomes the Designated Senior Representative it shall send a written notice thereof to the Designated Junior Priority Representative and the Borrower.

DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.

Discharge” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral and any Debt Facility, the date on which such Debt Facility and the Senior Obligations or Junior Priority Debt Obligations thereunder, as the case may be, are no longer secured by, and are no longer required to be secured by, any such Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Debt Facility. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.

Discharge of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Discharge of the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral; provided that the Discharge of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations with an Additional Senior Debt Facility secured by such Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Debt Documents which has been designated in writing by the First Lien Collateral Representative (under the First Lien Credit Agreement so Refinanced) to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative as the “First Lien Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.

Discharge of Senior Obligations” means the date on which the Discharge of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and the Discharge of each Additional Senior Debt Facility has occurred[; provided that for so long as the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect, “Discharge of Senior Obligations” shall mean (x) the Discharge of First Lien Obligations (under and as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement) and (y) the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (under and as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement)]5.

 

5  NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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First Lien Collateral Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor Collateral Representative under the First Lien Credit Agreement. [The terms and provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.5(d) of the Collateral Trust Agreement) shall apply equally to the rights and obligations of the Collateral Representative under this Agreement.]6

First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, among, inter alios, the Borrower, the lenders and other financial institutions party thereto, the First Lien Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as collateral agent, and the other agents party thereto from time to time, as further amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, extended, renewed, Refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

First Lien Credit Agreement Administrative Agent” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Credit Agreement Credit Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Credit Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, in each case, as may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, replaced, extended, renewed and/or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means [the Collateral Trust Agreement or]7 one or more intercreditor agreements among the Administrative Agent (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and/or First Lien Collateral Representative, on the one hand, and one or more senior representatives for the holders of Additional Senior Debt that are intended to be or are senior to the Junior Priority Debt in any or all respects, on the other hand, and any other Person party thereto (including, without limitation, any Grantor), in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

First Lien Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, in each case, as may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

[“First-Out Obligations” has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement.]8

 

6  NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.
7  NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.
8  NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Grantors” means the Borrower, Holdings, the other Guarantors, and each of their respective Subsidiaries or direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower which has granted a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are listed on the signature pages hereto as Grantors.

Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

(1) any case commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Borrower or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

(2) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Borrower or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First Lien Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form of Annex II or Annex III hereof.

[“Junior Lien Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor Administrative Agent under the Junior Lien Credit Agreement.]

Junior Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor Collateral Agent under the Junior Lien Credit Agreement.

[“Junior Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain [    ], as amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, extended, renewed, Refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.] 9

Junior Lien Credit Agreement Credit Documents” means the Junior Lien Credit Agreement and the other “[Credit Documents]” as defined in the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, replaced, extended, renewed and/or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

9  NOTE References to Junior Lien Credit Agreement herein and related defined terms to be adjusted as necessary if the initial Junior Priority Debt is not in the form of a credit agreement.

 

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Junior Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “[Obligations]” as defined in the Junior Lien Credit Agreement.

Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “[Secured Parties]” as defined in the Junior Lien Credit Agreement.

Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means one or more intercreditor agreements among the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Junior Lien Credit Agreement) and/or Junior Lien Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and one or more senior representatives for the holders of Additional Junior Priority Debt that are intended to be or are pari passu or junior to the Junior Priority Debt in any or all respects, on the other hand, and any other Person party thereto (including, without limitation, any Grantor), in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

Junior Lien Security Agreement” means the “[Security Agreement]” as defined in the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Junior Priority Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Junior Priority Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Junior Priority Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Junior Priority Collateral” means any “Collateral” (or similar term) as defined in any Junior Lien Credit Agreement Credit Document or any other Junior Priority Debt Document or any other assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Junior Priority Collateral Document as security for any Junior Priority Debt Obligation.

Junior Priority Collateral Documents” means the Junior Lien Security Agreement and the other “[Security Documents]” as defined in the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (upon and after the initial execution and delivery thereof by the initial parties thereto) and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Junior Priority Debt Obligation, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Junior Priority Debt” means any Junior Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and any Additional Junior Priority Debt.

Junior Priority Debt Documents” means the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Credit Documents and any Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Junior Priority Debt Facilities” means the Junior Lien Credit Agreement and any Additional Junior Priority Debt Facilities.

Junior Priority Debt Obligations” means the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and any Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations.

Junior Priority Debt Parties” means the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Additional Junior Priority Debt Parties.

Junior Priority Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Junior Priority Representative, the date which is 180 days after the occurrence of the later of (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Junior Priority Debt Documents for which such Junior Priority Representative has been named as Representative) and (ii) the Designated Senior Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Junior Priority Representative that (x) such Junior Priority Representative is the Designated Junior Priority Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Junior Priority Debt Documents for which such Junior Priority Representative has been named as Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the Junior Priority Debt Obligations of the series with respect to which such Junior Priority Representative is the Junior Priority Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of the acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Junior Priority Debt Documents; provided that the Junior Priority Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Shared Collateral if (1) at any time the Designated Senior Representative has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Shared Collateral or (2) at any time the Grantor which has granted a security interest in such Shared Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; provided, further, that, if the Designated Senior Representative is stayed or otherwise precluded by law, regulation, or order from commencing or pursuing an enforcement action against such Shared Collateral, then such 180 -day period shall not commence until the Designated Senior Representative is no longer stayed or otherwise precluded from commencing or pursuing an enforcement action against such Shared Collateral.

Junior Priority Lien” means the Liens on the Junior Priority Collateral in favor of Junior Priority Debt Parties under Junior Priority Collateral Documents.

Junior Priority Majority Representatives” means Junior Priority Representatives representing at least a majority of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Junior Priority Debt Obligations that agree to vote together.

Junior Priority Representative” means (i) in the case of the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, the Junior Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any Junior Priority Debt Facility incurred after the date hereof, the Junior Priority Debt Parties thereunder, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Junior Priority Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Junior Priority Debt Facility in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, collateral assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease or license in the nature thereof); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to be a Lien.

New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

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Officer’s Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.08.

Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

Plan of Reorganization” means plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation, agreement for composition, or other type of plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.05(a).

Proceeds” means the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of Shared Collateral and any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared Collateral in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any amounts received by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party from a Junior Priority Debt Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement and all other Proceeds (as defined in the New York UCC) of Shared Collateral.

Purchase Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.07.

RCT” means the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Recovery” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter into alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including, in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

Replacement Senior Obligation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10.

Representatives” means the Senior Representatives and the Junior Priority Representatives.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.

Secured Obligations” means the Senior Obligations and the Junior Priority Debt Obligations.

Secured Parties” means the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Priority Debt Parties.

Senior Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

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Senior Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Senior Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

Senior Collateral” means any “Collateral” (or similar term) as defined in any First Lien Credit Agreement Credit Document or any other Senior Debt Document or any other assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Senior Collateral Document as security for any Senior Obligations.

Senior Collateral Documents” means the First Lien Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (upon and after the initial execution and delivery thereof by the initial parties thereto) and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Senior Obligation, in each case, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this agreement.

Senior Debt Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Credit Documents and any Additional Senior Debt Documents, in each case, as may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, replaced, extended, renewed and/or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Senior Facilities” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and any Additional Senior Debt Facilities.

Senior Lien” means the Liens on the Senior Collateral in favor of the Senior Secured Parties under the Senior Collateral Documents.

Senior Obligations” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations[, the First-Out Obligations]10 and any Additional Senior Debt Obligations[; provided that the aggregate principal or face amount of debt constituting Senior Obligations (excluding any Senior Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements and/or Secured Hedge Agreements) shall not exceed the amount of such debt permitted to be incurred in accordance with the terms of the Junior Priority Debt Documents in effect on the date hereof or on such later date to the extent such amount has been increased]11.

Senior Representative” means (i) in the case of any First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the First Lien Collateral Representative and (ii) in the case of any Additional Senior Debt Facility and the Additional Senior Debt Parties thereunder, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Additional Senior Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Additional Senior Debt Facility hereunder or in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

Senior Secured Parties” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Additional Senior Debt Parties.

 

10  NOTE Include to the extent the Collateral Trust Agreement is in effect on the date of this Agreement.
11  NOTE In no event shall this amount be less than the maximum amount of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, First-Out Obligations and Additional Senior Debt Obligations outstanding and permitted to be incurred as of the date of this Agreement.

 

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Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of Senior Obligations under at least one Senior Facility and the holders of Junior Priority Debt Obligations under at least one Junior Priority Debt Facility (or, in each case, their Representatives) hold a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the Senior Facilities, are deemed pursuant to Article II to hold a security interest). If, at any time, any portion of the Senior Collateral under one or more Senior Facilities does not constitute Junior Priority Collateral under one or more Junior Priority Debt Facilities, then such portion of such Senior Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral only with respect to the Junior Priority Debt Facilities for which it constitutes Junior Priority Collateral and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Junior Priority Debt Facility which does not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time or is a controlling general partner. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means, unless otherwise specified, the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

SECTION 1.02. 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 neutral 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, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the Subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such Subsidiaries, (iii) 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, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, 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 and (vi) the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.”

SECTION 1.03. Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 1.2 through 1.10 thereof) shall be applicable to this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

SECTION 2.01. Subordination.

(a) Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to any Junior Priority Representative or any other Junior Priority Debt Party on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction, any applicable law, any Junior Priority Debt Document or any Senior Debt Document or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby agrees that (a) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior Priority Debt Obligations and (b) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior Priority Debt Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Junior Priority Representative, any other Junior Priority Debt Party or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Obligations. All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior Priority Debt Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Obligations are junior and/or subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.

SECTION 2.02. Nature of Senior Lender Claims. Each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the Senior Obligations is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the Senior Debt Documents and the Senior Obligations may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the Senior Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced in whole or in part from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the Senior Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by any Junior Priority Representative or Junior Priority Debt Party and without affecting the provisions hereof. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.01 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of either the Senior Obligations or the Junior Priority Debt Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between the Borrower and the other Grantors and the Junior Priority Debt Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower and the Grantors contained in any Junior Priority Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of additional Senior Obligations.

SECTION 2.03. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest, or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Senior Obligations held (or purported to be

 

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held) by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any of the other Senior Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Collateral. Each Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Secured Party under its Senior Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest, or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Junior Priority Debt Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any of any Junior Priority Representative or any of the Junior Priority Debt Parties or other agent or trustee therefor in any Junior Priority Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any Senior Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Obligations as provided in Section 2.01) or any of the Senior Debt Documents.

SECTION 2.04. No Other Liens. The parties hereto (including the Borrower, on behalf of the Grantors) agree that it is their intention that the Senior Collateral and Junior Priority Collateral be identical, except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein or to the extent not constituting Shared Collateral. The parties hereto further agree that, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, (a) none of the Grantors shall, or shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, grant or permit any Lien on any asset to secure any Junior Priority Debt Obligation unless it has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset to secure the Senior Obligations, and (b) if any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party shall hold any Lien on any assets or property of any Grantor securing any Junior Priority Debt Obligations that are not also subject to the Liens securing all Senior Obligations under the Senior Priority Collateral Documents, such Junior Priority Representative or Junior Priority Debt Party (i) shall notify the Designated Senior Representative promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to each Senior Representative as security for the Senior Obligations, shall assign such Lien to the Designated Senior Representative as security for all Senior Obligations for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties (but may retain a junior Lien on such assets or property subject to the terms hereof) and (ii) until such assignment or such grant of a similar Lien to each Senior Representative, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of each Senior Representative and the other Senior Secured Parties as security for the Senior Obligations. To the extent that the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other right or remedy available to any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party, each Junior Priority Representative agrees, for itself and on behalf of the other Junior Priority Debt Parties, that any amounts received by or distributed to any Junior Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien granted in contravention of this Section 2.04 shall be subject to Sections 4.01 and 4.02.

SECTION 2.05. Perfection of Liens. Except for the limited agreements of the Senior Representatives pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof, none of the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Junior Priority Representatives or the Junior Priority Debt Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Priority Debt Parties and shall not impose on the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives, the Junior Priority Debt Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of Proceeds of any Shared Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.

SECTION 2.06. Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Senior Debt Document or Junior Priority Debt Document to the contrary, (x) Collateral consisting of cash and Permitted Investments (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and the proceeds thereof (i) pledged to secure First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of

 

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reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit pursuant the First Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) deposited in, or credited to, any account for the purpose of Cash Collateralizing obligations in respect of Letters of Credit pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement and/or (iii) deposited in, or credited to, any Term C Loan Collateral Account shall, in each case, be applied as specified in the [Collateral Trust Agreement and the]12 First Lien Credit Agreement and will not constitute Shared Collateral and, for the avoidance of doubt, no account (including the Term C Loans Collateral Accounts) containing any such cash and Permitted Investments shall constitute Shared Collateral and (y) (i) funds deposited for the satisfaction, discharge, redemption or defeasance of any Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the applicable Senior Debt Documents or Junior Priority Debt Document, (ii) cash collateral deposited with (or pledged to) any Senior Representative, Junior Priority Representative or Secured Party in accordance with the terms of the applicable Senior Debt Documents or Junior Priority Debt Document and (iii) cash collateral deposited with any Senior Representative, Junior Priority Representative or Secured Party in respect of any Hedging Obligations or Cash Management Obligations which are secured under the applicable Senior Debt Documents shall, in each case, be applied as specified in the applicable Senior Debt Documents or Junior Priority Debt Document, as applicable, and will not constitute Shared Collateral.

ARTICLE III

Enforcement

SECTION 3.01. Exercise of Remedies.

(a) So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, (i) neither any Junior Priority Representative nor any Junior Priority Debt Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Junior Priority Debt Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Collateral by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party in respect of the Senior Obligations, the exercise of any right by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party of any rights and remedies relating to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Collateral or the Senior Obligations, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Shared Collateral in respect of Senior Obligations and (ii) the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Shared Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Junior Priority Representative or any other Junior Priority Debt Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, any Junior Priority Representative may file a claim, proof of claim, or statement of interest with respect to the Junior Priority Debt Obligations under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, (B) any Junior Priority Representative may take any action (so long as such action is not adverse to the prior Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Obligations or the

 

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rights of the Senior Representatives or the other Senior Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Shared Collateral, (C) any Junior Priority Representative and the Junior Priority Debt Parties may exercise their rights and remedies as unsecured creditors, to the extent provided in Section 5.04, (D) the Junior Priority Debt Parties may file any responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims or Liens of the Junior Priority Debt Parties or the avoidance of any Junior Priority Lien to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, (E) the Junior Priority Debt Parties may vote with respect to any Plan of Reorganization in a manner that is consistent with and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, and (F) from and after the Junior Priority Enforcement Date (and subject to the occurrence thereof), the Designated Junior Priority Representative may exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Junior Priority Debt Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure) (in each case of (A) through (F) above, solely to the extent such action is not inconsistent with, or could not result in a resolution inconsistent with, the terms of this Agreement). In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Collateral, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Shared Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

(b) So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a) and in Article VI, each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not, in the context of its role as a secured creditor, take or receive any Shared Collateral or any Proceeds of Shared Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of Junior Priority Debt Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a) and in Article VI, the sole right of the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared Collateral in respect of Junior Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to the Junior Priority Debt Documents for the period set forth, and to the extent granted, therein and to receive a share of the Proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred.

(c) Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), (i) each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that neither such Junior Priority Representative nor any such Junior Priority Debt Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Debt Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Junior Priority Debt Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the Senior Obligations or the Liens granted on any of the Senior Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party is adverse to the interests of the Junior Priority Debt Parties.

 

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(d) Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Junior Priority Debt Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties with respect to the Senior Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Debt Documents.

(e) Subject to Section 3.01(a), the Designated Senior Representative shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Shared Collateral and shall have the exclusive right to determine and direct the time, method and place for exercising such right or remedy or conducting any proceeding with respect thereto. Following the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Designated Junior Priority Representative who may be instructed by the Junior Priority Majority Representatives shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Collateral, and the Designated Junior Priority Representative shall have the exclusive right to direct the time, method and place of exercising or conducting any proceeding for the exercise of any right or remedy available to the Junior Priority Debt Parties with respect to the Collateral, or of exercising or directing the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Junior Priority Representatives, or for the taking of any other action authorized by the Junior Priority Collateral Documents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3.01(e) shall impair the right of any Junior Priority Representative or other agent or trustee acting on behalf of the Junior Priority Debt Parties to take such actions with respect to the Collateral after the Discharge of Senior Obligations as may be otherwise required or authorized pursuant to any intercreditor agreement governing the Junior Priority Debt Parties or the Junior Priority Debt Obligations (including the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement).

SECTION 3.02. Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Secured Parties and the Senior Representatives upon the request of the Designated Senior Representative) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy, foreclosure or other action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Shared Collateral under any of the Junior Priority Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Junior Priority Debt Obligations.

SECTION 3.03. Actions upon Breach. Should any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of the Borrower or any other Grantor) or the Borrower or any other Grantor may obtain relief against such Junior Priority Representative or such Junior Priority Debt Party by injunction, specific performance or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby (i) agrees that the Senior Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of the Junior Priority Representatives or any Junior Priority Debt Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that the Borrower, any other Grantor or the Senior Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and (ii) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Payments

SECTION 4.01. Application of Proceeds. After an event of default under any Senior Debt Document has occurred and until such event of default is cured or waived, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred and regardless of whether an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, the Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Shared Collateral or upon the exercise of any other remedies shall be applied by the Designated Senior Representative to the Senior Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Senior Debt Documents (including the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each applicable Senior Representative shall deliver promptly to the Designated Junior Priority Representative any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Designated Junior Priority Representative to the Junior Priority Debt Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Junior Priority Debt Documents (including the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement).

SECTION 4.02. Payments Over. Subject to Article VI hereof, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred and regardless of whether an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Shared Collateral, whether or not in contravention of this Agreement or otherwise, shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of, and forthwith paid over to, the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Designated Senior Representative is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Junior Priority Representatives or any such Junior Priority Debt Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

ARTICLE V

Other Agreements

SECTION 5.01. Releases.

(a) Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, in the event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of any specified item of Shared Collateral (including all or substantially all of the equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower) by, or with the consent of, the Designated Senior Representative or otherwise permitted under the Senior Debt Documents, other than a release granted upon (unless granted in connection with) or following the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Liens granted to the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties upon such Shared Collateral to secure Junior Priority Debt Obligations shall (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at such time) terminate and be released, immediately and automatically and without any further action by any Person, concurrently with the termination and release of all Liens granted upon such Shared Collateral to secure Senior Obligations. Upon delivery to a Junior Priority Representative of an Officer’s Certificate stating that any such termination and release of Liens securing the Senior Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective concurrently with such termination and release of the Liens granted to the Junior Priority Debt Parties and the Junior Priority

 

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Representatives) and any necessary or proper instruments of termination or release prepared by the Borrower or any other Grantor, such Junior Priority Representative will promptly execute, deliver or acknowledge, at the Borrower’s or the other Grantor’s sole cost and expense, such instruments to evidence such termination and release of the Liens. Nothing in this Section 5.01(a) will be deemed to affect any agreement of a Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Junior Priority Debt Parties under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, to release the Liens on the Junior Priority Collateral as set forth in the relevant Junior Priority Debt Documents.

(b) Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Designated Senior Representative and any officer or agent of the Designated Senior Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Junior Priority Representative or such Junior Priority Debt Party or in the Designated Senior Representative’s own name, from time to time in the Designated Senior Representative’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Section 5.01(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and/or authorize any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of Section 5.01(a), including any termination statements, notations of liens, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release. The Designated Senior Representative hereby agrees to take action reasonably requested by the Grantors to carry out the terms of this Section 5.01(b) or to accomplish the purposes of Section 5.01(a).

(c) Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an event of default under any Senior Debt Document, of proceeds of Shared Collateral to the repayment of Senior Obligations pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents, provided that nothing in this Section 5.01(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Junior Priority Representatives or the Junior Priority Debt Parties to receive proceeds in connection with the Junior Priority Debt Obligations not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Junior Priority Collateral Document, in the event the terms of a Senior Collateral Document and a Junior Priority Collateral Document each require any Grantor (i) to make any payments in respect of any item of Shared Collateral to, (ii) to deliver or afford control over any item of Shared Collateral to, or deposit any item of Shared Collateral with, (iii) to make notations of lien or register ownership of any item of Shared Collateral in the name of or make an assignment of ownership of any Shared Collateral or the rights thereunder to, (iv) cause any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other Person acting in a similar capacity to agree to comply, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, with instructions or orders from, or to treat, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, as the entitlement holder, (v) hold any item of Shared Collateral in trust for (to the extent such item of Shared Collateral cannot be held in trust for multiple parties under applicable law), (vi) obtain the agreement of a bailee or other third party to hold any item of Shared Collateral for the benefit of or subject to the control of or, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, to follow the instructions of or (vii) obtain the agreement of a landlord with respect to access to leased premises where any item of Shared Collateral is located or waivers or subordination of rights with respect to any item of Shared Collateral in favor of, in any case, both any Senior Representative and any Junior Priority Representative or Junior Priority Debt Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the Junior Priority Collateral Document as it relates to such Shared Collateral by taking any of the actions set forth above only with respect to, or in favor of, the Designated Senior Representative; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any action or compliance with respect to the foregoing by any Grantor shall not cause a default or event of default to exist under any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Priority Debt Document.

 

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SECTION 5.02. Insurance and Condemnation Awards. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Designated Senior Representative and the Senior Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Debt Documents, (a) to be named as additional insured and loss payee under any insurance policies maintained from time to time by any Grantor, (b) to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and (c) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral. Subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Debt Documents, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award, if in respect of the Shared Collateral, shall be paid (i) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of Senior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Senior Debt Documents, (ii) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the Designated Junior Priority Representative for the benefit of the Junior Priority Debt Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Junior Priority Debt Documents and (iii) third, if no Junior Priority Debt Obligations are outstanding (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations and expense reimbursement obligations), to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award prior to the Discharge of Senior Obligations, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Designated Senior Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02 to be applied in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

SECTION 5.03. Amendments to Debt Documents.

(a) The Senior Debt Documents may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced, restructured, and/or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the Indebtedness under the Senior Debt Documents may be Refinanced or replaced, in whole or in part, in each case, without the consent of any Junior Priority Debt Party, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein and the other provisions hereof; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Junior Priority Majority Representatives, no such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing (or successive amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications or Refinancings) shall contravene the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Without the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative, no Junior Priority Debt Document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced, restructured, or otherwise modified, or entered into, and no Indebtedness under the Junior Priority Debt Documents may be Refinanced, to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification or Refinancing, or the terms of such new Junior Priority Debt Document, would (i) contravene the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) change to earlier dates any scheduled (other than mandatory prepayments) dates for payment of principal (including the final maturity date) on Indebtedness under such Junior Priority Debt Document that would cause any additional scheduled payments (other than mandatory prepayments) of principal Indebtedness to be paid, in each case, only to the extent such payment is scheduled to be paid prior to the final maturity date of any applicable Senior Obligation (except in connection with a refinancing or replacement permitted by Section 8.10 and the Senior Debt Documents), or (iii) reduce the capacity to incur Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting Senior Obligations to an amount less than the maximum aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness, in each case, permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents on the day of any such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing (other than reductions in connection with any costs, expenses or fees incurred in connection therewith).

 

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(c) Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that each Junior Priority Collateral Document under its Junior Priority Debt Facility shall include the following language (or language to similar effect reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Representative):

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the [Junior Priority Representative] pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the Senior Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including liens and security interests granted to [    ]13, pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, extended, renewed, refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Junior Priority Representative] hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [    ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among [    ]14, as First Lien Collateral Representative, [    ], as Junior Lien Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of Holdings from time to time party thereto and affiliated entities party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”

(d) In the event that each applicable Senior Representative and/or the Senior Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the Senior Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Borrower or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Collateral) in a manner that is applicable to all Senior Facilities, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each comparable Junior Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party and without any action by any Junior Priority Representative, the Borrower or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall (A) remove assets subject to the Junior Priority Liens or release any such Liens, except to the extent that such release is permitted or required by Section 5.01(a) and provided that there is a concurrent release of the corresponding Senior Liens or (B) amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Junior Priority Representative in its role as Junior Priority Representative without its prior written consent and (ii) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Junior Priority Representative by the Borrower within 10 Business Days after the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or consent; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.

 

13  NOTE Insert First Lien Collateral Representative on the date of this Agreement.
14  NOTE Insert First Lien Collateral Representative on the date of this Agreement.

 

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(e) The Borrower agrees to deliver to each of the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative copies of (i) any material amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Priority Debt Documents or amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Priority Debt Documents that adversely affect any rights or remedies of any of the Secured Parties hereunder and (ii) any new material Senior Debt Documents or material Junior Priority Debt Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof.

SECTION 5.04. Rights as Unsecured Creditors. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Borrower and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Junior Priority Debt Documents and applicable law so long as such rights and remedies do not violate any express provision of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party of the required payments of principal, premium, interest, fees and other amounts due under the Junior Priority Debt Documents so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by a Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Shared Collateral in contravention of this Agreement, or of any other action in contravention of this Agreement. In the event that any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Shared Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Junior Priority Debt Obligations, such judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations and any DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated and junior to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties may have with respect to the Senior Collateral.

SECTION 5.05. Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.

(a) Each Senior Representative acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any Senior Obligations on any Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such Shared Collateral or of any account in which such Shared Collateral is held, and if such Shared Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of such Senior Representative, or of agents or bailees of such Person (such Shared Collateral being referred to herein as the “Pledged or Controlled Collateral”), or if it shall any time obtain any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral or if it shall be the registered owner, assignee or lienholder (or other similar designation) on any certificate of title or other notation of liens, the applicable Senior Representative shall also hold such Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or take such actions with respect to such landlord waiver, bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement, as sub-agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior Priority Representatives, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Junior Priority Collateral Documents or granting rights or access to any Shared Collateral subject to such landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Junior Priority Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(c) The Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Junior Priority Representatives or any Junior Priority Debt Party to assure that any of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Shared Collateral, except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.05. The duties or responsibilities of the Senior Representatives under this Section 5.05 shall be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior Priority Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Junior Priority Representative.

(d) The Senior Representatives shall not have, by reason of the Junior Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party, and each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases the Senior Representatives from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Senior Representatives’ roles under this Section 5.05 as sub-agents and gratuitous bailees with respect to the Shared Collateral.

(e) Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each applicable Senior Representative shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense and to the extent not otherwise required to act differently pursuant to the terms of any First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement then in effect, (i) (A) deliver to the Designated Junior Priority Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral in its possession, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Senior Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements or notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral or make any necessary notations of liens to effect such transfer, or (B) direct and deliver such Shared Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, (ii) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (iii) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving any Grantor that the Designated Junior Priority Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding. The Borrower and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Senior Representative for loss or damage suffered by such Senior Representative as a result of such transfer, except for loss or damage suffered by any such Person as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Senior Representatives have no obligations to follow instructions from any Junior Priority Representative or any other Junior Priority Debt Party in contravention of this Agreement (as determined in good faith by such Senior Representative).

(f) None of the Senior Representatives nor any of the other Senior Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party under the Senior Debt Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof or to any Junior Priority Debt Party, or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, no Junior Priority Debt Party will assert any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available to a junior secured creditor.

 

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SECTION 5.06. When Discharge of Senior Obligations Deemed To Not Have Occurred. If, at any time substantially concurrently with or after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Borrower or any Subsidiary consummates any Refinancing of or incurs any Senior Obligations, then such Discharge of Senior Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Senior Obligations) and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Senior Debt Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Shared Collateral set forth herein and the agent, representative or trustee for the holders of such Senior Obligations shall be a Senior Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such incurrence (including the identity of the new Senior Representative) from the Borrower and the new Senior Representative under the agreement governing such Senior Obligations, each Junior Priority Representative (including the Designated Junior Priority Representative) shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Borrower), including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as the Borrower or such new Senior Representative shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide such new Senior Representative the rights of a Senior Representative contemplated hereby, (b) deliver to such Senior Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Junior Priority Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, (c) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer (and such new Senior Representative is) entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (d) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new Senior Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding.

SECTION 5.07. Purchase Right. Without prejudice to the enforcement of the Senior Secured Parties’ remedies, the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties agree that following (a) the acceleration of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement or (b) the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (each, a “Purchase Event”), within thirty (30) days of the Purchase Event, one or more of the Junior Priority Debt Parties may request, and the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties hereby offer the Junior Priority Debt Parties the option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the aggregate amount of outstanding First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations at the time of purchase at (a) in the case of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations other than First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations arising under any Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or any Secured Hedging Agreement or in connection with undrawn Letters of Credit, par (plus any premium that would be applicable upon prepayment of the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations (including as a result of the occurrence of any such Purchase Event) and accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses) and (b) in the case of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations arising under any Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or any Secured Hedging Agreement, an amount equal to the greater of (i) all amounts payable by any Grantor under the terms of such Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement in the event of a termination of such Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement and (ii) the mark-to-market value of such Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement, as determined by the counterparty to the Grantor thereunder with respect to such Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof and in accordance with customary methods for calculating mark-to-market amounts under similar arrangements by such counterparty, in each case, without warranty or representation or recourse (except for representations and warranties required to be made by assigning lenders pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance). In the case of any First Lien

 

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Credit Agreement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit (including reimbursement obligations in connection therewith), simultaneously with the purchase of the other First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations, the purchasing Junior Priority Debt Parties shall provide the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties who issued such Letters of Credit cash collateral in such amounts (not to exceed 103% thereof) as such First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties determine is reasonably necessary to secure such First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties in connection with any outstanding and undrawn Letters of Credit. If such right is exercised, the parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event shall close within ten (10) Business Days of the request. If one or more of the Junior Priority Debt Parties exercise such purchase right, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the First Lien Credit Agreement Administrative Agent and the Junior Priority Representative, in each case, at no cost or expense of the Grantors or the First Lien Credit Agreement Administrative Agent. If none of the Junior Priority Debt Parties exercise such right within thirty (30) days of such Purchase Event, the Senior Secured Parties shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 5.07 for such Purchase Event and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents and this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such purchase shall not reduce or limit the benefits of the First Lien Credit Agreement favor of any First Lien Credit Agreement Senior Party that expressly survive the assignment of all or any portion of the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations by such First Lien Credit Agreement Senior Party, including, without limitation, any indemnity obligations of the Grantors thereunder. The First Lien Credit Agreement Administrative Agent hereby consents to any Assignment and Acceptance effectuated to one or more purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Section 5.07 and hereby agrees that no further consent from the First Lien Credit Agreement Administrative Agent shall be required.

ARTICLE VI

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

SECTION 6.01. Financing Issues. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, if the Borrower or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party shall desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash or the sale or use of other collateral or to consent (or not object) to the Borrower’s or any other Grantor’s obtaining financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such financing that Refinances in whole or in part the Senior Obligations pursuant to a “roll-up” or “roll-over”) (“DIP Financing”), then each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will raise no objection to (and will not support any similar objection) and will not otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting) (a) such use of such cash or other collateral, unless the Designated Senior Representative shall oppose or object to such use of cash collateral (in which case, no Junior Priority Representative nor any other Junior Priority Debt Party shall seek any relief in connection therewith that is inconsistent with the relief being sought by the Senior Secured Parties); (b) such DIP Financing, unless the Designated Senior Representative shall oppose or object to such DIP Financing; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the Junior Priority Debt Parties from proposing any other DIP Financing to any Grantors or to a court of competent jurisdiction, and, except to the extent expressly permitted by the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a) and Section 6.03, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing any Senior Obligations are subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing, will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) its Liens in the Shared Collateral to (x) the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the Liens securing the Junior Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement, (y) any adequate protection Liens provided to the Senior Secured Parties, and (z) any “carve-out” for court-approved professional and United States Trustee

 

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fees agreed to by the Senior Representatives; (c) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of Senior Obligations or the Shared Collateral made by any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party; (d) any exercise by any Senior Secured Party of the right to credit bid Senior Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of Senior Collateral under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law; (e) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any Senior Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Senior Collateral; or (f) any order relating to a sale or other disposition of any Shared Collateral of any Grantor to which any Senior Representative has consented or not objected that provides, to the extent such sale or other disposition is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Obligations and the Junior Priority Debt Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Obligations rank to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Junior Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to this Agreement (without limiting the foregoing, each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it may not raise any objections based on rights afforded by Sections 363(e) and (f) of the Bankruptcy Code to secured creditors (or any comparable provisions of any other Bankruptcy Law) with respect to the Liens granted to such person in respect of such assets), provided that the Junior Priority Debt Parties are not deemed to have waived any rights to credit bid on the Shared Collateral in any such sale or disposition in accordance with Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision under any other applicable Bankruptcy Law), so long as any such credit bid provides for the payment in full in cash of the Senior Obligations. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that notice received at least two Business Days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash or other collateral or approving such DIP Financing shall be adequate notice.15

SECTION 6.02. Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall (a) seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Shared Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative or (b) oppose (or support any other Person in opposing) any request by any Senior Representative for relief from such stay.

SECTION 6.03. Adequate Protection. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall (i) object to, contest or support any other Person objecting to or contesting (a) any request by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party for adequate protection in any form, (b) any objection by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on any Senior Representative’s or Senior Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (c) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party as adequate protection or otherwise under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law or (ii) assert or support any claim for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Collateral under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law. Notwithstanding anything contained in this

 

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NOTE The final form of this Agreement may include a cap on DIP Financing of not less than 120% of the Senior Obligations outstanding as of the date of this agreement if reasonably required by the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties and agreed to by the Designated Senior Representative (in its sole discretion and without the need for further consent by any other Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party).

 

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Section 6.03 or in Section 6.01, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional or replacement collateral or superpriority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, then each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional or replacement collateral and/or a superpriority claim (as applicable), which (A) Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing all Senior Obligations and all adequate protection Liens granted to the Senior Secured Parties, on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement and/or (B) superpriority claim is subordinated to all superpriority claims of the Senior Secured Parties on the same basis as the other claims of the Junior Priority Debt Parties are so subordinated to the claims of the Senior Secured Parties under this Agreement; provided that each Junior Priority Debt Party shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code in any stipulation and/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the allowed amount of such claims, (ii) in the event any Junior Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Junior Priority Debt Parties under their Junior Priority Debt Facilities, are granted adequate protection (in each instance, to the extent such grant is otherwise permissible under the terms and conditions of this Agreement) in the form of a Lien on additional or replacement collateral, then such Junior Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under their Junior Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional or replacement collateral as adequate protection and security for the Senior Obligations and that any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral securing and granted as adequate protection with respect to the Junior Priority Debt Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Obligations and any other Liens granted to the Senior Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement (and, to the extent the Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Junior Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral so granted to the Junior Priority Debt Parties shall be subject to Section 4.02), and/or (iii) in the event any Junior Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Junior Priority Debt Parties under their Junior Priority Debt Facilities, are granted adequate protection (in each instance, to the extent such grant is otherwise permissible under the terms and conditions of this Agreement) in the form of a superpriority claim, then such Junior Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under their Junior Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Representative shall also be granted adequate protection in the form of a superpriority claim, which superpriority claim shall be senior to the superpriority claim of the Junior Priority Debt Parties (and, to the extent the Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Junior Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any such superpriority claim so granted to the Junior Priority Debt Parties shall be subject to Section 4.02). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent that the Senior Secured Parties are granted adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition fees and expenses (including, without limitation, professional and advisors’ fees contemplated by the Senior Debt Documents), and/or other cash payments, then each Junior Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under their Junior Priority Debt Facilities, shall not be prohibited from seeking and accepting adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition incurred fees and expenses, and/or other cash payments (as applicable), subject to the right of the Senior Secured Parties to object to the reasonableness of the amounts of fees and expenses or other cash payments so sought by the Junior Priority Debt Parties.

 

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SECTION 6.04. Preference Issues. If any Senior Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay any amount to the estate of the Borrower or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar Person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (any such amount, a “Recovery”), then the Senior Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement until a Discharge of Senior Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby agrees that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement.

SECTION 6.05. Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents and the Junior Priority Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Junior Priority Debt Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Obligations and must be separately classified in any Plan of Reorganization proposed, confirmed, or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that any claims of the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Priority Debt Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions from the Shared Collateral shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Junior Priority Debt Parties), the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest, fees, and expenses, and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, fees, and expenses (whether or not allowed or allowable in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution from the Shared Collateral is made in respect of the Junior Priority Debt Obligations, and each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees to turn over to the Designated Senior Representative amounts otherwise received or receivable by them from the Shared Collateral to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Junior Priority Debt Parties.

SECTION 6.06. No Waivers of Rights of Senior Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall, except as expressly provided herein, prohibit or in any way limit any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Junior Priority Debt Party, including the seeking by any Junior Priority Debt Party of adequate protection or the assertion by any Junior Priority Debt Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Junior Priority Debt Documents or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 6.07. Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. The relative rights as to the Shared Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition therefor, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor. All references herein to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor.

SECTION 6.08. Other Matters. To the extent that any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any of the Shared Collateral, such Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, or such Junior Priority Debt Party agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of each Senior Representative, provided that if requested by any Senior Representative, such Junior Priority Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Senior Representatives (acting unanimously), including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.

SECTION 6.09. 506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law senior to or on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Senior Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral.

SECTION 6.10. Reorganization Securities.

(a) If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed, pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization, on account of both the Senior Obligations and the Junior Priority Debt Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior Obligations and on account of the Junior Priority Debt Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

(b) No Junior Priority Debt Party (whether in the capacity of a secured creditor or an unsecured creditor) shall propose, vote in favor of, or otherwise directly or indirectly support any Plan of Reorganization that is inconsistent with the priorities or other provisions of this Agreement, other than with the prior written consent of each Senior Representative or to the extent any such plan (i) pays off, in cash, in full, the Senior Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations and expense reimbursement obligations) or (ii) is proposed or supported by the number of Senior Class Debt Parties required under Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code.

SECTION 6.11. Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, shall not object to, oppose, support any objection, or take any other action to impede, the right of any Senior Secured Party to make an election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Junior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any senior claimholder arising out of the election by any Senior Secured Party of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy

 

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Code and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in connection with the Shared Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor.

SECTION 6.12. Post-Petition Interest.

(a) None of the Junior Priority Representatives or any other Junior Priority Debt Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Representative or any other Senior Class Debt Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, or expenses, under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Junior Priority Debt Parties).

(b) None of the Senior Representatives or any or other Senior Class Debt Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Junior Priority Representative or any other Junior Priority Debt Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Junior Priority Debt Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, or expenses, under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Junior Priority Representative on behalf of the Junior Priority Debt Parties on the Shared Collateral (after taking into account value of the Senior Obligations); provided, however, to the extent that any such payments are later recharacterized as payments of principal by the applicable bankruptcy court, such payments shall, upon such recharacterization, be turned over to the Senior Secured Parties and applied to the Senior Obligations in accordance with Section 4.01.

ARTICLE VII

Reliance; Etc.

SECTION 7.01. Reliance. All loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made prior to, on and after the date hereof by the Senior Secured Parties to the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Junior Priority Debt Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Junior Priority Debt Documents to which they are party or by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and they will continue to make their own credit decisions in taking or not taking any action under the Junior Priority Debt Documents or this Agreement.

SECTION 7.02. No Warranties or Liability. Each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Senior Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Debt Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party shall have any duty to any Junior Priority Representative or Junior Priority Debt Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or

 

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results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreement with the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Junior Priority Debt Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any of the Senior Obligations, the Junior Priority Debt Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Shared Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

SECTION 7.03. Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Priority Debt Document;

(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Priority Debt Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or of the terms of the Junior Lien Credit Agreement or any other Junior Priority Debt Document;

(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other collateral or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Priority Debt Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Borrower or any other Grantor; or

(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to (i) the Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Obligations (other than the Discharge of Senior Obligations subject to Sections 5.06 and 6.04) or (ii) any Junior Priority Representative or Junior Priority Debt Party in respect of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 8.01. Conflicts. Subject to Section 8.22, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Priority Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the relative rights and obligations of the First Lien Collateral Representative, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Senior Collateral shall be governed by the terms of the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and in the event of any conflict between the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement as to such relative rights and obligations, the provisions of the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the relative rights and obligations of the Junior Lien Collateral Agent, the

 

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Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Junior Priority Collateral shall be governed by the terms of the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and in the event of any conflict between the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement as to such relative rights and obligations, the provisions of the Junior Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

SECTION 8.02. Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 6.04, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of Senior Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the Senior Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Junior Priority Representatives or any Junior Priority Debt Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any Subsidiary constituting Senior Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8.03. Amendments; Waivers.

(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder 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 parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party 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. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by each Representative (in each case, acting in accordance with the documents governing the applicable Debt Facility) and the Borrower. Any such amendment, supplement or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the Senior Secured Parties and the Junior Priority Debt Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Secured Party and the Borrower, any Representative that is not a Disqualified Institution may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.09 of this Agreement and upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and the Secured Parties and Senior Obligations or Junior Priority Debt Obligations, as applicable, of the Debt Facility for which such Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.

SECTION 8.04. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. The Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers or guarantors of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Priority Debt Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Junior Priority Debt

 

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Obligations. The Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any Senior Representative, any Senior Secured Party, any Junior Priority Representative or any Junior Priority Debt Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it shall be under no obligation to (i) make, and the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives and the Junior Priority Debt Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (ii) provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (iii) undertake any investigation or (iv) disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

SECTION 8.05. Subrogation. Each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred.

SECTION 8.06. Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Senior Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Obligations as the Senior Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent and in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.

SECTION 8.07. Additional Grantors. The Borrower agrees that, if any Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor after the date hereof pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 9.11 of the First Lien Credit Agreement and Section [    ] of the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, it will promptly cause such Restricted Subsidiary to become party hereto by executing and delivering an instrument in the form of Annex I. Upon such execution and delivery, such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party hereunder, and will be acknowledged by the Designated Junior Priority Representative and the Designated Senior Representative. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

SECTION 8.08. Dealings with Grantors. Upon any application or demand by the Borrower or any Grantor to any Representative to take any action under any of the provisions of this Agreement or under any Collateral Document (if such action is subject to the provisions hereof), at the reasonable written request of such Representative, the Borrower or such Grantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to such Representative a certificate of an Authorized Officer thereof (an “Officer’s Certificate”) stating that all conditions precedent, if any, expressly provided for in this Agreement or such Collateral Document, as the case may be, relating to the proposed action have been complied with or waived, except (a) that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement or any Collateral Document relating to such

 

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particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished or (b) conditions that require the approval or satisfaction of any other Person or require actions not in the Borrower’s or any Grantor’s control.

SECTION 8.09. Additional Debt Facilities. To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the then extant Senior Debt Documents and Junior Priority Debt Documents, the Borrower may incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Additional Junior Priority Debt and one or more series or classes of Additional Senior Debt. Any such additional class or series of Junior Priority Debt (the “Junior Priority Class Debt”) may be secured by a second priority or third priority (or lower priority), subordinated Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Junior Priority Collateral Documents for such Junior Priority Class Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Junior Priority Class Debt (each, a “Junior Priority Class Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Junior Priority Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any Junior Priority Class Debt being referred to as the “Junior Priority Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying conditions (i) through (iii), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. Any such additional class or series of Senior Facilities (the “Senior Class Debt”; and the Senior Class Debt and Junior Priority Class Debt, collectively, the “Class Debt”) may be secured by a senior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Senior Collateral Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Senior Class Debt (each, a “Senior Class Debt Representative;” and the Senior Class Debt Representatives and Junior Priority Class Debt Representatives, collectively, the “Class Debt Representatives”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Senior Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Senior Class Debt being referred to as the “Senior Class Debt Parties”; and the Senior Class Debt Parties and Junior Priority Class Debt Parties, collectively, the “Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. In order for a Class Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:

(i) such Class Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex II (if such Class Debt Representative is a Junior Priority Class Debt Representative) or Annex III (if such Class Debt Representative is a Senior Class Debt Representative) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Priority Representative and such Class Debt Representative) pursuant to which it becomes a Representative hereunder, and the Class Debt in respect of which such Class Debt Representative is the Representative constitutes Additional Senior Debt Obligations or Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations, as applicable, and the related Class Debt Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby as Additional Senior Debt Parties or Additional Junior Priority Debt Parties, as applicable;

(ii) the Borrower (a) shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative an Officer’s Certificate identifying the obligations to be designated as Additional Senior Debt Obligations or Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations, as applicable, and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof and certifying that such obligations are permitted to be incurred and secured (I) in the case of Additional Senior Debt Obligations, on a senior basis under each of the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Priority Debt Documents then in effect and (II) in the case of Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations, on a junior basis under each of the Junior Priority Debt Documents and Senior Debt Documents then in effect and (b) if requested, shall have delivered true and complete copies of each of the material Junior Priority Debt Documents or material Senior Debt Documents (in each case, other than any fee or side letters), as applicable, relating to such Class Debt, certified as being true and correct by an authorized officer of the Borrower; and

(iii) the Junior Priority Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt shall provide that each Class Debt Party with respect to such Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Class Debt.

 

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SECTION 8.10. Refinancings. The Senior Obligations and the Junior Priority Debt may be refinanced or replaced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing or replacement transaction under any Senior Debt Document or any Junior Priority Debt Document) of any Senior Representative or any Secured Party, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that any such refinancing or replacement debt shall satisfy the requirements of Section 8.09. The Designated Junior Priority Representative hereby agrees that at the request of the Borrower, in connection with refinancing or replacement of Senior Obligations in accordance with Section 5.06 (“Replacement Senior Obligations”), it will enter into a customary agreement with the agent for the Replacement Senior Obligations containing terms and conditions substantially similar to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or otherwise terms and conditions that are customary.

SECTION 8.11. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties of the Debt Facility for which it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive 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;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth in Section 8.12 or at such other address of which the other parties hereto shall have been notified pursuant to Section 8.12;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.11 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

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SECTION 8.12. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:

(i) if to the Borrower or any Grantor, to the Borrower, at its address at:

[    ]

Attention: [    ]

Phone: [    ]

Fax: [    ]

Email: [    ]

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

[    ]

Attention: [    ]

Phone: [    ]

Fax: [    ]

Email: [    ]

and

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

[    ]

Attention: [    ]

Phone: [    ]

Fax: [    ]

Email: [    ]

(ii) if to the First Lien Collateral Representative, to it at:

[    ]

Fax: [    ]

Email: [    ]

Attention: [    ]

(iii) if to the Junior Lien Collateral Agent to it at:

[    ]

Fax: [    ]

Email: [    ]

Attention: [    ]

(iv) if to any other Representative, to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.09.

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and, may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth above or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.

SECTION 8.13. Further Assurances. Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Senior Secured Party under the Senior Facility for which it is acting, each Junior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself, and each Junior Priority Debt Party under its Junior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will, at the Grantors’ expense, take such further action and shall execute and deliver

 

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such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the other parties hereto may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities contemplated by, this Agreement.

SECTION 8.14. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(A) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY SENIOR DEBT DOCUMENT OR ANY JUNIOR PRIORITY DEBT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

SECTION 8.15. Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives, the Junior Priority Debt Parties, the Borrower, the other Grantors party hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 8.16. Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or other electronic method, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.18. Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. The First Lien Collateral Representative represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties. The Junior Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Junior Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties.

SECTION 8.19. No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. The lien priorities set forth in this Agreement and the rights and benefits hereunder in respect of such lien priorities shall inure solely to the benefit of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Junior Priority Representatives, the Junior Priority Debt Parties, the Grantors and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person (including any trustee, receiver, debtor in possession or bankruptcy estate in a bankruptcy or like proceeding) shall have or be entitled to assert such rights. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the rights or obligations of the Borrower or any other Grantor, which obligations are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Senior Obligations and the Junior Priority Debt Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

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SECTION 8.21. Collateral Agent and Representative. It is understood and agreed that (a) the First Lien Collateral Representative is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as [Collateral Trustee under the Collateral Trust Agreement and the provisions of thereof applicable to the Collateral Trustee] [administrative agent and collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the provisions of Section 12 of the First Lien Credit Agreement applicable to the Agents (as defined therein)] thereunder shall also apply to the First Lien Collateral Representative hereunder and (b) the Junior Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Junior Lien Credit Agreement and the provisions of [Section [    ]] of the Junior Lien Credit Agreement applicable to the [Agents] (as defined therein) thereunder shall also apply to the Junior Lien Collateral Agent hereunder.

SECTION 8.22. Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Section 5.01(a), 5.01(d) or 5.03(d) with respect to Junior Priority Debt Documents), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the First Lien Credit Agreement, any other Senior Debt Document, the Junior Lien Credit Agreement or any other Junior Priority Debt Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the Senior Obligations or the Liens granted under the Senior Collateral Documents on the Shared Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Senior Secured Parties, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the Senior Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral as among such Senior Secured Parties or (d) obligate the Borrower or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the First Lien Credit Agreement, any other Senior Debt Document, the Junior Lien Credit Agreement or any other Junior Priority Debt Document.

SECTION 8.23. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

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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.

 

[    ]16,
as First Lien Collateral Representative
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[    ],
as Junior Lien Administrative Agent and Junior Lien Collateral Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
 

 

16  NOTE Insert Collateral Representative on date of this Agreement.

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed to by:
[    ],
as a Grantor
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[    ],
as a Grantor
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[    ],
as a Grantor
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[Add other Grantors],
as a Grantor
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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ANNEX I

SUPPLEMENT (this “Supplement”) dated as of [                ], 20[    ], to the JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [                    ] (the “Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among [    ], as First Lien Collateral Representative under the First Lien Credit Agreement, [    ], as Junior Lien Collateral Agent under the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, and the additional Representatives from time to time party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”) and the other Grantors (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto.

A. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

B. The Grantors have entered into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, certain Additional Senior Debt Documents, and certain Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents, certain newly acquired or organized Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Excluded Subsidiaries are required to enter into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.07 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Excluded Subsidiaries may become party to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, the Additional Junior Priority Debt Documents and Additional Senior Debt Documents, as applicable.

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Priority Representative and the New Grantor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 8.07 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor, and the New Grantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Grantor represents and warrants on the date hereof to the Designated Senior Representative and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Bankruptcy Laws and by general principles of equity.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Grantor. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.12 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as specified in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.17

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor, the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative have duly executed this Supplement to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY GRANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Acknowledged by:
[                    ], as Designated Senior Representative
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[                    ], as Designated Junior Priority Representative
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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ANNEX II

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT (this “Representative Supplement”) dated as of [                ], 20[    ] to the JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [                    ] (the “Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among [    ], as First Lien Collateral Representative under the First Lien Credit Agreement, [    ], as Junior Lien Collateral Agent under the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, and the additional Representatives from time to time party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”) and the other Grantors (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto.

A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

B. As a condition to the ability of the Borrower to incur Junior Priority Class Debt after the date of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Junior Priority Class Debt with the Junior Priority Lien and to have such Junior Priority Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the Junior Priority Collateral Documents relating thereto, the Junior Priority Class Debt Representative in respect of such Junior Priority Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Junior Priority Class Debt and the Junior Priority Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Junior Priority Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Junior Priority Class Debt and such Junior Priority Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations and Additional Junior Priority Debt Parties, respectively, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Junior Priority Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in Section 8.09 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Junior Priority Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Representative Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Priority Debt Documents.

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Priority Representative, the Borrower and the New Representative agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 8.09 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative and a Junior Priority Representative, in each case, under, and the related Junior Priority Class Debt and Junior Priority Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Junior Priority Debt Obligations and Additional Junior Priority Debt Parties, respectively, with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Junior Priority Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Junior Priority Representative and to the Junior Priority Class Debt Parties that it represents as Junior Priority Debt Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Junior Priority Representative” in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Representative represents and warrants on the date hereof to the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Representative Supplement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Representative Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Junior Priority Debt Documents relating to such Junior Priority

 

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Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Junior Priority Class Debt Parties in respect of such Junior Priority Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Junior Priority Debt Parties.

SECTION 3. This Representative Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Representative Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Representative Supplement.

SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 5. THIS REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Representative Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.12 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative, the Designated Senior Representative and the Borrower have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE],
as [                    ] for the holders of [                    ]
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
Address for notices:

 

 

Attention of:  

 

Telecopy:  

 

[                    ],
as Designated Senior Representative
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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[                    ],
as Borrower
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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ANNEX III

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT (this “Representative Supplement”) dated as of [            ], 20[    ] to the JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [                    ] (the “Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among [                    ], as First Lien Collateral Representative under the First Lien Credit Agreement, [                    ], as Junior Lien Collateral Agent under the Junior Lien Credit Agreement, and the additional Representatives from time to time party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”) and the other Grantors (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto.

A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

B. As a condition to the ability of the Borrower to incur Senior Class Debt after the date of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Senior Class Debt with the Senior Lien and to have such Senior Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors on a senior basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents relating thereto, the Senior Class Debt Representative in respect of such Senior Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Senior Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and such Senior Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Senior Debt Obligations and Additional Senior Debt Parties, respectively, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Senior Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in Section 8.09 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Senior Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Representative Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Junior Priority Debt Documents.

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Junior Priority Representative, the Borrower and the New Representative agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 8.09 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative and a Senior Representative under, and the related Senior Class Debt and Senior Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Senior Debt Obligations and Additional Senior Debt Parties, respectively, with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Senior Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Senior Representative and to the Senior Class Debt Parties that it represents as Additional Senior Debt Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Senior Representative” in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Representative represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Designated Senior Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Representative Supplement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Representative Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Senior Debt Documents relating to such Senior Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s

 

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entry into this Agreement, the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect of such Senior Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Senior Secured Parties.

SECTION 3. This Representative Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Junior Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Representative Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Representative Supplement.

SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 5. THIS REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Representative Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.12 of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative, the Designated Senior Representative and the Borrower have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE],
as [                    ] for the holders of [                    ]
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
Address for notices:

 

 

Attention of:  

 

Telecopy:  

 

[                    ],
as Designated Senior Representative
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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[                    ],
as Borrower
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT Q

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF NON-U.S. LENDER CERTIFICATION

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”) and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” as such term is used in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no interest payments in connection with the Credit Documents are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing within 30 days of such change and (2) the undersigned shall furnish the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the Borrower to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
Date:                  , 201[    ]

 

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EXHIBIT R

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

[See attached]


ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of this      day of             ,         , by and among Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a debtor and debtor-in-possession (the “Initial Borrower”), TEX Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “New Borrower”), Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a debtor and debtor-in-possession (“Initial Holdings”), and TEX Intermediate Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“New Holdings”), in favor of Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “DIP Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “DIP Collateral Agent”) under the DIP Credit Agreement referred to below and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) under the Exit Credit Agreement referred to below. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Exit Credit Agreement.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Initial Borrower, Initial Holdings, the DIP Administrative Agent, the DIP Collateral Agent, the Existing DIP Lenders and the other parties thereto are parties to that certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “DIP Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the New Borrower, New Holdings, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the other parties thereto intend to enter into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Exit Credit Agreement”) on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth therein;

WHEREAS, upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Exit Credit Agreement as set forth in Section 6 thereof (other than the execution and delivery of this Agreement) and on the Conversion Date (immediately prior to giving effect thereto) (such time at which such conditions are satisfied, the “Effective Time”), the New Borrower shall assume all DIP Obligations (as defined below) of the Initial Borrower, all as contemplated by Section 2.17 of the DIP Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Initial Borrower desires to assign to the New Borrower, and the New Borrower desires to assume from the Initial Borrower, all of the DIP Obligations of the Initial Borrower and to become the “Borrower”, a “Grantor” and a “Credit Party” under the DIP Credit Agreement and under the Credit Documents (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) (collectively, together with the Fee Letter, the “DIP Credit Documents”), with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as the “Borrower,” a “Grantor” and a “Credit Party”;

 

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WHEREAS, Initial Holdings desires to assign to New Holdings, and New Holdings desires to assume from Initial Holdings, all of the DIP Obligations of Initial Holdings and to become the “Parent Guarantor”, a “Guarantor”, a “Grantor” and a “Credit Party” under the DIP Credit Agreement and under the other DIP Credit Documents, with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as the “Parent Guarantor”, a “Guarantor”, a “Grantor” and a “Credit Party”;

WHEREAS, upon the occurrence of the Conversion Date, the DIP Revolving Credit Loans, DIP Term C Loans, DIP Term Letters of Credit, DIP Revolving Letters of Credit and DIP Term Loans shall automatically be converted into Revolving Credit Loans, Term C Loans, Term Letters of Credit, Revolving Letters of Credit and Term Loans, respectively, under the Exit Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s, the Letter of Credit Issuers’ and the Lenders’ agreement to make the Loans, issue the Letters of Credit and make other financial accommodations pursuant to the Exit Credit Agreement that the Initial Borrower and the New Borrower agree to enter into this Agreement on the Conversion Date;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, each of the undersigned agrees as follows:

1. Assignment. The Initial Borrower and Initial Holdings hereby assign, effective as of the Effective Time, all of their respective Obligations (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) under the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents (the “DIP Obligations”) to the New Borrower and New Holdings, respectively.

2. Assumption.

(a) The New Borrower hereby agrees, effective as of the Effective Time, to assume and keep, pay and perform all of the DIP Obligations of the Initial Borrower (i) as the “Borrower” under the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents and to become the “Borrower” under the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents, with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as the “Borrower,” the effect of which is, without limitation, that each reference to the “Borrower” in the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents shall be deemed to become a reference to the New Borrower and the New Borrower shall be a “Grantor” and a “Credit Party” for purposes of the DIP Credit Documents, and (ii) under the Fee Letter, the effect of which is, without limitation, that each reference to the Initial Borrower or “the Borrower” or “the Company” in the Fee Letter shall be deemed to become a reference to the New Borrower, with the same force and effect as if the New Borrower was originally named therein.

(b) New Holdings hereby agrees, effective as of the Effective Time, to assume and keep, pay and perform all of the DIP Obligations of Initial Holdings as the “Parent Guarantor” under the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents and to become the “Parent Guarantor” under the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents, with the same

 

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force and effect as if originally named therein as the “Parent Guarantor,” the effect of which is, without limitation, that each reference to the “Parent Guarantor” in the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents shall be deemed to become a reference to New Holdings and New Holdings shall be a “Grantor”, a “Guarantor” and a “Credit Party” for purposes of the DIP Credit Documents with the same force and effect as if New Holdings was originally named therein.

3. Reaffirmation. In connection with the execution and delivery of the Exit Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the New Borrower, as a debtor, grantor, pledgor, guarantor, assignor, or in other similar capacities in which the New Borrower grants liens or security interests in its properties or otherwise acts as an accommodation party or guarantor, as the case may be, hereby ratifies and reaffirms as of the Conversion Date (immediately at and after the Effective Time), all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the DIP Credit Documents to which it is a party, and hereby repeats and reaffirms all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of such entities contained in the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the DIP Administrative Agent, the DIP Collateral Agent or the Existing DIP Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the DIP Credit Documents.

4. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns permitted under the DIP Credit Agreement.

5. Further Assurances. The New Borrower, the Initial Borrower, New Holdings and Initial Holdings hereby agree from time to time, as and when requested by the DIP Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent, to execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments and agreements and to take or cause to be taken such further or other action as the DIP Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary in order to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, the Credit Documents and the DIP Credit Documents.

6. Definitions. All references to the singular shall be deemed to include the plural and vice versa where the context so requires.

7. Governing LawTHIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

8. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including in “.pdf” or “.tif” format) of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

10. Section Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not affect in any way the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

11. No Amendment. Except as specifically modified hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the DIP Credit Agreement and other DIP Credit Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. No reference to this Agreement need be made in the DIP Credit Agreement or in any other DIP Credit Document or other document or instrument making reference to the same, any reference to the DIP Credit Documents in any of such to be deemed a reference to the DIP Credit Agreement, or other DIP Credit Documents, as applicable, as modified hereby.

12. No Novation. The New Borrower, the Initial Borrower, Initial Holdings and New Holdings agree and acknowledge that (i) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender are relying on the foregoing agreements, representations and warranties in entering into the Exit Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents, (ii) the DIP Administrative Agent, the DIP Collateral Agent and each Existing DIP Lender are relying on the foregoing agreements, representations and warranties in performing their obligations under the DIP Credit Agreement and the other DIP Credit Documents and (iii) that the foregoing shall not constitute a novation of any of the DIP Obligations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by each of the undersigned as of the day and year first set forth above.

 

INITIAL BORROWER:
TEXAS COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
NEW BORROWER:
TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]


INITIAL HOLDINGS:
ENERGY FUTURE COMPETITIVE HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
NEW HOLDINGS:
TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]


AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]

EX-99.6 15 d176523dex996.htm EX-99.6 EX-99.6

Exhibit 99.6

EXECUTION VERSION

COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT

dated as of October 3, 2016 among

TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC, as the

Company,

the Grantors from time to time party hereto,

RAILROAD COMMISSION

OF TEXAS,

as the First-Out Representative,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Senior Credit Agreement Representative,

the other Priority Lien Representatives from time to time party hereto

and

DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY,

as Collateral Trustee


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION

     2   

Section 1.1

 

Defined Terms

     2   

Section 1.2

 

Rules of Interpretation

     18   

Section 1.3

 

Impairments

     19   

ARTICLE II THE TRUST ESTATE

     20   

Section 2.1

 

Declaration of Trust

     20   

Section 2.2

 

Collateral Shared Equally and Ratably

     21   

Section 2.3

 

Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Liens

     21   

Section 2.4

 

Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Lien Obligations

     22   

Section 2.5

 

Identical Collateral and Agreements

     22   

Section 2.6

 

Insolvency Matters

     23   

Section 2.7

 

Insurance

     24   

Section 2.8

 

Refinancings

     24   

ARTICLE III OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF COLLATERAL TRUSTEE

     25   

Section 3.1

 

Appointment and Undertaking of the Collateral Trustee

     25   

Section 3.2

 

Release or Subordination of Liens

     26   

Section 3.3

 

Enforcement of Liens

     27   

Section 3.4

 

Application of Proceeds

     31   

Section 3.5

 

Powers of the Collateral Trustee

     35   

Section 3.6

 

Documents and Communications

     35   

Section 3.7

 

For Sole and Exclusive Benefit of Holders of Priority Lien Obligations

     35   

Section 3.8

 

Additional Secured Debt

     36   

Section 3.9

 

Priority Lien Agents

     38   

ARTICLE IV OBLIGATIONS ENFORCEABLE BY THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS

     38   

Section 4.1

 

Release of Liens on Collateral

     38   

Section 4.2

 

Delivery of Copies to Priority Lien Representatives

     40   

Section 4.3

 

Collateral Trustee not Required to Serve, File or Record

     40   

Section 4.4

 

Release of Liens in Respect of First-Out or First Lien Obligations

     40   

ARTICLE V IMMUNITIES OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE

     41   

Section 5.1

 

No Implied Duty

     41   

Section 5.2

 

Appointment of Agents and Advisors

     41   

Section 5.3

 

Other Agreements

     41   

 

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Section 5.4

 

Solicitation of Instructions

     42   

Section 5.5

 

Limitation of Liability

     42   

Section 5.6

 

Documents in Satisfactory Form

     42   

Section 5.7

 

Entitled to Rely

     42   

Section 5.8

 

Priority Lien Debt Default

     43   

Section 5.9

 

Actions by Collateral Trustee

     43   

Section 5.10

 

Security or Indemnity in favor of the Collateral Trustee

     43   

Section 5.11

 

Rights of the Collateral Trustee

     43   

Section 5.12

 

Limitations on Duty of Collateral Trustee in Respect of Collateral

     44   

Section 5.13

 

Assumption of Rights, No Assumption of Duties

     45   

Section 5.14

 

No Liability for Clean Up of Hazardous Materials

     45   

Section 5.15

 

Other Relationships with the Company or Grantors

     45   

ARTICLE VI RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE

     46   

Section 6.1

 

Resignation or Removal of Collateral Trustee

     46   

Section 6.2

 

Appointment of Successor Collateral Trustee

     46   

Section 6.3

 

Succession

     47   

Section 6.4

 

Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of Collateral Trustee

     47   

Section 6.5

 

Concerning the Collateral Trustee and the Priority Lien Representatives

     47   

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     48   

Section 7.1

 

Amendment

     48   

Section 7.2

 

Voting

     51   

Section 7.3

 

Further Assurances

     51   

Section 7.4

 

Successors and Assigns

     51   

Section 7.5

 

Delay and Waiver

     52   

Section 7.6

 

Notices

     52   

Section 7.7

 

Notice Following Payment Date

     53   

Section 7.8

 

Entire Agreement

     53   

Section 7.9

 

Compensation; Expenses

     53   

Section 7.10

 

Indemnity

     54   

Section 7.11

 

Severability

     55   

Section 7.12

 

Headings

     55   

Section 7.13

 

Obligations Secured

     55   

Section 7.14

 

Governing Law

     55   

Section 7.15

 

Consent to Jurisdiction

     56   

Section 7.16

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     56   

Section 7.17

 

Counterparts, Electronic Signatures

     57   

Section 7.18

 

Effectiveness

     57   

Section 7.19

 

Grantors and Additional Grantors

     57   

Section 7.20

 

Continuing Nature of this Agreement

     57   

Section 7.21

 

Insolvency

     58   

Section 7.22

 

Rights and Immunities of Priority Lien Representatives

     58   

Section 7.23

 

Intercreditor Agreement

     58   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D)

 

         Page  

Section 7.24

 

Force Majeure

     58   

Section 7.25

 

U.S.A. Patriot Act

     59   

Section 7.26

 

Representations and Warranties

     59   

Section 7.27

 

Statutory Requirements under the Texas Statutes.

     59   

 

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         Page

Exhibit A

 

Form of Additional Secured Debt Designation

  

Exhibit B

 

Form of Collateral Trust Joinder - Additional Debt

  

Exhibit C

 

Form of Collateral Trust Joinder - Additional Grantor

  

Exhibit D

 

Form of Authorized Officer Notice

  

 

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This Collateral Trust Agreement (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 7.1 hereof, this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 3, 2016 and is by and among TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC (the “Company”), the other Grantors from time to time party hereto, RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS, as First-Out Representative (as defined below), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Senior Credit Agreement Agent (as defined below), DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, as collateral trustee (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Trustee”) and any First Lien Representative of a Series of First Lien Debt that executes and delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder after the date hereof.

RECITALS

Luminant Mining Company, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Luminant”), a subsidiary of the Company, has entered into that certain Exit Collateral Bond and Indemnity Agreement for Surface Mining and Reclamation Permits (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Original Collateral Bond”) in an aggregate principal amount of $975,000,000, payable to the Railroad Commission of Texas, an administrative agency of the State of Texas responsible for, among other things, regulating surface coal mining and reclamation activities and operations in Texas, to, among other things, bond the obligations of Luminant under the Collateral Bond and pursuant to the Texas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act, Texas Natural Resources Code, §134.001 et seq. (as amended, the “Act”), regulations adopted under the Act, 16 TAC § 12.1 et seq. (as amended, the “Coal Mining Regulations” and, together with the Act, the “Texas Statutes”) and the permits referenced in the Collateral Bond (as such permits are amended, renewed, revised, or replaced from time to time, the “Permits”; and all such obligations, the “Reclamation Obligations”), which Reclamations Obligations will be secured on a superpriority first-out basis (subject to the application of proceeds set forth in Section 3.4(a) of this Agreement) and constitute First-Out Obligations for purposes of this Agreement.

The Company, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders and other agents party thereto, have entered into the Senior Credit Agreement, which Indebtedness thereunder will be First Lien Debt for purposes of this Agreement.

The Company and the Grantors have secured (or intend to secure) their Obligations under this Agreement, the Original Collateral Bond, the Senior Credit Agreement, any future Priority Lien Debt and any other Priority Lien Obligations, with Liens on all present and future Collateral, in each case to the extent provided for in the applicable Security Documents.

This Agreement sets forth the terms on which each Secured Party (other than the Collateral Trustee) has appointed the Collateral Trustee to act as the collateral trustee for the present and future holders of the Priority Lien Obligations to receive, hold, maintain, administer and distribute the Collateral at any time delivered to the Collateral Trustee or the subject of the Security Documents, and to enforce the Security Documents and all interests, rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Trustee with respect thereto or thereunder and the proceeds thereof.


Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them above or in Article 1 below.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. The following terms will have the following meanings:

Act” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Additional Collateral Bond” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Discharge of First-Out Obligations”.

Additional First Lien Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(b).

Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date” means the date upon which either (a) the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations has occurred or (b) (i) a Priority Lien Debt Default under the documents governing any Additional First Lien Debt has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Additional First Lien Debt with respect to which such Priority Lien Debt Default exists is currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable documents governing such Additional First Lien Debt and (iii) the Major Additional First Lien Debt Representative for the Additional First Lien Debt with respect to which such Priority Lien Debt Default exists delivers written notice to the then First Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders, the First-Out Representative and the Collateral Trustee (in accordance herewith and specifying both the first day and the last day of the corresponding Additional First Lien Debt Standstill Period) that (A) the event described in clause (i) has occurred and is continuing, (B) there is no Priority Lien Representative then acting as Controlling Priority Lien Representative or the Priority Lien Representative who is the Controlling Priority Lien Representative pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof has either failed to instruct the Collateral Trustee to commence an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof or has withdrawn its request to the Collateral Trustee to pursue an Enforcement Action, unless (x) such Controlling Priority Lien Representative is stayed or otherwise precluded from issuing a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction or (y) the Collateral Trustee is precluded from commencing or continuing an Enforcement Action by law, regulation or order (including as a result of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), in which case the Additional First Lien Debt Standstill Period shall not commence or, to the extent it has already commenced, shall be tolled until such Controlling Priority Lien Representative and/or the Collateral Trustee are/is no longer stayed or otherwise precluded from taking such action and (C) the Major Additional First Lien Debt Representative wishes to commence or continue an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Trustee shall not be required to make a

 

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determination as to whether an “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date” has occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the notice set forth in clause (b)(iii) of the preceding sentence (including clause (B)(iii)(b)(x) and (y)) as having the effect that an “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date” has in fact occurred.

Additional First Lien Debt Standstill Period” means the first period of 90 consecutive days (as such period may be tolled in accordance with the definition of Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date) commencing on the Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date (as such period may be extended as contemplated by the definition of “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date”).

Additional Secured Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(b).

Additional Secured Debt Designation” means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit A.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Authorized Officer” means the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Senior Vice President, with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, managing member or general partner thereof, any other senior officer of the Company or any other Grantor designated as such in writing by the Company or such other Grantor in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D or such other form as agreed by the Collateral Trustee in its reasonable discretion.

Back-Stopped Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit that has been cash collateralized at a minimum of the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount, or otherwise backstopped by another letter of credit, in any such case in a manner required for the release of Liens under the terms of the Priority Lien Documents applicable to such letter of credit.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as heretofore and hereafter amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. §§ 101.

Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar law.

Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close.

 

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Cash Management Arrangement” means any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.

Cash Management Bank” means any Person that enters into a Cash Management Arrangement or provides Cash Management Services, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Arrangement or a provider of such Cash Management Services.

Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in connection with, or in respect of, any Cash Management Services or under any Cash Management Arrangement.

Cash Management Services” means treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer (including automated clearing house fund transfer services), merchant services (other than those constituting a line of credit) and other cash management services.

Coal Mining Regulations” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Collateral” means all property pledged, mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, all Excluded Collateral) to secure (or to purportedly secure) any or all of the Priority Lien Obligations.

Collateral Bond” means the Original Collateral Bond and any Additional Collateral Bond.

“Collateral Bond Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty of Exit Collateral Bond and Indemnity Agreement for Surface Mining and Reclamation Permits (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time), executed by the Guarantors in favor of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Collateral Trust Joinder” means (a) with respect to the provisions of this Agreement relating to any Additional Secured Debt, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B and (b) with respect to the provisions of this Agreement relating to the addition of additional Grantors, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

Collateral Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

Commodity Hedging Agreement” means any agreement (including each confirmation pursuant to any Master Agreement) or transaction providing for one or more swaps, caps, collars, floors, futures, options, spots, forwards, derivative, any physical or financial commodity contracts or agreements, power purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, environmental credit purchase or sale agreements, power transmission agreements, ancillary service agreements, commodity transportation agreements, fuel storage agreements, weather derivatives, netting agreements (including Netting Agreements), capacity agreements or commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of (or the

 

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option to purchase, sell or exchange), transmission, transportation, storage, distribution, processing, lease or hedge of, any Covered Commodity, price or price indices for any such Covered Commodity or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar agreements.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Controlling Priority Lien Representative” means (a) at any time prior to the Shifting Control Date, and prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders or (b) on or any time after the Shifting Control Date (and, if the Shifting Control Date has occurred as a result of the circumstances described in clause (b) of the definition of “Shifting Control Date”, after the expiration of the Standstill Period), and prior to the Discharge of First-Out Obligations, the First-Out Representative, unless the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders gives the Collateral Trustee notice, in writing, stating that (A) the Collateral Trustee has received a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction pursuant to Section 3.3(f), (B) the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders has commenced an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof and is otherwise diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action, and (C) the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders is still the “Controlling Priority Lien Representative,” in which case the “Shifting Control Date” shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders shall continue to be the “Controlling Priority Lien Representative” unless the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders has withdrawn, in writing, its instructions to the Collateral Trustee to pursue an Enforcement Action; provided, further, that, solely for purpose of Sections 2.6(b) and 3.4(a)(II), so long as the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations has not occurred, the Controlling Priority Lien Representative shall be the Senior Credit Agreement Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Trustee shall not be required to make a determination as to whether a “Shifting Control Date” has occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any notice from a Person purporting to be an authorized representative of the First-Out Representative under Section 3.3 hereof or any written notice from the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders as contemplated by the proviso in the second sentence of Section 3.3(a), as applicable, as having the effect that a “Shifting Control Date” has in fact occurred.

Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction” means a direction in writing from the Controlling Priority Lien Representative delivered to the Collateral Trustee.

Covered Commodity” shall mean any energy, electricity, generation capacity, power, heat rate, congestion, natural gas, nuclear fuel (including enrichment and conversion), diesel fuel, fuel oil, other petroleum-based liquids, coal, lignite, weather, emissions and other environmental credits, waste by-products, renewable energy credit, or any other energy related commodity or service (including ancillary services and related risks (such as location basis)).

DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

DIP Financing Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

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DIP Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

Discharge of First Lien Obligations” means the occurrence of all of the following:

(a) termination or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would constitute First Lien Obligations;

(b) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all First Lien Obligations (other than any undrawn letters of credit but including unpaid drawings in respect of letters of credit);

(c) with respect to undrawn letters of credit, any of (i) the discharge, cash collateralization or backstopping (in the amount required pursuant to the applicable First Lien Documents) of all outstanding letters of credit constituting First Lien Obligations, (ii) the deemed reissuance with the consent of the issuer of such outstanding letters of credit and any holder of the related Series of First Lien Debt that has reimbursement obligations with respect to such outstanding letters of credit under another credit facility (whether or not such credit facility constitutes a Series of First Lien Debt hereunder), provided that if such letters of credit are deemed reissued under another Series of First Lien Debt hereunder, then they will be outstanding under such other Series of First Lien Debt or (iii) the issuer of each such letter of credit has notified the Collateral Trustee in writing that alternative arrangements satisfactory to such issuer and holders of the related Series of First Lien Debt that has reimbursement obligations with respect thereto have been made;

(d) (i) payment in full in cash of all Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations that are secured by a Priority Lien and the termination of all Secured Hedging Agreements relating thereto, (ii) the novation of all transactions entered into thereunder or pursuant thereto on terms and to counterparties acceptable to the counterparties under such Secured Hedging Agreements or Cash Management Arrangements, or (iii) the establishment of other arrangements with respect to such Hedging Obligations or Cash Management Obligations as may be reasonably acceptable to the counterparties thereto (and communicated to the Collateral Trustee); and

(e) payment in full in cash of all other First Lien Obligations (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at or prior to such time) that are outstanding and unpaid at the time that each of the events described in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall have occurred;

provided that, if, at any time after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Company or any other Grantor enters into any First Lien Document evidencing a First Lien Obligation which incurrence is not prohibited by the applicable Priority Lien Documents, then such Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes hereof with respect to such new First Lien Obligation (other than with respect to any actions previously taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the Company designates such Indebtedness

 

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as First Lien Obligations in accordance herewith and delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Collateral Trustee and the First-Out Representative verifying such designation, the obligations under such First Lien Document shall automatically and without any further action be treated as First Lien Obligations for all purposes hereof, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein.

Discharge of First-Out Obligations” means (i) the satisfaction of all Reclamation Obligations of the Company and Luminant to the First-Out Representative and the termination of the Collateral Bond as provided in a notice by the First-Out Representative to the Collateral Trustee and the payment in full of all other First-Out Obligations or (ii) the provision of a replacement collateral bond or other collateral support in form and substance satisfactory to the First-Out Representative in accordance with the Texas Statutes that is not secured by the Collateral and otherwise supports the full amount of the Reclamation Obligations (including the provision of cash or cash equivalents and /or one or more letters of credit collateralizing or supporting, as applicable, the full amount of the Reclamation Obligations on terms satisfactory to the First-Out Representative in accordance with the Texas Statute Code) and the payment in full of all other First-Out Obligations; provided that, if, at any time after the Discharge of First-Out Obligations has occurred, the Company or any other Grantor provides a collateral bond to the First-Out Representative secured by the Collateral (as further described in Section 3.8(d)) which secured collateral bond (the “Additional Collateral Bond”) is not prohibited by the applicable Priority Lien Documents, then such Discharge of First-Out Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes hereof with respect to the First-Out Obligations in respect of such Additional Collateral Bond (other than with respect to any actions previously taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First-Out Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the Company designates such Additional Collateral Bond and the obligations under any other First-Out Documents as First-Out Obligations and delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Collateral Trustee verifying such designation, the obligations under such Additional Collateral Bond and First-Out Documents shall automatically and without any further action be treated as First-Out Obligations for all purposes hereof, including for purposes of the priorities and rights in respect of Collateral and the related payments set forth herein and any First Lien Obligations shall be deemed to have been at all times First Lien Obligations and at no time First-Out Obligations.

Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations” means the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Out Obligations and the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations” means the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations with respect to the Senior Credit Agreement; provided that the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing in full of such Senior Credit Agreement Obligations with new Indebtedness in the form of a credit facility if:

(i) on or prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is designated by the Company, in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to each Priority Lien Representative and the Collateral Trustee, as “First Lien Debt”, “First Lien Obligations” and the “Senior Credit Agreement” for the purposes of the Priority Lien Documents;

 

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(ii) the agent under such Indebtedness shall have duly executed and delivered to the Collateral Trustee on behalf of itself and all holders of Indebtedness thereunder (A) an Additional Secured Debt Designation and (B) a Collateral Trust Joinder; and

(iii) all requirements set forth in this Agreement as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of the Collateral Trustee’s Lien to secure such Indebtedness are satisfied (and the satisfaction of such requirements and the other provisions of this proviso will be conclusively established, absent manifest error, if the Company delivers to the Collateral Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such requirements and other provisions have been satisfied and that such Indebtedness constitutes “First Lien Debt”, “First Lien Obligations” and the “Senior Credit Agreement”).

Enforcement Action” means, with respect to any Series of Priority Lien Debt, (a) the taking of any action to enforce any Lien in respect of the Collateral, including (i) the institution of any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings, (ii) the noticing of any public or private sale or other disposition of the Collateral under any Bankruptcy Laws or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (iii) otherwise objecting to, consenting to, or credit bidding in connection with any sale or other disposition of any Collateral (or any portion thereof) under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, subject to Section 3.3(h), (iv) seeking adequate protection in connection with the Collateral, or objecting or consenting to any DIP Financing (as defined herein) or use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, (v) the filing of any motion for relief from the automatic stay or seeking relief from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of the Collateral or other injunction restricting any other action described in this definition, (vi) objecting to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on lack of adequate protection with respect to the Collateral, under the Bankruptcy Code or in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise; and (vii) asserting any claim under section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing any Collateral, (b) the exercise of any right or remedy provided to a secured creditor on account of a Lien under the Priority Lien Documents (including, in either case, any delivery of any notice to seek to obtain payment directly from any account debtor of the Company or any other Grantor or the taking of any action or the exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the setoff or recoupment against, collection or foreclosure on or marshalling of the Collateral or proceeds of Collateral), under applicable law, at equity, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, including the acceptance of Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of a Lien, (c) the sale, assignment, transfer, lease, license, or other disposition as a secured creditor on account of a Lien of all or any portion of the Collateral, by private or public sale (judicial or non-judicial) or any other means, (d) the solicitation of bids from third parties to conduct the liquidation of all or a portion of Collateral as a secured creditor on account of a Lien, (e) the exercise of any other enforcement right relating to the Collateral (including the exercise of any voting rights relating to any capital stock composing a portion of the Collateral) whether under the Priority Lien Documents, under applicable law of any jurisdiction, in equity, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, or otherwise, or (f) the appointment of a receiver, manager or interim receiver of all or any portion of the Collateral or the commencement of, or the joinder with any creditor in commencing, any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding against the Company or any other Grantor or any assets of the Company or any other Grantor; provided, however, Enforcement Action shall not include any act taken by any holder of Priority Lien Obligations to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Excess First-Out Obligations” means First-Out Obligations in an amount in excess of $975,000,000.

Excluded Collateral” shall have the meaning specified in the Senior Credit Agreement.

First Lien Debt” means (a) Indebtedness incurred under the Senior Credit Agreement (including the undrawn amount of letters of credit, whether or not then available to be drawn) and any guarantees thereof, (b) Additional First Lien Debt (including any Refinancing Credit Facility constituting Additional First Lien Debt), (c) Cash Management Obligations and (d) Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements.

First Lien Documents” means, collectively, the documentation in respect of the Senior Credit Agreement and all documents governing any Additional First Lien Debt, each Secured Hedging Agreement and each Cash Management Arrangement pursuant to which any First Lien Debt is incurred and secured in accordance with the terms of each applicable Priority Lien Document and the Security Documents related thereto (other than any Security Documents that do not secure First Lien Obligations); provided, however, any First Lien Documents, including any modification thereto or replacement thereof, shall permit the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens and shall not be more restrictive as it relates to the treatment of lien and payment priority of the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens than the provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement on the date of this Agreement (except as otherwise agreed by the First-Out Representative).

First Lien Obligations” means the First Lien Debt and all other Obligations in respect thereof.

First Lien Representative” means (a) in the case of the Senior Credit Agreement (and Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations secured thereunder), the Senior Credit Agreement Agent or (b) in the case of any Additional First Lien Debt (including any Refinancing Credit Facility constituting Additional First Lien Debt), the agent or trustee who maintains the transfer register for such Additional First Lien Debt and is appointed as a representative of such First Lien Debt (for purposes related to the administration of the applicable Security Documents) pursuant to such Additional First Lien Debt and that executes and delivers an Additional Secured Debt Designation and a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance therewith.

First Lien Secured Parties” means each holder of a First Lien Obligation, including each First Lien Representative and the Collateral Trustee.

First-Out Documents” means, collectively, any Collateral Bond, the Permits and any other documents, agreements, orders or instruments in respect of, or related to, any Collateral Bond.

First-Out Default” means any failure by Luminant to satisfy its First-Out Obligations as required under the First-Out Documents or the Texas Statutes, in each case after giving effect to

 

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any applicable grace periods, which permits the First-Out Representative to call or forfeit any Collateral Bond pursuant to the First-Out Documents and the Texas Statute, including without limitation, any “Event of Default” under, and as defined in, any Collateral Bond.

First-Out Liens” means the Priority Liens securing the First-Out Obligations, with the priority in payment set forth in Section 3.4(a).

First-Out Obligations” means all obligations from time to time of Luminant or the Guarantors to the First-Out Representative for the performance and payment under any Collateral Bond, the Collateral Bond Guaranty, the Texas Statutes and any other First-Out Documents, including the Reclamation Obligations and First-Out Representative Fees and Expenses, and any other obligations owing to the First-Out Representative under the First-Out Documents (including this Agreement).

First-Out Representative” means the Railroad Commission of Texas.

First-Out Representative Fees and Expenses” means all amounts payable under this Agreement or any other First-Out Document on account of the First-Out Representative’s fees and expenses and any reasonable legal fees and expenses, out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses or other liabilities (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Reclamation Obligations) of any kind incurred by the First-Out Representative or agent thereof in connection with any Security Document or any other First-Out Document, including but not limited to indemnification payments and reimbursements.

First-Out Secured Parties” means the First-Out Representative and the Collateral Trustee.

Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank, stock exchange, the Public Utility Commission of Texas or any successor thereto, the Railroad Commission of Texas or any successor thereto or the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or any other entity succeeding thereto.

Grantor” means each of and “Grantors” means, collectively, the Company and the Guarantors and any other Person (if any) that at any time provides collateral security for the Priority Lien Obligations.

Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations (and “Guaranteed” and “Guaranteeing” shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing).

Guarantor” means any Person who has Guaranteed payment of any Priority Lien Obligations, and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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Hedge Bank” means any Person (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower) that either (i) is a party to a Commodity Hedging Agreement or (ii) a party to any other Hedging Agreement (other than a Commodity Hedging Agreement) and, in each case, either (x) is a signatory to this Agreement or (y) at the time it enters into a Hedging Agreement or on the Conversion Date, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to a Secured Hedging Agreement.

Hedging Agreements” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement and (c) physical or financial commodity contracts or agreements, power purchase or sale agreements, fuel purchase or sale agreements, environmental credit purchase or sale agreements, power transmission agreements, ancillary service agreements, commodity transportation agreements, fuel storage agreements, weather derivatives, netting agreements (including Netting Agreements), capacity agreements and commercial or trading agreements, each with respect to the purchase, sale or exchange of (or the option to purchase, sell or exchange), transmission, transportation, storage, distribution, processing, sale, lease or hedge of, any Covered Commodity, price or price indices for any such Covered Commodity or services or any other similar derivative agreements, and any other similar agreements.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.

Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Credit Agreement or to such term or other similar term in any applicable Priority Lien Document.

Indemnified Liabilities” means any and all liabilities (including all environmental liabilities), obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, taxes, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, performance, administration or enforcement of this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of any Priority Lien Debt or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any law (including environmental laws) applicable to or enforceable against the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Grantor or any of the Collateral and all reasonable costs and expenses, (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel selected by the Indemnitee limited in the case of legal counsel for each such Indemnitee (other than the Collateral Trustee) to one

 

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primary counsel for each such Indemnitee and its Related Parties (other than the Collateral Trustee) and, if necessary, one firm of regulatory counsel and/or one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction) incurred by each such Indemnitee in connection with any claim, action, investigation or proceeding in any respect relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not suit is brought; provided, however, that such Indemnitees (other than the Collateral Trustee) may retain additional counsel as may be reasonably necessary.

Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10(a).

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

(1) any case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

(2) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

Intercreditor Agreement” means the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) and any other intercreditor agreement executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement, in each case which leaves unaffected the priority of the First-Out Lien and the First-Out Obligations, and the rights and remedies of the First-Out Representative set forth in this Agreement.

Lien” means, any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, collateral assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease or license in the nature thereof); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to be a Lien.

Luminant” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Major Additional First Lien Debt Representative” means the First Lien Representative of the Series of First Lien Debt that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of First Lien Debt (excluding the Series of First Lien Debt under the Senior Credit Agreement).

Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Hedging Agreements.”

 

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Mined Land Under Permit” means the real property within the boundaries of the Permits.

Netting Agreement” means, in respect of Hedging Obligations, a netting agreement, master netting agreement or other similar document having the same effect as a netting agreement or master netting agreement and, as applicable, any collateral annex, security agreement or other similar document related to any master netting agreement or Permitted Contract (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement).

Obligations” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations and obligations to provide cash collateral with respect to letters of credit, whether or not drawn), interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding), premium (if any), penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages, guarantees, other liabilities, amounts payable, or obligations under the documentation governing any Priority Lien Debt or other obligations in respect thereof (including, for avoidance of doubt, any First-Out Obligations).

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Company or a Parent Entity, including:

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate has read such covenant or condition; and

(b) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

Original Collateral Bond” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Other Credit Support” means (i) funds deposited for the satisfaction, discharge, redemption or defeasance of any Series of Priority Lien Debt in accordance with the terms of the applicable Priority Lien Documents, (ii) cash collateral deposited with (or pledged to) any Priority Lien Representative or Priority Lien Secured Party in accordance with the terms of the applicable Priority Lien Documents to secure obligations customarily secured by cash collateral in connection with financings (including without limitation, cash collateral in respect of letters of credit and defaulting lender obligations but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) each Term Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Account and all funds on deposit therein and (y) cash collateral (1) consisting of all or substantially all cash and cash equivalents of the Grantors or (2) perfected by deposit account or security account control agreements on a material number of the deposit and security accounts of the Grantors or pursuant to a requirement that all or substantially all of the cash and cash equivalents be deposited with the agent, or other applicable secured party, of any Priority Lien Debt) and (iii) cash collateral deposited with any Priority Lien Representative or Priority Lien Secured Party in respect of any Hedging Obligations or Cash Management Obligations which are secured under the applicable Priority Lien Documents, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) to the extent not prohibited by the Priority Lien Documents.

 

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Parent Entity” means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as a partnership) of the Company.

Permits” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Permitted Prior Liens” means (a) in the case of the First Lien Obligations, Liens permitted by the First Lien Documents to be incurred on a senior basis to the First Lien Obligations (other than the First-Out Obligations) and (b) in the case of the First-Out Obligations, any Prior Permitted Lien (as defined in the Collateral Bond).

Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

Priority Lien” means a first priority Lien (subject in priority only to Permitted Prior Liens) granted by any Grantor in favor of the Collateral Trustee pursuant to a Security Document, at any time, upon any property of the Company or such Grantor to secure Priority Lien Obligations.

Priority Lien Debt” means, collectively, First-Out Obligations and First Lien Debt.

Priority Lien Debt Default” means (a) in the case of the First-Out Obligations, a First-Out Default and (b) in the case of any First Lien Debt, any “Event of Default” under any Priority Lien Document or any similar event or condition (with or without the giving of notice and whether or not notice has been given) which, under the terms of any Priority Lien Document governing any Series of Priority Lien Debt, in each case after giving effect to any applicable grace periods, (i) causes (or permits holders of Priority Lien Debt outstanding thereunder to cause) the Priority Lien Debt outstanding thereunder to become immediately due and payable, or (ii) in the case of any Hedging Obligation secured by a Priority Lien, permits the counterparty thereto to close out or terminate such Hedging Obligation.

Priority Lien Documents” means, collectively, the First Lien Documents and the First-Out Documents.

Priority Lien Obligations” means Priority Lien Debt, Obligations to the Collateral Trustee (including the Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses), and all other Obligations in respect of any of the foregoing.

Priority Lien Representative” means (a) in the case of any Collateral Bond, the First-Out Representative, or (b) in the case of any First Lien Debt, the applicable First Lien Representative.

Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders” means (x) at any time prior to the Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date, and prior to the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations, the Senior Credit Agreement Agent or (y) on or any time after the Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date (and, if the Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date has occurred as a result of the circumstances described in clause (b) of the definition of “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date”, after the expiration of the Additional First Lien Debt Standstill Period), the Major Additional First Lien Debt

 

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Representative, unless the Collateral Trustee shall have received notice in writing from the Senior Credit Agreement Agent stating that (A) the Collateral Trustee has received a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction pursuant to Section 3.3(f), (B) the Senior Credit Agreement Agent has commenced an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof and is otherwise diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action and (C) the Senior Credit Agreement Agent is still the “Priority Lien Representative” for the Required First Lien Debtholders, in which case the “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date” shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Senior Credit Agreement Agent shall continue to be the “Priority Lien Representative” for the Required First Lien Debtholders unless the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders has withdrawn, in writing, its instructions to the Collateral Trustee to pursue an Enforcement Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Trustee shall not be required to make a determination as to whether an “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date” has occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the notice set forth in clause (y) of the preceding sentence as having the effect that an “Additional First Lien Debt Enforcement Date” has in fact occurred.

Priority Lien Secured Party” means each holder of Priority Lien Obligations (other than the Collateral Trustee) and each Priority Lien Representative.

Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

Reclamation Obligations” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Credit Facility” means and includes any credit facility governing any Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) or Permitted Other Loans (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) incurred to Refinance a portion of the Senior Credit Agreement or any corresponding Refinancing credit facility in any successor or replacement credit facility (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the term “Refinancing Credit Facility” shall not include any such credit facility that Refinances the Senior Credit Agreement in full and is designated as the “Senior Credit Agreement” as provided in the definition of “Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations”); provided, however, any First Lien Documents for any such Refinancing Credit Facility, including any modification thereto or replacement thereof, shall permit the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens and shall not be more restrictive as it relates to the treatment of the lien and payment priority of the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens than the provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement on the date of this Agreement (except as otherwise agreed by the First-Out Representative).

 

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Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

Required First Lien Debtholders” means (a) (i) at any time as there are then loans, commitments or letters of credit (other than Back-Stopped Letters of Credit) outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement, the Required Lenders (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) and (ii) if there is any Additional First Lien Debt outstanding at such time, the requisite lenders under the documents governing the Additional First Lien Debt for purposes of consenting to general amendments of Security Documents thereunder and (b) at any other time, Hedge Banks and Cash Management Banks holding a majority of the then outstanding Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations.

Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement” means any Commodity Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.

Secured Hedging Agreement” means any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.

Security Documents” means this Agreement, each Collateral Trust Joinder and all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any other Grantor creating (or purporting to create) a Priority Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Collateral Trustee, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and Section 7.1.

Senior Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016, among, inter alios, the Company, the lenders and other financial institutions party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other agents party thereto, together with all Credit Documents (as defined therein), in each case as amended, amended and restated, extended, renewed, modified, supplemented or restated or replaced, refunded or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, including by or pursuant to any agreement or instrument that extends the maturity of any Indebtedness thereunder, or increases the amount of available borrowings thereunder, or adds Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, in each case with respect to such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or any group of any of the foregoing; provided, however, any modification thereto or replacement of the Senior Credit Agreement or any Credit Documents contemplated by the foregoing shall permit the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens and shall not be more restrictive as it relates to the treatment of the lien and payment priority of the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens than the provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement on the date of this Agreement (except as otherwise agreed by the First-Out Representative).

 

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Senior Credit Agreement Agent” means, initially, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch in its capacity as the collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement, and any other agent or representative of the First Lien Secured Parties then most recently designated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement or any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity, for purposes of administration of collateral matters with respect to the Senior Credit Agreement.

Series of First Lien Debt” means, severally, the Senior Credit Agreement and each other issue or series of First Lien Debt.

Series of Priority Lien Debt” means, severally, the Senior Credit Agreement, the Original Collateral Bond and each other issue or series of Priority Lien Debt.

Shifting Control Date” means, subject to Section 3.3(a) and the definition of “Controlling Priority Lien Representative”, the date upon which either (a) the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred or (b) (i) a Priority Lien Debt Default under the First-Out Documents has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the First-Out Representative delivers written notice to the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders and the Collateral Trustee (in accordance herewith and specifying both the first day and the last day of the corresponding Standstill Period) that (A) the event described in clause (i) has occurred and is continuing, (B) there is no Priority Lien Representative then acting as Controlling Priority Lien Representative or the Priority Lien Representative who is the Controlling Priority Lien Representative pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof has either failed to instruct the Collateral Trustee to commence an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof or is not then diligently pursuing such Enforcement Action, unless such Controlling Priority Lien Representative is stayed or otherwise precluded from doing so by law, regulation or order (including as a result of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), in which case the Standstill Period shall not commence or, to the extent it has already commenced shall be tolled, until such Controlling Priority Lien Representative is no longer stayed or otherwise precluded from commencing or pursuing an Enforcement Action and (C) the First-Out Representative wishes to commence or continue an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Trustee shall not be required to make a determination as to whether a “Shifting Control Date” has occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any notice from a Person purporting to be an authorized representative of the First-Out Representative under Section 3.3 hereof or any written notice from the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders as contemplated by the proviso in the second sentence of Section 3.3(a), as applicable, as having the effect that a “Shifting Control Date” has in fact occurred.

Shifting Control Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).

Standstill Period” means the first period of 120 consecutive (as such period may be tolled in accordance with the definition of Shifting Control Date) days commencing on the Shifting Control Date (as such period may be extended as contemplated by the definition of “Shifting Control Date”).

 

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Stock” means shares of capital stock or shares in the capital, as the case may be (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock or ordinary shares or preferred shares, as the case may be), beneficial, partnership or membership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting.

Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

Subsidiary” of any Person means and includes (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time or is a controlling general partner. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company.

Texas Statutes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Trust Estate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or the State of Texas, as applicable, or of any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the perfection of security interests in any Collateral.

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Stock or Stock Equivalents having the right to vote for the election of directors or other governing body of such Person under ordinary circumstances.

Section 1.2 Rules of Interpretation.

(a) All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Senior Credit Agreement, provided that any modifications to the definitions in the Senior Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof shall be subject to Section 7.1. The Company and the Senior Credit Agreement Agent shall promptly notify the First-Out Representative and the Collateral Trustee in writing of any amendment to the Senior Credit Agreement permitted hereunder which changes any term defined by reference to the Senior Credit Agreement or pursuant to the preceding sentence or which changes any obligation of the Collateral Trustee, and shall promptly provide a copy of any such amendment to the First-Out Representative and the Collateral Trustee.

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deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto; provided, however, any modification of any Contractual Requirements relating to any First Lien Obligations shall permit the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens and shall not be more restrictive as it relates to the treatment of the lien and payment priority of the First-Out Obligations and the First-Out Liens than the provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement on the date of this Agreement (unless otherwise agreed by the First-Out Representative) and (b) references to any Requirement of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Requirement of Law. The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(c) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof. The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(d) References to “Sections,” “clauses,” “recitals” and the “preamble” will be to Sections, clauses, recitals and the preamble, respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. References to “Articles” will be to Articles of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. References to “Exhibits” and “Schedules” will be to Exhibits and Schedules, respectively, to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided.

(e) This Agreement and the other Security Documents will be construed without regard to the identity of the party who drafted it and as though the parties participated equally in drafting it. Consequently, each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that any rule of construction that a document is to be construed against the drafting party will not be applicable either to this Agreement or the other Security Documents.

Section 1.3 Impairments.

It is the intention of the Priority Lien Secured Parties of each Series that the holders of Priority Lien Obligations of such Series (and not the Priority Lien Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of (i) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the Priority Lien Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of Priority Lien Obligations), (y) in the case of any First Lien Obligations, any of the Priority Lien Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of Priority Lien Obligations and/or (z) in the case of any First Lien Obligations, any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of Priority Lien Obligations) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of Priority Lien Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of Priority Lien Obligations or (ii) the existence of any collateral for any other Series of Priority Lien Obligations that is not Collateral, which in the case of the First-Out Obligations consists of Other Credit Support and

 

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Mined Land Under Permit only (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series of Priority Lien Obligations, an “Impairment” of such Series). In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of Priority Lien Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of Priority Lien Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of Priority Lien Obligations (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of Priority Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 3.4) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such Priority Lien Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the Priority Lien Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code), any reference to such Priority Lien Obligations or the Priority Lien Documents governing such Priority Lien Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.

ARTICLE II

THE TRUST ESTATE

Section 2.1 Declaration of Trust.

To secure the payment of the Priority Lien Obligations and in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, each of the Grantors, each Priority Lien Representative and each other Priority Lien Secured Party hereby confirms the grant of Liens in favor of the Collateral Trustee, and the Collateral Trustee hereby accepts and agrees to hold, in trust under this Agreement for the benefit of all current and future Priority Lien Secured Parties, on all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all Collateral and on all Liens now or hereafter granted to the Collateral Trustee by each Grantor under any Security Document for the benefit of the Priority Lien Secured Parties, together with all of the Collateral Trustee’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents, and all interests, rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Trustee thereunder or in respect thereof and all cash and non-cash proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Trust Estate”).

The Collateral Trustee and its successors and assigns under this Agreement will hold the Trust Estate in trust for the benefit solely and exclusively of all current and future Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Collateral Trustee as security for the payment of all present and future Priority Lien Obligations.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time:

(1) all Liens securing the Priority Lien Obligations have been released as provided in Section 4.1;

(2) the Collateral Trustee holds no property in trust that constitutes part of the Trust Estate;

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(4) no monetary obligation (other than unasserted contingent indemnification and other obligations and Back-Stopped Letters of Credit) is outstanding and payable under this Agreement to the Collateral Trustee or any of its co-trustees or agents (whether in an individual or representative capacity); and

(5) the Company delivers to the Collateral Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all Priority Liens of the Collateral Trustee have been released in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Priority Lien Documents and that the Grantors are not required by any Priority Lien Document to grant any Priority Lien upon any property, then the Trust Estate arising hereunder will automatically terminate (subject to any reinstatement pursuant to Section 7.20 hereof and other than with respect to contingent indemnification and other obligations unasserted on the date of termination of the Trust Estate), except that all provisions set forth in Sections 7.9 and 7.10 that are enforceable by the Collateral Trustee or any of its co-trustees or agents (whether in an individual or representative capacity) will remain enforceable in accordance with their terms.

The parties further declare and covenant that the Trust Estate will be held and distributed by the Collateral Trustee subject to the further agreements herein.

Section 2.2 Collateral Shared Equally and Ratably. The parties to this Agreement agree that the payment and satisfaction of all of the Priority Lien Obligations will be secured equally and ratably by the Priority Lien established in favor of the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Collateral Trustee, notwithstanding the time of incurrence of any Priority Lien Obligations or time or method of creation or perfection of any Priority Liens securing such Priority Lien Obligations and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC or any other applicable law or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of, the Liens securing the Priority Lien Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced against the Company or any other Grantor, it is the intent of the parties that all Priority Lien Obligations will be and are secured equally and ratably by all Priority Liens at any time granted by the Company or any other Grantor to secure any Priority Lien Obligations, and that all such Priority Liens will be enforceable by the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of all Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Collateral Trustee equally and ratably; provided, however, that the Priority Lien Obligations shall be subject to the prior payment rights of the Collateral Trustee for the Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses and the holders of the First-Out Obligations and certain other Priority Lien Obligations as provided in Section 3.4 and the requirements of Section 1.3.

Section 2.3 Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Liens.

(a) Subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement and Article 5 hereof, in exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the Controlling Priority Lien Representative may, by a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, instruct (or refrain from instructing) the Collateral Trustee to enforce the provisions of the Priority Lien Documents and instruct (or refrain from instructing) the Collateral Trustee to exercise remedies thereunder or any such rights and remedies, all in such order and in such manner as the Controlling Priority Lien Representative may determine in the exercise of its sole and exclusive discretion, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Priority Lien Documents, including:

(1) the exercise or forbearance from exercise of all rights and remedies in respect of the Collateral and/or the Priority Lien Obligations as to which the Controlling Party Lien Representative is the Priority Lien Representative;

 

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(2) the enforcement or forbearance from enforcement of any Priority Lien in respect of the Collateral;

(3) the exercise or forbearance from exercise of rights and powers of a holder of shares of stock included in the Trust Estate to the extent provided in the Priority Lien Documents;

(4) after the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than with respect to any Excess First-Out Obligations), the acceptance of the Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the First Lien Obligations; and

(5) the exercise or forbearance from exercise of all rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar law of any applicable jurisdiction or in equity.

Section 2.4 Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Lien Obligations.

(a) Without in any way limiting the generality of Section 2.3, the holders of First-Out Obligations on the one hand and the holders of First Lien Obligations, on the other hand, and their respective Priority Lien Obligations and the Priority Lien Representatives may, at any time and from time to time, do any one or more of the following, with respect to their respective Priority Liens and Priority Lien Obligations:

(1) unless otherwise prohibited by any Priority Lien Document, change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, their respective Priority Lien Obligations, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner their respective Priority Lien Obligations, or any instrument evidencing their respective Priority Lien Obligations or any agreement under which their respective Priority Lien Obligations are outstanding;

(2) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of their respective Priority Lien Obligations;

(3) release the Priority Lien on any Collateral; and

(4) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against Company and/or any other Grantor.

Section 2.5 Identical Collateral and Agreements. The parties to this Agreement agree that it is their intention that the Priority Liens securing the separate Series of Priority Lien Debt be identical (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Liens arising in connection with Other Credit Support and Mined Land Under Permit). In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that there shall be one set of Security Documents creating Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of all the Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Collateral Trustee.

 

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Section 2.6 Insolvency Matters.

(a) The Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the First-Out Secured Parties) and the First-Out Representative, for itself and on behalf of the First-Out Secured Parties, and the Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties) and the First Lien Representative for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, acknowledge and agree that because of, among other things, their differing rights to payment in respect of the Collateral, the First-Out Obligations are fundamentally different from the First Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held by a court of competent jurisdiction that the claims of the First-Out Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions from or in respect of the Collateral hereunder shall be made as if there were separate classes of secured claims against the Grantors from or in respect of the Collateral and the First-Out Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive (subject to the provisions of Section 3.4 of this Agreement), in addition to amounts distributed to them from, or in respect of, the Collateral in respect of principal, any pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of any post-petition interest, fees, costs, expenses, premiums, and other charges, irrespective of whether a claim for such amounts is allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, before any distribution from, or in respect of, any Collateral is made in respect of the claims held by the First Lien Secured Parties who are not the Collateral Trustee (other than distributions of Collateral pursuant to Sections 3.4(a)(II) and 3.4(a)(IV)), with the Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, but not on behalf of itself) and the First Lien Secured Parties (except the Collateral Trustee) acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First-Out Secured Parties prior to the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than Excess First-Out Obligations) amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence (excluding amounts received pursuant to Sections 3.4(a)(II) and 3.4(a)(IV)), even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the First Lien Secured Parties who are not the Collateral Trustee. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 2.4(a) to the contrary, the Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses shall at all times be paid in full, prior to any payments being made to any of the other First Lien Secured Parties.

(b) If the Company and/or any other Grantor shall become subject to an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and shall, as debtor(s) in possession, move for approval of a financing (each, a “DIP Financing”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “DIP Lenders”) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law (including on a priming basis) or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any

 

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other Bankruptcy Law, each Priority Lien Secured Party (other than the Controlling Priority Lien Representative) agrees that it will not raise, join or support any objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Collateral securing the same (“DIP Financing Liens”) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Collateral, unless the Controlling Priority Lien Representative shall then oppose or object (or join in any objection) to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral, in each case so long as (A) the Priority Lien Secured Parties of each Series of Priority Lien Debt retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-à-vis all the other Priority Lien Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the Priority Lien Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (B) the Priority Lien Secured Parties of each Series of Priority Lien Debt are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any Priority Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-à-vis the Priority Lien Secured Parties as set forth in this Agreement, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the Priority Lien Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 3.4, (D) if any Priority Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection are applied pursuant to Section 3.4 and (E) either (i) the Liens securing such DIP Financing are not senior to the Liens securing the Priority Lien Obligations, and the First-Out Obligations maintain the same priority with respect to proceeds of the Collateral as set forth in Section 3.4 (including that the First-Out Obligations will have priority ahead of the obligations owed to the DIP Lenders) or (ii) the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than with respect to any Excess First-Out Obligations) occurs in connection with such DIP Financing; provided that (x) the Priority Lien Secured Parties of each Series of Priority Lien Debt shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any property or assets subject to Liens in favor of the Priority Lien Secured Parties of such Series of Priority Lien Debt that does not constitute Collateral and (y) that the Priority Lien Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other Priority Lien Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such Priority Lien Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.

Section 2.7 Insurance.

As between the Priority Lien Secured Parties, the Collateral Trustee, acting at the direction of the Controlling Priority Lien Representative, shall have (to the extent provided under the applicable Priority Lien Documents) the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Collateral.

Section 2.8 Refinancings.

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to permit the Refinancing transaction under any Priority Lien Document) of any Priority Lien Secured Party of any other Series, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that such Refinancing indebtedness shall only constitute Additional First Lien Debt or Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Agreement hereunder if the Priority Lien Representative of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness shall have complied with the requirements of Section 3.8 or the definition of “Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations”, if applicable.

ARTICLE III

OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF COLLATERAL TRUSTEE

Section 3.1 Appointment and Undertaking of the Collateral Trustee.

(a) Each Priority Lien Secured Party acting through its respective Priority Lien Representative and/or by its acceptance of the Security Documents hereby appoints the Collateral Trustee to serve as collateral trustee hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth herein. Subject to, and in accordance with, this Agreement, the Collateral Trustee will, as collateral trustee, for the benefit solely and exclusively of the present and future Priority Lien Secured Parties and itself, when properly directed by a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction and if required by the Collateral Trustee, indemnified in accordance with Section 5.4 (c) of this Agreement:

(i) accept, enter into, hold, maintain, administer and enforce all Security Documents, including all Collateral subject thereto, and all Liens created thereunder, perform its obligations hereunder and under the Security Documents and protect, exercise and enforce the interests, rights, powers and remedies granted or available to it under, pursuant to or in connection with the Security Documents (including in connection with any Enforcement Action or Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding);

(ii) take all lawful and commercially reasonable actions permitted under the Security Documents that it may deem necessary or advisable to protect or preserve its interest in the Collateral subject thereto and such interests, rights, powers and remedies;

(iii) deliver and receive notices pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents;

(iv) sell, assign, collect, assemble, foreclose on, institute legal proceedings with respect to, take any Enforcement Action, or otherwise exercise or enforce the rights and remedies of a secured party (including a mortgagee, trust deed beneficiary and insurance beneficiary or loss payee) with respect to the Collateral under the Security Documents and its other interests, rights, powers and remedies;

(v) remit as provided in Section 3.4 all cash proceeds received by the Collateral Trustee from an Enforcement Action under the Security Documents, any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any of its other interests, rights, powers or remedies;

 

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(vi) execute and deliver (i) amendments and supplements to the Security Documents as from time to time authorized pursuant to Section 7.1 accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the amendment or supplement is permitted under Section 7.1; provided, that the Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively on such Officer’s Certificate without independent inquiry and (ii) acknowledgements of Collateral Trust Joinders delivered pursuant to Section 3.8 or 7.18 hereof;

(vii) release or subordinate any Lien granted to it by any Security Document upon any Collateral if and as required by Section 3.2, Section 4.1 or Section 4.2; and

(viii) enter into and perform its obligations and protect, exercise and enforce its interest, rights, powers and remedies under any Intercreditor Agreement.

(b) Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and consents to the undertaking of the Collateral Trustee set forth in Section 3.1(a) and agrees to each of the other provisions of this Agreement applicable to the Collateral Trustee.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Collateral Trustee will not commence any Enforcement Action, take any action in connection with an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise take any action or proceeding against any of the Collateral unless and until the Collateral Trustee shall have received notice in the form of a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction and then only in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Collateral Trustee shall not be required to (i) file any proofs of claim or interest on behalf of any Priority Lien Secured Party under the Bankruptcy Code or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; or (ii) vote on any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation or any other plan on behalf of any Priority Lien Secured Party under the Bankruptcy Code or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates may serve as Collateral Trustee.

Section 3.2 Release or Subordination of Liens. The Collateral Trustee will not release or subordinate any Priority Lien of the Collateral Trustee or consent to the release or subordination of any Priority Lien of the Collateral Trustee, except:

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respect of Permitted Prior Liens (i) is permitted by each applicable Priority Lien Document and in the case of any subordination, such subordination does not affect the priority of the First-Out Lien and the First-Out Obligations in relation to the First Lien Obligations as set forth in Section 3.4, and the rights and remedies of the First-Out Representative set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 4.1(b)(i) and 4.1(b)(ii);

(b) to release or subordinate Liens on Collateral to the extent permitted by each applicable Priority Lien Document; provided that the Collateral Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that (i) the release or subordination is permitted by each applicable Priority Lien Document and otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 4.1(b)(i) and 4.1(b)(ii), and (ii) in the case of any subordination, such subordination does not affect the priority of the First-Out Lien and the First-Out Obligations in relation to the First Lien Obligations as set forth in Section 3.4, and the rights and remedies of the First-Out Representative set forth in this Agreement; or

(c) as ordered pursuant to applicable law under a final and nonappealable order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 3.3 Enforcement of Liens.

(a) Each Priority Lien Secured Party acting through its respective Priority Lien Representative and/or by its acceptance of the Security Documents agrees with the Collateral Trustee that (i) the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders on the date of this Agreement is Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as identified in the Preamble to this Agreement, (ii) the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders is the Controlling Priority Lien Representative on the date of this Agreement, and (iii) whether or not a Shifting Control Date has occurred, the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders shall remain the Controlling Priority Lien Representative unless and until the date that the Collateral Trustee and the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders has received written notice (a “Shifting Control Notice”) from a Person purporting to be the authorized representative of the First-Out Representative, which notice shall certify that (A) the person signing the notice is an authorized representative of the First-Out Representative, (B) the Shifting Control Notice was sent to the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders and the Collateral Trustee, and (C) a Shifting Control Date occurred on the date specified in such Shifting Control Notice (it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the obligations of the First Lien Representative hereunder, upon the Collateral Trustee’s receipt of a Shifting Control Notice satisfying the foregoing requirements, the Collateral Trustee may assume without further inquiry that the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders has received such notice). After the Collateral Trustee receives a Shifting Control Notice, the First-Out Representative shall constitute the Controlling Priority Lien Representative, notwithstanding any notice, demand or claim of the First Lien Representative or any other Person to the contrary; provided, however, if the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders gives the Collateral Trustee notice, in writing, stating that (I) the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First

 

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Lien Debtholders has commenced an Enforcement Action pursuant to the terms hereof and is otherwise diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action and (II) the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders is still the “Controlling Priority Lien Representative”, then the “Shifting Control Date” shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders shall be the “Controlling Priority Lien Representative” unless the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders has withdrawn, in writing, its instructions to the Collateral Trustee to pursue an Enforcement Action. Each Person purporting to be the authorized representative of First-Out Representative that delivers a Shifting Control Notice to the Collateral Trustee shall also deliver a Shifting Control Notice to the Priority Lien Representative for the Required First Lien Debtholders, which Shifting Control Notice shall certify that (x) the person signing the notice is an authorized representative of the First-Out Representative, (y) the Shifting Control Notice was sent to the Collateral Trustee, and (z) a Shifting Control Date occurred on the date specified in in such Shifting Control Notice.

(b) Each Priority Lien Secured Party acting through its respective Priority Lien Representative and/or by its acceptance of the Security Documents agrees with the Collateral Trustee that: (i) the Collateral Trustee may refrain from taking an Enforcement Action or from acting with respect the Collateral unless directed pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction and shall refrain from taking an Enforcement Action or from acting or taking action with respect to the Collateral only as directed pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction; (ii) the Collateral Trustee shall not follow any instructions with respect to the Collateral or any Enforcement Action from any Priority Lien Secured Party other than the Controlling Priority Lien Representative; (iii) no Priority Lien Secured Party (other than the Controlling Priority Lien Representative) shall, or shall instruct the Collateral Trustee to take any Enforcement Action, whether under any Security Document, applicable law or otherwise, and (iv) only the Collateral Trustee, acting pursuant to Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, shall be entitled to take any Enforcement Action and in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, to credit bid (subject to clause (g) below) the amount of any Priority Lien Debt; provided that, if and to the extent that such Enforcement Action is to be conducted through receivership, a court-appointed receiver will be utilized. Unless it has been directed to the contrary by a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, the Collateral Trustee in any event may (but will not be obligated to) take or refrain from taking any Enforcement Action as it may deem advisable and in the best interest of the holders of Priority Lien Obligations.

(c) If the Collateral Trustee at any time receives a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction stating that a Priority Lien Debt Default has occurred, the Collateral Trustee, pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, will promptly deliver written notice thereof to each other Priority Lien Representative. No Priority Lien Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any Enforcement Action brought by the Collateral Trustee, or any action taken by the Collateral Trustee in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any other exercise by the Collateral Trustee of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(d) Each Priority Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the Priority Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder, agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any assets or property that constitute Collateral for the benefit of any Priority Lien Obligations (excluding Other Credit Support) other than pursuant to the Security Documents, and by executing this Agreement (or a Collateral Trust Joinder), each Priority Lien Representative and each Priority Lien Secured Party for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents applicable to it.

(e) Each Priority Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each Priority Lien Secured Party for which it is acting hereunder, agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity, allowability or enforceability of any Priority Lien Obligations or any Priority Lien Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any Priority Lien Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; (ii) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral; (iii) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; (iv) it will not object to or oppose, and shall be deemed to consent to, a sale or other disposition of any Collateral (or any portion thereof) under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law if the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) shall have consented to such sale or disposition of such Collateral, the Priority Liens attach to the proceeds of such sale or disposition, and the proceeds of such sale or disposition are applied in accordance with Section 3.4; (v) it will not object to or otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting), any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of the Collateral made by the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction); (vi) it will not seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction); (vii) it will not object to, or otherwise contest (or support any Person contesting), (A) any request by the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) for adequate protection on account of the Collateral or (B) any objection by the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Collateral Trustee’s claimed lack of adequate protection with respect to the Collateral; (viii) it will not assert or enforce (or support any Person asserting or enforcing) any claim under section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code pari passu with or senior to any Priority Liens for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing any Collateral; and (ix) other than as otherwise provided in this Agreement, oppose or otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting) any lawful exercise by the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to

 

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a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) of the right to credit bid at any sale of Collateral (subject to Section 3.3(g)); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Collateral Trustee or any other Priority Lien Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.

(f) Prior to the commencement of any Enforcement Action with respect to any Collateral, the Controlling Priority Lien Representative shall (i) provide a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction (which shall include an instruction to the Collateral Trustee to provide a copy of such notice to each Priority Lien Representative) of its intention to deliver a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction to the Collateral Trustee to commence an Enforcement Action to the Collateral Trustee (who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Priority Lien Representative) as far in advance of such commencement as is reasonably practicable, and (ii) consult with each Priority Lien Representative on a regular basis in connection with such Enforcement Action. Each Priority Lien Representative hereby agrees, on behalf of itself and the Priority Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder, to act in a commercially reasonable manner and in a manner consistent with this Agreement in connection with any Enforcement Action. Failure by the Collateral Trustee to deliver a copy of the Enforcement Action notice to the Priority Lien Representatives shall not affect the enforceability and effectiveness of the Enforcement Action or result in any liability on the part of the Collateral Trustee or the Controlling Priority Lien Representative.

(g) Each of the Priority Lien Representatives and the other Priority Lien Secured Parties may exercise any rights (i) of termination or acceleration of any Indebtedness or other Obligations owing under their respective Priority Lien Documents, (ii) with respect to the First-Out Representative, to call or forfeit any Collateral Bond or pursue any rights and remedies under the Texas Statutes or (iii) to demand payment under the guarantee in respect thereof or take any actions and exercise all rights available to it arising out of, relating to, or in respect of, the enforcement of any Lien (other than a Priority Lien) or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case in accordance with the terms of their respective Priority Lien Documents and applicable law and otherwise consistent with the order of application in Section 3.4 and the other terms of this Agreement; provided that, during the continuance of any Priority Lien Debt Default under the applicable Priority Lien Documents, the proceeds realized from the exercise of any set-off rights (other than in respect of Other Credit Support) shall be distributed in accordance with Section 3.4.

(h) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, at any time when the Controlling Priority Lien Representative is not the First-Out Representative, each Priority Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each Priority Lien Secured Party for which it is acting hereunder, agrees that in a sale or other disposition of any Collateral (or any portion thereof) under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or the equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code, any other Bankruptcy Law or applicable law, the Collateral Trustee is authorized to credit-bid the First Lien Obligations so long as such credit bid provides for the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than with respect to any Excess First-Out Obligations), and provided that the Collateral Trustee shall have received a Controlling Party Lien Representative Direction authorizing such credit bid.

 

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Section 3.4 Application of Proceeds.

(a) (I) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 3.4, all proceeds of any collection, sale (including any sale or other disposition under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), foreclosure or other realization upon, or any other Enforcement Action with respect to, any Collateral and all assets or amounts received on account of the Collateral or the secured claims of the Priority Lien Secured Parties under the Priority Lien Documents in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise in connection with the enforcement of remedies and the proceeds of the foregoing (whether through an Enforcement Action or during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise in connection with the enforcement of remedies), the proceeds of any insurance policy required under any Priority Lien Document or otherwise covering the Collateral, any condemnation proceeds with respect to the Collateral, and any other amounts required to be delivered to the Collateral Trustee by any Priority Lien Secured Party or Priority Lien Representative pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement and for application in accordance with this Section 3.4(a) (collectively, “Proceeds”), shall be delivered by the parties hereto to the Collateral Trustee who will apply such Proceeds in the following order of application (and each Priority Lien Representative shall provide a notice to the Collateral Trustee identifying the amounts which are payable to the applicable Series of Priority Lien Debt for which it acts as Priority Lien Representative pursuant to this Section 3.4(a) and the Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively on such notice without independent inquiry):

FIRST, to the payment of all amounts payable under this Agreement on account of the Collateral Trustee’s fees and expenses and any reasonable legal fees and expenses, out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses or other liabilities of any kind incurred by the Collateral Trustee or any co-trustee or agent of the Collateral Trustee in connection with any Security Document, including but not limited to amounts necessary to provide for the fees and expenses of the Collateral Trustee in maintaining and disposing of the Collateral, including, but not limited to, indemnification payments and reimbursements (collectively, the “Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses”);

SECOND, prior to the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than with respect to Excess First-Out Obligations), to the First-Out Representative for application to the First-Out Representative Fees and Expenses, including any reasonable legal fees and expenses, out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses or other liabilities of any kind incurred by the First-Out Representative (other than Reclamation Obligations) in connection with any First-Out Document, including, but not limited to, indemnification payments and reimbursements;

THIRD, prior to the Discharge of First-Out Obligations, to the First-Out Representative such an amount sufficient to pay or satisfy in full in cash all outstanding First-Out Obligations and otherwise provide for the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than any Excess First-Out Obligations;

 

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FOURTH, after the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than any than Excess First-Out Obligations), equally and ratably to the First Lien Representatives for application to the payment of all outstanding First Lien Debt and any other First Lien Obligations (which will include the Senior Credit Agreement) that are then due and payable in such order as may be provided in the applicable First Lien Documents in an amount sufficient to pay in full in cash all such outstanding First Lien Debt and all other First Lien Obligations that are then due and payable (including all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable First Lien Documents, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding (including all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the First Lien Documents, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding, and including the discharge or cash collateralization (in an amount equal to at least the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount required for release of Liens under the terms of the First Lien Documents) of all outstanding letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances or the backstop thereof pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant issuing bank, if any, constituting First Lien Obligations and the termination, expiration or other collateral arrangements in respect of Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations that are reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank and the applicable Cash Management Bank);

FIFTH, to the First-Out Representative for application to the payment of any Excess First-Out Obligations until the Discharge of First-Out Obligations in respect of such Excess First-Out Obligations; and

SIXTH, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, any surplus remaining after the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations will be paid to the Company or the applicable Grantor, as the case may be, its successors or assigns, or to such other Persons as may be entitled to such amounts under applicable law or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Series of Priority Lien Debt has released its Lien on any Collateral as described below in Section 4.4, then such Series of Priority Lien Debt and any related Priority Lien Obligations of that Series of Priority Lien Debt thereafter shall not be entitled to share in the proceeds of any Collateral so released by that Series of Priority Lien Debt.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Trustee shall only apply Proceeds in accordance with this Section 3.4 to the extent that such Proceeds are actually so received by the Collateral Trustee.

 

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(II) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 3.4(a)(I), (i) if the Company shall fail to pay to any Term Letter of Credit Issuer any Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations as and when required under the Senior Credit Agreement (including accrued but unpaid interest thereon), then the Controlling Priority Lien Representative shall, by a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, direct the Collateral Trustee (which direction shall include sufficient information for the Collateral Trustee to meet the requirements of this Section 3.4(a)(II), including without limitation, the amount to be reimbursed, the name and address of the Depositary Bank and the name and address of the Term Loan Letter of Credit Issuer) to instruct the applicable Depositary Bank to promptly withdraw from the applicable Term Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Account for the benefit of such Term Letter of Credit Issuer the applicable amount in accordance with the applicable terms of the Senior Credit Agreement and, upon receipt, such Term Letter of Credit Issuer shall apply such amount to the Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) owed to such Term Letter of Credit Issuer in accordance with the applicable terms of the Senior Credit Agreement, and (ii) prior to the Discharge of Senior Credit Agreement Obligations in respect of all Term Letters of Credit and all Obligations in respect of such Term Letters of Credit under the Senior Credit Agreement (including all Term Letter of Credit Reimbursement Obligations), any Proceeds in respect of the Term Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Accounts (and the funds therein) shall be applied to the foregoing Obligations in respect of the Term Letters of Credit in accordance with the applicable terms of the Senior Credit Agreement prior to application in accordance with Section 3.4(a)(I).

(III) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Proceeds of any Collateral shall not be applied to the First Lien Obligations owed to any applicable First Lien Secured Party entitled to Other Credit Support until such First Lien Secured Party shall have applied any Other Credit Support to the First Lien Obligations owing to it, unless such application is not then permitted under the applicable First Lien Document, the terms of any relevant Other Credit Support or applicable law.

(IV) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Proceeds of any Mined Land Under Permit shall not be applied to any Obligations payable under Section 3.4(a)(I) SECOND, THIRD or FIFTH and such proceeds shall instead by applied in accordance with Section 3.4(a)(I) without giving effect to Section 3.4(a)(I) SECOND, THIRD or FIFTH.

(b) If any portion of the proceeds of the Collateral is in the form of cash, then such cash shall be applied pursuant to the priorities set forth in this Section 3.4 before any non-cash proceeds are applied pursuant to the priorities set forth in this Section 3.4; provided that, irrespective of the terms of any plan of reorganization or other plan in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any Grantor (including the confirmation of such plan of reorganization pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or the equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Laws), each of the Priority Lien Debt Representatives hereby acknowledges and agrees to turn over to the Collateral Trustee amounts otherwise received or receivable by them under such plan to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this Section 3.4. If any Priority Lien Secured Party collects or receives any proceeds of an Enforcement Action, proceeds of any title or other insurance, and any proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise

 

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invalidated that should have been applied to the payment of the Priority Lien Obligations in accordance with Section 3.4(a) above, whether prior to or after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, such Priority Lien Secured Party will forthwith deliver the same to the Collateral Trustee, for the account of the applicable Priority Lien Secured Parties, to be applied in accordance with Section 3.4(a). Until so delivered, such proceeds shall be segregated and will be held in trust by that Secured Party for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties.

(c) To the extent any Priority Lien Secured Party or Priority Lien Representative receives cash, property or other assets on account of its claim in respect of any Priority Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, such cash, property or other assets will be delivered to the Collateral Trustee for application in accordance with Section 3.4(a) (including all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable Priority Lien Documents or other documentation in respect of Priority Lien Obligations, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding) until the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations.

(d) If, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Priority Lien Debt Default, any Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs by way of the exercise of any rights of set-off, banker’s liens or consolidation of accounts prior to the Discharge of First-Out Obligations (other than with respect to any Excess First-Out Obligations and other than by way of realization on Mined Land Under Permit, Other Credit Support or the Term Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Accounts), the relevant Priority Lien Secured Party shall immediately segregate and hold an amount equal to the amount so discharged in trust for application to the First-Out Obligations and forthwith deliver such amount to the Collateral Trustee as provided in this Section 3.4.

(e) This Section 3.4 is intended for the benefit of, and will be enforceable as a third party beneficiary by, each present and future holder of Priority Lien Obligations, each present and future Priority Lien Representative, the Collateral Trustee as holder of Priority Liens, the Company and each Grantor. The Priority Lien Representative of each future Series of Priority Lien Debt will be required to deliver a Collateral Trust Joinder including an Additional Secured Debt Designation as provided in Section 3.8 at the time of incurrence of such Series of Priority Lien Debt.

(f) In connection with the application of proceeds pursuant to this Section 3.4, except as otherwise directed by the Controlling Priority Lien Representative in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, the Collateral Trustee may sell any non-cash proceeds for cash prior to the application of the proceeds thereof.

(g) In making the determinations and allocations in accordance with Section 3.4(a), the Collateral Trustee may conclusively rely upon a notice provided by the relevant Priority Lien Representative as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Series of the Priority Lien Debt for which it acts as Priority Lien Representative and the Collateral Trustee shall have no

 

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liability to any of the Priority Lien Secured Parties, the Grantors or any other Person for actions taken in reliance on such information. Promptly following the reasonable request of the Collateral Trustee, the applicable Priority Lien Representative shall deliver to the Controlling Priority Lien Representative, the Collateral Trustee and the Company a certificate setting forth the information described above (and the Collateral Trustee may rely thereon). All distributions made by the Collateral Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final, and the Collateral Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by any Priority Lien Representative in respect of any amounts distributed to such Priority Lien Representative.

Section 3.5 Powers of the Collateral Trustee.

(a) The Collateral Trustee is irrevocably authorized and empowered to enter into and perform its obligations and, to the extent provided in this Agreement and applicable law, protect, perfect, exercise and enforce its interest, rights, powers and remedies under the Security Documents (including in connection with any Enforcement Action and in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and applicable law and in equity, to take such actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to act as set forth in this Article 3 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, and the other Security Documents to which it is a party and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Trustee by the terms of this Agreement, or, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, as requested in any lawful directions given to it from time to time in respect of any matter in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction.

(b) No Priority Lien Representative or holder of Priority Lien Obligations (other than the Collateral Trustee) will have any liability whatsoever to any other Priority Lien Representative or holder of Priority Lien Obligations for any act or omission of the Collateral Trustee, and the Collateral Trustee will have no liability whatsoever for any act or omission of any Priority Lien Representative or any holder of Priority Lien Obligations.

Section 3.6 Documents and Communications. The Collateral Trustee will permit each Priority Lien Representative upon reasonable written notice and at reasonable times from time to time to inspect and copy, at the cost and expense of the party requesting such copies, any and all Security Documents and other documents, notices, certificates, instructions or communications received by the Collateral Trustee in its capacity as such.

Section 3.7 For Sole and Exclusive Benefit of Holders of Priority Lien Obligations. The Collateral Trustee will accept, hold, administer and enforce, to the extent provided in this Agreement, all Liens on the Collateral at any time transferred or delivered to it and all other interests, rights, powers and remedies at any time granted to or enforceable by the Collateral Trustee and all other property of the Trust Estate solely and exclusively for the benefit of the present and future holders of present and future Priority Lien Obligations, and will distribute all proceeds received by it from an Enforcement Action solely and exclusively pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.4.

 

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Section 3.8 Additional Secured Debt.

(a) The Collateral Trustee will, as collateral trustee hereunder, perform its undertakings set forth in Section 3.1(a) with respect to any First Lien Obligations constituting a Series of First Lien Debt that is issued or incurred after the date hereof or any First-Out Obligations constituting Additional Collateral Bonds and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents, as applicable, provided after the date hereof; provided that:

(i) such First Lien Obligations are identified as First Lien Debt or such First-Out Obligations are identified as an Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8(b); and

(ii) unless such debt or bond is issued under an existing Priority Lien Document for any Series of First Lien Debt whose First Lien Representative is already party to this Agreement or under an existing Collateral Bond with respect to which the First-Out Representative is already a party to this Agreement, the designated Priority, the designated First Lien Representative identified pursuant to Section 3.8(b) signs a Collateral Trust Joinder and promptly delivers the same to the Collateral Trustee.

(b) The Company will be permitted to designate as an additional holder of First Lien Debt or First-Out Obligations hereunder each Person who is, or who becomes, the registered holder of First Lien Debt or First-Out Obligations, as applicable, incurred by the Company or any other Grantor after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of all applicable Priority Lien Documents. The Company may only effect such designation by delivering to the Collateral Trustee an Additional Secured Debt Designation that:

(i) states that the Company or other applicable Grantor intends to incur additional First Lien Debt (“Additional First Lien Debt”) or an Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents (any Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents, “Additional Secured Debt”) that is not prohibited by each applicable Priority Lien Document to be incurred and to be secured with a Priority Lien equally and ratably with all previously existing and future Priority Lien Debt, but subject to the prior payment rights of the holders of all First-Out Obligations and certain other Priority Lien Obligations as set forth in Section 3.4(a);

(ii) specifies the name, address and contact information of the Priority Lien Representative for such series of Additional Secured Debt for purposes of Section 7.6;

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record (or agreed to cause to be recorded), in each appropriate governmental office all relevant filings and recordations deemed necessary by Company or the Grantors and the holder of such Additional Secured Debt, or its Priority Lien Representative, to ensure that the Additional Secured Debt will be secured by the Collateral in accordance with the Priority Lien Security Documents, in each case to the extent and as required by the Priority Lien Security Documents; and

(iv) states that the Company has caused a copy of the Additional Secured Debt Designation and the related Collateral Trust Joinder to be delivered to each then existing Priority Lien Representative and that, as applicable, such Additional First Lien Debt shall constitute First Lien Debt for the purposes of this Agreement or such Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents shall constitute First-Out Obligations for the purposes of this Agreement.

Although the Company shall be required to deliver a copy of each Additional Secured Debt Designation and each Collateral Trust Joinder to each then existing Priority Lien Representative, the failure to so deliver a copy of the Additional Secured Debt Designation and/or Collateral Trust Joinder to any then existing Priority Lien Representative shall not affect the status of such debt as Additional Secured Debt, if the other requirements of this Section 3.8 are complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will be construed to allow Company or any other Grantor to incur additional secured Indebtedness unless permitted by the terms of all applicable Priority Lien Documents. Liens upon the Collateral to secure Additional Secured Debt, shall be created pursuant to the Security Documents that create Liens upon the Collateral to secure the other Priority Lien Obligations; provided that, to the extent required by applicable law, such Liens upon the Collateral to secure Additional Secured Debt may be created pursuant to separate Security Documents, which shall be in substantially the same form as the applicable Security Documents creating the Liens upon the Collateral to secure the other Priority Lien Obligations. Except in respect of Mined Land Under Permit and Other Credit Support, Additional Secured Debt shall not be secured by Liens upon any property of the Grantors unless the other Priority Lien Obligations are also secured by Liens on such property. Additional Secured Debt may be guaranteed by all of the applicable Guarantors, but shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor.

(c) With respect to any Priority Lien Obligations constituting Additional Secured Debt that is issued or incurred after the date hereof, the Company and each of the other Grantors agrees to take such actions (if any) as necessary and as may from time to time reasonably be requested by the Collateral Trustee, any Priority Lien Representative or any Controlling Priority Lien Representative, and enter into such technical amendments, modifications and/or supplements to the then existing Guarantees and Security Documents (or execute and deliver such additional Security Documents) as necessary and as may from time to time be reasonably requested by such Persons (including as contemplated by clause (d) below), to ensure that the Additional Secured Debt, as applicable, is secured by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Security Documents, and each Priority Lien Secured Party (by its acceptance of the benefits hereof) hereby agrees to, and authorizes the Collateral Trustee to enter into, any such technical

 

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amendments, modifications and/or supplements (and additional Security Documents). The Company and each other Grantor hereby further agrees that, if there are any recording, filing or other similar fees payable in connection with any of the actions to be taken pursuant to this Section 3.8(c), all such amounts shall be paid by, and shall be for the account of, the Company and the respective other Grantors, on a joint and several basis.

(d) The Company shall have the right, at any time on or after the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Out Obligations, to enter into any First-Out Document evidencing replacement First-Out Obligations so long as the incurrence thereof is not prohibited by any Priority Lien Documents, and to designate such obligations as First-Out Obligations in accordance with Section 3.8(b). At any time from and after the date of such designation pursuant to Section 3.8(b), subject to compliance with Sections 3.8(c), the obligations under such First-Out Document shall automatically and without further action be treated as First-Out Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 3.9 Priority Lien Agents.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Priority Lien Document or any Security Document, the parties hereto agree as follows:

(i) any reference to the Priority Lien Agent in any Intercreditor Agreement shall refer to the Collateral Trustee; and

(ii) the Collateral Trustee, as Priority Lien Agent under any Intercreditor Agreement, will not be required to take any action under any Intercreditor Agreement unless and until the Controlling Priority Lien Representative directs the Collateral Trustee in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, as such Priority Lien Agent, to take such action and each Intercreditor Agreement shall so provide.

(b) In the event any Intercreditor Agreement requires the delivery, or receipt, of any notice by the Priority Lien Agent, such delivery or receipt will be deemed satisfied in all respects when the Collateral Trustee makes such delivery or receives such notice.

ARTICLE IV

OBLIGATIONS ENFORCEABLE BY THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS

Section 4.1 Release of Liens on Collateral.

(a) The Priority Liens upon the Collateral will be automatically released in each of the following circumstances:

(i) as to all Collateral, upon the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations;

 

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(ii) as to any Collateral of the Company or any other Grantor that (A) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any other Grantor to a Person that is not (either before or after such sale, transfer or disposition) the Company or any other Grantor in a transaction or other circumstance that is not prohibited by the Senior Credit Agreement and the other Priority Lien Documents or (B) becomes Excluded Collateral;

(iii) as to any Collateral of a Grantor that (A) is released as a Grantor (and Guarantor) under each Priority Lien Document (including as a result of becoming an Excluded Subsidiary) and (B) is not obligated (as primary obligor or guarantor) with respect to any other Priority Lien Obligations and, in each case, so long as the respective release does not violate the terms of any Priority Lien Document which then remains in effect;

(iv) as to any other release of any of the Collateral, if (A) consent to the release of that Collateral has been given by the requisite percentage or number of holders of each Series of Priority Lien Debt at the time outstanding as provided for in the applicable Priority Lien Documents and (B) the Company has delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Collateral Trustee certifying that all such necessary consents have been obtained; or

(v) as to any Collateral of the Company or any other Grantor that is foreclosed upon by the Collateral Trustee or against which the Collateral Trustee otherwise exercises its rights or remedies (including in connection with an Enforcement Action) (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) in each case, which results in a disposition of such Collateral.

(b) The Collateral Trustee agrees for the benefit of the Company and the other Grantors that, if the Collateral Trustee at any time receives:

(i) an Officers’ Certificate stating that (A) the signing Authorized Officer has read Article 4 of this Agreement and understands the provisions and the definitions relating hereto, (B) such Authorized Officer has made such examination or investigation and has sought legal advice as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions precedent in this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement and all other Priority Lien Documents, if any, relating to the release of the Collateral have been complied with and (C) in the opinion of such Authorized Officer, such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with; provided, that the Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively on such Officer’s Certificate without independent inquiry; and

(ii) the proposed instrument or instruments releasing such Lien as to such property in recordable form, if applicable;

then, promptly following receipt by the Collateral Trustee of a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, the Collateral Trustee will execute or otherwise authorize (with such acknowledgements and/or notarizations as are required) and deliver such release to the Company or other applicable Grantor.

 

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(c) The Collateral Trustee hereby agrees that in the case of any release pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(ii), if the terms of any such sale, transfer or other disposition require the payment of the purchase price to be contemporaneous with the delivery of the applicable release, then, at the written request of and at the expense of the Company or other applicable Grantor, the Collateral Trustee will either (A) at the expense of the Company or other applicable Grantor, have an authorized representative be present at and deliver the release at the closing of such transaction on behalf of the Collateral Trustee or (B) deliver the release under customary escrow arrangements that permit such contemporaneous payment and delivery of the release on behalf of the Collateral Trustee.

(d) Each Priority Lien Secured Party acting through its respective Priority Lien Representative and/or by its acceptance of the Security Documents hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Trustee may, and hereby directs the Collateral Trustee to, provide the releases described in this Section 4.1.

Section 4.2 Delivery of Copies to Priority Lien Representatives. The Company will deliver to each Priority Lien Representative a copy of each Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1(b), together with copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Trustee with such Officers’ Certificate and final (executed, if applicable) versions of such documents. The Priority Lien Representatives will not be obligated to take notice thereof or to act thereon.

Section 4.3 Collateral Trustee not Required to Serve, File or Record. The Collateral Trustee is not required to serve, file, register or record any instrument releasing or subordinating its Liens on any Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company or any other Grantor makes a written demand by notice to the Priority Lien Representatives and the Collateral Trustee for a termination statement under Section 9-513(c) of the UCC in the form of an Officers’ Certificate which Officers’ Certificate shall describe in reasonable detail the basis on which Company or any other Grantor has met the requirements for a termination statement under Section 9-513(c) of the UCC and shall describe the Objection Period (as defined below) and state the expiration date thereof, each Priority Lien Representative shall have twenty (20) business days from the date of the Officer’s Certificate (the “Objection Period”) to deliver a written objection to the Collateral Trustee. If the Collateral Trustee does not receive a written objection within the Objection Period, the Collateral Trustee shall promptly, on or after the first business day after the expiration of the Objection Period, authorize such a termination statement and comply with the requirements of Section 9-513(c) of the UCC, as determined and/or directed by the Company or other Grantor. The Collateral Trustee may conclusively rely on such Officers’ Certificate.

Section 4.4 Release of Liens in Respect of First-Out or First Lien Obligations. In addition to any release pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, the Collateral Trustee’s Priority Liens will no longer secure:

(a) the First-Out Obligations, and the right of the First-Out Secured Parties to the benefits and proceeds of the Priority Liens on the Collateral will terminate and be discharged, upon the Discharge of First-Out Obligations; and

(b) the First Lien Obligations, and the right of the holders of such First Lien Obligations to the benefits and proceeds of the Priority Liens on the Collateral will terminate and be discharged, upon (i) the Discharge of First Lien Obligations or (ii) defeasance of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the applicable First Lien Document if such document provides for a release of Liens on the Collateral upon such defeasance.

 

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ARTICLE V

IMMUNITIES OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE

Section 5.1 No Implied Duty. The Collateral Trustee will not have any duties nor will it have responsibilities or obligations other than those expressly assumed by it in this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement. No implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement, the other Priority Lien Documents or any Intercreditor Agreement, or otherwise exist against the Collateral Trustee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentences, the use of the term “trustee” in this Agreement with reference to the Collateral Trustee is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Trustee will not be required to take any action that is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, the other Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Trustee shall have no responsibility for any information in any prospectus, offering document or other disclosure material distributed with respect to the Priority Lien Debt on the transactions described herein, and the Collateral Trustee shall have no responsibility for compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection therewith.

Section 5.2 Appointment of Agents and Advisors. The Collateral Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisors selected by it in good faith as it may reasonably require and will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any of them.

Section 5.3 Other Agreements. The Collateral Trustee has accepted its appointment as collateral trustee hereunder and is bound by the Security Documents executed by the Collateral Trustee as of the date of this Agreement, and, as set forth in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, the Collateral Trustee shall execute additional Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements delivered to it after the date of this Agreement (including to secure Obligations arising under Additional Secured Debt to the extent such Obligations are permitted to be incurred and secured under the Priority Lien Documents); provided that such additional Security Documents do not adversely affect the rights, privileges, benefits and immunities of the Collateral Trustee or conflict with the terms of this Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement to which the Collateral Trustee is a party. The Collateral Trustee

 

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will not otherwise be bound by, or be held obligated by, the provisions of any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement governing Priority Lien Debt (other than this Agreement and the other Security Documents to which it is a party).

Section 5.4 Solicitation of Instructions.

(a) The Collateral Trustee may at any time solicit written confirmatory instructions, in the form of a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction, an Officers’ Certificate or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, as to any action that it may be requested or required to take, or that it may propose to take, in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or the other Security Documents, and may conclusively rely on such instructions as to such matter and such instructions shall be full warranty and protection to the Collateral Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the other Security Documents.

(b) No written or other direction given to the Collateral Trustee by the Controlling Priority Lien Representative, whether by a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction or otherwise, that in the sole judgment of the Collateral Trustee imposes, purports to impose or might reasonably be expected to impose upon the Collateral Trustee any obligation or liability not set forth in or arising under this Agreement and the other Security Documents will be binding upon the Collateral Trustee unless the Collateral Trustee elects, at its sole option, to accept such direction.

(c) The Collateral Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request, order or direction of the Controlling Priority Lien Representative, whether by a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction or otherwise, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless the Priority Lien Secured Parties or the Controlling Priority Lien Representative shall have furnished to the Collateral Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it for all costs, expenses and liabilities, including, but not limited to, Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses, which may be incurred therein or thereby.

Section 5.5 Limitation of Liability. The Collateral Trustee will not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Security Document, except for its (or its Affiliates’ or relates parties’) own gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 5.6 Documents in Satisfactory Form. The Collateral Trustee will be entitled, but not obligated, to require that all agreements, certificates, opinions, instruments and other documents at any time submitted to it, including those expressly provided for in this Agreement, be delivered to it in a form reasonably satisfactory to it.

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experts selected by it in good faith and upon any certification, instruction, notice or other writing delivered to it by the Company or any other Grantor in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement or delivered to it by any Priority Lien Representative as to the holders of Priority Lien Obligations for whom it acts, without being required to determine the authenticity thereof or the correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity of service thereof. The Collateral Trustee may act in reliance upon any instrument comporting with the provisions of this Agreement or any signature believed by it in good faith to be genuine and may assume that any Person purporting to give notice or receipt or advice or make any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof or the other Security Documents has been duly authorized to do so. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent an Officers’ Certificate or opinion of counsel is required or permitted under this Agreement to be delivered to the Collateral Trustee in respect of any matter, any such Officers’ Certificate or opinion of counsel shall be obtained at the expense of the Company or any Grantor, such opinion may be delivered by internal counsel to the Company or any Grantor, and the Collateral Trustee may rely conclusively on an Officers’ Certificate or opinion of counsel as to such matter and such Officers’ Certificate or opinion of counsel shall be full warranty and protection to the Collateral Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents.

Section 5.8 Priority Lien Debt Default. The Collateral Trustee will not be required to inquire as to the occurrence or absence of any Priority Lien Debt Default and will not be affected by or required to act upon any notice or knowledge as to the occurrence of any Priority Lien Debt Default unless and until the Collateral Trustee is so directed in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction.

Section 5.9 Actions by Collateral Trustee. As to any matter not expressly provided for by this Agreement or the other Security Documents, the Collateral Trustee will act or refrain from acting as directed in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction by the Controlling Priority Lien Representative and will be fully protected if it does so, and any action taken, suffered or omitted pursuant to hereto or thereto shall be binding on the holders of Priority Lien Obligations. The permissive right of the Collateral Trustee to take actions permitted by this Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to take or to continue any action.

Section 5.10 Security or Indemnity in favor of the Collateral Trustee. The Collateral Trustee will not be required to advance or expend any funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers or rights hereunder unless it has been provided with security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any and all liability or expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take such action.

Section 5.11 Rights of the Collateral Trustee. In the event of any conflict between any terms and provisions set forth in this Agreement and those set forth in any other Security Document, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall supersede and control the terms and provisions of such other Security Document. In the event there is any good faith disagreement between the other parties to this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents resulting in adverse claims being made in connection with Collateral held by the Collateral Trustee and the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents do not unambiguously mandate

 

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the action the Collateral Trustee is to take or not to take in connection therewith under the circumstances then existing, or the Collateral Trustee is in doubt as to what action it is required to take or not to take hereunder or under the other Security Documents, it will be entitled to refrain from taking any action (and will incur no liability for doing so) until directed otherwise in writing by a request signed by the Company and the Controlling Priority Lien Representative or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 5.12 Limitations on Duty of Collateral Trustee in Respect of Collateral.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Collateral in its possession, the Collateral Trustee will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and the Collateral Trustee will not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any Liens on the Collateral; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Trustee will authorize the filing of UCC-3 continuation statements and will execute and authorize the filing or recording of other documents and instruments to preserve, protect or perfect the security interests granted to the Collateral Trustee (subject to the priorities set forth herein) if it shall receive a specific written request to do so from any Priority Lien Representative (which written request shall include an instruction to the Collateral Trustee to provide a copy of such request to each other Priority Lien Representative), it being understood that the Priority Lien Representatives shall be responsible for all filings required in connection with any Security Document (and are hereby authorized to make such filings by the Grantors on behalf of the Collateral Trustee and the Priority Lien Secured Parties) and the continuation, maintenance and/or perfection of any such filing or the lien and security interest granted in connection therewith. The Grantors hereby irrevocably authorize the Collateral Trustee to take any action with respect to any such written request from a Priority Lien Representative and the Collateral Trustee shall be permitted to conclusively rely on any such written request. The Collateral Trustee shall deliver to each other Priority Lien Representative a copy of any such written request. The Collateral Trustee will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment equal to that which it accords its own property, and the Collateral Trustee will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Trustee in good faith.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (except as provided in paragraph 5.12(a)), the Collateral Trustee will not be responsible for the existence, genuineness, condition or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of any Grantor to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the

 

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payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Collateral Trustee hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the current and future holders of the Priority Lien Obligations concerning the perfection of the security interests granted to it or in the value of any Collateral. The Collateral Trustee shall not be under any obligation to any Priority Lien Representative or any holder of Priority Lien Debt to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this or any other Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Company or any other Grantor.

Section 5.13 Assumption of Rights, No Assumption of Duties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein:

(a) each of the parties thereto will remain liable under each of the Security Documents (other than this Agreement) to the extent set forth therein to perform all of their respective duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not be executed;

(b) the exercise by the Collateral Trustee of any of its rights, remedies or powers hereunder will not release such parties from any of their respective duties or obligations under the other Security Documents; and

(c) the Collateral Trustee will not be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Company or any Grantor.

Section 5.14 No Liability for Clean Up of Hazardous Materials. In the event that the Collateral Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Collateral Trustee to be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Trustee to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Collateral Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to immediately resign as Collateral Trustee (which resignation shall be immediately effective) or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Collateral Trustee will not be liable to any Person for any environmental liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Trustee’s actions or inactions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the environment.

Section 5.15 Other Relationships with the Company or Other Grantors. Delaware Trust Company and its Affiliates (and any successor Collateral Trustee and its Affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company or any other Grantor and its Affiliates as though it was not the Collateral Trustee hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Priority Lien Secured

 

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Parties. The Priority Lien Representatives and the holders of the Priority Lien Obligations acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Delaware Trust Company or its Affiliates (and any successor Collateral Trustee and its Affiliates) may receive information regarding the Company or any other Grantor or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company, such Grantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Collateral Trustee shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Priority Lien Representatives or the holders of the Priority Lien Obligations. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of Delaware Trust Company (or any successor Collateral Trustee) to advance funds. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall only apply to Delaware Trust Company acting in its capacity as Collateral Trustee under this Agreement, and shall not apply to Delaware Trust Company acting in another capacity unrelated to this Agreement (it being understood, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse Delaware Trust Company from any obligations it may have hereunder after an Additional Secured Debt Designation in the event and to the extent it agrees in a separate writing to serve as a Priority Lien Representative or First Lien Representative for any Series of Priority Lien Debt or Series of First Lien Debt, as applicable, as a result of such Additional Secured Debt Designation).

ARTICLE VI

RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE

Section 6.1 Resignation or Removal of Collateral Trustee. Except as provided in Section 5.14, subject to the appointment of a successor Collateral Trustee as provided in Section 6.2 and the acceptance of such appointment by the successor Collateral Trustee:

(a) the Collateral Trustee may resign at any time by giving not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of resignation to each Priority Lien Representative and the Company; and

(b) the Collateral Trustee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by giving not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Trustee, by the Company with the prior consent of the Controlling Priority Lien Representative or by the Controlling Priority Lien Representative with the prior consent of the Company.

Section 6.2 Appointment of Successor Collateral Trustee. Upon any such resignation or removal, a successor Collateral Trustee may be appointed by the Company with the prior consent of the Controlling Priority Lien Representative and the First-Out Representative or by the Controlling Priority Lien Representative with the prior consent of the Company and the First-Out Representative. If no successor Collateral Trustee has been so appointed and accepted such appointment within 30 days after the predecessor Collateral Trustee gave notice of resignation or was removed, the retiring Collateral Trustee may (at the expense of the Company), at its option, appoint a successor Collateral Trustee, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a successor Collateral Trustee, which must be a bank or trust company:

(a) authorized to exercise corporate trust powers;

(b) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; and

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The Collateral Trustee will fulfill its obligations hereunder until a successor Collateral Trustee meeting the requirements of this Section 6.2 has accepted its appointment as Collateral Trustee and the provisions of Section 6.3 have been satisfied.

Section 6.3 Succession. When the Person so appointed as successor Collateral Trustee accepts such appointment:

(a) such Person will succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the predecessor Collateral Trustee, and the predecessor Collateral Trustee will be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder; and

(b) the predecessor Collateral Trustee will (at the expense of the Company) promptly transfer all Liens and collateral security and other property of the Trust Estate within its possession or control to the possession or control of the successor Collateral Trustee and will execute instruments and assignments as may be necessary or desirable or reasonably requested by the successor Collateral Trustee to transfer to the successor Collateral Trustee all Liens, interests, rights, powers and remedies of the predecessor Collateral Trustee in respect of the Security Documents or the Trust Estate.

Thereafter the predecessor Collateral Trustee will remain entitled to enforce the immunities granted to it in Article 5 and the provisions of Sections 7.8 and 7.9, and said provisions will survive termination of this Agreement for the benefit of the predecessor of the Collateral Trustee. The predecessor Collateral Trustee shall have no liability whatsoever for the actions or inactions of the successor Collateral Trustee.

Section 6.4 Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of Collateral Trustee. Any Person into which the Collateral Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Collateral Trustee shall be the successor of the Collateral Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3, provided that (a) without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, such Person satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 6.2 and (b) prior to any such merger, conversion or consolidation, the Collateral Trustee shall have notified the Company and each Priority Lien Representative thereof in writing.

Section 6.5 Concerning the Collateral Trustee and the Priority Lien Representatives.

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applicable Series of Priority Lien Debt in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the related Priority Lien Documents, and in no event shall such Priority Lien Representative, in its individual capacity, have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of any other party under this Agreement, any Priority Lien Document or in any of the certificates, reports, documents, data notices or agreements delivered by such other party pursuant hereto or thereto.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, it is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this Agreement has been signed by Delaware Trust Company, not in its individual capacity or personally but in its capacity as Collateral Trustee, and in no event shall Delaware Trust Company, in its individual capacity, have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of any other party under this Agreement, any Priority Lien Document or in any of the certificates, reports, documents, data notices or agreements delivered by such other party pursuant hereto or thereto.

(c) In entering into this Agreement, the Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Priority Lien Documents relating to the rights, exculpations or conduct of, affecting the liability of or otherwise affording protection to the “Collateral Trustee” or any Priority Lien Secured Party thereunder. In no event will the Collateral Trustee be liable for any act or omission on the part of the Grantors, any Priority Lien Secured Party or any Priority Lien Representative.

(d) Except as otherwise set forth herein, neither the Collateral Trustee nor any Priority Lien Representative shall be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) solely upon the written instructions contained in a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction as provided herein; provided that neither the Collateral Trustee nor any Priority Lien Representative shall be required to take any action that (i) it in good faith believes exposes it to personal liability unless it receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the applicable holders of the Priority Lien Obligations with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or applicable law.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 7.1 Amendment.

(a) No amendment or supplement to the provisions of any Security Document will be effective without the approval of the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) and the Required First Lien Debtholders, except that:

(i) any amendment or supplement that has the effect solely of:

(A) adding or maintaining Collateral, securing Additional Secured Debt that was otherwise permitted by the terms of the Priority Lien Documents to be secured by the Collateral or preserving, perfecting or establishing the Liens thereon or the rights of the Collateral Trustee or any Priority Lien Representative therein;

 

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(B) curing any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect, or inconsistency; or

(C) providing for the assumption of the Company’s or any other Grantor’s obligations under any Priority Lien Document in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any other Grantor to the extent permitted by the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement and the other Priority Lien Documents, as applicable;

(D) making any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of Priority Lien Debt or the Collateral Trustee or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Senior Credit Agreement or any other Priority Lien Document of any First-Out Secured Party or holder of First Lien Obligations, any other holder of Priority Lien Debt or the Collateral Trustee; or

(E) effecting any release of Collateral otherwise permitted under the Priority Lien Documents,

will become effective when executed and delivered by the Company or any other applicable Grantor party thereto and the Collateral Trustee;

(ii) no amendment, modification or supplement of this Agreement or any Security Document (including any definitions incorporated by reference to the Senior Credit Agreement) shall become effective without the consent of the First-Out Representative to the extent that it would (x) alter or effectively alter (I) the provisions of this clause (ii), (II) the definition of “Controlling Priority Lien Representative,” “Discharge of First-Out Obligations”, “First-Out Obligations,” any other definition containing the foregoing or the words “First-Out” therein or any other defined terms to the extent referenced or implicated therein or (III) the order of application of Proceeds described in Section 3.4 as it relates to any First-Out Obligations or (y) (I) adversely affect (A) the rights, duties or obligations of the First-Out Representative or (B) the holders of the First-Out Obligations under this Agreement or (II) disproportionately and adversely affect the First-Out Obligations or the holders thereof under any Security Document (when compared to the impact such amendment, modification or supplement has on the other Priority Lien Obligations or the holders of other Priority Lien Obligations); and

(iii) no amendment or supplement that imposes any obligation upon the Collateral Trustee or any Priority Lien Representative or directly affects the rights of the Collateral Trustee or directly and adversely affects the rights of any Priority Lien Representative, respectively, in its individual capacity as such will become effective without the consent of the Collateral Trustee or such Priority Lien Representative, respectively.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither Section 3.4(a)(II) nor any component defined term as used therein may be amended, waived, supplemented and/or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the Senior Credit Agreement Agent (acting at the direction of the requisite issuing banks under the Senior Credit Agreement), if and to the extent such consent (or the consent of such issuing banks) is required under the Senior Credit Agreement.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 7.1(a), but subject in all cases to clause (ii) thereof:

(i) any mortgage or other Security Document may be amended, modified or supplemented with the approval of the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction), unless such amendment or supplement would not be permitted under the terms of this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or any Priority Lien Document or Section 7.1(a)(ii);

(ii) any amendment, modification or waiver of, or any consent under, any provision of any Security Document that secures Priority Lien Obligations will apply automatically to any comparable provision of any comparable Security Document without the consent of or notice to any holder of Priority Lien Obligations and without any action by the Company or any other Grantor or any holder of Priority Lien Obligations; and

(iii) any mortgage or other Security Document may be amended, modified or supplemented with the approval of the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) (but without the consent of or notice to any other holder of Priority Lien Obligations and without any action by any holder of Priority Lien Obligations) (A) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or (B) to make other changes that do not have an adverse effect on the validity of the Lien created thereby.

(d) The Collateral Trustee will not be required to enter into any amendment, modification or supplement unless it has received an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such amendment or supplement will not result in a breach of any provision or covenant contained in this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or any of the Priority Lien Documents; provided, that the Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively on such Officer’s Certificate without independent inquiry.

 

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Section 7.2 Voting. In connection with any matter under this Agreement requiring a vote of holders of Priority Lien Debt, each Series of Priority Lien Debt will cast its votes in accordance with the Priority Lien Documents governing such Series of Priority Lien Debt. Following and in accordance with the outcome of the applicable vote under its Priority Lien Documents, the Priority Lien Representative of each Series of Priority Lien Debt will vote the total amount of Priority Lien Debt under that Series of Priority Lien Debt as a block in respect of any vote under this Agreement.

Section 7.3 Further Assurances.

(a) The Company and each of the other Grantors will do or cause to be done all acts and things that may be required, or that the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) from time to time may reasonably request, to assure and confirm that the Collateral Trustee holds, for the benefit of the holders of Priority Lien Obligations, duly created and enforceable and perfected Liens upon the Collateral (including any property or assets that are acquired or otherwise become, or are required by any Priority Lien Document to become, Collateral after the date hereof), in each case, as contemplated by, and with the Lien priority required under, the Priority Lien Documents and in connection with any merger, consolidation or sale of assets of the Company or any other Grantor, the Collateral of the Person which is consolidated or merged with or into the Company or any other Grantor shall be treated as after-acquired property and the Company or such other Grantor shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Priority Liens, in the manner and to the extent required under the Priority Lien Documents.

(b) Upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) or any Priority Lien Representative at any time and from time to time (in each case, subject to the terms of the applicable Priority Lien Documents), the Company and each of the other Grantors will promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such security documents, instruments, certificates, notices and other documents, and take such other actions as may be reasonably required, or that the Collateral Trustee (acting pursuant to a Controlling Priority Lien Representative Direction) or any Priority Lien Representative may reasonably request, to create, perfect, protect, assure or enforce the Liens and benefits intended to be conferred, in each case as contemplated by the Priority Lien Documents for the benefit of holders of Priority Lien Obligations.

(c) The Collateral Trustee will have no duty whatsoever to visit or inspect any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Grantor.

Section 7.4 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Except as provided in Section 5.2 and Section 5.12(a) with respect to filing or recording, the Collateral Trustee may not, in its capacity as such, delegate any of its duties or assign any of its rights hereunder, and any attempted delegation or assignment of any such duties or rights will be null and void. All obligations of the

 

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Collateral Trustee hereunder will inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of, and be enforceable by, each Priority Lien Representative and each Priority Lien Secured Party, each of whom will be entitled to enforce this Agreement as a third-party beneficiary hereof, and all of their respective successors and assigns.

(b) Except as permitted by the Senior Credit Agreement, neither the Company nor any other Grantor may delegate any of its duties or assign any of its rights hereunder, and any attempted delegation or assignment of any such duties or rights will be null and void. All obligations of the Company and the other Grantors hereunder will inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Collateral Trustee, each Priority Lien Representative and each Priority Lien Secured Party, each of whom will be entitled to enforce this Agreement as a third-party beneficiary hereof, and all of their respective successors and assigns.

Section 7.5 Delay and Waiver. No failure to exercise, no course of dealing with respect to the exercise of, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy arising under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents will impair any such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy will preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

Section 7.6 Notices. Any communications, including notices and instructions, between the parties hereto or notices provided herein to be given may be given to the following addresses:

 

If to the Collateral Trustee:   

Delaware Trust Company

2711 Centerville Road

Wilmington, DE 19808

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

Email: trust@delawaretrust.com

If to the Company or any other Grantor:   

TEX Operations Company LLC

1601 Bryan Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: David D. Faranetta

Email: david.faranetta@txu.com

If to the First-Out Representative:   

Railroad Commission of Texas

1701 N. Congress

Austin, TX 78791

Attention: Office of the General Counsel

Email: alex.schoch@rrc.texas.gov

If to the Senior Credit Agreement Agent:   

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch

60 Wall Street (NYC60 - 0266)

New York, New York 10005-2836

Attention: Marcus M. Tarkington

Email: marcus.tarkington@db.com

 

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and if to any other Priority Lien Representative, to such address as it may specify by written notice to the parties named above.

All notices and communications will be sent via electronic mail or mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or delivered by electronic transmission to the relevant email address, address or number set forth above or, as to holders of Priority Lien Debt, its email address or address shown on the register kept by the office or agency where the relevant Priority Lien Debt may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange. Failure to email or mail a notice or communication to a holder of Priority Lien Debt or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other holders of Priority Lien Debt.

If a notice or communication is emailed, mailed or otherwise delivered by electronic transmission in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Section 7.7 Notice Following Payment Date. Promptly following the final payment date with respect to one or more Series of Priority Lien Debt or other Priority Lien Obligations, each Priority Lien Debt Representative with respect to each applicable Series of Priority Lien Debt or other Priority Lien Obligations that is so discharged will provide written notice of such discharge to the Collateral Trustee and to each other Priority Lien Debt Representative.

Section 7.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein state the complete agreement of the parties relating to the undertaking of the Collateral Trustee set forth herein and supersedes all oral negotiations and prior writings in respect of such undertaking.

Section 7.9 Compensation; Expenses. The Company and the other Grantors jointly and severally agree to pay, promptly upon written demand (all as part of the Collateral Trustee’s Fees and Expenses and the First-Out Representative Fees and Expenses, as applicable):

(a) such compensation to the Collateral Trustee and its agents including attorneys as the Company and the Collateral Trustee may agree in writing from time to time;

(b) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Trustee, the First-Out Representative and their respective agents including attorneys in the preparation, execution, delivery, filing, recordation, administration or enforcement of this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any other Security Document or, in the case of the First-Out Representative any other First-Out Document or any consent, amendment, waiver or other modification relating hereto or thereto;

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advisors and agents engaged by the Collateral Trustee incurred in connection with the negotiation, administration or enforcement of this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, the other Security Documents or, in the case of the First-Out Representative, any other First-Out Document or any consent, amendment, waiver or other modification relating hereto or thereto and any other document or matter requested by the Company or any other Grantor;

(d) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Trustee, the First-Out Representative and their respective agents in creating, perfecting, preserving, releasing or enforcing the Liens on the Collateral or, in the case of the First-Out Representative, any other Liens securing the First-Out Obligations, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, and title insurance premiums;

(e) all other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Trustee, the First-Out Representative and their respective agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of any Intercreditor Agreement, the Security Documents or, in the case of the First-Out Representative, any other First-Out Document and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby or the exercise of rights or performance of obligations by the Collateral Trustee or the First-Out Representative, as applicable, thereunder; and

(f) after the occurrence of any Priority Lien Debt Default, all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Trustee and any First-Out Representative and their respective agents in connection with any Enforcement Action subject to the Security Documents or, in the case of the First-Out Representative, any other First-Out Document or any interest, right, power or remedy of the Collateral Trustee or the First-Out Representative, as applicable, or in connection with any Enforcement Action or the proof, protection, administration or resolution of any claim based upon the Priority Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, including all fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, auditors, consultants, appraisers and other professionals engaged by the Collateral Trustee, the First-Out Representative and their respective agents. The agreements in this Section 7.9 will survive repayment of all other Priority Lien Obligations and the removal or resignation of the Collateral Trustee and termination of this Agreement.

Section 7.10 Indemnity.

(a) The Company and the other Grantors jointly and severally agree to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless the Collateral Trustee, the First-Out Representative and their respective Affiliates and each and all of the directors, officers, partners, trustees, employees and agents, and (in each case) their respective heirs, representatives, successors and assigns (each of the foregoing, an “Indemnitee”) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided that no Indemnitee will be entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liability to the extent such Indemnified Liability is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (or its Related Parties).

 

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(b) All amounts due under this Section 7.10 will be payable within 30 days upon written demand (including reasonable supporting documentation).

(c) To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in Section 7.10(a) may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they violate any law or public policy, each of the Company and the other Grantors will contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.

(d) No Grantor will ever assert any claim against any Indemnitee, and no Indemnitee will ever assert any claim against any Grantor, on any theory of liability, for any lost profits or special, indirect or consequential damages or (to the fullest extent a claim for punitive damages may lawfully be waived) any punitive damages arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any other Priority Lien Document or any agreement or instrument or transaction contemplated hereby or relating in any respect to any Indemnified Liability, and each of the Grantors and each Indemnitee hereby forever waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such lost profits or special, indirect, consequential or (to the fullest extent lawful) punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

(e) The agreements in this Section 7.10 will survive repayment of all other Priority Lien Obligations and the removal or resignation of the Collateral Trustee and termination of this Agreement.

Section 7.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect or in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in all other respects and of all remaining provisions, and of such provision in all other jurisdictions, will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 7.12 Headings. Section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Agreement and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 7.13 Obligations Secured. All obligations of the Grantors set forth in or arising under this Agreement will be Priority Lien Obligations and are secured by all Liens granted by the Security Documents.

Section 7.14 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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Section 7.15 Consent to Jurisdiction. All judicial proceedings brought against any party hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents shall be brought in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State, County and City of New York. By executing and delivering this Agreement, each party hereto irrevocably:

(a) accepts generally and unconditionally the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts;

(b) waives any defense of forum non conveniens;

(c) agrees that service of all process in any such proceeding in any such court may be made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such party at its address provided in accordance with Section 7.6;

(d) agrees that service as provided in clause (c) above is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over such party in any such proceeding in any such court and otherwise constitutes effective and binding service in every respect; and

(e) agrees that each party hereto retains the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to bring proceedings against any party in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

Section 7.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE INTENTS AND PURPOSES OF THE OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH PARTY HERETO WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 7.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER WILL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS OF OR TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE

 

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OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING THERETO. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

Section 7.17 Counterparts, Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or electronically in PDF format), each of which when so executed and delivered will be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together will constitute but one and the same instrument. The parties hereto may sign this Agreement and any Collateral Trust Joinder and transmit the executed copy by electronic means, including facsimile or pdf files. The electronic copy of the executed Agreement and any Collateral Trust Joinder is and shall be deemed an original signature.

Section 7.18 Effectiveness. This Agreement will become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by each party of written notification of such execution and written or telephonic authorization of delivery thereof.

Section 7.19 Grantors and Additional Grantors. Each Grantor represents and warrants that it has duly executed and delivered this Agreement. The Company will cause each Person that hereafter becomes a Grantor or is required by any Priority Lien Document to become a party to this Agreement to become a party to this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, by causing such Person to execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustee a Collateral Trust Joinder, whereupon such Person will be bound by the terms hereof to the same extent as if it had executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date hereof. The Company shall promptly provide each Priority Lien Representative with a copy of each Collateral Trust Joinder executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 7.19 (including the acknowledgement thereof by the Collateral Trustee); provided that the failure to so deliver a copy of the Collateral Trust Joinder to any then-existing Priority Lien Representative shall not affect the inclusion of such Person as a Grantor if the other requirements of this Section 7.19 are complied with.

Section 7.20 Continuing Nature of this Agreement. This Agreement, including the priority payment rights of the First-Out Secured Parties and certain issuing banks under the Senior Credit Agreement as contemplated by Section 3.4, will be reinstated following termination hereof if at any time any payment or distribution in respect of any of the Priority Lien Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise by any Priority Lien Secured Party, Priority Lien Representative or any representative of any such party (whether by demand, settlement, litigation or otherwise). If all or any part of a payment or distribution made with respect to the First-Out Obligations is recovered from any holder of Priority Lien Obligations, any Priority Lien Representative in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, such payment or distribution received by any holder of Priority Lien Obligations or Priority Lien Representative with respect to the Priority Lien Obligations from the proceeds of any Collateral at any time after the date of the payment or distribution that is so recovered, whether pursuant to a right of subrogation or otherwise, such Priority Lien Representative or holder of a Priority Lien Obligation, as the case may be, will forthwith deliver the same to the Collateral Trustee, for the ratable account of the holders of the First-Out Secured Parties to be applied in accordance with Section 3.4. Until so delivered, such proceeds will be held by such Priority Lien Representative or holder of Priority Lien Obligations, as the case may be, for the ratable benefit of the First-Out Secured Parties.

 

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Section 7.21 Insolvency. This Agreement will be applicable both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding by or against any Grantor. The relative rights, as provided for in this Agreement, will continue after the commencement of any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the commencement of any such case, as provided in this Agreement.

Section 7.22 Rights and Immunities of Priority Lien Representatives. The Senior Credit Agreement Agent, the First-Out Representative and the Collateral Trustee will be entitled, to the extent applicable to such entity, to all of the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities set forth in the Senior Credit Agreement or any Collateral Bond, as applicable, and any future Priority Lien Representative will be entitled to all of the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities set forth in the credit agreement, indenture, collateral bond or other agreement governing the applicable Priority Lien Debt with respect to which such Person will act as representative, in each case as if specifically set forth herein. In no event will any Priority Lien Representative be liable for any act or omission on the part of the Grantors or the Collateral Trustee hereunder.

Section 7.23 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Person that is secured hereunder, by accepting the benefits of the security provided hereby, (i) agrees (or is deemed to agree) that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement; provided that such provisions are not in conflict with this Agreement, and (ii) authorizes (or is deemed to authorize) and instructs (or is deemed to instruct) the Collateral Trustee on behalf of such Person to enter into, and perform under, any applicable Intercreditor Agreement on terms that do not conflict with this Agreement. At the direction of the Company pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, the Collateral Trustee agrees to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement or amendments or joinders to any Intercreditor Agreement, without the consent of any Priority Lien Secured Party, to add additional Indebtedness as Priority Lien Debt (to the extent permitted to be incurred and secured by the applicable Priority Lien Documents) and add other parties (or any authorized agent or trustee therefor) holding such Indebtedness thereto and to establish that the Lien on any Collateral securing such Indebtedness ranks equally with the Liens on such Collateral securing the other Priority Lien Debt then outstanding, subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section 3.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that any Lien on any Collateral is perfected by the possession or control of such Collateral (including control over any account in which Collateral is held), and if such Collateral (or any such account) is in fact in the possession or under the control of an agent or bailee of the Collateral Trustee (including any Priority Lien Representative or its agents or bailees), the perfection actions and related deliverables described in this Agreement or the other Security Documents (i.e., the Security Documents other than the Security Document giving rise to such Lien, perfection and control) shall not be required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

Section 7.24 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Collateral Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or

 

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natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Collateral Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 7.25 U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Collateral Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Collateral Trustee. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the Collateral Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Collateral Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

Section 7.26 Representations and Warranties. Each of the Company and the other Grantors hereby certify that true and complete copies of the Senior Credit Agreement, together with all Credit Documents (as defined therein), any Intercreditor Agreement, and all other Security Documents with respect to the First Lien Obligations, in each case as in effect on the date hereof have been delivered to the Collateral Trustee on or before the date hereof. Each of the Company and the other Grantors hereby certify that true and complete copies of the First-Out Documents, any Intercreditor Agreement, and all other Security Documents with respect to the First-Out Obligations, in each case as in effect on the date hereof have been delivered to the Collateral Trustee on or before the date hereof.

Section 7.27 Statutory Requirements under the Texas Statutes. Nothing contained herein shall limit or otherwise modify the rights of Texas Railroad Commission under the Texas Statutes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Collateral Trust Agreement to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
TEX OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC,
By:  

/s/ David D. Faranetta

  Name:   David D. Faranetta
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Tex Operations Company Collateral Trust Agreement]


GRANTORS:
4CHANGE ENERGY COMPANY LLC
BIG BROWN POWER COMPANY LLC
BRIGHTEN ENERGY LLC
COMANCHE PEAK POWER COMPANY LLC
DALLAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, INC.
EFH CORPORATE SERVICES COMPANY
EFH PROPERTIES COMPANY
FORNEY PIPELINE, LLC
GENERATION SVC COMPANY
LA FRONTERA HOLDINGS, LLC
LONE STAR ENERGY COMPANY, INC.
LONE ST AR PIPELINE COMPANY, INC.
LUMINANT ENERGY COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT ENERGY TRADING CALIFORNIA COMPANY
LUMINANT ET SERVICES COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC
NCA RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
OAK GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
SANDOW POWER COMPANY LLC
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
TEX ASSET COMPANY LLC
TEX INTERMEDIATE COMPANY LLC
TEX FINANCE CORP.
TEX PREFERRED INC.
TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS ENERGY INDUSTRIES COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMP ANY, INC.
TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.
TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
TXU ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
TXU ENERGY RETAIL COMPANY LLC
TXU RETAIL SERVICES COMPANY
By:  

/s/ David D. Faranetta

Name:   David D. Faranetta
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Tex Operations Company Collateral Trust Agreement]


RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS

/s/ Chairman David J. Porter

Chairman David J. Porter

/s/ Commissioner Christi Craddick

Commissioner Christi Craddick

/s/ Commissioner Ryan Sitton

Commissioner Ryan Sitton

 

ATTEST:

/s/ Kathy Way

Kathy Way
Secretary
Railroad Commission of Texas
[SEAL]

[Signature Page to Tex Operations Company Collateral Trust Agreement]


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Senior Credit Agreement Agent
By:  

/s/ Marcus M. Tarkington

  Name:   Marcus M. Tarkington
  Title:   Director
By:  

/s/ Peter Cucchiara

  Name:   Peter Cucchiara
  Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Tex Operations Company Collateral Trust Agreement]


DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, as Collateral Trustee
By:  

/s/ Alan R. Halpern

  Name:   Alan R. Halpern
  Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Tex Operations Company Collateral Trust Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

ADDITIONAL SECURED DEBT DESIGNATION

Reference is made to the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Collateral Trust Agreement”), among Tex Operations Company LLC, the “Company”), the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, Railroad Commission of Texas, as First-Out Representative (as defined therein), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Senior Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein), and Delaware Trust Company, as Collateral Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Collateral Trust Agreement. This Additional Secured Debt Designation is being executed and delivered in order to designate additional secured debt as Priority Lien Debt entitled to the benefit of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

The undersigned, the duly appointed [specify title] of the Company hereby certifies on behalf of [the Company or applicable Grantor] that:

(A) [the Company or applicable Grantor] intends to incur [Additional First Lien Debt][an Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents] (“Additional Secured Debt”) that is not prohibited by each applicable Priority Lien Document to be incurred and to be secured with a Priority Lien equally and ratably with all previously existing and future Priority Lien Debt, but subject to the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement, including the prior payment rights of the holders of the First-Out Obligations [including the Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents] as set forth in Section 3.4(a) of the Collateral Trust Agreement;

(B) the name, address and contact information of the Priority Lien Debt Representative for the Additional Secured Debt for purposes of Section 7.6 of the Collateral Trust Agreement is:

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Fax:  

 

(C) [The Company or applicable Grantor] has duly authorized, executed (if applicable) and recorded (or caused to be recorded), or agreed

 

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to record (or agreed to cause to be recorded), in each appropriate governmental office all relevant filings and recordations deemed necessary by [the Company or applicable Grantor] and the holder of such Additional Secured Debt, or its Priority Lien Representative, to ensure that the Additional Secured Debt will be secured by the Collateral in accordance with the Priority Lien Security Documents, in each case to the extent and as required by the Priority Lien Security Documents;

(D) the Company has caused a copy of this Additional Secured Debt Designation and the related Collateral Trust Joinder to be delivered to each then existing Priority Lien Representative, and

(E) [such Additional First Lien Debt shall constitute First Lien Debt][such Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents shall constitute First-Out Obligations] for purposes of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Additional Secured Debt Designation to be duly executed by the undersigned officer as of             , 20    .

 

[        ]By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

The undersigned, the duly appointed Collateral Trustee under the Collateral Trust Agreement, hereby acknowledges receipt of an executed copy of this Additional Secured Debt Designation.

 

[DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY], as Collateral Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF

COLLATERAL TRUST JOINDER – ADDITIONAL DEBT

Reference is made to the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Collateral Trust Agreement”), among Tex Operations Company LLC, the “Company”), the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, Railroad Commission of Texas, as First-Out Representative (as defined therein), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Senior Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein), and Delaware Trust Company, as Collateral Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Collateral Trust Agreement. This Collateral Trust Joinder is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Collateral Trust Agreement as a condition precedent to the debt for which the undersigned is acting as agent being entitled to the benefits of being Priority Lien Debt under the Collateral Trust Agreement.

1. Joinder. The undersigned, “New Representative”) as [trustee, administrative agent] under that certain [described applicable indenture, credit agreement or other document governing the additional secured debt] hereby agrees to become party as [a First Lien Representative][the First-Out Representative] under the Collateral Trust Agreement for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Collateral Trust Agreement as of the date thereof.

2. Additional Secured Debt Designation

The undersigned, on behalf of itself and each holder of Obligations in respect of [the Series of First Lien Debt][the First-Out Obligations] for which the undersigned is acting as Priority Lien Representative hereby agrees, for the enforceable benefit of all Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Collateral Trustee and each existing and future holder of Priority Liens and as a condition to being treated as Priority Lien Debt under the Collateral Trust Agreement that:

(b) subject to Section 3.4 of the Collateral Trust Agreement, all Priority Lien Obligations will be and are secured equally and ratably by all Priority Liens at any time granted by the Company or any other Grantor to secure any Obligations in respect of any Series of Priority Lien Debt, whether or not upon property otherwise constituting collateral for such Series of Priority Lien Debt, and that all such Priority Liens will be enforceable by the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of all holders of Priority Lien Obligations equally and ratably, but subject to the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement, including the prior payment rights of the holders of the First-Out Obligations and certain other Priority Lien Obligations [including the Additional Collateral Bond and/or related obligations under First-Out Documents] as set forth in Section 3.4(a) of the Collateral Trust Agreement;

 

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(c) the undersigned, on behalf of itself and each holder of Obligations in respect of the Series of Priority Lien Debt for which the undersigned is acting as Priority Lien Representative, hereby consents to and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement and the other Security Documents, including the provisions relating to the ranking of Priority Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement of Priority Liens; and

(d) the undersigned, on behalf of itself and each holder of Obligations in respect of the Series of Priority Lien Debt for which the undersigned is acting as Priority Lien Representative, hereby appoints the Collateral Trustee to serve as collateral trustee under the Security Documents on the terms and conditions set forth therein and hereby consents to the performance by the Collateral Trustee of, and directs the Collateral Trustee to perform its obligations under the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement.

3. Governing Law and Miscellaneous Provisions. The provisions of Article 7 of the Collateral Trust Agreement will apply with like effect to this Collateral Trust Joinder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Collateral Trust Joinder to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of                 , 20    .

 

[insert name of the new representative]
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

The Collateral Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of this Collateral Trust Joinder and agrees to act as Collateral Trustee for the [New Representative][Trustee] and the holders of the Obligations represented thereby:

 

[DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY], as Collateral Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF

COLLATERAL TRUST JOINDER – ADDITIONAL GRANTOR

Reference is made to the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Collateral Trust Agreement”), among Tex Operations Company LLC, the “Company”), the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, Railroad Commission of Texas, as First-Out Representative (as defined therein), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Senior Credit Agreement (as defined therein), and Delaware Trust Company, as Collateral Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Collateral Trust Agreement. This Collateral Trust Joinder is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 7.18 of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

1. Joinder. The undersigned,                                         , a                                         (the “Additional Grantor”), hereby agrees to become party as a Grantor under the Collateral Trust Agreement for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Collateral Trust Agreement as of the date thereof.

2. Security Documents. The Additional Grantor has become party to all of the Security Documents that provide, for the benefit of all of the Priority Lien Secured Parties liens and security interests in such assets of the Additional Grantor as are required pursuant to the Priority Lien Documents.

2. Governing Law and Miscellaneous Provisions. The provisions of Article 7 of the Collateral Trust Agreement will apply with like effect to this Collateral Trust Joinder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Collateral Trust Joinder to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of             , 20    .

 

[                                                             ]
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

The Collateral Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of this Collateral Trust Joinder and agrees to act as Collateral Trustee with respect to the Collateral pledged by the new Grantor:

 

[DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY], as Collateral Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF

AUTHORIZED OFFICER NOTICE

Reference is made to the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Collateral Trust Agreement”), among Tex Operations Company LLC, the “Company”), the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, Railroad Commission of Texas, as First-Out Representative (as defined therein), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as First Lien Representative (as defined therein), and Delaware Trust Company, as Collateral Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Collateral Trust Agreement.

1. Authorized Officer.The undersigned hereby notifies the Collateral Trustee that the following Person shall be an “Authorized Officer” of the applicable Grantor(s) specified below for all purposes of the Security Documents and the Collateral Trust Agreement.

 

Grantor:

  

 

  

Name:

  

 

  

Title:

  

 

  

2. Governing Law and Miscellaneous Provisions. The provisions of Article 7 of the Collateral Trust Agreement will apply with like effect to this notice.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor below has caused this notice to be executed by by its officer or representative as of             , 20    .

 

[                                                             ]
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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EX-99.7 16 d176523dex997.htm EX-99.7 EX-99.7

Exhibit 99.7

EXECUTION VERSION

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 4, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), between TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) and Curtis A. Morgan (“Executive”).

Recitals:

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to enter into a written employment agreement to reflect the terms upon which Executive shall provide services to the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

1. Term.

(a) The term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date, and shall continue until the three (3) year anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Expiration Date”); provided that on the Initial Expiration Date and each subsequent anniversary of the Initial Expiration Date, the term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be extended for one (1) additional year unless either party provides written notice to the other party at least sixty (60) days prior to the Initial Expiration Date (or any such anniversary, as applicable) that Executive’s employment shall not be so extended (in which case, Executive’s employment shall terminate on the Initial Expiration Date or any such anniversary, as applicable); provided, however, that Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated at any earlier time pursuant to the provisions of Section 5. The period of time from the Effective Date through the termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to its terms is herein referred to as the “Term”; and the date on which the Term is scheduled to expire (i.e., the Initial Expiration Date or the scheduled expiration of the extended term, if applicable) is herein referred to as the “Expiration Date.”

(b) Executive agrees and acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to extend the Term or to continue Executive’s employment following the Expiration Date, and Executive expressly acknowledges that no promises or understandings to the contrary have been made or reached.

2. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, as used herein, shall have the definitions set forth below.

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person.

(b) “Change in Control” shall, be deemed to occur upon any of the following events:

(i) the acquisition by any Person or related “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto (the “Exchange Act”)) of Beneficial Ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), including Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”); or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); but excluding any acquisition by the Company or any of its Affiliates or by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates;


(ii) a change in the composition of the Board such that members of the Board during any consecutive 12-month period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease to constitute a majority of the Board. Any person becoming a director through election or nomination for election approved by a valid vote of at least two thirds of the Incumbent Directors shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual becoming a director as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed an Incumbent Director;

(iii) the approval by the shareholders of the Company of a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or

(iv) the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company (a “Business Combination”), or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Sale”), unless immediately following such Business Combination or Sale: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the entity that acquired all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company in such Sale (in either case, the “Surviving Company”), or the ultimate parent entity that has Beneficial Ownership of sufficient voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company (the “Parent Company”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination or Sale, (B) no Person or related group of Persons (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or the Parent Company), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total

 

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voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) following the consummation of the Business Combination or Sale were Board members at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination or Sale.

(c) “Cause” means (i) Executive’s willful and continued failure to perform his duties with the Company; (ii) Executive’s willful and continued failure to follow and comply with the written policies of the Company as in effect from time to time; (iii) Executive’s willful commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting in economic or financial injury to the Company; (iv) Executive’s willful engagement in illegal conduct or gross misconduct; (v) Executive’s willful breach of this Agreement; or (vi) Executive’s indictment for, conviction of, or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. No act or failure to act will be treated as willful if it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and with a good faith belief that such act or omission was in the best interests of the Company.

(d) “Control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract.

(e) “Disability” means Executive would be entitled to long-term disability benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan as in effect from time to time, without regard to any waiting or elimination period under such plan and assuming for the purpose of such determination that Executive is actually participating in such plan at such time. If the Company does not maintain a long-term disability plan, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder on a full-time basis for a consecutive period of one hundred eighty (180) days due to physical or mental illness or incapacity that is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to Executive or his legal representative.

(f) “Good Reason” means the occurrence, without the consent of Executive, of either of the following events: (i) any material diminution of Executive’s title, duties, responsibilities or authorities hereunder or (ii) any breach by the Company of any of its material obligations to Executive. Prior to resigning for Good Reason, Executive shall give written notice to the Company of the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for such resignation not more than sixty (60) days following his knowledge of such facts and circumstances, and the Company shall have ten (10) business days after receipt of such notice to cure (and if so cured, Executive shall not be permitted to resign for Good Reason in respect thereof) and Executive shall resign within ten (10) business days following the Company’s failure to cure.

(g) “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, unincorporated entity, or other entity.

 

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3. Duties and Responsibilities. The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, during the Term, as the President and Chief Executive Officer. During the Term, Executive agrees to be employed by and devote all of Executive’s business time and attention to the Company and the promotion of its interests and to use his best efforts to faithfully and diligently serve the Company; provided, however, that, to the extent that such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of his duties, services, and responsibilities under this Agreement, Executive shall be permitted to (a) manage his personal, financial, and legal affairs, (b) serve on civic or charitable boards and committees of such boards and (c) to the extent approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) pursuant to a duly authorized resolution of the Board, serve on corporate boards and committees of such boards. Executive will report solely to the Board. Executive will perform such lawful duties and responsibilities as are commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions, and such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions as may be reasonably requested by the Board from time to time. Executive will have the authority customarily exercised by an individual serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of a corporation of the size and nature of the Company. Upon the Effective Date, Executive shall be appointed to the Board and upon the expiration of his term on the Board during the Term, Executive shall be nominated for re-election to the Board and, upon request, shall serve as a director or an officer of one or more subsidiaries of the Company, or of an Affiliate of the Company. Executive shall not be compensated additionally in Executive’s capacity as a member of the Board or as a director or officer of a subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company. Executive’s principal place of employment will be in Dallas, Texas.

4. Compensation and Related Matters. (a) Base Salary. During the Term, Executive shall receive an aggregate annual base salary (“Base Salary”) at an initial rate of $950,000, payable in accordance with the Company’s applicable payroll practices. Base Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Board and increased (but not decreased) in the Board’s sole discretion. References in this Agreement to Base Salary shall be deemed to refer to the most recently effective annual base salary rate.

(b) Annual Bonus. During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) for each year (or portion thereof) (beginning with calendar year 2016), provided that, except as otherwise provided herein, Executive has remained employed by the Company as of the applicable payment date. Executive’s target bonus opportunity for any particular year (the “Target Bonus”) shall be 100% of Base Salary, and Executive’s maximum bonus opportunity shall be 200% of the Target Bonus. The Annual Bonus shall be subject to performance metrics approved by the Board based on key short-term objectives and shall be at the full discretion of the Board. For the Annual Bonus paid in respect of 2016, the Board shall consider alternatives to compensate Executive for 2016 (e.g., paying a full-year payout based on stub year performance or an agreed upon Annual Bonus to be paid in the normal bonus cycle). Any Annual Bonus shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year to which such Annual Bonus relates, at the same as annual bonuses are paid to all other senior executives.

 

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(c) Equity Compensation. Executive shall be entitled to receive equity compensation awards as described in Exhibit A.

(d) Benefits and Perquisites. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the benefit plans (including, without limitation, life insurance) and programs and receive perquisites that are provided by the Company from time to time for its senior executives generally, subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and programs and commensurate with Executive’s position. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to up to $15,000 per year for tax and financial planning.

(e) Business Expense Reimbursements. During the Term, the Company shall promptly reimburse Executive for Executive’s reasonable and necessary business expenses in accordance with the Company’s then-prevailing policies and procedures for expense reimbursement (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred).

(f) Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Executive, to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Company’s governing documents, against all claims, expenses, damages, liabilities, and losses incurred by Executive (whether before or after the Effective Date) by reason of the fact that Executive is or was, or had agreed to become, a consultant, director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or predecessors of any of the foregoing, or any benefit plan of any of the foregoing, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a consultant, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary, or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, person, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity. The Company shall provide Executive with customary directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage both during and after the Term with regard to matters occurring during employment or while otherwise providing services to, or serving at the request of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any benefit plan of any of the foregoing, which coverage shall be at a level at least equal to the greatest level being maintained at such time for any current officer or director and shall continue until such time as suits can no longer be brought against Executive as a matter of law. Executive will be entitled to advancement of expenses in connection with any claim in the same manner and to the same extent to which any other officer or director of the Company is entitled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to Executive in connection with (i) any dispute in connection with this Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder; (ii) any action, claim, or proceeding initiated by Executive against the Company unless such action, claim, or proceeding is approved in advance by the Board in writing or (iii) any liabilities, damages, claims or expenses incurred that are attributable to Executive’s fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, or gross negligence.

5. Termination of Employment. (a) Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time and for any reason; provided, however, that Executive shall be required to give the Company at least sixty (60) days’ advance written notice of any voluntary resignation of Executive’s employment hereunder (other than resignation for Good Reason) (and in such event the Company in its sole discretion may elect to accelerate Executive’s date of termination of employment, it being understood that such termination shall

 

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still be treated as a voluntary resignation without Good Reason for purposes of this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death.

(b) Following any termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement, except as provided under Sections 5(c), 5(d), and 5(e), the obligations of the Company to pay or provide Executive with compensation and benefits under Section 4 shall cease, and the Company shall have no further obligations to provide compensation or benefits to Executive hereunder, except (i) for payment of any accrued but unpaid Base Salary and any accrued but unused vacation and for payment of any unreimbursed expenses under Section 4(e), in each case accrued or incurred through the date of termination of employment, payable as soon as practicable and in all events within thirty (30) days following the date of termination of employment, (ii) as explicitly set forth in any other benefit plans, programs, or arrangements applicable to terminated employees in which Executive participates (including, without limitation, equity award agreements), other than severance plans or policies, and (iii) as otherwise expressly required by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise provided below, any Unpaid Annual Bonus (as defined below) is forfeited if Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason.

(c) If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by Executive for Good Reason, or (iii) due to expiration of the Term on the Expiration Date as a result of the Company delivering a notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 1, in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), Executive shall be entitled to receive: (i) severance pay in an aggregate amount (the “Severance Pay”) equal to, two times (2x) the sum of (A) Base Salary plus (B) (x) Target Bonus, if such termination of employment occurs prior to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date, or (y) the prior year’s Annual Bonus, if such termination of employment occurs on or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date; (ii) a prorated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (x) the amount of Annual Bonus that would have been payable to Executive had Executive’s employment not so terminated based on actual performance measured through the fiscal year of termination, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Company’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Prorated Bonus”); (iii) any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year of termination (the “Unpaid Annual Bonus”); and (iv) continued health insurance benefits under the terms of the applicable Company benefit plans for twenty-four (24) months, subject to Executive’s payment of the cost of such benefits to the same extent that active employees of the Company are required to pay for such benefits from time to time; provided, however, that such continuation coverage shall end earlier upon Executive’s becoming eligible for comparable coverage under another employer’s benefit plans; and provided, further, that to the extent that the provision of such continuation coverage is not permitted under the terms of the Company benefit plans or would result in an adverse tax consequence to the Company, the Company may alternatively provide Executive with a monthly cash payment in an amount equal to the applicable COBRA premium that Executive would otherwise be required to pay to obtain COBRA continuation coverage for such benefits for twenty-four (24) months (assuming that COBRA continuation coverage were available for such period) (minus the cost of such benefits

 

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to the same extent that active employees of the Company are required to pay for such benefits from time to time) (the “Severance Benefits”), commencing as provided in Section 23(c). The Severance Pay shall be paid in equal installments during the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices, but no less frequently than monthly, and commencing as provided in Section 23(c) below. The Unpaid Annual Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives during the fiscal year of Executive’s termination and the Prorated Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the year following the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by Executive for Good Reason, or (iii) due to expiration of the Term on the Expiration Date as a result of the Company delivering a notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 1, then Executive, in lieu of any of the amounts and benefits described in Section 5(c) and in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), shall be entitled to receive (i) the Unpaid Annual Bonus, (ii) 2.99 times the sum of (A) Base Salary plus (B) Target Bonus (the “CIC Severance Pay”), (iii) the product of (x) the Target Bonus, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Company’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Prorated CIC Bonus”), and (iv) the Severance Benefits for twenty-four (24) months (as described above and commencing as provided in Section 23(c)). The CIC Severance Pay and the Prorated CIC Bonus shall be paid in cash in a lump sum on the first payroll following the satisfaction of the Release Condition, subject to Section 23(c); provided, however, if the Change in Control does not constitute a “change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the portion of the CIC Severance Pay that is not in excess of the Severance Pay that would have been payable upon such termination if Section 5(c) applied shall be paid to Executive in equal monthly installments during the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices, but no less frequently than monthly, and commencing as provided in Section 23(c) below, and the portion of the CIC Severance Pay in excess of such amount shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum 60 days after the consummation of the Change in Control. The Unpaid Annual Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives during the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(e) If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated due to death or Disability, in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), Executive shall be entitled to receive (i) the Prorated Bonus, paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the year following the fiscal year of Executive’s termination and (ii) the Unpaid Annual Bonus, paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

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waiver and release of claims in favor of the Company, its Affiliates, their respective predecessors and successors, and all of the respective current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, agents, or representatives of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Release”), that has become effective in accordance with its terms within sixty (60) days following Executive’s termination of employment (the “Release Condition”), and Executive’s continued compliance with Sections 6 and 7 hereof.

(g) Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, and regardless of whether Executive continues as a consultant to the Company, upon the Company’s request Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination of employment or such other date requested, from the Board and any committees thereof, and, if applicable, from the board of directors (and any committees thereof) of any Affiliate of the Company to the extent Executive is then serving thereon. The Company’s obligations to make the payments provided for in this Agreement are subject to set-off for any undisputed amounts owed by Executive, to the extent permitted by Section 409A (as defined below) and any Company clawback policy.

(h) The payment of any amounts accrued under any benefit plan, program, or arrangement in which Executive participates shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plan, program, or arrangement, and any elections Executive has made thereunder.

(i) Following any termination of Executive’s employment, Executive shall have no obligation to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement. There shall be no offset against amounts due Executive under this Agreement on account of any remuneration attributable to later employment, consultancy, or other remunerative activity of Executive.

6. Confidential Information.

(a) Executive acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information (as defined below), that Executive may develop Confidential Information for the Company or its Affiliates and that Executive may learn of Confidential Information during the course of his employment. Executive will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper performance of his duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by Executive incident to his employment or other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates. Executive understands that this restriction shall continue to apply after his employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination.

(b) All documents, records, tapes, and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “Documents”), whether or not prepared by Executive, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. Executive shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the time his employment

 

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terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Company may specify, all Documents then in Executive’s possession or control. Executive shall immediately return such Documents and other property to the Company upon the termination of his employment and, in any event, at the Company’s request. Executive further agrees that any property situated on the premises of, and owned by, the Company or its Affiliates, including disks and other storage media, filing cabinets, or other work areas, is subject to inspection by the Company’s personnel at any time with or without notice.

(c) Executive understands that nothing contained in this Agreement limits Executive’s ability to file a charge or complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Executive further understands that this Agreement does not limit Executive’s ability to communicate with the SEC or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by the SEC, including providing documents or other information, without notice to the Company. This Agreement does not limit Executive’s right to receive an award for information provided to the SEC. This Section 6(c) applies only for the period of time that the Company is subject to the Dodd-Frank Act.

(d) “Confidential Information” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally known by others with whom they compete or do business, or with whom any of them plans to compete or do business and any and all information, publicly known in whole or in part or not, which, if disclosed by the Company or its Affiliates would assist in competition against them. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, such information relating to (i) the development, research, testing, manufacturing, marketing and financial activities of the Company and its Affiliates, (ii) all products planned, researched, developed, tested, manufactured, sold, licensed, leased or otherwise distributed or put into use by the Company and its Affiliates, together with all services provided or planned by the Company or any of its Affiliates, during Executive’s employment, (iii) the costs, sources of supply, financial performance and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates, (iv) the identity and special needs of the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (v) the people and organizations with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates have received, or may receive hereafter, belonging to customers or others with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed.

7. Restricted Activities. Executive agrees that some restrictions on Executive’s activities during and after Executive’s employment are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information, and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates. Following the Effective Date, the Company will provide Executive with access to and knowledge of Confidential Information and trade secrets and will place Executive in a position of trust and confidence with the Company, and Executive will benefit from the Company’s goodwill. The restrictive covenants below are necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests in its Confidential Information, trade secrets and goodwill. Executive further understands and acknowledges that the Company’s ability to reserve these for the exclusive knowledge and use of the Company is of great competitive importance and commercial value to the Company and that the Company would be irreparably harmed if Executive violates the restrictive covenants below. In recognition of the consideration provided to Executive as well as the imparting to Executive of Confidential Information, including trade secrets, and for other good and valuable consideration, Executive hereby agrees as follows:

(a) While Executive is employed by the Company and for twenty-four (24) months after his employment terminates for any reason, whether before or after the Expiration Date (in the aggregate, the “Non-Competition Period”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, investor (other than a passive investor of less than 5% in a publicly traded company), consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer, or otherwise, (i) compete with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any location where the Company or its subsidiaries conducts business (a “Competitive Business”) or (ii) undertake any planning for any Competitive Business. With respect to the portion of the Non-Competition Period that follows Executive’s termination of employment, the determination of whether a business is a Competitive Business shall be made based on the scope and location of the businesses conducted or planned to be conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries as of the date of such termination.

 

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(b) Executive agrees that, during his employment with the Company, he will not undertake any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company or its Affiliates, that would reasonably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(c) Executive further agrees that, during the Non-Competition Period, Executive will not solicit, hire, or attempt to solicit or hire any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates (or any individual who was employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates during the one (1) year period prior to Executive’s termination), assist in such hiring by any Person, encourage any such employee to terminate his or her relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates, or solicit or encourage any customer, client, or vendor of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate or diminish its relationship with them, or, in the case of a customer, to conduct with any Person any business or activity which such customer conducts with the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(d) Executive shall not, whether in writing or orally, malign, denigrate, or disparage the Company or its Affiliates, or their respective predecessors and successors, or any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, agents, or representatives of any of the foregoing, with respect to any of their respective past or present activities, or otherwise publish (whether in writing or orally) statements that tend to portray any of the aforementioned parties in an unfavorable light. The Company shall direct its directors and officers not to, whether in writing or orally, malign, denigrate, or disparage Executive with respect to any of his past or present activities, or otherwise publish (whether in writing or orally) statements that are intended to portray Executive in an unfavorable light.

(e) Executive’s and the Company’s obligations under this Section 7, as applicable, shall continue beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.

8. Notification Requirement. Through and up to the conclusion of the Non-Competition Period, Executive shall give notice to the Company of each new business activity he plans to undertake, at least seven (7) days prior to beginning any such activity. Such notice shall state the name and address of the Person for whom such activity is undertaken and the nature of Executive’s business relationship(s) and position(s) with such Person.

 

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9. Intellectual Property Rights. (a) Executive agrees that the results and proceeds of Executive’s services for the Company (including, but not limited to, any trade secrets, products, services, processes, know-how, designs, developments, innovations, analyses, drawings, reports, techniques, formulas, methods, developmental or experimental work, improvements, discoveries, inventions, ideas, source and object codes, programs, writing and other works of authorship) resulting from services performed while an employee of the Company and any works in progress, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, that were made, developed, conceived, or reduced to practice or learned by Executive, either alone or jointly with others (collectively, “Inventions”), shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all trade secret, patent, copyright, and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “Proprietary Rights”) of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized, or developed, with the right to use the same in perpetuity in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion, without any further payment to Executive whatsoever. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds shall not legally be a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any Proprietary Rights which do not accrue to the Company under the immediately preceding sentence, then Executive hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign any and all of Executive’s right, title, and interest thereto, including any and all Proprietary Rights of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized, or developed, to the Company, and the Company shall have the right to use the same in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner determined by the Company without any further payment to Executive whatsoever. As to any Invention that Executive is required to assign, Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company all information known to Executive concerning such Invention.

(b) Executive agrees that, from time to time, as may be requested by the Company and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, Executive shall do any and all things that the Company may reasonably deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s exclusive ownership throughout the United States of America or any other country of any and all Proprietary Rights in any such Inventions, including the execution of appropriate copyright and patent applications or assignments. To the extent that Executive has any Proprietary Rights in the Inventions that cannot be assigned in the manner described above, Executive unconditionally and irrevocably waives the enforcement of such Proprietary Rights. This Section 9(b) is subject to and shall not be deemed to limit, restrict, or constitute any waiver by the Company of any Proprietary Rights of ownership to which the Company may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of the Company’s being Executive’s employer. Executive shall execute, verify, and deliver such documents and perform such other acts (including appearances as a witness) as the Company may reasonably request for use in applying for, obtaining, perfecting, evidencing, sustaining, and enforcing such Proprietary Rights and the assignment thereof. In addition, Executive shall execute, verify, and deliver assignments of such Proprietary Rights to the Company or its designees. Executive’s obligations under this Section 9 shall continue beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.

(c) Executive hereby waives and quitclaims to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, that Executive now or may hereafter have for infringement of any Proprietary Rights assigned hereunder to the Company.

 

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10. Remedies and Injunctive Relief. Executive acknowledges that a violation by Executive of any of the covenants contained in Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 would cause irreparable damage to the Company in an amount that would be material but not readily ascertainable, and that any remedy at law (including the payment of damages) would be inadequate. Accordingly, Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled (without the necessity of showing economic loss or other actual damage) to injunctive relief (including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and permanent injunctions) in any court of competent jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of any of the covenants set forth in Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies it may have. The preceding sentence shall not be construed as a waiver of the rights that the Company may have for damages under this Agreement or otherwise, and all of the Company’s rights shall be unrestricted.

11. Representations; Advice of Counsel. (a) Executive represents, warrants, and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) Executive has the full right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform Executive’s obligations hereunder, (ii) Executive is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of Executive’s duties and obligations to the Company hereunder during or after the Term, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment, or agreement to which Executive is subject.

(b) Prior to execution of this Agreement, Executive was advised by the Company of Executive’s right to seek independent advice from an attorney of Executive’s own selection regarding this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that Executive has entered into this Agreement knowingly and voluntarily and with full knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this Agreement after being given the opportunity to consult with counsel. Executive further represents that in entering into this Agreement, Executive is not relying on any statements or representations made by any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees, or agents that are not expressly set forth herein, and that Executive is relying only upon Executive’s own judgment and any advice provided by Executive’s attorney.

(c) The Company represents, warrants, and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) the Company has the full right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform the Company’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the Company is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of the Company’s obligations to Executive hereunder during or after the Term, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment, or agreement to which the Company is subject.

12. Cooperation. Executive agrees that, upon reasonable notice and without the necessity of the Company’s obtaining a subpoena or court order, Executive shall provide

 

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reasonable cooperation in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding (or any appeal from any suit, action, or proceeding), and any investigation or defense of any claims asserted against the Company or its Affiliates, that relates to events occurring during Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates as to which Executive may have relevant information (including but not limited to furnishing relevant information and materials to the Company or its designee and providing testimony at depositions and at trial); provided, that with respect to such cooperation occurring following termination of employment, the Company shall reimburse Executive for expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

13. Withholding. The Company may deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local, non-U.S., and other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

14. Assignment. Neither the Company nor Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, that the Company may assign its rights under this Agreement without the consent of Executive to a successor to substantially all of the business of the Company in the event that the Company shall effect a reorganization, consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, partnership, organization, or other entity, or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other corporation, partnership, organization, or other entity. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and Executive, and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs, and permitted assigns.

15. Governing Law; No Construction Against Drafter. This Agreement shall be deemed made in the State of Delaware, and the validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement in all respects shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. No provision of this Agreement or any related document will be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of such party’s having or being deemed to have structured or drafted such provision.

16. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Executive and the Company each hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts located within the State of Delaware (or, if subject matter jurisdiction in such courts are not available, in any state court located within the State of Delaware) over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the parties undertake not to commence any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in a forum other than a forum described in this Section 16(a); provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude either party from bringing any suit, action, or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Section 16 or enforcing any judgment obtained by either party.

(b) The agreement of the parties to the forum described in Section 16(a) is independent of the law that may be applied in any suit, action, or proceeding, and the parties agree to such forum even if such forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law. The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any

 

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objection which they now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in an applicable court described in Section 16(a), and the parties agree that they shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court. The parties agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any suit, action, or proceeding brought in any applicable court described in Section 16(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction.

(c) The parties hereto irrevocably consent to the service of any and all process in any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies of such process to such party at such party’s address specified in Section 20.

(d) Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent, or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such party would not, in the event of any action, suit, or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver, and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party hereto has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 16(d).

(e) Each party shall bear his or its own costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

17. Amendment; No Waiver; Severability. (a) No provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived, or discharged except by a written document signed by Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company (other than Executive). The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or power hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment of any steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.

(b) If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party; provided, that in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall finally hold in a non-appealable judicial determination that any provision of Sections 6 through 10 (whether in whole or in part) is void or constitutes an unreasonable restriction against Executive, such provision shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision enforceable for the longest duration and the greatest scope as such court may determine constitutes a reasonable restriction under the circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall

 

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negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral), between Executive and the Company, relating to such subject matter. None of the parties shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any representations and warranties or covenants relating to such subject matter except as specifically set forth herein.

19. Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties under the provisions of this Agreement shall survive, and remain binding and enforceable, notwithstanding the expiration of the Term, the termination of this Agreement, the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder or any settlement of the financial rights and obligations arising from Executive’s employment hereunder, to the extent necessary to preserve the intended benefits of such provisions.

20. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile or sent, postage prepaid, by registered, certified, or express mail or overnight courier service and shall be deemed given when so delivered by hand or facsimile, or if mailed, three days after mailing (one (1) business day in the case of express mail or overnight courier service) to the parties at the following addresses or facsimiles (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to the Company:    TCEH Corp.
   Attn: Corporate Secretary
   1601 Bryan Street
   Dallas, TX 75201
If to Executive:    At the most recent address on file in the Company’s records.

Notices delivered by facsimile shall have the same legal effect as if such notice had been delivered in person.

21. Headings and References. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, and neither constitute a part of this Agreement nor affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile and electronic image scan (.pdf)), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.

 

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23. Section 409A. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (and such other Treasury or Internal Revenue Service guidance) as in effect from time to time. The parties intend that any amounts payable hereunder that could constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A will be compliant with Section 409A or exempt from Section 409A.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the following special rule shall apply, if and to the extent required by Section 409A, in the event that (i) Executive is deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on the date of Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.409A-1(h)), (ii) amounts or benefits under this Agreement or any other program, plan, or arrangement of the Company or a controlled group affiliate thereof are due or payable on account of separation from service, and (iii) Executive is employed by a public company or a controlled group affiliate thereof: payments hereunder that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A that would be made to Executive prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of Executive’s separation from service shall be made within 10 business days after such six (6) month date or, if earlier, ten (10) days following the date of Executive’s death; following any applicable delay, all such delayed payments, without interest will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest permissible payment date.

(c) Except to the extent required to be delayed pursuant to Section 23(b), any payment or benefit due or payable on account of Executive’s separation from service to which this Section 23(c) applies shall be paid or commence, as applicable, upon the first scheduled payroll date immediately after the date the Release Condition is satisfied (the “Release Effective Date”); provided that, to the extent that such payment or benefit represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and the sixty (60) day period following Executive’s separation from service spans two (2) taxable years, payment shall not be made or commence prior to January 1 of the second taxable year. The first such cash payment shall include payment of all amounts that otherwise would have been due prior to the Release Effective Date under the terms of this Agreement applied as though such payments commenced immediately upon Executive’s termination of employment, and any payments made thereafter shall continue as provided herein. The delayed benefits shall in any event expire at the time such benefits would have expired had such benefits commenced immediately following Executive’s termination of employment.

(d) Each payment made under this Agreement (including each separate installment payment in the case of a series of installment payments) shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. Amounts payable under this Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “deferral of compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulations §§ 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)) and other applicable provisions of Section 409A, and shall be paid under any such exception to the maximum extent permitted. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to payments of any amounts that are

 

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considered to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A, references to “termination of employment,” “termination,” or words and phrases of similar import, shall be deemed to refer to Executive’s “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment under this Agreement.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise that is eligible for exemption from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) (relating to certain reimbursements and in-kind benefits) shall be paid or provided to Executive only to the extent that the expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s “separation from service” occurs; and provided, further, that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s “separation from service” occurs. To the extent that any indemnification payment, expense reimbursement, or provision of any in-kind benefit is determined to be subject to Section 409A (and not exempt pursuant to the prior sentence or otherwise), the amount of any such indemnification payment or expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the provision of any in-kind benefit, in one (1) calendar year shall not affect the indemnification payment or provision of in-kind benefits or expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year (except for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses to the extent permitted by Section 409A), such indemnification, reimbursement, or in-kind benefits shall be provided for the period set forth in this Agreement, or if no such period is set forth, during Executive’s lifetime, in no event shall any indemnification payment or expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive incurred such indemnification payment or expenses, and in no event shall any right to indemnification payment or reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties as of the date first written above.

 

TCEH Corp.
By:  

/s/ Carrie Lee Kirby

Name:   Carrie Lee Kirby
Title:   Chief Administrative Officer
CURTIS A. MORGAN

/s/ Curtis A. Morgan

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]


Exhibit A

 

OIP:    Equity awards to be subject to the terms of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Initial Equity Award:    Upon or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Company will award Executive restricted stock units and stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, with an aggregate grant date fair market value as determined by the Board for accounting purposes of $5,000,000. Such restricted stock units or stock options, as applicable, to vest ratably over 4 years (25% each year). Allocation between restricted stock units and stock options to be determined by the Board.
Annual Equity Awards:    Following the first anniversary of the Effective Date, Executive will be granted annual equity awards in an amount determined by the Board. Such awards may be in the form of options, restricted stock units, performance shares, or any other form as approved by the Board.
Initial Equity Investment:    Executive to make a cash equity investment in the Company’s common shares equal to $1.25 million (the timing of which will be determined in good faith by the parties).
Involuntary Termination Without Cause / Resignation for Good Reason / Non-Renewal of Term by the Company:    Subject to delivery (and non-revocation) of the Release and continued compliance with Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement, accelerated vesting of the portion of Executive’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following termination had he remained employed (fully vested options to remain exercisable for 90 days following termination or, if Executive is subject Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of such Termination, 180 days from the date of such termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).
Termination with Cause / Resignation Without Good Reason / Non-Renewal of the Term by Executive    All options and other outstanding awards (unvested and vested) are forfeited upon a termination for Cause. On any other termination, Executive will retain all vested awards (forfeits unvested), and vested options remain exercisable for 30 days following termination or, if Executive is subject Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of such Termination, 180 days from the date of such termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter).
Death / Disability    Accelerated vesting of the portion of Executive’s equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following termination had he remained employed (fully vested options to remain exercisable for one year following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).
Involuntary Termination Without Cause / Resignation for Good Reason / Non-Renewal of Term by the Company Following a Change in Control:    All equity awards that were outstanding at the time of the Change in Control will vest upon such termination.


Exhibit B

Release of Claims

As used in this Release of Claims (this “Release”), the term “claims” will include all claims, covenants, warranties, promises, undertakings, actions, suits, causes of action, proceedings, obligations, debts, accounts, attorneys’ fees, judgments, losses, and liabilities, of whatsoever kind or nature, in law, in equity, or otherwise. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Release will have the meanings given to them in the employment agreement dated October 4, 2016, between TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) and Curtis A. Morgan (my “Employment Agreement”).

For and in consideration of the severance payments and benefits, and other good and valuable consideration, I, for and on behalf of myself and my executors, heirs, administrators, representatives, and assigns, hereby agree to release and forever discharge the Company and each of its direct and indirect parent and subsidiary entities, and all of their respective predecessors, successors, and past, current, and future parent entities, affiliates, subsidiary entities, investors, directors, shareholders, members, officers, general or limited partners, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives, and the employee benefit plans in which I am or have been a participant by virtue of my employment with or service to the Company (collectively, the “Company Releasees”), from any and all claims that I have or may have had against the Company Releasees based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring on or prior to the date hereof and arising directly or indirectly out of, relating to, or in any other way involving in any manner whatsoever my employment by or service to the Company or the termination thereof, including without limitation any and all claims arising under federal, state, or local laws relating to employment, including without limitation claims of wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied contract, fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, whistleblowing, or liability in tort, and claims of any kind that may be brought in any court or administrative agency, and any related claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, including, without limitation, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000, et seq.; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, et seq.; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 621, et seq. (the “ADEA”); the Equal Pay Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 206(d); regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, 41 C.F.R. Section 60, et seq.; the Family and Medical Leave Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.; and any similar state or local law. I agree further that this Release may be pleaded as a full defense to any action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding covered by the terms hereof that is or may be initiated, prosecuted, or maintained by me or my descendants, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns. By signing this Release, I acknowledge that I intend to waive and release all rights known or unknown that I may have against the Company Releasees under these and any other laws.

I acknowledge and agree that as of the date I execute this Release, I have no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that give rise or could give rise to any claims under any of the laws

 

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listed in the preceding paragraph and that I have not filed any claim against any of the Releasees before any local, state, federal, or foreign agency, court, arbitrator, mediator, arbitration or mediation panel, or other body (each individually a “Proceeding”). I (i) acknowledge that I will not initiate or cause to be initiated on my behalf any Proceeding and will not participate in any Proceeding, in each case, except as required by law or to the extent such Proceeding relates to a claim not waived hereunder; and (ii) waive any right that I may have to benefit in any manner from any relief (whether monetary or otherwise) arising out of any Proceeding, including any Proceeding conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), except in each case to the extent such Proceeding relates to a claim not waived hereunder. Further, I understand that, by executing this Release, I will be limiting the availability of certain remedies that I may have against the Company and limiting also my ability to pursue certain claims against the Company Releasees.

By executing this Release, I specifically release all claims relating to my employment and its termination under ADEA, a federal statute that, among other things, prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in employment and employee benefit plans.

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, I do not release (i) claims to receive my severance payments and benefits in accordance with the terms of the Employment Agreement, (ii) claims with respect to benefits to which I am entitled under the employee benefit and compensation plans of the Company and its affiliates, including any rights to equity, (iii) claims to indemnification, or (iv) claims that cannot be waived by law. Further, nothing in this Release shall prevent me from (i) initiating or causing to be initiated on my behalf any claim against the Company before any local, state, or federal agency, court, or other body challenging the validity of the waiver of my claims under the ADEA (but no other portion of such waiver); or (ii) initiating or participating in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC.

I acknowledge that I have been given at least [21]/[45]1 days in which to consider this Release. I acknowledge further that the Company has advised me to consult with an attorney of my choice before signing this Release, and I have had sufficient time to consider the terms of this Release. I represent and acknowledge that if I execute this Release before [21]/[45] days have elapsed, I do so knowingly, voluntarily, and upon the advice and with the approval of my legal counsel (if any), and that I voluntarily waive any remaining consideration period.

I understand that after executing this Release, I have the right to revoke it within seven days after its execution. I understand that this Release will not become effective and enforceable unless the seven-day revocation period passes and I do not revoke the Release in writing. I understand that this Release may not be revoked after the seven-day revocation period has passed. I understand also that any revocation of this Release must be made in writing and delivered to the Company at its principal place of business within the seven-day period.

This Release will become effective, irrevocable, and binding on the eighth day after its execution, so long as I have not timely revoked it as set forth above. I understand and acknowledge that I will not be entitled to the severance payments and benefits unless this Release is effective on or before the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of my termination of employment.

 

1  NTD: To be selected based on whether applicable termination was “in connection with an exit incentive or other employment termination program” (as such phrase is defined in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967).


I hereby agree to waive any and all claims to re-employment with the Company or any of its affiliates and affirmatively agree not to seek further employment with the Company or any of its affiliates.

The provisions of this Release will be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, and assigns. If any provision of this Release will be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, such provision will be of no force or effect. The illegality or unenforceability of such provision, however, will have no effect upon and will not impair the enforceability of any other provision of this Release.

This Release will be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to the principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Release or claim of breach hereof will be brought exclusively in the federal and state courts located within Delaware. By execution of this Release, I am waiving any right to trial by jury in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding under or in connection with this Release.

 

 

Curtis A. Morgan

 

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EX-99.8 17 d176523dex998.htm EX-99.8 EX-99.8

Exhibit 99.8

EXECUTION VERSION

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 4, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), between TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) and James A. Burke (“Executive”).

Recitals:

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to enter into a written employment agreement to reflect the terms upon which Executive shall provide services to the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

1. Term.

(a) The term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date, and shall continue until the three (3) year anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Expiration Date”); provided that on the Initial Expiration Date and each subsequent anniversary of the Initial Expiration Date, the term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be extended for one (1) additional year unless either party provides written notice to the other party at least sixty (60) days prior to the Initial Expiration Date (or any such anniversary, as applicable) that Executive’s employment shall not be so extended (in which case, Executive’s employment shall terminate on the Initial Expiration Date or any such anniversary, as applicable); provided, however, that Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated at any earlier time pursuant to the provisions of Section 5. The period of time from the Effective Date through the termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to its terms is herein referred to as the “Term”; and the date on which the Term is scheduled to expire (i.e., the Initial Expiration Date or the scheduled expiration of the extended term, if applicable) is herein referred to as the “Expiration Date.”

(b) Executive agrees and acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to extend the Term or to continue Executive’s employment following the Expiration Date, and Executive expressly acknowledges that no promises or understandings to the contrary have been made or reached.

2. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, as used herein, shall have the definitions set forth below.

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person.

(b) “Change in Control” shall, be deemed to occur upon any of the following events:

(i) the acquisition by any Person or related “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto (the “Exchange Act”)) of Beneficial Ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), including Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”); or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); but excluding any acquisition by the Company or any of its Affiliates or by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates;


(ii) a change in the composition of the Board such that members of the Board during any consecutive 12-month period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease to constitute a majority of the Board. Any person becoming a director through election or nomination for election approved by a valid vote of at least two thirds of the Incumbent Directors shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual becoming a director as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed an Incumbent Director;

(iii) the approval by the shareholders of the Company of a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or

(iv) the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company (a “Business Combination”), or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Sale”), unless immediately following such Business Combination or Sale: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the entity that acquired all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company in such Sale (in either case, the “Surviving Company”), or the ultimate parent entity that has Beneficial Ownership of sufficient voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company (the “Parent Company”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination or Sale, (B) no Person or related group of Persons (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or the Parent Company), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total

 

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voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) following the consummation of the Business Combination or Sale were Board members at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination or Sale.

(c) “Cause” means (i) Executive’s willful and continued failure to perform Executive’s duties with the Company; (ii) Executive’s willful and continued failure to follow and comply with the written policies of the Company as in effect from time to time; (iii) Executive’s willful commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting in economic or financial injury to the Company; (iv) Executive’s willful engagement in illegal conduct or gross misconduct; (v) Executive’s willful breach of this Agreement; or (vi) Executive’s indictment for, conviction of, or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. No act or failure to act will be treated as willful if it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and with a good faith belief that such act or omission was in the best interests of the Company.

(d) “Control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract.

(e) “Disability” means Executive would be entitled to long-term disability benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan as in effect from time to time, without regard to any waiting or elimination period under such plan and assuming for the purpose of such determination that Executive is actually participating in such plan at such time. If the Company does not maintain a long-term disability plan, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder on a full-time basis for a consecutive period of one hundred eighty (180) days due to physical or mental illness or incapacity that is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to Executive or Executive’s legal representative.

(f) “Good Reason” means the occurrence, without the consent of Executive, of either of the following events: (i) any material diminution of, or modification to, Executive’s title, duties, responsibilities, authorities, or terms of employment set forth in Section 3 or (ii) any breach by the Company of any of its material obligations to Executive. Prior to resigning for Good Reason, Executive shall give written notice to the Company of the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for such resignation not more than sixty (60) days following Executive’s knowledge of such facts and circumstances, and the Company shall have ten (10) business days after receipt of such notice to cure (and if so cured, Executive shall not be permitted to resign for Good Reason in respect thereof) and Executive shall resign within ten (10) business days following the Company’s failure to cure.

(g) “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, unincorporated entity, or other entity.

 

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3. Duties and Responsibilities. The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, during the Term, as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. During the Term, Executive agrees to be employed by and devote all of Executive’s business time and attention to the Company and the promotion of its interests and to use Executive’s best efforts to faithfully and diligently serve the Company; provided, however, that, to the extent that such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties, services, and responsibilities under this Agreement, Executive shall be permitted to (a) manage Executive’s personal, financial, and legal affairs, (b) serve on civic or charitable boards and committees of such boards and (c) to the extent approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) pursuant to a duly authorized resolution of the Board, serve on corporate boards and committees of such boards. Executive will report solely to the Chief Executive Officer. Executive will perform such lawful duties and responsibilities as are commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions, and such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions as may be reasonably requested by the Chief Executive Officer and the Board from time to time. Executive will have the authority customarily exercised by an individual serving as an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of a corporation of the size and nature of the Company. Executive’s place of employment will be in Dallas, Texas.

4. Compensation and Related Matters. (a) Base Salary. During the Term, Executive shall receive an aggregate annual base salary (“Base Salary”) at an initial rate of $750,000, payable in accordance with the Company’s applicable payroll practices. Base Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Board and increased (but not decreased) in the Board’s sole discretion. References in this Agreement to Base Salary shall be deemed to refer to the most recently effective annual base salary rate.

(b) Annual Bonus. During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) for each year (or portion thereof) (beginning with calendar year 2016), provided that, except as otherwise provided herein, Executive has remained employed by the Company as of the applicable payment date. Executive’s target bonus opportunity for any particular year (the “Target Bonus”) shall be 90% of Base Salary, and Executive’s maximum bonus opportunity shall be 200% of the Target Bonus. The Annual Bonus shall be subject to performance metrics approved by the Board based on key short-term objectives and shall be at the full discretion of the Board. For the Annual Bonus paid in respect of 2016, the Board shall consider alternatives to compensate Executive for 2016 (e.g., paying a full-year payout based on stub year performance or an agreed upon Annual Bonus to be paid in the normal bonus cycle). Any Annual Bonus shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year to which such Annual Bonus relates, at the same as annual bonuses are paid to all other senior executives.

(c) Equity Compensation. Executive shall be entitled to receive equity compensation awards as described in Exhibit A.

 

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(d) Benefits and Perquisites. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the benefit plans (including, without limitation, life insurance) and programs and receive perquisites that are provided by the Company from time to time for its senior executives generally, subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and programs and commensurate with Executive’s position. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to up to $15,000 per year for tax and financial planning.

(e) Business Expense Reimbursements. During the Term, the Company shall promptly reimburse Executive for Executive’s reasonable and necessary business expenses in accordance with the Company’s then-prevailing policies and procedures for expense reimbursement (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred).

(f) Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Executive, to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Company’s governing documents, against all claims, expenses, damages, liabilities, and losses incurred by Executive (whether before or after the Effective Date) by reason of the fact that Executive is or was, or had agreed to become, a consultant, director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or predecessors of any of the foregoing, or any benefit plan of any of the foregoing, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a consultant, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary, or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, person, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity. The Company shall provide Executive with customary directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage both during and after the Term with regard to matters occurring during employment or while otherwise providing services to, or serving at the request of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any benefit plan of any of the foregoing, which coverage shall be at a level at least equal to the greatest level being maintained at such time for any current officer or director and shall continue until such time as suits can no longer be brought against Executive as a matter of law. Executive will be entitled to advancement of expenses in connection with any claim in the same manner and to the same extent to which any other officer or director of the Company is entitled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to Executive in connection with (i) any dispute in connection with this Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder; (ii) any action, claim, or proceeding initiated by Executive against the Company unless such action, claim, or proceeding is approved in advance by the Board in writing or (iii) any liabilities, damages, claims or expenses incurred that are attributable to Executive’s fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, or gross negligence.

5. Termination of Employment. (a) Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time and for any reason; provided, however, that Executive shall be required to give the Company at least sixty (60) days’ advance written notice of any voluntary resignation of Executive’s employment hereunder (other than resignation for Good Reason) (and in such event the Company in its sole discretion may elect to accelerate Executive’s date of termination of employment, it being understood that such termination shall still be treated as a voluntary resignation without Good Reason for purposes of this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death.

 

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(b) Following any termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement, except as provided under Sections 5(c), 5(d), and 5(e), the obligations of the Company to pay or provide Executive with compensation and benefits under Section 4 shall cease, and the Company shall have no further obligations to provide compensation or benefits to Executive hereunder, except (i) for payment of any accrued but unpaid Base Salary and any accrued but unused vacation and for payment of any unreimbursed expenses under Section 4(e), in each case accrued or incurred through the date of termination of employment, payable as soon as practicable and in all events within thirty (30) days following the date of termination of employment, (ii) as explicitly set forth in any other benefit plans, programs, or arrangements applicable to terminated employees in which Executive participates (including, without limitation, equity award agreements), other than severance plans or policies, and (iii) as otherwise expressly required by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise provided below, any Unpaid Annual Bonus (as defined below) is forfeited if Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason.

(c) If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by Executive for Good Reason, or (iii) due to expiration of the Term on the Expiration Date as a result of the Company delivering a notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 1, in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), Executive shall be entitled to receive: (i) severance pay in an aggregate amount (the “Severance Pay”) equal to, two times (2x) the sum of (A) Base Salary plus (B) (x) Target Bonus, if such termination of employment occurs prior to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date, or (y) the prior year’s Annual Bonus, if such termination of employment occurs on or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date; (ii) a prorated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (x) the amount of Annual Bonus that would have been payable to Executive had Executive’s employment not so terminated based on actual performance measured through the fiscal year of termination, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Company’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Prorated Bonus”); (iii) any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year of termination (the “Unpaid Annual Bonus”); and (iv) continued health insurance benefits under the terms of the applicable Company benefit plans for twenty-four (24) months, subject to Executive’s payment of the cost of such benefits to the same extent that active employees of the Company are required to pay for such benefits from time to time; provided, however, that such continuation coverage shall end earlier upon Executive’s becoming eligible for comparable coverage under another employer’s benefit plans; and provided, further, that to the extent that the provision of such continuation coverage is not permitted under the terms of the Company benefit plans or would result in an adverse tax consequence to the Company, the Company may alternatively provide Executive with a monthly cash payment in an amount equal to the applicable COBRA premium that Executive would otherwise be required to pay to obtain COBRA continuation coverage for such benefits for twenty-four (24) months (assuming that COBRA continuation coverage were available for such period) (minus the cost of such benefits to the same extent that active employees of the Company are required to pay for such benefits from time to time) (the “Severance Benefits”), commencing as provided in Section 23(c). The Severance Pay shall be paid in equal installments during the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices,

 

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but no less frequently than monthly, and commencing as provided in Section 23(c) below. The Unpaid Annual Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives during the fiscal year of Executive’s termination and the Prorated Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the year following the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by Executive for Good Reason, or (iii) due to expiration of the Term on the Expiration Date as a result of the Company delivering a notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 1, then Executive, in lieu of any of the amounts and benefits described in Section 5(c) and in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), shall be entitled to receive (i) the Unpaid Annual Bonus, (ii) 2.99 times the sum of (A) Base Salary plus (B) Target Bonus (the “CIC Severance Pay”), (iii) the product of (x) the Target Bonus, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Company’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Prorated CIC Bonus”), and (iv) the Severance Benefits for twenty-four (24) months (as described above and commencing as provided in Section 23(c)). The CIC Severance Pay and the Prorated CIC Bonus shall be paid in cash in a lump sum on the first payroll following the satisfaction of the Release Condition, subject to Section 23(c); provided, however, if the Change in Control does not constitute a “change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the portion of the CIC Severance Pay that is not in excess of the Severance Pay that would have been payable upon such termination if Section 5(c) applied shall be paid to Executive in equal monthly installments during the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices, but no less frequently than monthly, and commencing as provided in Section 23(c) below, and the portion of the CIC Severance Pay in excess of such amount shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum 60 days after the consummation of the Change in Control. The Unpaid Annual Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives during the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(e) If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated due to death or Disability, in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), Executive shall be entitled to receive (i) the Prorated Bonus, paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the year following the fiscal year of Executive’s termination and (ii) the Unpaid Annual Bonus, paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(f) Executive’s entitlement to the payments and benefits set forth in Sections 5(c) and 5(d) shall be conditioned upon Executive’s having provided an irrevocable waiver and release of claims in favor of the Company, its Affiliates, their respective predecessors and successors, and all of the respective current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, agents, or representatives of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Release”),

 

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that has become effective in accordance with its terms within sixty (60) days following Executive’s termination of employment (the “Release Condition”), and Executive’s continued compliance with Sections 6 and 7 hereof.

(g) Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, and regardless of whether Executive continues as a consultant to the Company, upon the Company’s request Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination of employment or such other date requested, from the Board and any committees thereof, and, if applicable, from the board of directors (and any committees thereof) of any Affiliate of the Company to the extent Executive is then serving thereon. The Company’s obligations to make the payments provided for in this Agreement are subject to set-off for any undisputed amounts owed by Executive, to the extent permitted by Section 409A (as defined below) and any Company clawback policy.

(h) The payment of any amounts accrued under any benefit plan, program, or arrangement in which Executive participates shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plan, program, or arrangement, and any elections Executive has made thereunder.

(i) Following any termination of Executive’s employment, Executive shall have no obligation to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement. There shall be no offset against amounts due Executive under this Agreement on account of any remuneration attributable to later employment, consultancy, or other remunerative activity of Executive.

6. Confidential Information.

(a) Executive acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information (as defined below), that Executive may develop Confidential Information for the Company or its Affiliates and that Executive may learn of Confidential Information during the course of Executive’s employment. Executive will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper performance of Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by Executive incident to Executive’s employment or other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates. Executive understands that this restriction shall continue to apply after Executive’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination.

(b) All documents, records, tapes, and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “Documents”), whether or not prepared by Executive, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. Executive shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the time Executive’s employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Company may specify, all Documents then in Executive’s possession or control. Executive shall immediately return such Documents and other property to the Company upon the termination of Executive’s employment and, in any event, at the Company’s request. Executive further agrees that any property situated

 

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on the premises of, and owned by, the Company or its Affiliates, including disks and other storage media, filing cabinets, or other work areas, is subject to inspection by the Company’s personnel at any time with or without notice.

(c) Executive understands that nothing contained in this Agreement limits Executive’s ability to file a charge or complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Executive further understands that this Agreement does not limit Executive’s ability to communicate with the SEC or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by the SEC, including providing documents or other information, without notice to the Company. This Agreement does not limit Executive’s right to receive an award for information provided to the SEC. This Section 6(c) applies only for the period of time that the Company is subject to the Dodd-Frank Act.

(d) “Confidential Information” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally known by others with whom they compete or do business, or with whom any of them plans to compete or do business and any and all information, publicly known in whole or in part or not, which, if disclosed by the Company or its Affiliates would assist in competition against them. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, such information relating to (i) the development, research, testing, manufacturing, marketing and financial activities of the Company and its Affiliates, (ii) all products planned, researched, developed, tested, manufactured, sold, licensed, leased or otherwise distributed or put into use by the Company and its Affiliates, together with all services provided or planned by the Company or any of its Affiliates, during Executive’s employment, (iii) the costs, sources of supply, financial performance and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates, (iv) the identity and special needs of the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (v) the people and organizations with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates have received, or may receive hereafter, belonging to customers or others with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed.

7. Restricted Activities. Executive agrees that some restrictions on Executive’s activities during and after Executive’s employment are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information, and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates. Following the Effective Date, the Company will provide Executive with access to and knowledge of Confidential Information and trade secrets and will place Executive in a position of trust and confidence with the Company, and Executive will benefit from the Company’s goodwill. The restrictive covenants below are necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests in its Confidential Information, trade secrets and goodwill. Executive further understands and acknowledges that the Company’s ability to reserve these for the exclusive knowledge and use of the Company is of great competitive importance and commercial value to the Company and that the Company would be irreparably harmed if Executive violates the restrictive covenants below. In recognition of the consideration provided to Executive as well as the imparting to Executive of Confidential Information, including trade secrets, and for other good and valuable consideration, Executive hereby agrees as follows:

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Expiration Date (in the aggregate, the “Non-Competition Period”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, investor (other than a passive investor of less than 5% in a publicly traded company), consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer, or otherwise, (i) compete with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any location where the Company or its subsidiaries conducts business (a “Competitive Business”) or (ii) undertake any planning for any Competitive Business. With respect to the portion of the Non-Competition Period that follows Executive’s termination of employment, the determination of whether a business is a Competitive Business shall be made based on the scope and location of the businesses conducted or planned to be conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries as of the date of such termination.

(b) Executive agrees that, during Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive will not undertake any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company or its Affiliates, that would reasonably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with Executive’s duties and obligations to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(c) Executive further agrees that, during the Non-Competition Period, Executive will not solicit, hire, or attempt to solicit or hire any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates (or any individual who was employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates during the one (1) year period prior to Executive’s termination), assist in such hiring by any Person, encourage any such employee to terminate his or her relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates, or solicit or encourage any customer, client, or vendor of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate or diminish its relationship with them, or, in the case of a customer, to conduct with any Person any business or activity which such customer conducts with the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(d) Executive shall not, whether in writing or orally, malign, denigrate, or disparage the Company or its Affiliates, or their respective predecessors and successors, or any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, agents, or representatives of any of the foregoing, with respect to any of their respective past or present activities, or otherwise publish (whether in writing or orally) statements that tend to portray any of the aforementioned parties in an unfavorable light. The Company shall direct its directors and officers not to, whether in writing or orally, malign, denigrate, or disparage Executive with respect to any of Executive’s past or present activities, or otherwise publish (whether in writing or orally) statements that are intended to portray Executive in an unfavorable light.

(e) Executive’s and the Company’s obligations under this Section 7, as applicable, shall continue beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.

8. Notification Requirement. Through and up to the conclusion of the Non-Competition Period, Executive shall give notice to the Company of each new business activity he plans to undertake, at least seven (7) days prior to beginning any such activity. Such notice shall state the name and address of the Person for whom such activity is undertaken and the nature of Executive’s business relationship(s) and position(s) with such Person.

 

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9. Intellectual Property Rights. (a) Executive agrees that the results and proceeds of Executive’s services for the Company (including, but not limited to, any trade secrets, products, services, processes, know-how, designs, developments, innovations, analyses, drawings, reports, techniques, formulas, methods, developmental or experimental work, improvements, discoveries, inventions, ideas, source and object codes, programs, writing and other works of authorship) resulting from services performed while an employee of the Company and any works in progress, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, that were made, developed, conceived, or reduced to practice or learned by Executive, either alone or jointly with others (collectively, “Inventions”), shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all trade secret, patent, copyright, and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “Proprietary Rights”) of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized, or developed, with the right to use the same in perpetuity in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion, without any further payment to Executive whatsoever. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds shall not legally be a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any Proprietary Rights which do not accrue to the Company under the immediately preceding sentence, then Executive hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign any and all of Executive’s right, title, and interest thereto, including any and all Proprietary Rights of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized, or developed, to the Company, and the Company shall have the right to use the same in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner determined by the Company without any further payment to Executive whatsoever. As to any Invention that Executive is required to assign, Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company all information known to Executive concerning such Invention.

(b) Executive agrees that, from time to time, as may be requested by the Company and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, Executive shall do any and all things that the Company may reasonably deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s exclusive ownership throughout the United States of America or any other country of any and all Proprietary Rights in any such Inventions, including the execution of appropriate copyright and patent applications or assignments. To the extent that Executive has any Proprietary Rights in the Inventions that cannot be assigned in the manner described above, Executive unconditionally and irrevocably waives the enforcement of such Proprietary Rights. This Section 9(b) is subject to and shall not be deemed to limit, restrict, or constitute any waiver by the Company of any Proprietary Rights of ownership to which the Company may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of the Company’s being Executive’s employer. Executive shall execute, verify, and deliver such documents and perform such other acts (including appearances as a witness) as the Company may reasonably request for use in applying for, obtaining, perfecting, evidencing, sustaining, and enforcing such Proprietary Rights and the assignment thereof. In addition, Executive shall execute, verify, and deliver assignments of such Proprietary Rights to the Company or its designees. Executive’s obligations under this Section 9 shall continue beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.

(c) Executive hereby waives and quitclaims to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, that Executive now or may hereafter have for infringement of any Proprietary Rights assigned hereunder to the Company.

 

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10. Remedies and Injunctive Relief. Executive acknowledges that a violation by Executive of any of the covenants contained in Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 would cause irreparable damage to the Company in an amount that would be material but not readily ascertainable, and that any remedy at law (including the payment of damages) would be inadequate. Accordingly, Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled (without the necessity of showing economic loss or other actual damage) to injunctive relief (including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and permanent injunctions) in any court of competent jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of any of the covenants set forth in Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies it may have. The preceding sentence shall not be construed as a waiver of the rights that the Company may have for damages under this Agreement or otherwise, and all of the Company’s rights shall be unrestricted.

11. Representations; Advice of Counsel. (a) Executive represents, warrants, and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) Executive has the full right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform Executive’s obligations hereunder, (ii) Executive is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of Executive’s duties and obligations to the Company hereunder during or after the Term, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment, or agreement to which Executive is subject.

(b) Prior to execution of this Agreement, Executive was advised by the Company of Executive’s right to seek independent advice from an attorney of Executive’s own selection regarding this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that Executive has entered into this Agreement knowingly and voluntarily and with full knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this Agreement after being given the opportunity to consult with counsel. Executive further represents that in entering into this Agreement, Executive is not relying on any statements or representations made by any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees, or agents that are not expressly set forth herein, and that Executive is relying only upon Executive’s own judgment and any advice provided by Executive’s attorney.

(c) The Company represents, warrants, and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) the Company has the full right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform the Company’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the Company is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of the Company’s obligations to Executive hereunder during or after the Term, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment, or agreement to which the Company is subject.

12. Cooperation. Executive agrees that, upon reasonable notice and without the necessity of the Company’s obtaining a subpoena or court order, Executive shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding (or any appeal from any

 

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suit, action, or proceeding), and any investigation or defense of any claims asserted against the Company or its Affiliates, that relates to events occurring during Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates as to which Executive may have relevant information (including but not limited to furnishing relevant information and materials to the Company or its designee and providing testimony at depositions and at trial); provided, that with respect to such cooperation occurring following termination of employment, the Company shall reimburse Executive for expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

13. Withholding. The Company may deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local, non-U.S., and other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

14. Assignment. Neither the Company nor Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, that the Company may assign its rights under this Agreement without the consent of Executive to a successor to substantially all of the business of the Company in the event that the Company shall effect a reorganization, consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, partnership, organization, or other entity, or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other corporation, partnership, organization, or other entity. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and Executive, and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs, and permitted assigns.

15. Governing Law; No Construction Against Drafter. This Agreement shall be deemed made in the State of Delaware, and the validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement in all respects shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. No provision of this Agreement or any related document will be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of such party’s having or being deemed to have structured or drafted such provision.

16. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Executive and the Company each hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts located within the State of Delaware (or, if subject matter jurisdiction in such courts are not available, in any state court located within the State of Delaware) over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the parties undertake not to commence any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in a forum other than a forum described in this Section 16(a); provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude either party from bringing any suit, action, or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Section 16 or enforcing any judgment obtained by either party.

(b) The agreement of the parties to the forum described in Section 16(a) is independent of the law that may be applied in any suit, action, or proceeding, and the parties agree to such forum even if such forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law. The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of

 

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any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in an applicable court described in Section 16(a), and the parties agree that they shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court. The parties agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any suit, action, or proceeding brought in any applicable court described in Section 16(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction.

(c) The parties hereto irrevocably consent to the service of any and all process in any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies of such process to such party at such party’s address specified in Section 20.

(d) Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent, or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such party would not, in the event of any action, suit, or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver, and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party hereto has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 16(d).

(e) Each party shall bear his or her or its own costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

17. Amendment; No Waiver; Severability. (a) No provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived, or discharged except by a written document signed by Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company (other than Executive). The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or power hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment of any steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.

(b) If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party; provided, that in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall finally hold in a non-appealable judicial determination that any provision of Sections 6 through 10 (whether in whole or in part) is void or constitutes an unreasonable restriction against Executive, such provision shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision enforceable for the longest duration and the greatest scope as such court may determine constitutes a reasonable restriction under the circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

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18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral), between Executive and the Company, relating to such subject matter. None of the parties shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any representations and warranties or covenants relating to such subject matter except as specifically set forth herein.

19. Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties under the provisions of this Agreement shall survive, and remain binding and enforceable, notwithstanding the expiration of the Term, the termination of this Agreement, the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder or any settlement of the financial rights and obligations arising from Executive’s employment hereunder, to the extent necessary to preserve the intended benefits of such provisions.

20. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile or sent, postage prepaid, by registered, certified, or express mail or overnight courier service and shall be deemed given when so delivered by hand or facsimile, or if mailed, three days after mailing (one (1) business day in the case of express mail or overnight courier service) to the parties at the following addresses or facsimiles (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to the Company:    TCEH Corp.
   Attn: Corporate Secretary
   1601 Bryan Street
   Dallas, TX 75201
If to Executive:    At the most recent address on file in the Company’s records.

Notices delivered by facsimile shall have the same legal effect as if such notice had been delivered in person.

21. Headings and References. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, and neither constitute a part of this Agreement nor affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile and electronic image scan (.pdf)), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.

 

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23. Section 409A. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (and such other Treasury or Internal Revenue Service guidance) as in effect from time to time. The parties intend that any amounts payable hereunder that could constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A will be compliant with Section 409A or exempt from Section 409A.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the following special rule shall apply, if and to the extent required by Section 409A, in the event that (i) Executive is deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on the date of Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.409A-1(h)), (ii) amounts or benefits under this Agreement or any other program, plan, or arrangement of the Company or a controlled group affiliate thereof are due or payable on account of separation from service, and (iii) Executive is employed by a public company or a controlled group affiliate thereof: payments hereunder that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A that would be made to Executive prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of Executive’s separation from service shall be made within 10 business days after such six (6) month date or, if earlier, ten (10) days following the date of Executive’s death; following any applicable delay, all such delayed payments, without interest will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest permissible payment date.

(c) Except to the extent required to be delayed pursuant to Section 23(b), any payment or benefit due or payable on account of Executive’s separation from service to which this Section 23(c) applies shall be paid or commence, as applicable, upon the first scheduled payroll date immediately after the date the Release Condition is satisfied (the “Release Effective Date”); provided that, to the extent that such payment or benefit represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and the sixty (60) day period following Executive’s separation from service spans two (2) taxable years, payment shall not be made or commence prior to January 1 of the second taxable year. The first such cash payment shall include payment of all amounts that otherwise would have been due prior to the Release Effective Date under the terms of this Agreement applied as though such payments commenced immediately upon Executive’s termination of employment, and any payments made thereafter shall continue as provided herein. The delayed benefits shall in any event expire at the time such benefits would have expired had such benefits commenced immediately following Executive’s termination of employment.

(d) Each payment made under this Agreement (including each separate installment payment in the case of a series of installment payments) shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. Amounts payable under this Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “deferral of compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulations §§ 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)) and other applicable provisions of Section 409A, and shall be paid under any such exception to the maximum extent permitted. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to payments of any amounts that are considered to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A, references to “termination of employment,” “termination,” or words and phrases of similar import, shall be deemed to refer to Executive’s “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A, and shall be interpreted and

 

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applied in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment under this Agreement.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise that is eligible for exemption from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) (relating to certain reimbursements and in-kind benefits) shall be paid or provided to Executive only to the extent that the expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s “separation from service” occurs; and provided, further, that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s “separation from service” occurs. To the extent that any indemnification payment, expense reimbursement, or provision of any in-kind benefit is determined to be subject to Section 409A (and not exempt pursuant to the prior sentence or otherwise), the amount of any such indemnification payment or expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the provision of any in-kind benefit, in one (1) calendar year shall not affect the indemnification payment or provision of in-kind benefits or expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year (except for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses to the extent permitted by Section 409A), such indemnification, reimbursement, or in-kind benefits shall be provided for the period set forth in this Agreement, or if no such period is set forth, during Executive’s lifetime, in no event shall any indemnification payment or expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive incurred such indemnification payment or expenses, and in no event shall any right to indemnification payment or reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties as of the date first written above.

 

TCEH Corp.
By:  

/s/ Carrie Lee Kirby

Name:   Carrie Lee Kirby
Title:   Chief Administrative Officer
JAMES A. BURKE

/s/ James A. Burke

 

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]


Exhibit A

 

OIP:    Equity awards to be subject to the terms of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Initial Equity Award:    Upon or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Company will award Executive restricted stock units and stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, with an aggregate grant date fair market value as determined by the Board for accounting purposes of $4,000,000. Such restricted stock units or stock options, as applicable, to vest ratably over 4 years (25% each year). Allocation between restricted stock units and stock options to be determined by the Board.
Annual Equity Awards:    Following the first anniversary of the Effective Date, Executive will be granted annual equity awards in an amount determined by the Board. Such awards may be in the form of options, restricted stock units, performance shares, or any other form as approved by the Board.
Involuntary Termination Without Cause / Resignation for Good Reason / Non-Renewal of Term by the Company:    Subject to delivery (and non-revocation) of the Release and continued compliance with Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement, accelerated vesting of the portion of Executive’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following termination had Executive remained employed (fully vested options to remain exercisable for 90 days following termination or, if Executive is subject Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of such Termination, 180 days from the date of such termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).
Termination with Cause / Resignation Without Good Reason / Non-Renewal of the Term by Executive    All options and other outstanding awards (unvested and vested) are forfeited upon a termination for Cause. On any other termination, Executive will retain all vested awards (forfeits unvested), and vested options remain exercisable for 30 days following termination or, if Executive is subject Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of such Termination, 180 days from the date of such termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter).
Death / Disability    Accelerated vesting of the portion of Executive’s equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following termination had he remained employed (fully vested options to remain exercisable for one year following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).
Involuntary Termination Without Cause / Resignation for Good Reason / Non-Renewal of Term by the Company Following a Change in Control:    All equity awards that were outstanding at the time of the Change in Control will vest upon such termination.


Exhibit B

Release of Claims

As used in this Release of Claims (this “Release”), the term “claims” will include all claims, covenants, warranties, promises, undertakings, actions, suits, causes of action, proceedings, obligations, debts, accounts, attorneys’ fees, judgments, losses, and liabilities, of whatsoever kind or nature, in law, in equity, or otherwise. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Release will have the meanings given to them in the employment agreement dated October 4, 2016 between TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) and James A. Burke (my “Employment Agreement”).

For and in consideration of the severance payments and benefits, and other good and valuable consideration, I, for and on behalf of myself and my executors, heirs, administrators, representatives, and assigns, hereby agree to release and forever discharge the Company and each of its direct and indirect parent and subsidiary entities, and all of their respective predecessors, successors, and past, current, and future parent entities, affiliates, subsidiary entities, investors, directors, shareholders, members, officers, general or limited partners, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives, and the employee benefit plans in which I am or have been a participant by virtue of my employment with or service to the Company (collectively, the “Company Releasees”), from any and all claims that I have or may have had against the Company Releasees based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring on or prior to the date hereof and arising directly or indirectly out of, relating to, or in any other way involving in any manner whatsoever my employment by or service to the Company or the termination thereof, including without limitation any and all claims arising under federal, state, or local laws relating to employment, including without limitation claims of wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied contract, fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, whistleblowing, or liability in tort, and claims of any kind that may be brought in any court or administrative agency, and any related claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, including, without limitation, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000, et seq.; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, et seq.; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 621, et seq. (the “ADEA”); the Equal Pay Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 206(d); regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, 41 C.F.R. Section 60, et seq.; the Family and Medical Leave Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.; and any similar state or local law. I agree further that this Release may be pleaded as a full defense to any action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding covered by the terms hereof that is or may be initiated, prosecuted, or maintained by me or my descendants, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns. By signing this Release, I acknowledge that I intend to waive and release all rights known or unknown that I may have against the Company Releasees under these and any other laws.

I acknowledge and agree that as of the date I execute this Release, I have no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that give rise or could give rise to any claims under any of the laws

 

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listed in the preceding paragraph and that I have not filed any claim against any of the Releasees before any local, state, federal, or foreign agency, court, arbitrator, mediator, arbitration or mediation panel, or other body (each individually a “Proceeding”). I (i) acknowledge that I will not initiate or cause to be initiated on my behalf any Proceeding and will not participate in any Proceeding, in each case, except as required by law or to the extent such Proceeding relates to a claim not waived hereunder; and (ii) waive any right that I may have to benefit in any manner from any relief (whether monetary or otherwise) arising out of any Proceeding, including any Proceeding conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), except in each case to the extent such Proceeding relates to a claim not waived hereunder. Further, I understand that, by executing this Release, I will be limiting the availability of certain remedies that I may have against the Company and limiting also my ability to pursue certain claims against the Company Releasees.

By executing this Release, I specifically release all claims relating to my employment and its termination under ADEA, a federal statute that, among other things, prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in employment and employee benefit plans.

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, I do not release (i) claims to receive my severance payments and benefits in accordance with the terms of the Employment Agreement, (ii) claims with respect to benefits to which I am entitled under the employee benefit and compensation plans of the Company and its affiliates, including any rights to equity, (iii) claims to indemnification, or (iv) claims that cannot be waived by law. Further, nothing in this Release shall prevent me from (i) initiating or causing to be initiated on my behalf any claim against the Company before any local, state, or federal agency, court, or other body challenging the validity of the waiver of my claims under the ADEA (but no other portion of such waiver); or (ii) initiating or participating in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC.

I acknowledge that I have been given at least [21]/[45]1 days in which to consider this Release. I acknowledge further that the Company has advised me to consult with an attorney of my choice before signing this Release, and I have had sufficient time to consider the terms of this Release. I represent and acknowledge that if I execute this Release before [21]/[45] days have elapsed, I do so knowingly, voluntarily, and upon the advice and with the approval of my legal counsel (if any), and that I voluntarily waive any remaining consideration period.

I understand that after executing this Release, I have the right to revoke it within seven days after its execution. I understand that this Release will not become effective and enforceable unless the seven-day revocation period passes and I do not revoke the Release in writing. I understand that this Release may not be revoked after the seven-day revocation period has passed. I understand also that any revocation of this Release must be made in writing and delivered to the Company at its principal place of business within the seven-day period.

This Release will become effective, irrevocable, and binding on the eighth day after its execution, so long as I have not timely revoked it as set forth above. I understand and acknowledge that I will not be entitled to the severance payments and benefits unless this Release is effective on or before the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of my termination of employment.

 

 

1  NTD: To be selected based on whether applicable termination was “in connection with an exit incentive or other employment termination program” (as such phrase is defined in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967).


I hereby agree to waive any and all claims to re-employment with the Company or any of its affiliates and affirmatively agree not to seek further employment with the Company or any of its affiliates.

The provisions of this Release will be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, and assigns. If any provision of this Release will be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, such provision will be of no force or effect. The illegality or unenforceability of such provision, however, will have no effect upon and will not impair the enforceability of any other provision of this Release.

This Release will be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to the principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Release or claim of breach hereof will be brought exclusively in the federal and state courts located within Delaware. By execution of this Release, I am waiving any right to trial by jury in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding under or in connection with this Release.

 

 

James A. Burke

 

DATE
EX-99.9 18 d176523dex999.htm EX-99.9 EX-99.9

Exhibit 99.9

EXECUTION VERSION

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 4, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), between TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) and Stephanie Zapata Moore (“Executive”).

Recitals:

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to enter into a written employment agreement to reflect the terms upon which Executive shall provide services to the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

1. Term.

(a) The term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date, and shall continue until the three (3) year anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Expiration Date”); provided that on the Initial Expiration Date and each subsequent anniversary of the Initial Expiration Date, the term of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be extended for one (1) additional year unless either party provides written notice to the other party at least sixty (60) days prior to the Initial Expiration Date (or any such anniversary, as applicable) that Executive’s employment shall not be so extended (in which case, Executive’s employment shall terminate on the Initial Expiration Date or any such anniversary, as applicable); provided, however, that Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated at any earlier time pursuant to the provisions of Section 5. The period of time from the Effective Date through the termination of this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder pursuant to its terms is herein referred to as the “Term”; and the date on which the Term is scheduled to expire (i.e., the Initial Expiration Date or the scheduled expiration of the extended term, if applicable) is herein referred to as the “Expiration Date.”

(b) Executive agrees and acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to extend the Term or to continue Executive’s employment following the Expiration Date, and Executive expressly acknowledges that no promises or understandings to the contrary have been made or reached.

2. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, as used herein, shall have the definitions set forth below.

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person.


(b) “Change in Control” shall, be deemed to occur upon any of the following events:

(i) the acquisition by any Person or related “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto (the “Exchange Act”)) of Beneficial Ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), including Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”); or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); but excluding any acquisition by the Company or any of its Affiliates or by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates;

(ii) a change in the composition of the Board such that members of the Board during any consecutive 12-month period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease to constitute a majority of the Board. Any person becoming a director through election or nomination for election approved by a valid vote of at least two thirds of the Incumbent Directors shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual becoming a director as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed an Incumbent Director;

(iii) the approval by the shareholders of the Company of a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or

(iv) the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company (a “Business Combination”), or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Sale”), unless immediately following such Business Combination or Sale: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the entity that acquired all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company in such Sale (in either case, the “Surviving Company”), or the ultimate parent entity that has Beneficial Ownership of sufficient voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company (the “Parent Company”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination or Sale, (B) no Person or related group of Persons (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or the Parent Company), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total

 

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voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) following the consummation of the Business Combination or Sale were Board members at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination or Sale.

(c) “Cause” means (i) Executive’s willful and continued failure to perform Executive’s duties with the Company; (ii) Executive’s willful and continued failure to follow and comply with the written policies of the Company as in effect from time to time; (iii) Executive’s willful commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting in economic or financial injury to the Company; (iv) Executive’s willful engagement in illegal conduct or gross misconduct; (v) Executive’s willful breach of this Agreement; or (vi) Executive’s indictment for, conviction of, or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. No act or failure to act will be treated as willful if it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and with a good faith belief that such act or omission was in the best interests of the Company.

(d) “Control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract.

(e) “Disability” means Executive would be entitled to long-term disability benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan as in effect from time to time, without regard to any waiting or elimination period under such plan and assuming for the purpose of such determination that Executive is actually participating in such plan at such time. If the Company does not maintain a long-term disability plan, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder on a full-time basis for a consecutive period of one hundred eighty (180) days due to physical or mental illness or incapacity that is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to Executive or Executive’s legal representative.

(f) “Good Reason” means the occurrence, without the consent of Executive, of either of the following events: (i) any material diminution of, or modification to, Executive’s title, duties, responsibilities, authorities, or terms of employment set forth in Section 3 or (ii) any breach by the Company of any of its material obligations to Executive. Prior to resigning for Good Reason, Executive shall give written notice to the Company of the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for such resignation not more than sixty (60) days following Executive’s knowledge of such facts and circumstances, and the Company shall have ten (10) business days after receipt of such notice to cure (and if so cured, Executive shall not be permitted to resign for Good Reason in respect thereof) and Executive shall resign within ten (10) business days following the Company’s failure to cure.

(g) “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, unincorporated entity, or other entity.

 

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3. Duties and Responsibilities. The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, during the Term, as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel. During the Term, Executive agrees to be employed by and devote all of Executive’s business time and attention to the Company and the promotion of its interests and to use Executive’s best efforts to faithfully and diligently serve the Company; provided, however, that, to the extent that such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties, services, and responsibilities under this Agreement, Executive shall be permitted to (a) manage Executive’s personal, financial, and legal affairs, (b) serve on civic or charitable boards and committees of such boards and (c) to the extent approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) pursuant to a duly authorized resolution of the Board, serve on corporate boards and committees of such boards. Executive will report solely to the Chief Executive Officer. Executive will perform such lawful duties and responsibilities as are commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions, and such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with Executive’s titles and positions as may be reasonably requested by the Chief Executive Officer and the Board from time to time. Executive will have the authority customarily exercised by an individual serving as an Executive Vice President and General Counsel of a corporation of the size and nature of the Company. Executive’s place of employment will be in Dallas, Texas.

4. Compensation and Related Matters. (a) Base Salary. During the Term, Executive shall receive an aggregate annual base salary (“Base Salary”) at an initial rate of $415,000, payable in accordance with the Company’s applicable payroll practices. Base Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Board and increased (but not decreased) in the Board’s sole discretion. References in this Agreement to Base Salary shall be deemed to refer to the most recently effective annual base salary rate.

(b) Annual Bonus. During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) for each year (or portion thereof) (beginning with calendar year 2016), provided that, except as otherwise provided herein, Executive has remained employed by the Company as of the applicable payment date. Executive’s target bonus opportunity for any particular year (the “Target Bonus”) shall be 70% of Base Salary, and Executive’s maximum bonus opportunity shall be 200% of the Target Bonus. The Annual Bonus shall be subject to performance metrics approved by the Board based on key short-term objectives and shall be at the full discretion of the Board. For the Annual Bonus paid in respect of 2016, the Board shall consider alternatives to compensate Executive for 2016 (e.g., paying a full-year payout based on stub year performance or an agreed upon Annual Bonus to be paid in the normal bonus cycle). Any Annual Bonus shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year to which such Annual Bonus relates, at the same as annual bonuses are paid to all other senior executives.

(c) Equity Compensation. Executive shall be entitled to receive equity compensation awards as described in Exhibit A.

 

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(d) Benefits and Perquisites. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the benefit plans (including, without limitation, life insurance) and programs and receive perquisites that are provided by the Company from time to time for its senior executives generally, subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and programs and commensurate with Executive’s position. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to up to $15,000 per year for tax and financial planning.

(e) Business Expense Reimbursements. During the Term, the Company shall promptly reimburse Executive for Executive’s reasonable and necessary business expenses in accordance with the Company’s then-prevailing policies and procedures for expense reimbursement (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred).

(f) Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Executive, to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Company’s governing documents, against all claims, expenses, damages, liabilities, and losses incurred by Executive (whether before or after the Effective Date) by reason of the fact that Executive is or was, or had agreed to become, a consultant, director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or predecessors of any of the foregoing, or any benefit plan of any of the foregoing, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a consultant, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, fiduciary, or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, person, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity. The Company shall provide Executive with customary directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage both during and after the Term with regard to matters occurring during employment or while otherwise providing services to, or serving at the request of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any benefit plan of any of the foregoing, which coverage shall be at a level at least equal to the greatest level being maintained at such time for any current officer or director and shall continue until such time as suits can no longer be brought against Executive as a matter of law. Executive will be entitled to advancement of expenses in connection with any claim in the same manner and to the same extent to which any other officer or director of the Company is entitled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to Executive in connection with (i) any dispute in connection with this Agreement or Executive’s employment hereunder; (ii) any action, claim, or proceeding initiated by Executive against the Company unless such action, claim, or proceeding is approved in advance by the Board in writing or (iii) any liabilities, damages, claims or expenses incurred that are attributable to Executive’s fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, or gross negligence.

5. Termination of Employment. (a) Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time and for any reason; provided, however, that Executive shall be required to give the Company at least sixty (60) days’ advance written notice of any voluntary resignation of Executive’s employment hereunder (other than resignation for Good Reason) (and in such event the Company in its sole discretion may elect to accelerate Executive’s date of termination of employment, it being understood that such termination shall still be treated as a voluntary resignation without Good Reason for purposes of this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death.

 

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(b) Following any termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement, except as provided under Sections 5(c), 5(d), and 5(e), the obligations of the Company to pay or provide Executive with compensation and benefits under Section 4 shall cease, and the Company shall have no further obligations to provide compensation or benefits to Executive hereunder, except (i) for payment of any accrued but unpaid Base Salary and any accrued but unused vacation and for payment of any unreimbursed expenses under Section 4(e), in each case accrued or incurred through the date of termination of employment, payable as soon as practicable and in all events within thirty (30) days following the date of termination of employment, (ii) as explicitly set forth in any other benefit plans, programs, or arrangements applicable to terminated employees in which Executive participates (including, without limitation, equity award agreements), other than severance plans or policies, and (iii) as otherwise expressly required by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise provided below, any Unpaid Annual Bonus (as defined below) is forfeited if Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason.

(c) If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by Executive for Good Reason, or (iii) due to expiration of the Term on the Expiration Date as a result of the Company delivering a notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 1, in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), Executive shall be entitled to receive: (i) severance pay in an aggregate amount (the “Severance Pay”) equal to, two times (2x) the sum of (A) Base Salary plus (B) (x) Target Bonus, if such termination of employment occurs prior to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date, or (y) the prior year’s Annual Bonus, if such termination of employment occurs on or after the second (2nd) anniversary of the Effective Date; (ii) a prorated Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year of termination equal to the product of (x) the amount of Annual Bonus that would have been payable to Executive had Executive’s employment not so terminated based on actual performance measured through the fiscal year of termination, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Company’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Prorated Bonus”); (iii) any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year of termination (the “Unpaid Annual Bonus”); and (iv) continued health insurance benefits under the terms of the applicable Company benefit plans for twenty-four (24) months, subject to Executive’s payment of the cost of such benefits to the same extent that active employees of the Company are required to pay for such benefits from time to time; provided, however, that such continuation coverage shall end earlier upon Executive’s becoming eligible for comparable coverage under another employer’s benefit plans; and provided, further, that to the extent that the provision of such continuation coverage is not permitted under the terms of the Company benefit plans or would result in an adverse tax consequence to the Company, the Company may alternatively provide Executive with a monthly cash payment in an amount equal to the applicable COBRA premium that Executive would otherwise be required to pay to obtain COBRA continuation coverage for such benefits for twenty-four (24) months (assuming that COBRA continuation coverage were available for such period) (minus the cost of such benefits to the same extent that active employees of the Company are required to pay for such benefits from time to time) (the “Severance Benefits”), commencing as provided in Section 23(c). The Severance Pay shall be paid in equal installments during the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices,

 

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but no less frequently than monthly, and commencing as provided in Section 23(c) below. The Unpaid Annual Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives during the fiscal year of Executive’s termination and the Prorated Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the year following the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by Executive for Good Reason, or (iii) due to expiration of the Term on the Expiration Date as a result of the Company delivering a notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 1, then Executive, in lieu of any of the amounts and benefits described in Section 5(c) and in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), shall be entitled to receive (i) the Unpaid Annual Bonus, (ii) 2.99 times the sum of (A) Base Salary plus (B) Target Bonus (the “CIC Severance Pay”), (iii) the product of (x) the Target Bonus, and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Company’s fiscal year in which the termination occurs through such termination and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Prorated CIC Bonus”), and (iv) the Severance Benefits for twenty-four (24) months (as described above and commencing as provided in Section 23(c)). The CIC Severance Pay and the Prorated CIC Bonus shall be paid in cash in a lump sum on the first payroll following the satisfaction of the Release Condition, subject to Section 23(c); provided, however, if the Change in Control does not constitute a “change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the portion of the CIC Severance Pay that is not in excess of the Severance Pay that would have been payable upon such termination if Section 5(c) applied shall be paid to Executive in equal monthly installments during the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices, but no less frequently than monthly, and commencing as provided in Section 23(c) below, and the portion of the CIC Severance Pay in excess of such amount shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum 60 days after the consummation of the Change in Control. The Unpaid Annual Bonus shall be paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives during the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(e) If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated due to death or Disability, in addition to the payments and benefits specified in Section 5(b), Executive shall be entitled to receive (i) the Prorated Bonus, paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the year following the fiscal year of Executive’s termination and (ii) the Unpaid Annual Bonus, paid on the date bonuses are paid to other executives of the Company in the fiscal year of Executive’s termination.

(f) Executive’s entitlement to the payments and benefits set forth in Sections 5(c) and 5(d) shall be conditioned upon Executive’s having provided an irrevocable waiver and release of claims in favor of the Company, its Affiliates, their respective predecessors and successors, and all of the respective current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, agents, or representatives of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Release”),

 

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that has become effective in accordance with its terms within sixty (60) days following Executive’s termination of employment (the “Release Condition”), and Executive’s continued compliance with Sections 6 and 7 hereof.

(g) Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, and regardless of whether Executive continues as a consultant to the Company, upon the Company’s request Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination of employment or such other date requested, from the Board and any committees thereof, and, if applicable, from the board of directors (and any committees thereof) of any Affiliate of the Company to the extent Executive is then serving thereon. The Company’s obligations to make the payments provided for in this Agreement are subject to set-off for any undisputed amounts owed by Executive, to the extent permitted by Section 409A (as defined below) and any Company clawback policy.

(h) The payment of any amounts accrued under any benefit plan, program, or arrangement in which Executive participates shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plan, program, or arrangement, and any elections Executive has made thereunder.

(i) Following any termination of Executive’s employment, Executive shall have no obligation to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement. There shall be no offset against amounts due Executive under this Agreement on account of any remuneration attributable to later employment, consultancy, or other remunerative activity of Executive.

6. Confidential Information.

(a) Executive acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information (as defined below), that Executive may develop Confidential Information for the Company or its Affiliates and that Executive may learn of Confidential Information during the course of Executive’s employment. Executive will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper performance of Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by Executive incident to Executive’s employment or other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates. Executive understands that this restriction shall continue to apply after Executive’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination.

(b) All documents, records, tapes, and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “Documents”), whether or not prepared by Executive, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. Executive shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the time Executive’s employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Company may specify, all Documents then in Executive’s possession or control. Executive shall immediately return such Documents and other property to the Company upon the termination of Executive’s employment and, in any event, at the Company’s request. Executive further agrees that any property situated

 

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on the premises of, and owned by, the Company or its Affiliates, including disks and other storage media, filing cabinets, or other work areas, is subject to inspection by the Company’s personnel at any time with or without notice.

(c) Executive understands that nothing contained in this Agreement limits Executive’s ability to file a charge or complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Executive further understands that this Agreement does not limit Executive’s ability to communicate with the SEC or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by the SEC, including providing documents or other information, without notice to the Company. This Agreement does not limit Executive’s right to receive an award for information provided to the SEC. This Section 6(c) applies only for the period of time that the Company is subject to the Dodd-Frank Act.

(d) “Confidential Information” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally known by others with whom they compete or do business, or with whom any of them plans to compete or do business and any and all information, publicly known in whole or in part or not, which, if disclosed by the Company or its Affiliates would assist in competition against them. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, such information relating to (i) the development, research, testing, manufacturing, marketing and financial activities of the Company and its Affiliates, (ii) all products planned, researched, developed, tested, manufactured, sold, licensed, leased or otherwise distributed or put into use by the Company and its Affiliates, together with all services provided or planned by the Company or any of its Affiliates, during Executive’s employment, (iii) the costs, sources of supply, financial performance and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates, (iv) the identity and special needs of the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (v) the people and organizations with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates have received, or may receive hereafter, belonging to customers or others with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed.

7. Restricted Activities. Executive agrees that some restrictions on Executive’s activities during and after Executive’s employment are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information, and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates. Following the Effective Date, the Company will provide Executive with access to and knowledge of Confidential Information and trade secrets and will place Executive in a position of trust and confidence with the Company, and Executive will benefit from the Company’s goodwill. The restrictive covenants below are necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests in its Confidential Information, trade secrets and goodwill. Executive further understands and acknowledges that the Company’s ability to reserve these for the exclusive knowledge and use of the Company is of great competitive importance and commercial value to the Company and that the Company would be irreparably harmed if Executive violates the restrictive covenants below. In recognition of the consideration provided to Executive as well as the imparting to Executive of Confidential Information, including trade secrets, and for other good and valuable consideration, Executive hereby agrees as follows:

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Expiration Date (in the aggregate, the “Non-Competition Period”), Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, investor (other than a passive investor of less than 5% in a publicly traded company), consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer, or otherwise, (i) compete with the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any location where the Company or its subsidiaries conducts business (a “Competitive Business”) or (ii) undertake any planning for any Competitive Business. With respect to the portion of the Non-Competition Period that follows Executive’s termination of employment, the determination of whether a business is a Competitive Business shall be made based on the scope and location of the businesses conducted or planned to be conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries as of the date of such termination.

(b) Executive agrees that, during Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive will not undertake any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the business of the Company or its Affiliates, that would reasonably give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with Executive’s duties and obligations to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(c) Executive further agrees that, during the Non-Competition Period, Executive will not solicit, hire, or attempt to solicit or hire any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates (or any individual who was employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates during the one (1) year period prior to Executive’s termination), assist in such hiring by any Person, encourage any such employee to terminate his or her relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates, or solicit or encourage any customer, client, or vendor of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate or diminish its relationship with them, or, in the case of a customer, to conduct with any Person any business or activity which such customer conducts with the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(d) Executive shall not, whether in writing or orally, malign, denigrate, or disparage the Company or its Affiliates, or their respective predecessors and successors, or any of the current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members, agents, or representatives of any of the foregoing, with respect to any of their respective past or present activities, or otherwise publish (whether in writing or orally) statements that tend to portray any of the aforementioned parties in an unfavorable light. The Company shall direct its directors and officers not to, whether in writing or orally, malign, denigrate, or disparage Executive with respect to any of Executive’s past or present activities, or otherwise publish (whether in writing or orally) statements that are intended to portray Executive in an unfavorable light.

(e) Executive’s and the Company’s obligations under this Section 7, as applicable, shall continue beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.

8. Notification Requirement. Through and up to the conclusion of the Non-Competition Period, Executive shall give notice to the Company of each new business activity he plans to undertake, at least seven (7) days prior to beginning any such activity. Such notice shall state the name and address of the Person for whom such activity is undertaken and the nature of Executive’s business relationship(s) and position(s) with such Person.

 

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9. Intellectual Property Rights. (a) Executive agrees that the results and proceeds of Executive’s services for the Company (including, but not limited to, any trade secrets, products, services, processes, know-how, designs, developments, innovations, analyses, drawings, reports, techniques, formulas, methods, developmental or experimental work, improvements, discoveries, inventions, ideas, source and object codes, programs, writing and other works of authorship) resulting from services performed while an employee of the Company and any works in progress, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, that were made, developed, conceived, or reduced to practice or learned by Executive, either alone or jointly with others (collectively, “Inventions”), shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all trade secret, patent, copyright, and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “Proprietary Rights”) of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized, or developed, with the right to use the same in perpetuity in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion, without any further payment to Executive whatsoever. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds shall not legally be a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any Proprietary Rights which do not accrue to the Company under the immediately preceding sentence, then Executive hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign any and all of Executive’s right, title, and interest thereto, including any and all Proprietary Rights of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized, or developed, to the Company, and the Company shall have the right to use the same in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner determined by the Company without any further payment to Executive whatsoever. As to any Invention that Executive is required to assign, Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company all information known to Executive concerning such Invention.

(b) Executive agrees that, from time to time, as may be requested by the Company and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, Executive shall do any and all things that the Company may reasonably deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s exclusive ownership throughout the United States of America or any other country of any and all Proprietary Rights in any such Inventions, including the execution of appropriate copyright and patent applications or assignments. To the extent that Executive has any Proprietary Rights in the Inventions that cannot be assigned in the manner described above, Executive unconditionally and irrevocably waives the enforcement of such Proprietary Rights. This Section 9(b) is subject to and shall not be deemed to limit, restrict, or constitute any waiver by the Company of any Proprietary Rights of ownership to which the Company may be entitled by operation of law by virtue of the Company’s being Executive’s employer. Executive shall execute, verify, and deliver such documents and perform such other acts (including appearances as a witness) as the Company may reasonably request for use in applying for, obtaining, perfecting, evidencing, sustaining, and enforcing such Proprietary Rights and the assignment thereof. In addition, Executive shall execute, verify, and deliver assignments of such Proprietary Rights to the Company or its designees. Executive’s obligations under this Section 9 shall continue beyond the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.

(c) Executive hereby waives and quitclaims to the Company any and all claims, of any nature whatsoever, that Executive now or may hereafter have for infringement of any Proprietary Rights assigned hereunder to the Company.

 

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10. Remedies and Injunctive Relief. Executive acknowledges that a violation by Executive of any of the covenants contained in Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 would cause irreparable damage to the Company in an amount that would be material but not readily ascertainable, and that any remedy at law (including the payment of damages) would be inadequate. Accordingly, Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled (without the necessity of showing economic loss or other actual damage) to injunctive relief (including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and permanent injunctions) in any court of competent jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of any of the covenants set forth in Sections 6, 7, 8, or 9 in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies it may have. The preceding sentence shall not be construed as a waiver of the rights that the Company may have for damages under this Agreement or otherwise, and all of the Company’s rights shall be unrestricted.

11. Representations; Advice of Counsel. (a) Executive represents, warrants, and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) Executive has the full right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform Executive’s obligations hereunder, (ii) Executive is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of Executive’s duties and obligations to the Company hereunder during or after the Term, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment, or agreement to which Executive is subject.

(b) Prior to execution of this Agreement, Executive was advised by the Company of Executive’s right to seek independent advice from an attorney of Executive’s own selection regarding this Agreement. Executive acknowledges that Executive has entered into this Agreement knowingly and voluntarily and with full knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this Agreement after being given the opportunity to consult with counsel. Executive further represents that in entering into this Agreement, Executive is not relying on any statements or representations made by any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees, or agents that are not expressly set forth herein, and that Executive is relying only upon Executive’s own judgment and any advice provided by Executive’s attorney.

(c) The Company represents, warrants, and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) the Company has the full right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform the Company’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the Company is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of the Company’s obligations to Executive hereunder during or after the Term, and (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment, or agreement to which the Company is subject.

12. Cooperation. Executive agrees that, upon reasonable notice and without the necessity of the Company’s obtaining a subpoena or court order, Executive shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding (or any appeal from any

 

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suit, action, or proceeding), and any investigation or defense of any claims asserted against the Company or its Affiliates, that relates to events occurring during Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates as to which Executive may have relevant information (including but not limited to furnishing relevant information and materials to the Company or its designee and providing testimony at depositions and at trial); provided, that with respect to such cooperation occurring following termination of employment, the Company shall reimburse Executive for expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

13. Withholding. The Company may deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local, non-U.S., and other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

14. Assignment. Neither the Company nor Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, that the Company may assign its rights under this Agreement without the consent of Executive to a successor to substantially all of the business of the Company in the event that the Company shall effect a reorganization, consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, partnership, organization, or other entity, or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other corporation, partnership, organization, or other entity. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and Executive, and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs, and permitted assigns.

15. Governing Law; No Construction Against Drafter. This Agreement shall be deemed made in the State of Delaware, and the validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement in all respects shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. No provision of this Agreement or any related document will be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of such party’s having or being deemed to have structured or drafted such provision.

16. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Executive and the Company each hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts located within the State of Delaware (or, if subject matter jurisdiction in such courts are not available, in any state court located within the State of Delaware) over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the parties undertake not to commence any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in a forum other than a forum described in this Section 16(a); provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude either party from bringing any suit, action, or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Section 16 or enforcing any judgment obtained by either party.

(b) The agreement of the parties to the forum described in Section 16(a) is independent of the law that may be applied in any suit, action, or proceeding, and the parties agree to such forum even if such forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law. The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of

 

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any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in an applicable court described in Section 16(a), and the parties agree that they shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court. The parties agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any suit, action, or proceeding brought in any applicable court described in Section 16(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction.

(c) The parties hereto irrevocably consent to the service of any and all process in any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies of such process to such party at such party’s address specified in Section 20.

(d) Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent, or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such party would not, in the event of any action, suit, or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver, and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party hereto has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 16(d).

(e) Each party shall bear his or her or its own costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

17. Amendment; No Waiver; Severability. (a) No provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived, or discharged except by a written document signed by Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company (other than Executive). The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or power hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment of any steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.

(b) If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party; provided, that in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall finally hold in a non-appealable judicial determination that any provision of Sections 6 through 10 (whether in whole or in part) is void or constitutes an unreasonable restriction against Executive, such provision shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision enforceable for the longest duration and the greatest scope as such court may determine constitutes a reasonable restriction under the circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

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18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral), between Executive and the Company, relating to such subject matter. None of the parties shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any representations and warranties or covenants relating to such subject matter except as specifically set forth herein.

19. Survival. The rights and obligations of the parties under the provisions of this Agreement shall survive, and remain binding and enforceable, notwithstanding the expiration of the Term, the termination of this Agreement, the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder or any settlement of the financial rights and obligations arising from Executive’s employment hereunder, to the extent necessary to preserve the intended benefits of such provisions.

20. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile or sent, postage prepaid, by registered, certified, or express mail or overnight courier service and shall be deemed given when so delivered by hand or facsimile, or if mailed, three days after mailing (one (1) business day in the case of express mail or overnight courier service) to the parties at the following addresses or facsimiles (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to the Company:    TCEH Corp.
   Attn: Corporate Secretary
   1601 Bryan Street
   Dallas, TX 75201
If to Executive:    At the most recent address on file in the Company’s records.

Notices delivered by facsimile shall have the same legal effect as if such notice had been delivered in person.

21. Headings and References. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, and neither constitute a part of this Agreement nor affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile and electronic image scan (.pdf)), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.

 

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23. Section 409A. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (and such other Treasury or Internal Revenue Service guidance) as in effect from time to time. The parties intend that any amounts payable hereunder that could constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A will be compliant with Section 409A or exempt from Section 409A.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the following special rule shall apply, if and to the extent required by Section 409A, in the event that (i) Executive is deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Company as in effect on the date of Executive’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.409A-1(h)), (ii) amounts or benefits under this Agreement or any other program, plan, or arrangement of the Company or a controlled group affiliate thereof are due or payable on account of separation from service, and (iii) Executive is employed by a public company or a controlled group affiliate thereof: payments hereunder that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A that would be made to Executive prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of Executive’s separation from service shall be made within 10 business days after such six (6) month date or, if earlier, ten (10) days following the date of Executive’s death; following any applicable delay, all such delayed payments, without interest will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest permissible payment date.

(c) Except to the extent required to be delayed pursuant to Section 23(b), any payment or benefit due or payable on account of Executive’s separation from service to which this Section 23(c) applies shall be paid or commence, as applicable, upon the first scheduled payroll date immediately after the date the Release Condition is satisfied (the “Release Effective Date”); provided that, to the extent that such payment or benefit represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and the sixty (60) day period following Executive’s separation from service spans two (2) taxable years, payment shall not be made or commence prior to January 1 of the second taxable year. The first such cash payment shall include payment of all amounts that otherwise would have been due prior to the Release Effective Date under the terms of this Agreement applied as though such payments commenced immediately upon Executive’s termination of employment, and any payments made thereafter shall continue as provided herein. The delayed benefits shall in any event expire at the time such benefits would have expired had such benefits commenced immediately following Executive’s termination of employment.

(d) Each payment made under this Agreement (including each separate installment payment in the case of a series of installment payments) shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. Amounts payable under this Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “deferral of compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulations §§ 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)) and other applicable provisions of Section 409A, and shall be paid under any such exception to the maximum extent permitted. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to payments of any amounts that are considered to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A, references to “termination of employment,” “termination,” or words and phrases of similar import, shall be deemed to refer to Executive’s “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A, and shall be interpreted and

 

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applied in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment under this Agreement.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise that is eligible for exemption from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) (relating to certain reimbursements and in-kind benefits) shall be paid or provided to Executive only to the extent that the expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s “separation from service” occurs; and provided, further, that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s “separation from service” occurs. To the extent that any indemnification payment, expense reimbursement, or provision of any in-kind benefit is determined to be subject to Section 409A (and not exempt pursuant to the prior sentence or otherwise), the amount of any such indemnification payment or expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the provision of any in-kind benefit, in one (1) calendar year shall not affect the indemnification payment or provision of in-kind benefits or expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year (except for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses to the extent permitted by Section 409A), such indemnification, reimbursement, or in-kind benefits shall be provided for the period set forth in this Agreement, or if no such period is set forth, during Executive’s lifetime, in no event shall any indemnification payment or expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive incurred such indemnification payment or expenses, and in no event shall any right to indemnification payment or reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties as of the date first written above.

 

TCEH Corp.
By:  

/s/ Carrie Lee Kirby

Name:   Carrie Lee Kirby
Title:   Chief Administrative Officer
STEPHANIE ZAPATA MOORE

/s/ Stephanie Zapata Moore

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]


Exhibit A

 

OIP:    Equity awards to be subject to the terms of the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Initial Equity Award:    Upon or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Company will award Executive restricted stock units and stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, with an aggregate grant date fair market value as determined by the Board for accounting purposes of $1,200,000. Such restricted stock units or stock options, as applicable, to vest ratably over 4 years (25% each year). Allocation between restricted stock units and stock options to be determined by the Board.
Annual Equity Awards:    Following the first anniversary of the Effective Date, Executive will be granted annual equity awards in an amount determined by the Board. Such awards may be in the form of options, restricted stock units, performance shares, or any other form as approved by the Board.
Involuntary Termination Without Cause / Resignation for Good Reason / Non-Renewal of Term by the Company:    Subject to delivery (and non-revocation) of the Release and continued compliance with Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement, accelerated vesting of the portion of Executive’s outstanding equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following termination had Executive remained employed (fully vested options to remain exercisable for 90 days following termination or, if Executive is subject Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of such Termination, 180 days from the date of such termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).
Termination with Cause / Resignation Without Good Reason / Non-Renewal of the Term by Executive    All options and other outstanding awards (unvested and vested) are forfeited upon a termination for Cause. On any other termination, Executive will retain all vested awards (forfeits unvested), and vested options remain exercisable for 30 days following termination or, if Executive is subject Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of such Termination, 180 days from the date of such termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter).
Death / Disability    Accelerated vesting of the portion of Executive’s equity awards that would have vested in the 12 months following termination had he remained employed (fully vested options to remain exercisable for one year following termination (or until the option’s regular expiration date, if shorter)).
Involuntary Termination Without Cause / Resignation for Good Reason / Non-Renewal of Term by the Company Following a Change in Control:    All equity awards that were outstanding at the time of the Change in Control will vest upon such termination.


Exhibit B

Release of Claims

As used in this Release of Claims (this “Release”), the term “claims” will include all claims, covenants, warranties, promises, undertakings, actions, suits, causes of action, proceedings, obligations, debts, accounts, attorneys’ fees, judgments, losses, and liabilities, of whatsoever kind or nature, in law, in equity, or otherwise. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Release will have the meanings given to them in the employment agreement dated October 4, 2016 between TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) and Stephanie Zapata Moore (my “Employment Agreement”).

For and in consideration of the severance payments and benefits, and other good and valuable consideration, I, for and on behalf of myself and my executors, heirs, administrators, representatives, and assigns, hereby agree to release and forever discharge the Company and each of its direct and indirect parent and subsidiary entities, and all of their respective predecessors, successors, and past, current, and future parent entities, affiliates, subsidiary entities, investors, directors, shareholders, members, officers, general or limited partners, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives, and the employee benefit plans in which I am or have been a participant by virtue of my employment with or service to the Company (collectively, the “Company Releasees”), from any and all claims that I have or may have had against the Company Releasees based on any events or circumstances arising or occurring on or prior to the date hereof and arising directly or indirectly out of, relating to, or in any other way involving in any manner whatsoever my employment by or service to the Company or the termination thereof, including without limitation any and all claims arising under federal, state, or local laws relating to employment, including without limitation claims of wrongful discharge, breach of express or implied contract, fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, whistleblowing, or liability in tort, and claims of any kind that may be brought in any court or administrative agency, and any related claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, including, without limitation, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000, et seq.; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, et seq.; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 621, et seq. (the “ADEA”); the Equal Pay Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 206(d); regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, 41 C.F.R. Section 60, et seq.; the Family and Medical Leave Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.; and any similar state or local law. I agree further that this Release may be pleaded as a full defense to any action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding covered by the terms hereof that is or may be initiated, prosecuted, or maintained by me or my descendants, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns. By signing this Release, I acknowledge that I intend to waive and release all rights known or unknown that I may have against the Company Releasees under these and any other laws.

I acknowledge and agree that as of the date I execute this Release, I have no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that give rise or could give rise to any claims under any of the laws

 

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listed in the preceding paragraph and that I have not filed any claim against any of the Releasees before any local, state, federal, or foreign agency, court, arbitrator, mediator, arbitration or mediation panel, or other body (each individually a “Proceeding”). I (i) acknowledge that I will not initiate or cause to be initiated on my behalf any Proceeding and will not participate in any Proceeding, in each case, except as required by law or to the extent such Proceeding relates to a claim not waived hereunder; and (ii) waive any right that I may have to benefit in any manner from any relief (whether monetary or otherwise) arising out of any Proceeding, including any Proceeding conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), except in each case to the extent such Proceeding relates to a claim not waived hereunder. Further, I understand that, by executing this Release, I will be limiting the availability of certain remedies that I may have against the Company and limiting also my ability to pursue certain claims against the Company Releasees.

By executing this Release, I specifically release all claims relating to my employment and its termination under ADEA, a federal statute that, among other things, prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in employment and employee benefit plans.

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, I do not release (i) claims to receive my severance payments and benefits in accordance with the terms of the Employment Agreement, (ii) claims with respect to benefits to which I am entitled under the employee benefit and compensation plans of the Company and its affiliates, including any rights to equity, (iii) claims to indemnification, or (iv) claims that cannot be waived by law. Further, nothing in this Release shall prevent me from (i) initiating or causing to be initiated on my behalf any claim against the Company before any local, state, or federal agency, court, or other body challenging the validity of the waiver of my claims under the ADEA (but no other portion of such waiver); or (ii) initiating or participating in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC.

I acknowledge that I have been given at least [21]/[45]1 days in which to consider this Release. I acknowledge further that the Company has advised me to consult with an attorney of my choice before signing this Release, and I have had sufficient time to consider the terms of this Release. I represent and acknowledge that if I execute this Release before [21]/[45] days have elapsed, I do so knowingly, voluntarily, and upon the advice and with the approval of my legal counsel (if any), and that I voluntarily waive any remaining consideration period.

I understand that after executing this Release, I have the right to revoke it within seven days after its execution. I understand that this Release will not become effective and enforceable unless the seven-day revocation period passes and I do not revoke the Release in writing. I understand that this Release may not be revoked after the seven-day revocation period has passed. I understand also that any revocation of this Release must be made in writing and delivered to the Company at its principal place of business within the seven-day period.

This Release will become effective, irrevocable, and binding on the eighth day after its execution, so long as I have not timely revoked it as set forth above. I understand and acknowledge that I will not be entitled to the severance payments and benefits unless this Release is effective on or before the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of my termination of employment.

 

1  NTD: To be selected based on whether applicable termination was “in connection with an exit incentive or other employment termination program” (as such phrase is defined in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967).


I hereby agree to waive any and all claims to re-employment with the Company or any of its affiliates and affirmatively agree not to seek further employment with the Company or any of its affiliates.

The provisions of this Release will be binding upon my heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, and assigns. If any provision of this Release will be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, such provision will be of no force or effect. The illegality or unenforceability of such provision, however, will have no effect upon and will not impair the enforceability of any other provision of this Release.

This Release will be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to the principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Release or claim of breach hereof will be brought exclusively in the federal and state courts located within Delaware. By execution of this Release, I am waiving any right to trial by jury in connection with any suit, action, or proceeding under or in connection with this Release.

 

 

Stephanie Zapata Moore

 

DATE
EX-99.10 19 d176523dex9910.htm EX-99.10 EX-99.10

Exhibit 99.10

FINAL VERSION

TCEH CORP.

 

 

2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE

The purpose of this TCEH Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan is to enhance the profitability and value of the Company for the benefit of its stockholders by enabling the Company to offer Eligible Individuals cash and stock-based incentives in order to attract, retain and reward such individuals and strengthen the mutuality of interests between such individuals and the Company’s stockholders. The Plan is effective as of the date set forth in Article XIV.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

2.1 Affiliate means each of the following: (a) any Subsidiary; (b) any Parent; (c) any corporation, trade or business (including, without limitation, a partnership or limited liability company) which is directly or indirectly controlled 50% or more (whether by ownership of stock, assets or an equivalent ownership interest or voting interest) by the Company or one of its Affiliates; (d) any trade or business (including, without limitation, a partnership or limited liability company) which directly or indirectly controls 50% or more (whether by ownership of stock, assets or an equivalent ownership interest or voting interest) of the Company; and (e) any other entity in which the Company or any of its Affiliates has a material equity interest and which is designated as an “Affiliate” by resolution of the Committee; provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Common Stock subject to any Option constitutes “service recipient stock” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or otherwise does not subject the Option to Section 409A of the Code.

2.2 Award means any award under the Plan of any Stock Option, Restricted Stock Award, Performance Award, Other Stock-Based Award or Other Cash-Based Award. All Awards shall be granted by, confirmed by, and subject to the terms of, a written Award Agreement executed by the Company and the Participant.

2.3 Award Agreement means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to an Award.

2.4 Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.5 Causemeans, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, with respect to a Participant’s Termination of Employment or Termination of Consultancy, the following: (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement, consulting


agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award (or where there is such an agreement but it does not define “cause” (or words of like import)), termination due to a Participant’s: (i) willful and continued failure to perform Participant’s duties with the Company; (ii) willful and continued failure to follow and comply with the written policies of the Company as in effect from time to time; (iii) willful commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting in economic or financial injury to the Company; (iv) willful engagement in illegal conduct or gross misconduct; (v) willful breach of any agreement with the Company or an Affiliate; or (vi) indictment for, conviction of, or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. No act or failure to act will be treated as willful if it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good faith and with a good faith belief that such act or omission was in the best interests of the Company; or (b) in the case where there is an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award that defines “cause” (or words of like import), “cause” as defined under such agreement; provided, however, that with regard to any agreement under which the definition of “cause” only applies on occurrence of a change in control, such definition of “cause” shall not apply until a change in control actually takes place and then only with regard to a termination thereafter. With respect to a Participant’s Termination of Directorship, “cause” means an act or failure to act that constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable Delaware law.

2.6 Change in Control has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.

2.7 Change in Control Price has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

2.8 Codemeans the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to any section of the Code shall also be a reference to any successor provision and any Treasury Regulation and other official guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder.

2.9 Committee means any committee of the Board duly authorized by the Board to administer the Plan. If no committee is duly authorized by the Board to administer the Plan, the term “Committee” shall be deemed to refer to the Board for all purposes under the Plan.

2.10 Common Stock means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company.

2.11 Company means TCEH Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its successors by operation of law.

2.12 Consultant means any natural person who is an advisor or consultant to the Company or its Affiliates.

2.13 Disability means, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, with respect to a Participant’s Termination, a permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. A Disability shall only be deemed to occur at the time of the determination by the Committee of the Disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, Disability shall mean that a Participant is disabled under Section 409A(a)(2)(C)(i) or (ii) of the Code.

 

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2.14 Effective Date means the effective date of the Plan as defined in Article XIV.

2.15 Eligible Employees means each employee of the Company or an Affiliate.

2.16 Eligible Individual means an Eligible Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant who is designated by the Committee in its discretion as eligible to receive Awards subject to the conditions set forth herein.

2.17 Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Exchange Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation or interpretation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

2.18 Fair Market Value means, for purposes of the Plan, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or as required by any applicable provision of the Code or any regulations issued thereunder, as of any date and except as provided below: (a) if the Common Stock is traded, listed or otherwise reported or quoted on a national securities exchange, the last sales price reported for the Common Stock on the applicable date on the principal national securities exchange in the United States on which it is then traded, listed or otherwise reported or quoted; or (b) if the Common Stock is not traded, listed or otherwise reported or quoted on a national securities exchange, the Committee shall determine in good faith the Fair Market Value in whatever manner it considers appropriate, taking into account the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any other applicable laws, rules or regulations. For purposes of the grant of any Award, the applicable date shall be the trading day immediately prior to the date on which the Award is granted. For purposes of the exercise of any Award, the applicable date shall be the date a notice of exercise is received by the Committee or, if not a day on which the applicable market is open, the next day that it is open.

2.19 Family Member means “family member” as defined in Section A.1.(a)(5) of the general instructions of Form S-8 of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

2.20 Good Reasonmeans, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, the following: (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award (or where there is such an agreement but it does not define “good reason” (or words of like import)), the occurrence, without the Participant’s consent, of either of the following events: (i) any material diminution of the Participant’s title, duties, responsibilities or authorities; or (ii) any breach by the Company or the employing Affiliate, as applicable, of any of its material obligations to the Participant. Prior to resigning for Good Reason, the Participant shall give written notice to the Company or the employing Affiliate, as applicable, of the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for such resignation not more than sixty (60) days following the Participant’s knowledge of such facts and circumstances, and the Company or the employing Affiliate, as applicable, shall have ten (10) business days after receipt of such notice to cure (and if so cured, the Participant shall not be permitted to resign for Good Reason in respect thereof) and the Participant shall resign within ten (10) business days following the Company’s or the employing

 

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Affiliate’s, as applicable, failure to cure; or (b) in the case where there is an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of the grant of the Award that defines “good reason” (or words of like import), “good reason” as defined under such agreement; provided, however, that with regard to any agreement under which the definition of “good reason” only applies on occurrence of a change in control, such definition of “good reason” shall not apply until a change in control actually takes place and then only with regard to a termination thereafter.

2.21 Incentive Stock Optionmeans any Stock Option awarded to an Eligible Employee of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Parents (if any) under the Plan intended to be and designated as an “Incentive Stock Option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

2.22 Lead Underwriterhas the meaning set forth in Section 13.20.

2.23 Lock-Up Period has the meaning set forth in Section 13.20.

2.24 Non-Employee Director means a director or a member of the Board of the Company or any Affiliate who is not an active employee of the Company or any Affiliate.

2.25 Non-Qualified Stock Option means any Stock Option awarded under the Plan that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

2.26 Other Cash-Based Awardmeans an Award granted pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Plan and payable in cash at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

2.27 Other Stock-Based Awardmeans an Award under Article IX of the Plan that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is payable in or otherwise based on, Common Stock, including, without limitation, an Award valued by reference to an Affiliate.

2.28 Parent means any parent corporation of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code.

2.29 Participantmeans an Eligible Individual to whom an Award has been granted pursuant to the Plan.

2.30 Performance Award means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VIII hereof contingent upon achieving certain Performance Goals.

2.31 Performance Goals means goals established by the Committee as contingencies for Awards to vest and/or become exercisable or distributable based on one or more of the performance goals set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

2.32 Performance Period means the designated period during which the Performance Goals must be satisfied with respect to the Award to which the Performance Goals relate.

 

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2.33 Plan means this TCEH Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

2.34 Proceedinghas the meaning set forth in Section 13.9.

2.35 Reorganization has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b)(ii).

2.36 Restricted Stockmeans an Award of shares of Common Stock under the Plan that is subject to restrictions under Article VII.

2.37 Restriction Period has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a) with respect to Restricted Stock.

2.38 Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act as then in effect or any successor provision.

2.39 Section 162(m) of the Code means the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and any applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder.

2.40 Section 409A of the Code means the nonqualified deferred compensation rules under Section 409A of the Code and any applicable Treasury Regulations and other official guidance thereunder.

2.41 Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Reference to a specific section of the Securities Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation or interpretation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

2.42 Stock Option or Option means any option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted to Eligible Individuals granted pursuant to Article VI.

2.43 Subsidiary means any subsidiary corporation of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.

2.44 Ten Percent Stockholdermeans a person owning stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Parent.

2.45 Terminationmeans a Termination of Consultancy, Termination of Directorship or Termination of Employment, as applicable.

2.46 Termination of Consultancy means: (a) that the Consultant is no longer acting as a consultant to the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (b) when an entity (other than the Company) which is retaining a Participant as a Consultant ceases to be an Affiliate, unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon becomes, a Consultant to the Company or another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an Affiliate. In the event that a Consultant becomes an Eligible

 

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Employee or a Non-Employee Director upon the termination of such Consultant’s consultancy, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, no Termination of Consultancy shall be deemed to occur until such time as such Consultant is no longer a Consultant, an Eligible Employee or a Non-Employee Director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may otherwise define Termination of Consultancy in the Award Agreement or, if no rights of a Participant are reduced, may otherwise define Termination of Consultancy thereafter, provided that any such change to the definition of the term “Termination of Consultancy” does not subject the applicable Award to Section 409A of the Code.

2.47 Termination of Directorship means: (a) that the Non-Employee Director has ceased to be a director of the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (b) when an entity (other than the Company) for which the Participant is serving as a Non-Employee Director ceases to be an Affiliate, unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon becomes, a Non-Employee Director of the Company or another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an Affiliate. In the event that a Non-Employee Director becomes an Eligible Employee or a Consultant upon the termination of such Non-Employee Director’s directorship, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, such Non-Employee Director’s ceasing to be a director of the Company or an Affiliate shall not be treated as a Termination of Directorship, unless and until the Participant has a Termination of Employment or Termination of Consultancy, as the case may be.

2.48 Termination of Employment means: (a) a termination of employment (for reasons other than a military or personal leave of absence granted by the Company) of a Participant from the Company and all of its Affiliates; or (b) when an entity (other than the Company) which is employing a Participant ceases to be an Affiliate, unless the Participant otherwise is, or thereupon becomes, employed by the Company or another Affiliate at the time the entity ceases to be an Affiliate. In the event that an Eligible Employee becomes a Consultant or a Non-Employee Director upon the termination of such Eligible Employee’s employment, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, no Termination of Employment shall be deemed to occur until such time as such Eligible Employee is no longer an Eligible Employee, a Consultant or a Non-Employee Director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may otherwise define Termination of Employment in the Award Agreement or, if no rights of a Participant are reduced, may otherwise define Termination of Employment thereafter, provided that any such change to the definition of the term “Termination of Employment” does not subject the applicable Award to Section 409A of the Code.

2.49 Transfer means: (a) when used as a noun, any direct or indirect transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or other disposition (including the issuance of equity in any entity), whether for value or no value and whether voluntary or involuntary (including by operation of law), and (b) when used as a verb, to directly or indirectly transfer, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, charge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (including the issuance of equity in any entity) whether for value or for no value and whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including by operation of law). “Transferred” and “Transferable” shall have a correlative meaning.

 

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ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION

3.1 The Committee. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Committee. To the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall qualify as (a) a “non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3, (b) an “outside director” under Section 162(m) of the Code and (c) an “independent director” under the rules of any national securities exchange or national securities association, as applicable. If it is later determined that one or more members of the Committee do not so qualify, actions taken by the Committee prior to such determination shall be valid despite such failure to qualify.

3.2 Grants of Awards. The Committee shall have full authority to grant, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, to Eligible Individuals: (i) Stock Options, (ii) Restricted Stock, (iii) Performance Awards; (iv) Other Stock-Based Awards; and (v) Other Cash-Based Awards. In particular, the Committee shall have the authority:

(a) to select the Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted hereunder;

(b) to determine whether and to what extent Awards, or any combination thereof, are to be granted hereunder to one or more Eligible Individuals;

(c) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

(d) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder (including, but not limited to, the exercise or purchase price (if any), any restriction or limitation, any vesting schedule or acceleration thereof, or any forfeiture restrictions or waiver thereof, regarding any Award and the shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based on such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion);

(e) to determine the amount of cash to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

(f) to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances grants of Options and other Awards under the Plan are to operate on a tandem basis and/or in conjunction with or apart from other awards made by the Company outside of the Plan;

(g) to determine whether and under what circumstances a Stock Option may be settled in cash, Common Stock and/or Restricted Stock under Section 6.4(d);

(h) to determine whether a Stock Option is an Incentive Stock Option or Non-Qualified Stock Option;

(i) to impose a “blackout” period during which Options may not be exercised;

 

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(j) to determine whether to require a Participant, as a condition of the granting of any Award, to not sell or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Award for a period of time as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, following the date of the acquisition of such Award;

(k) to modify, extend or renew an Award, subject to Article XI and Section 6.4(l), provided, however, that such action does not subject the Award to Section 409A of the Code without the consent of the Participant; and

(l) solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances to provide loans (which may be on a recourse basis and shall bear interest at the rate the Committee shall provide) to Participants in order to exercise Options under the Plan.

For the sake of clarity and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board or the Committee may delegate to an officer of the Company the authority to make Awards hereunder.

3.3 Guidelines. Subject to Article XI hereof, the Committee shall have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan and perform all acts, including the delegation of its responsibilities (to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules), as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any Award Agreements relating thereto); and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any agreement relating thereto in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to effectuate the purpose and intent of the Plan. The Committee may adopt special guidelines and provisions for persons who are residing in or employed in, or subject to, the taxes of, any domestic or foreign jurisdictions to comply with applicable tax and securities laws of such domestic or foreign jurisdictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action of the Committee under this Section 3.3 shall impair the rights of any Participant without the Participant’s consent. To the extent applicable, the Plan is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3, and with respect to Awards intended to be “performance-based,” the applicable provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, and the Plan shall be limited, construed and interpreted in a manner so as to comply therewith.

3.4 Decisions Final. Any decision, interpretation or other action made or taken in good faith by or at the direction of the Company, the Board or the Committee (or any of its members) arising out of or in connection with the Plan shall be within the absolute discretion of all and each of them, as the case may be, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and all employees and Participants and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

3.5 Designation of Consultants/Liability.

(a) The Committee may designate employees of the Company and professional advisors to assist the Committee in the administration of the Plan and (to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable exchange rules) may grant authority to officers to grant Awards and/or execute agreements or other documents on behalf of the Committee.

(b) The Committee may employ such legal counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion received from any such counsel or consultant and any computation received from any such consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the Committee or the Board in the engagement of any such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the Company. The Committee, its members and any person designated or granted authority pursuant to sub-section (a) above shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no officer or employee of the Company or its Affiliates or member or former member of the Committee or of the Board shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted under it.

 

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ARTICLE IV

SHARE LIMITATION

4.1 Shares. (a) The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or used for reference purposes or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall not exceed 22,500,000 shares (subject to any increase or decrease pursuant to Section 4.2) (the “Share Reserve”), which may be either authorized and unissued Common Stock or Common Stock held in or acquired for the treasury of the Company or both. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be granted under the Plan shall be equal to the Share Reserve. If any Option or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan expires, terminates or is canceled for any reason without having been exercised in full, the number of shares of Common Stock underlying any unexercised Award shall again be available for the purpose of Awards under the Plan. If any shares of Restricted Stock, Performance Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards denominated in shares of Common Stock awarded under the Plan to a Participant are forfeited for any reason, the number of forfeited shares of Restricted Stock, Performance Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards denominated in shares of Common Stock shall again be available for purposes of Awards under the Plan. Any Award under the Plan settled in cash shall not be counted against the foregoing maximum share limitations. The maximum grant date fair value of all Awards granted to any director during any calendar year shall not exceed $750,000.

(b) Individual Participant Limitations. To the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code for Awards under the Plan to qualify as “performance-based compensation,” the following individual Participant limitations shall apply:

(i) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Award of Stock Options, or shares of Restricted Stock, or Other Stock-Based Awards for which the grant of such Award or the lapse of the relevant Restriction Period is subject to the attainment of Performance Goals in accordance with Section 7.3(a)(ii) which may be granted under the Plan during any fiscal year of the Company to any Participant shall be [●] shares per type of Award (which shall be subject to any further increase or decrease pursuant to Section 4.2), provided that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for all types of Awards does not exceed [●] shares (which shall be subject to any further increase or decrease pursuant to Section 4.2) during any fiscal year of the Company.

 

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(ii) There are no annual individual share limitations applicable to Participants on Restricted Stock or Other Stock-Based Awards for which the grant, vesting or payment (as applicable) of any such Award is not subject to the attainment of Performance Goals.

(iii) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Performance Award which may be granted under the Plan during any fiscal year of the Company to any Participant shall be [●] shares (which shall be subject to any further increase or decrease pursuant to Section 4.2) with respect to any fiscal year of the Company.

(iv) The maximum value of a cash payment made under a Performance Award which may be granted under the Plan with respect to any fiscal year of the Company to any Participant shall be $[●].

(v) The individual Participant limitations set forth in this Section 4.1(b) (other than Section 4.1(b)(iii)) shall be cumulative; that is, to the extent that shares of Common Stock for which Awards are permitted to be granted to a Participant during a fiscal year are not covered by an Award to such Participant in a fiscal year, the number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards to such Participant shall automatically increase in the subsequent fiscal years during the term of the Plan until used.

4.2 Changes.

(a) The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize (i) any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, (iii) any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common Stock, (iv) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, (v) any sale or transfer of all or part of the assets or business of the Company or any Affiliate or (vi) any other corporate act or proceeding.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 10.1:

(i) If the Company at any time subdivides (by any split, recapitalization or otherwise) the outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, or combines (by reverse split, combination or otherwise) its outstanding Common Stock into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then the respective exercise prices for outstanding Awards that provide for a Participant elected exercise and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding Awards shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants under the Plan.

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or event in such a manner that the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock are converted into the right to receive (or the holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive in exchange therefor), either immediately or upon liquidation of the Company, securities or other property of the Company or other entity (each, a Reorganization), then, subject to the provisions of Section 10.1, (A) the aggregate number or kind of securities that thereafter may be issued under the Plan, (B) the number or kind of securities or other property (including cash) to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (including as a result of the assumption of the Plan and the obligations hereunder by a successor entity, as applicable), or (C) the purchase price thereof, shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants under the Plan.

(iii) If there shall occur any change in the capital structure of the Company other than those covered by Section 4.2(b)(i) or 4.2(b)(ii), including by reason of any extraordinary dividend (whether cash or equity), any conversion, any adjustment, any issuance of any class of securities convertible or exercisable into, or exercisable for, any class of equity securities of the Company, then the Committee shall adjust any Award and make such other adjustments to the Plan to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants under the Plan.

(iv) Any such adjustment determined by the Committee pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and all Participants and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns. Any adjustment to, or assumption or substitution of, an Award under this Section 4.2(b) shall be intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation §1.424-1 (and any amendments thereto), to the extent applicable. Except as expressly provided in this Section 4.2 or in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant shall have no additional rights under the Plan by reason of any transaction or event described in this Section 4.2.

(v) Fractional shares of Common Stock resulting from any adjustment in Awards pursuant to Section 4.2(a) or this Section 4.2(b) shall be aggregated until, and eliminated at, the time of exercise or payment by rounding-down for fractions less than one-half and rounding-up for fractions equal to or greater than one-half. No cash settlements shall be required with respect to fractional shares eliminated by rounding. Notice of any adjustment shall be given by the Committee to each Participant whose Award has been adjusted and such adjustment (whether or not such notice is given) shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

4.3 Minimum Purchase Price. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if authorized but previously unissued shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan, such shares shall not be issued for a consideration that is less than as permitted under applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE V

ELIGIBILITY

5.1 General Eligibility. All current and prospective Eligible Individuals are eligible to be granted Awards. Eligibility for the grant of Awards and actual participation in the Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

5.2 Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only Eligible Employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Parent (if any) are eligible to be granted Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Eligibility for the grant of an Incentive Stock Option and actual participation in the Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

5.3 General Requirement. The vesting and exercise of Awards granted to a prospective Eligible Individual are conditioned upon such individual actually becoming an Eligible Employee, Consultant or Non-Employee Director, respectively.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK OPTIONS

6.1 Options. Stock Options may be granted alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. Each Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be of one of two types: (a) an Incentive Stock Option or (b) a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

6.2 Grants. The Committee shall have the authority to grant to any Eligible Employee one or more Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, or both types of Stock Options, in each case, pursuant to an Award Agreement. The Committee shall have the authority to grant any Consultant or Non-Employee Director one or more Non-Qualified Stock Options. To the extent that any Stock Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option (whether because of its provisions or the time or manner of its exercise or otherwise), such Stock Option or the portion thereof which does not so qualify shall constitute a separate Non-Qualified Stock Option.

6.3 Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, no term of the Plan relating to Incentive Stock Options shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be so exercised, so as to disqualify the Plan under Section 422 of the Code, or, without the consent of the Participants affected, to disqualify any Incentive Stock Option under such Section 422.

6.4 Terms of Options. Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall be in such form and contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable, including those set forth in an Award Agreement:

(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock subject to a Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, provided that the per share exercise price of a Stock Option shall not be less than 100% (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, 110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the time of grant.

 

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(b) Stock Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Committee, provided that no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than 10 years after the date the Option is granted; and provided further that the term of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder shall not exceed five years.

(c) Exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4, Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant. If the Committee provides, in its discretion, that any Stock Option is exercisable subject to certain limitations (including, without limitation, that such Stock Option is exercisable only in installments or within certain time periods), the Committee may waive such limitations on the exercisability at any time at or after the time of grant in whole or in part (including, without limitation, waiver of the installment exercise provisions or acceleration of the time at which such Stock Option may be exercised), based on such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion.

(d) Method of Exercise. Subject to whatever installment exercise and waiting period provisions apply under Section 6.4(c), to the extent vested, Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the Option term, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company (or to its agent specifically designated for such purpose) specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased (which notice may be provided in an electronic form to the extent acceptable to the Committee and the Company). Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price as follows: (i) in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company; (ii) solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, if the Common Stock is traded on a national securities exchange, and the Committee authorizes, through a procedure whereby the Participant delivers irrevocable instructions to a broker reasonably acceptable to the Committee to deliver promptly to the Company shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to the purchase price; (iii) by having the Company withhold shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Stock Option; or (iv) on such other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Committee (including, without limitation, with the consent of the Committee, by payment in full or in part in the form of Common Stock owned by the Participant, based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the payment date as determined by the Committee). No shares of Common Stock shall be issued until payment therefor, as provided herein, has been made or provided for.

(e) Non-Transferability of Options. No Stock Option shall be Transferable by the Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, at the time of grant or thereafter that a Non-Qualified Stock Option that is otherwise not Transferable pursuant to this Section is Transferable to a Family Member in whole or in part and in such circumstances, and under such conditions, as specified by the Committee. A Non-Qualified Stock Option that is Transferred to a Family Member pursuant to the preceding sentence (i) may not be subsequently Transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; (ii) remains subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement; and (iii) may be exercised by such Family Member. Any shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option by a permissible transferee of a Non-Qualified Stock Option or a permissible transferee pursuant to a Transfer after the exercise of the Non-Qualified Stock Option shall be subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

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(f) Termination by Death or Disability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, or if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter, if a Participant’s Termination is by reason of death or Disability, all Stock Options that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s Termination may be exercised by the Participant (or in the case of the Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s estate) at any time within a period of one (1) year from the date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Options; provided, however, that, in the event of a Participant’s Termination by reason of Disability, if the Participant dies within such exercise period, all unexercised Stock Options held by such Participant shall thereafter be exercisable, to the extent to which they were exercisable at the time of death, for a period of one (1) year from the date of such death, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Options.

(g) Involuntary Termination Without Cause. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, or if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter, if a Participant’s Termination is by involuntary termination by the Company without Cause, all Stock Options that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s Termination may be exercised by the Participant at any time within a period of ninety (90) days from the date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Options.

(h) Voluntary Resignation. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, or if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter, if a Participant’s Termination is voluntary (other than a voluntary termination described in Section 6.4(i)(y) hereof), all Stock Options that are held by such Participant that are vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s Termination may be exercised by the Participant at any time within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such Termination, but in no event beyond the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Options.

(i) Termination for Cause. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, or if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter, if a Participant’s Termination (x) is for Cause or (y) is a voluntary Termination (as provided in Section 6.4(h)) after the occurrence of an event that would be grounds for a Termination for Cause, all Stock Options, whether vested or not vested, that are held by such Participant shall thereupon terminate and expire as of the date of such Termination.

(j) Unvested Stock Options. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, or if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter, Stock Options that are not vested as of the date of a Participant’s Termination for any reason shall terminate and expire as of the date of such Termination.

(k) Incentive Stock Option Limitations. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an Eligible Employee during any

 

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calendar year under the Plan and/or any other stock option plan of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Parent exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options. In addition, if an Eligible Employee does not remain employed by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Parent at all times from the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted until three months prior to the date of exercise thereof (or such other period as required by applicable law), such Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option. Should any provision of the Plan not be necessary in order for the Stock Options to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, or should any additional provisions be required, the Committee may amend the Plan accordingly, without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the stockholders of the Company.

(l) Form, Modification, Extension and Renewal of Stock Options. Subject to the terms and conditions and within the limitations of the Plan, including those set forth in the following sentence, Stock Options shall be evidenced by such form of agreement or grant as is approved by the Committee, and the Committee may (i) modify, extend or renew outstanding Stock Options granted under the Plan (provided that the rights of a Participant are not reduced without such Participant’s consent and provided, further, that such action does not subject the Stock Options to Section 409A of the Code without the consent of the Participant), and (ii) accept the surrender of outstanding Stock Options (to the extent not theretofore exercised) and authorize the granting of new Stock Options or other Awards in substitution therefor (to the extent not theretofore exercised). Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company in accordance with Section 4.2 (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), an outstanding Stock Option may not be modified to reduce the exercise price thereof nor may a new Stock Option at a lower price be substituted for a surrendered Stock Option, unless such action is approved by the stockholders of the Company.

(m) Early Exercise. The Committee may provide that a Stock Option include a provision whereby the Participant may elect at any time before the Participant’s Termination to exercise the Stock Option as to any part or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Option prior to the full vesting of the Stock Option, and such shares shall be subject to the provisions of Article VII and be treated as Restricted Stock, which will remain subject to the original vesting schedule applicable to the predecessor Stock Option. Unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Committee determines to be appropriate.

(n) Other Terms and Conditions. The Committee may include a provision in an Award Agreement providing for the automatic exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option on a cashless basis on the last day of the term of such Option if the Participant has failed to exercise the Non-Qualified Stock Option as of such date, with respect to which the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Non-Qualified Stock Option exceeds the exercise price of such Non-Qualified Stock Option on the date of expiration of such Option, subject to Section 13.4. Stock Options may contain such other provisions, which shall not be inconsistent with any of the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem appropriate. The recipient of a Stock Option under this Article VI shall not be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, dividends or dividend equivalents in respect of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Option. The Company will evidence each Participant’s ownership of Common Stock

 

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issued upon exercise of a Stock Option pursuant to a designated system, such as book entries by the transfer agent; if a stock certificate for such shares of Common Stock is issued, it will be substantially in the form set forth in Section 7.2(c).

ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTED STOCK

7.1 Awards of Restricted Stock. Shares of Restricted Stock may be issued either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the Eligible Individuals, to whom, and the time or times at which, grants of Restricted Stock shall be made, the number of shares to be awarded, the price (if any) to be paid by the Participant (subject to Section 7.2), the time or times within which such Awards may be subject to forfeiture, the vesting schedule and rights to acceleration thereof, and all other terms and conditions of the Awards.

The Committee may condition the grant or vesting of Restricted Stock upon the attainment of specified performance targets (including, the Performance Goals) or such other factor as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, including to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

7.2 Awards and Certificates. If required by the Award Agreement, Eligible Individuals selected to receive Restricted Stock shall not have any right with respect to such Award, unless and until such Participant has delivered a fully executed copy of the Award Agreement evidencing the Award to the Company, to the extent required by the Committee, and has otherwise complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award. Further, such Award shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) Purchase Price. The purchase price of Restricted Stock shall be fixed by the Committee. Subject to Section 4.3, the purchase price for shares of Restricted Stock may be zero to the extent permitted by applicable law, and, to the extent not so permitted, such purchase price may not be less than par value.

(b) Acceptance. Awards of Restricted Stock must be accepted within a period of 60 days (or such shorter period as the Committee may specify at grant) after the grant date, by executing a Restricted Stock Award Agreement and by paying whatever price (if any) the Committee has designated thereunder.

(c) Legend. The Company will evidence each Participant’s ownership of Restricted Stock pursuant to a designated system, such as book entries by the transfer agent. If a stock certificate for such shares of Restricted Stock is issued, such certificate shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and shall, in addition to such legends required by applicable securities laws, bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form:

“The anticipation, alienation, attachment, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge of the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the TCEH Corp. (the “Company”) 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the

 

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Plan”) and an Agreement entered into between the registered owner and the Company dated                     . Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file at the principal office of the Company.”

(d) Custody. If stock certificates are issued in respect of shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee may require that any stock certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that, as a condition of any grant of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have delivered a duly signed stock power or other instruments of assignment (including a power of attorney), each endorsed in blank with a guarantee of signature if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company, which would permit transfer to the Company of all or a portion of the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award in the event that such Award is forfeited in whole or part or otherwise transferred to the Company.

7.3 Restrictions and Conditions. The shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

(a) Restriction Period. (i) The Participant shall not be permitted to Transfer shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan during the period or periods set by the Committee (the “Restriction Period”) commencing on the date of such Award, as set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and such agreement shall set forth a vesting schedule and any event that would accelerate vesting of the shares of Restricted Stock. Within these limits, based on service, attainment of Performance Goals pursuant to Section 7.3(a)(ii) and/or such other factors or criteria as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, the Committee may condition the grant or provide for the lapse of such restrictions in installments in whole or in part, or may accelerate the vesting of all or any part of any Restricted Stock Award and/or waive the deferral limitations for all or any part of any Restricted Stock Award.

(ii) If the grant of shares of Restricted Stock or the lapse of restrictions is based on the attainment of Performance Goals, the Committee shall establish the objective Performance Goals and the applicable vesting percentage of the Restricted Stock applicable to each Participant or class of Participants in writing prior to the beginning of the applicable fiscal year or at such later date as otherwise determined by the Committee and while the outcome of the Performance Goals are substantially uncertain. Such Performance Goals may incorporate provisions for disregarding (or adjusting for) changes in accounting methods, corporate transactions (including, without limitation, dispositions and acquisitions) and other similar type events or circumstances. With regard to a Restricted Stock Award that is intended to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent that any such provision would create impermissible discretion under Section 162(m) of the Code or otherwise violate Section 162(m) of the Code, such provision shall be of no force or effect.

(b) Rights as a Stockholder. Except as provided in Section 7.3(a) and this Section 7.3(b) or as otherwise determined by the Committee in an Award Agreement, the Participant shall have, with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends (the payment of which may be deferred until, and conditioned upon, the expiration of the applicable Restriction Period, as determined in the Committee’s sole discretion), the right to vote such shares and, subject to and conditioned upon the full vesting of shares of Restricted Stock, the right to tender such shares.

 

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(c) Termination. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant or, if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter, subject to the applicable provisions of the Award Agreement and the Plan, upon a Participant’s Termination for any reason during the relevant Restriction Period, all Restricted Stock still subject to restriction will be forfeited in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Committee at grant or thereafter.

(d) Lapse of Restrictions. If and when the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the shares of Restricted Stock, such earned shares (and to the extent ownership of such shares is evidenced by stock certificates, the stock certificates for such shares) shall be delivered to the Participant. All legends shall be removed from said certificates at the time of delivery to the Participant, except as otherwise required by applicable law or other limitations imposed by the Committee.

ARTICLE VIII

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

8.1 Performance Awards. The Committee may grant a Performance Award to a Participant payable upon the attainment of specific Performance Goals. The Committee may grant Performance Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, as well as Performance Awards that are not intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. If the Performance Award is payable in shares of Restricted Stock, such shares shall be transferable to the Participant only upon attainment of the relevant Performance Goal in accordance with Article VII. If the Performance Award is payable in cash, it may be paid upon the attainment of the relevant Performance Goals either in cash or in shares of Restricted Stock (based on the then current Fair Market Value of such shares), as determined by the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion. Each Performance Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form that is not inconsistent with the Plan and that the Committee may from time to time approve. With respect to Performance Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall condition the right to payment of any Performance Award upon the attainment of objective Performance Goals established pursuant to Section 8.2(c).

8.2 Terms and Conditions. Performance Awards awarded pursuant to this Article VIII shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) Earning of Performance Award. At the expiration of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the Performance Goals established pursuant to Section 8.2(c) are achieved and the percentage of each Performance Award that has been earned.

(b) Non-Transferability. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Award Agreement and the Plan, Performance Awards may not be Transferred during the Performance Period.

 

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(c) Objective Performance Goals, Formulae or Standards. With respect to Performance Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall establish the objective Performance Goals for the earning of Performance Awards based on a Performance Period applicable to each Participant or class of Participants in writing prior to the beginning of the applicable Performance Period or at such later date as permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code and while the outcome of the Performance Goals are substantially uncertain. Such Performance Goals may incorporate, if and only to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, provisions for disregarding (or adjusting for) changes in accounting methods, corporate transactions (including, without limitation, dispositions and acquisitions) and other similar type events or circumstances. To the extent that any such provision would create impermissible discretion under Section 162(m) of the Code or otherwise violate Section 162(m) of the Code, such provision shall be of no force or effect, with respect to Performance Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(d) Dividends. To the extent determined by the Committee, Participants shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the dividends paid on the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Performance Award; provided that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for either of the following at the time of grant: (i) dividends or dividend equivalents will be paid as accrued but will be subject to the same vesting terms and conditions as the underlying Performance Award; or (ii) payment of dividends or dividend equivalents shall be deferred until, and conditioned upon, settlement of the underlying Performance Award.

(e) Payment. Following the Committee’s determination in accordance with Section 8.2(a), the Company shall settle Performance Awards, in such form (including, without limitation, in shares of Common Stock or in cash) as determined by the Committee, in an amount equal to such Participant’s earned Performance Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, award an amount less than the earned Performance Awards and/or subject the payment of all or part of any Performance Award to additional vesting, forfeiture and deferral conditions as it deems appropriate.

(f) Termination. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Award Agreement and the Plan, upon a Participant’s Termination for any reason during the Performance Period for a given Performance Award, the Performance Award in question will vest or be forfeited in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Committee at grant.

(g) Accelerated Vesting. Based on service, performance and/or such other factors or criteria, if any, as the Committee may determine, the Committee may, at or after grant, accelerate the vesting of all or any part of any Performance Award.

ARTICLE IX

OTHER STOCK-BASED AND CASH-BASED AWARDS

9.1 Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is authorized to grant to Eligible Individuals Other Stock-Based Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to shares of Common Stock, including but not limited to, shares of Common Stock awarded purely as a bonus and not subject to restrictions or conditions,

 

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shares of Common Stock in payment of the amounts due under an incentive or performance plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate, stock equivalent units, restricted stock units, and Awards valued by reference to book value of shares of Common Stock. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with other Awards granted under the Plan.

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have authority to determine the Eligible Individuals, to whom, and the time or times at which, such Awards shall be made, the number of shares of Common Stock to be awarded pursuant to such Awards, and all other conditions of the Awards. The Committee may also provide for the grant of Common Stock under such Awards upon the completion of a specified Performance Period.

The Committee may condition the grant or vesting of Other Stock-Based Awards upon the attainment of specified Performance Goals as the Committee may determine, in its sole discretion; provided that to the extent that such Other Stock-Based Awards are intended to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall establish the objective Performance Goals for the grant or vesting of such Other Stock-Based Awards based on a Performance Period applicable to each Participant or class of Participants in writing prior to the beginning of the applicable Performance Period or at such later date as permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code and while the outcome of the Performance Goals are substantially uncertain. Such Performance Goals may incorporate, if and only to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, provisions for disregarding (or adjusting for) changes in accounting methods, corporate transactions (including, without limitation, dispositions and acquisitions) and other similar type events or circumstances. To the extent that any such provision would create impermissible discretion under Section 162(m) of the Code or otherwise violate Section 162(m) of the Code, such provision shall be of no force or effect, with respect to Performance Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

9.2 Terms and Conditions. Other Stock-Based Awards made pursuant to this Article IX shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) Non-Transferability. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Award Agreement and the Plan, shares of Common Stock subject to Awards made under this Article IX may not be Transferred prior to the date on which the shares are issued, or, if later, the date on which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral period lapses.

(b) Dividends. To the extent determined by the Committee, Participants shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the dividends paid on the number of shares of Common Stock covered by Awards made under this Article IX; provided that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for either of the following at the time of grant: (i) dividends or dividend equivalents will be paid as accrued but will be subject to the same vesting terms and conditions as the underlying Award; or (ii) payment of dividends or dividend equivalents shall be deferred until, and conditioned upon, settlement of the underlying Award.

(c) Vesting. Any Award under this Article IX and any Common Stock covered by any such Award shall vest or be forfeited to the extent so provided in the Award Agreement, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(d) Price. Common Stock issued on a bonus basis under this Article IX may be issued for no cash consideration. Common Stock purchased pursuant to a purchase right awarded under this Article IX shall be priced, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

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9.3 Other Cash-Based Awards. The Committee may from time to time grant Other Cash-Based Awards to Eligible Individuals in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, and for such consideration, including no consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law, as it shall determine in its sole discretion. Other Cash-Based Awards may be granted subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions or may be awarded purely as a bonus and not subject to restrictions or conditions, and if subject to vesting conditions, the Committee may accelerate the vesting of such Awards at any time in its sole discretion. The grant of an Other Cash-Based Award shall not require a segregation of any of the Company’s assets for satisfaction of the Company’s payment obligation thereunder.

ARTICLE X

CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS

10.1 Benefits. In the event of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below), and except as otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, a Participant’s unvested Awards shall not vest automatically and a Participant’s Awards shall be treated in accordance with one or more of the following methods as determined by the Committee:

(a) Awards, whether or not then vested, shall be continued, assumed, or have new rights substituted therefor, as determined by the Committee in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and restrictions to which shares of Restricted Stock or any other Award granted prior to the Change in Control are subject shall not lapse upon a Change in Control and the Restricted Stock or other Award shall, where appropriate in the sole discretion of the Committee, receive the same distribution as other Common Stock on such terms as determined by the Committee; provided that the Committee may decide to award additional Restricted Stock or other Awards in lieu of any cash distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, any assumed or substituted Stock Option shall comply with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.424-1 (and any amendment thereto).

(b) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide for the purchase of any Awards by the Company or an Affiliate for an amount of cash equal to the excess (if any) of the Change in Control Price (as defined below) of the shares of Common Stock covered by such Awards, over the aggregate exercise price of such Awards. For purposes hereof, “Change in Control Price” shall mean the highest price per share of Common Stock paid in any transaction related to a Change in Control of the Company.

(c) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate all outstanding and unexercised Stock Options or any Other Stock-Based Award that provides for a Participant elected exercise, effective as of the date of the Change in Control, by delivering notice of termination to each Participant at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of consummation of the Change in Control, in which case during the period from the date on which such notice of termination is delivered to the consummation of the Change in Control, each such Participant shall

 

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have the right to exercise in full all of such Participant’s Awards that are then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercisability otherwise contained in the Award Agreements), but any such exercise shall be contingent on the occurrence of the Change in Control, and, provided that, if the Change in Control does not take place within a specified period after giving such notice for any reason whatsoever, the notice and exercise pursuant thereto shall be null and void.

(d) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, make any other determination as to the treatment of Awards in connection with such Change in Control as the Committee may determine. Any escrow, holdback, earnout or similar provisions in the definitive agreement(s) relating to such transaction may apply to any payment to the holders of Awards to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the holders of shares of Common Stock.

Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for accelerated vesting or lapse of restrictions, of an Award at any time.

10.2 Change in Control. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement with a Participant approved by the Committee, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if:

(a) any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Common Stock of the Company), becoming the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

(b) during any period of 24 consecutive calendar months, individuals who were directors of the Company on the first day of such period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the first day of such period whose election, or nomination for election, by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors will be considered as though such individual were an Incumbent Director, but excluding, for purposes of this proviso, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened proxy contest with respect to election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a “person” (as used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), in each case, other than the Board, which individual, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this Section 10.2(b), regardless of whether such individual was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors;

(c) consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other business combination (any of the foregoing, a “Business Combination”) of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, in any case with respect to which the Company voting securities outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination do not, immediately following such Business Combination, continue to represent (either by

 

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remaining outstanding or being converted into voting securities of the Company or any ultimate parent thereof) more than 50% of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company (or its successor) or any ultimate parent thereof after the Business Combination; or

(d) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the consummation of a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets other than the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a person or persons who beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company at the time of the sale.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award that is characterized as “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, an event shall not be considered to be a Change in Control under the Plan for purposes of payment of such Award unless such event is also a “change in ownership,” a “change in effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

ARTICLE XI

TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the provisions of the Plan (including any amendment deemed necessary to ensure that the Company may comply with any regulatory requirement referred to in Article XIII or Section 409A of the Code), or suspend or terminate it entirely, retroactively or otherwise; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law or specifically provided herein, the rights of a Participant with respect to Awards granted prior to such amendment, suspension or termination, may not be impaired without the consent of such Participant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board may amend the Plan or any Award Agreement at any time without a Participant’s consent to comply with applicable law including Section 409A of the Code. The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, but, subject to Article IV or as otherwise specifically provided herein, no such amendment or other action by the Committee shall impair the rights of any holder without the holder’s consent.

ARTICLE XII

UNFUNDED STATUS OF PLAN

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payment as to which a Participant has a fixed and vested interest but which are not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any right that is greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

13.1 Legend. The Committee may require each person receiving shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Option or other Award under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that the Participant is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof. In addition to any legend required by the Plan, the certificates for such shares (if any) may include any legend that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on Transfer. All certificates for shares of Common Stock (to the extent such shares are certificated) delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is then listed or any national securities exchange system or over-the-counter market upon whose system the Common Stock is then quoted, any applicable federal or state securities law, and any applicable corporate law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

13.2 Other Plans. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

13.3 No Right to Employment/Directorship/Consultancy. Neither the Plan nor the grant of any Option or other Award hereunder shall give any Participant or other employee, Consultant or Non-Employee Director any right with respect to continuance of employment, consultancy or directorship by the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall the Plan nor the grant of any Option or other Award hereunder limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate by which an employee is employed or a Consultant or Non-Employee Director is retained to terminate such employment, consultancy or directorship at any time.

13.4 Withholding of Taxes. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any payment to be made pursuant to the Plan, or to otherwise require, prior to the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock or the payment of any cash hereunder, payment by the Participant of, any federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld. Upon the vesting of Restricted Stock (or other Award that is taxable upon vesting), or upon making an election under Section 83(b) of the Code, a Participant shall pay all required withholding to the Company. Any minimum statutorily required withholding obligation with regard to any Participant may be satisfied, subject to the consent of the Committee, by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable or by delivering shares of Common Stock already owned. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock required to satisfy such tax obligations shall be disregarded and the amount due in respect of such fraction of a share shall be paid instead in cash by the Participant.

13.5 No Assignment of Benefits. No Award or other benefit payable under the Plan shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by law or permitted by the Committee, be Transferable in any manner, and any attempt to Transfer any such benefit shall be void, and any such benefit shall not in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any person who shall be entitled to such benefit, nor shall it be subject to attachment or legal process for or against such person.

 

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13.6 Listing and Other Conditions.

(a) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, as long as the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, system sponsored by a national securities association or recognized over-the-counter market, the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award shall be conditioned upon such shares being listed on such exchange, system or market. The Company shall have no obligation to issue such shares unless and until such shares are so listed, and the right to exercise any Option or other Award with respect to such shares shall be suspended until such listing has been effected.

(b) If at any time counsel to the Company shall be of the opinion that any sale or delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Option or other Award is or may in the circumstances be unlawful or result in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company under the statutes, rules or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company shall have no obligation to make such sale or delivery, or to make any application or to effect or to maintain any qualification or registration under the Securities Act or otherwise, with respect to shares of Common Stock or Awards, and the right to exercise any Option or other Award shall be suspended until, in the opinion of said counsel, such sale or delivery shall be lawful or will not result in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company.

(c) Upon termination of any period of suspension under this Section 13.6, any Award affected by such suspension which shall not then have expired or terminated shall be reinstated as to all shares available before such suspension and as to shares which would otherwise have become available during the period of such suspension, but no such suspension shall extend the term of any Award.

(d) A Participant shall be required to supply the Company with certificates, representations and information that the Company requests and otherwise cooperate with the Company in obtaining any listing, registration, qualification, exemption, consent or approval the Company deems necessary or appropriate.

13.7 Other Requirements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as a condition to the receipt of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, to the extent required by the Committee, the Participant shall execute and deliver documentation that shall set forth certain restrictions on transferability of the shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise or purchase, and such other terms as the Committee shall from time to time establish.

13.8 Governing Law. The Plan and actions taken in connection herewith shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the law that might otherwise govern under applicable Delaware principles of conflict of laws).

13.9 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Any suit, action or proceeding with respect to the Plan or any Award Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in respect of any thereof, shall be resolved only in the courts of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the appellate courts having

 

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jurisdiction of appeals in such courts. In that context, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and each Participant shall irrevocably and unconditionally (a) submit in any proceeding relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement, or for the recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof (a “Proceeding”), to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware, the court of the United States of America for the District of Delaware, and appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals from any of the foregoing, and agree that all claims in respect of any such Proceeding shall be heard and determined in such Delaware State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court, (b) consent that any such Proceeding may and shall be brought in such courts and waives any objection that the Company and each Participant may now or thereafter have to the venue or jurisdiction of any such Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agree not to plead or claim the same, (c) waive all right to trial by jury in any Proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement, (d) agree that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy of such process by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such party, in the case of a Participant, at the Participant’s address shown in the books and records of the Company or, in the case of the Company, at the Company’s principal offices, attention General Counsel, and (e) agree that nothing in the Plan shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.

13.10 Construction. Wherever any words are used in the Plan or an Award Agreement in the masculine gender they shall be construed as though they were also used in the feminine gender in all cases where they would so apply, and wherever words are used herein in the singular form they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural form in all cases where they would so apply.

13.11 Other Benefits. No Award granted or paid out under the Plan shall be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits under any retirement plan of the Company or its Affiliates nor affect any benefit under any other benefit plan now or subsequently in effect under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to the level of compensation.

13.12 Costs. The Company shall bear all expenses associated with administering the Plan, including expenses of issuing Common Stock pursuant to Awards hereunder.

13.13 No Right to Same Benefits. The provisions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant, and such Awards to individual Participants need not be the same in subsequent years.

13.14 Death/Disability. The Committee may in its discretion require the transferee of a Participant to supply it with written notice of the Participant’s death or Disability and to supply it with a copy of the will (in the case of the Participant’s death) or such other evidence as the Committee deems necessary to establish the validity of the transfer of an Award. The Committee may also require that the agreement of the transferee to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

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intended to comply with any applicable exemptive condition under Rule 16b-3. The Committee may establish and adopt written administrative guidelines, designed to facilitate compliance with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as it may deem necessary or proper for the administration and operation of the Plan and the transaction of business thereunder.

13.16 Section 409A of the Code. The Plan is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, it shall be paid in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including proposed, temporary or final regulations or any other guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service with respect thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any provision in the Plan that is inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code shall be deemed to be amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and to the extent such provision cannot be amended to comply therewith, such provision shall be null and void. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Committee or the Company and, in the event that any amount or benefit under the Plan becomes subject to penalties under Section 409A of the Code, responsibility for payment of such penalties shall rest solely with the affected Participants and not with the Company. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or Award Agreement, any payment(s) of “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) that are otherwise required to be made under the Plan to a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A of the Code) as a result of such employee’s separation from service (other than a payment that is not subject to Section 409A of the Code) shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Agreement) upon expiration of such delay period.

13.17 Successors and Assigns. The Plan and any applicable Award Agreement(s) shall be binding on all successors and permitted assigns of a Participant, including, without limitation, the estate of such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of such estate.

13.18 Severability of Provisions. If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and the Plan and/or Award Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included.

13.19 Payments to Minors, Etc. Any benefit payable to or for the benefit of a minor, an incompetent person or other person incapable of receipt thereof shall be deemed paid when paid to such person’s guardian or to the party providing or reasonably appearing to provide for the care of such person, and such payment shall fully discharge the Committee, the Board, the Company, its Affiliates and their officers, directors/managers, employees, agents and representatives with respect thereto.

13.20 Lock-Up Agreement. As a condition to the grant of an Award, if requested by the Company and the lead underwriter of any public offering of Common Stock (the “Lead Underwriter), a Participant shall irrevocably agree not to sell, contract to sell, grant any option to

 

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purchase, transfer the economic risk of ownership in, make any short sale of, pledge or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any interest in any Common Stock or any securities convertible into, derivative of, or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any other rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock (except Common Stock included in such public offering or acquired on the public market after such offering) during such period of time following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act that the Lead Underwriter shall specify (the “Lock-Up Period”). The Participant shall further agree to sign such documents as may be requested by the Lead Underwriter to effect the foregoing and agree that the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Award until the end of such Lock-Up Period.

13.21 Headings and Captions. The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of the Plan, and shall not be employed in the construction of the Plan.

13.22 Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of the Plan requiring compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code shall not apply to Awards granted under the Plan that are not intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

13.23 Company Recoupment of Awards. A Participant’s rights with respect to any Award hereunder shall in all events be subject to (i) any right that the Company may have under any Company recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant, or (ii) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of “incentive-based compensation” under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

ARTICLE XIV

EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board.

ARTICLE XV

TERM OF PLAN

No Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan on or after the tenth anniversary of the earlier of the date that the Plan is adopted or the date of stockholder approval, but Awards granted prior to such tenth anniversary may extend beyond that date; provided that no Award (other than a Stock Option) that is intended to be “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be granted on or after the fifth anniversary of the stockholder approval of the Plan unless the Performance Goals are re-approved (or other designated Performance Goals are approved) by the stockholders no later than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which stockholders approve the Performance Goals. For purposes of the Plan, approval by the bankruptcy court shall serve as stockholder approval, unless otherwise prohibited by law.

 

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ARTICLE XVI

NAME OF PLAN

The Plan shall be known as the “TCEH Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.”

 

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EXHIBIT A

PERFORMANCE GOALS

To the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, performance goals established for purposes of Awards intended to be “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, shall be based on the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase or decrease (as applicable) in one or more of the following:

 

    Non-GAAP performance measures included in any of the Company’s SEC filings;

 

    Line items on the Company’s income statement, including but not limited to net interest income, total other income, total costs and expenses, income before taxes, net income and/or earnings per share;

 

    Line items on the Company’s balance sheet, including but not limited to debt or other similar financial obligations of the Company, which may be calculated net of cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee in its sole discretion;

 

    Line items on the Company’s statement of cash flows, including but not limited to net cash provided in (used by) operating activities, investing activities, and/or financing activities; origination of mortgage loan receivables held for sale, proceeds from sales of mortgage loan receivables held for sale, purchases of real estate securities and/or purchases of real estate;

 

    Market share;

 

    Operational metrics, including but not limited to generation performance, customer churn, residential ending customer count, customer satisfaction, average days sales outstanding, energizing events issues/success, customer complaints/success, systems availability and downtime, contribution margin, and safety and environmental improvements;

 

    Financial ratios, including but not limited to operating margin, return on equity, return on assets, and/or return on invested capital; or

 

    Total shareholder return, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock, or the growth in value of an investment in the Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends.

With respect to Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, also exclude, or adjust to reflect, the impact of an event or occurrence that the Committee determines should be appropriately excluded or adjusted, including:

(a) restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items or events, and other unusual or non-recurring charges as described in Accounting Standards Codification 225-20, “Extraordinary and Unusual Items,” and/or management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Form 10-K for the applicable year;

 

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(b) an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company’s management;

(c) a change in tax law or accounting standards required by generally accepted accounting principles; or

(d) a decision to accelerate or defer capital expenditures or expenses contrary to the timing reflected in the Company’s annual financial plan.

Performance goals may also be based upon individual participant performance goals, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. In addition, Awards that are not intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code may be based on the performance goals set forth herein or on such other performance goals as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion or without regard to any performance goals.

In addition, such performance goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of Company (or subsidiary, division, other operational unit, administrative department or product category of the Company) performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of one or more other companies or one or more groups of companies (e.g. an index). With respect to Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, but only to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code (including, without limitation, compliance with any requirements for stockholder approval), the Committee may also:

(a) designate additional business criteria on which the performance goals may be based; or

(b) adjust, modify or amend the aforementioned business criteria.

 

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EX-99.11 20 d176523dex9911.htm EX-99.11 EX-99.11

Exhibit 99.11

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TCEH Corp.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation is TCEH Corp. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

AGENT

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE IV

STOCK

Section 4.1 Authorized Stock. The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,900,000,000, of which 1,800,000,000 shall be designated as Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shall be designated as Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, pursuant to Section 1123(a)(6) of chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), the Corporation shall not issue non-voting equity securities; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction (i) shall have no further force or effect beyond that required under Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) shall have such force and effect, if any, only for so long as such section is in effect and applicable to the Corporation and (iii) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time in effect.

Section 4.2 Common Stock.

(a) Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders


generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation, including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock (each hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation).

(b) Dividends. Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, and shall share equally on a per share basis in all such dividends.

(c) Liquidation. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them. A merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, or a sale or conveyance of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation (which shall not in fact result in the liquidation of the Corporation and the distribution of assets to its stockholders) shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.

Section 4.3 Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Subject to limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this Article IV, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to provide by resolution and by causing the filing of a Preferred Stock Designation for the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of the shares of each such series.

The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(i) the number of shares constituting such series, which number the Board of Directors may thereafter (except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation) increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares in any such series then outstanding), and the distinctive designation of such series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;

(ii) the dividend rate (or method of determining such rate) on the shares of such series, if any; whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of such series;

 

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(iii) whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights (including multiple, fractional or no votes per share) in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(iv) whether the shares of such series shall have conversion rights, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such rights, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(v) whether or not the shares of such series shall be redeemable, and if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption rates;

(vi) whether a sinking fund shall be provided for the redemption or purchase of shares of such series, and, if so, the terms and the amount of such sinking fund;

(vii) the restrictions, if any, on the issuance of the same series or of any other class or series;

(viii) the rights of the shares of such series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of such series; and

(ix) any other relative rights, powers, preferences and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series.

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series of Preferred Stock, shares of Preferred Stock, regardless of series, which shall be issued and thereafter acquired by the Corporation through purchase, redemption, exchange, conversion or otherwise shall return to the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock, without designation as to series of Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall have the right to reissue such shares.

Section 4.4 No Class Vote on Changes in Authorized Number of Shares of Stock. Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Number. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors as shall be determined from time to time solely by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then authorized.

 

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Section 5.2 Classification.

(a) The Board of Directors (other than those directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation) (the “Preferred Stock Directors”)) shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Class I directors shall initially serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Section 5.2; Class II directors shall initially serve until the second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Section 5.2; and Class III directors shall initially serve until the third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Section 5.2. Commencing with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Section 5.2, directors of each class the term of which shall then expire shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term and until the election and qualification of their respective successors in office. In case of any increase or decrease, from time to time, in the number of directors (other than Preferred Stock Directors), the number of directors in each class shall be apportioned as nearly equal as possible.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, and unless otherwise required by law, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office and entitled to vote thereon, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by the sole remaining director. Any director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. A director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation as provided in the Corporation’s Bylaws. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(c) Except for such additional directors, if any, as are elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

(d) During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have the right to elect additional directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), and upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such number of directors that the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have a right to elect, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions and (ii) each Preferred Stock Director shall serve until such Preferred Stock Director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs

 

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earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. In case any vacancy shall occur among the Preferred Stock Directors, a successor may be elected by the holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to said provisions. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to said provisions, the terms of office of all Preferred Stock Directors elected by the holders of such Preferred Stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 5.3 Powers. Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and to any limitations in this Certificate of Incorporation relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 5.4 Election; Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

(a) Ballot Not Required. The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation so provide.

(b) Notice. Advance notice of nominations for the election of directors, and of business other than nominations, to be proposed by stockholders for consideration at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

(c) Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders, for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.

ARTICLE VI

STOCKHOLDER ACTION

Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), no action that is required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting of stockholders.

ARTICLE VII

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation: (a) may be called at any time by the Board of Directors; and (b) shall be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request or requests of one or more stockholders of record that (i) at the time a request is delivered, hold shares representing at least a majority of the

 

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voting power of the stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting and (ii) comply with such procedures for calling a special meeting of stockholders as may be set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof (including any Preferred Stock Designation), special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

Section 8.1

(a) In recognition and anticipation that (1) certain directors, principals, officers, employees and/or other representatives of Apollo Management Holdings L.P. (“Apollo”), Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P. (“Brookfield”) and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) and their respective Affiliates (as defined below) may serve as directors, officers or agents of the Corporation, and (2) Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article VIII are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith.

(b) None of Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree or any of their respective Affiliates shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree or any of their respective Affiliates shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree or any of their respective Affiliates engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree or any of their respective Affiliates and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in clause (c) of this Section 8.1. Subject to said clause (c) of this Section 8.1, in the event that Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree or any of their respective Affiliates acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree and their respective Affiliates shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or other business

 

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opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree or any of their respective Affiliates pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, or offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person.

(c) The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer of the Corporation if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of clause (b) of this Section 8.1 shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.

(d) In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation or any of its Affiliates if it is a business opportunity that (1) the Corporation and its Affiliates are neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted to undertake, (2) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s or its Affiliates’ business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or its Affiliates or (3) is one in which the Corporation and its Affiliates have no interest or reasonable expectancy.

(e) The following terms used in this Section 8.1 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this clause (e): (1) “Affiliate” shall mean (i) in respect of each of Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree, as applicable, controls such entity or is under common control with such entity, or is an investment fund, fund or account that is advised, managed, or controlled by any of the foregoing, and shall include any principal, member, director, partner, stockholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), and (ii) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation; and (2) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, and in addition to any vote of the Board of Directors required by this Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, until the last to occur of (i) each of Apollo, Brookfield and Oaktree and their respective Affiliates cease to beneficially own (as shall be determined in accordance with Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shares of Common Stock representing at least five percent (5%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the then-outstanding shares of all classes and series of capital stock of the Corporation entitled generally to vote on the election of the directors of the Corporation (or any class thereof) at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or (ii) no director is serving on the Board of Directors pursuant to the right of Apollo, Brookfield or Oaktree to nominate such director for election to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Corporation’s Bylaws and pursuant to each such party’s respective Stockholder Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 by and between the Corporation and such party (together with subparagraph (i), the “Operative Date”), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the stock outstanding and

 

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entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with, any provision of this Article VIII. Neither the amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VIII nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article VIII shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VIII in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article VIII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or adoption.

(g) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article VIII.

ARTICLE IX

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED STOCKHOLDERS

The Corporation hereby expressly states that it shall not be bound or governed by, or otherwise subject to, Section 203 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE X

EXISTENCE

The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENT

Section 11.1 Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all powers, preferences and rights of any nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to this reservation; provided, that except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation and in addition to any requirements of law, to the extent any amendment, alteration, change or repeal of any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation is subject to the affirmative vote of the stockholders pursuant to Section 242 of the DGCL, the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to so adopt, amend or repeal such provision; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation and in addition to any requirements of law, the affirmative vote of at least 66 23% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to adopt, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with this Article XI and Article XII of this Certificate of Incorporation; provided, further, however, as provided in Section 8.1(f) of this Certificate of Incorporation, until the occurrence of the Operative Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter,

 

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change or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with, any provision of Article VIII.

Section 11.2 Amendment of Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, and in addition to any requirements of law, the affirmative vote of at least 66 23% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with Article VI and Article X of the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII

LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS

Section 12.1 No Personal Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

Section 12.2 Amendment or Repeal. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article XII that adversely affects any right of a director shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE XIII

FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

Section 13.1 Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including any beneficial owner) to bring internal corporate claims (as defined below) shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). For purposes of this Article XIII, internal corporate claims means claims, including claims in the right of the Corporation (or so-called derivative claims): (a) that are based upon a violation of a duty by a current or former director, officer, employee or stockholder in such capacity, or (b) as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Article XIII is filed in a court other than a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) (a “Foreign Action”) by any stockholder (including any beneficial owner), such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to: (a) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this Article XIII, and (b) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

 

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Section 13.2 Enforceability. If any provision of this Article XIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XIII (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Article XIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities or circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

ARTICLE XIV

INCORPORATOR

The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:

Ashley Burton

1601 Bryan St.

Dallas, TX 75201

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporator hereby acknowledges that the foregoing Certificate of Incorporation is her act and deed and that the facts stated herein are true.

Dated: October 3, 2016

 

By:   /s/ Ashley Burton
  Name: Ashley Burton
  Title: Incorporator

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

EX-99.12 21 d176523dex9912.htm EX-99.12 EX-99.12

Exhibit 99.12

 

 

 

BYLAWS

OF

TCEH Corp.

Adopted on October 3, 2016

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES

     1   

Section 1.1

  

Registered Office

     1   

Section 1.2

  

Other Offices

     1   

ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

     1   

Section 2.1

  

Annual Meeting

     1   

Section 2.2

  

Special Meeting

     1   

Section 2.3

  

Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings

     2   

Section 2.4

  

Organization

     3   

Section 2.5

  

List of Stockholders

     3   

Section 2.6

  

Quorum

     4   

Section 2.7

  

Adjourned or Recessed Meeting

     4   

Section 2.8

  

Voting

     5   

Section 2.9

  

Proxies

     5   

Section 2.10

  

Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations

     5   

Section 2.11

  

No Action by Written Consent

     10   

Section 2.12

  

Inspectors of Election

     10   

Section 2.13

  

Meetings by Remote Communications

     11   

ARTICLE III DIRECTORS

     11   

Section 3.1

  

Powers

     11   

Section 3.2

  

Number and Election

     11   

Section 3.3

  

Vacancies

     11   

Section 3.4

  

Resignations and Removal

     12   

Section 3.5

  

Regular Meetings

     12   

Section 3.6

  

Special Meetings

     12   

Section 3.7

  

Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone

     12   

Section 3.8

  

Quorum and Voting

     12   

Section 3.9

  

Board of Directors Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting

     13   

Section 3.10

  

Chairman of the Board

     13   

Section 3.11

  

Rules and Regulations

     13   

Section 3.12

  

Fees and Compensation of Directors

     13   

Section 3.13

  

Emergency Bylaws

     13   

ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES

     14   

Section 4.1

  

Committees of the Board of Directors

     14   

Section 4.2

  

Meetings and Action of Committees

     14   

ARTICLE V OFFICERS

     14   

Section 5.1

  

Officers

     14   


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Section 5.2

  

Removal, Resignation and Vacancies

     14   

Section 5.3

  

Chief Executive Officer

     15   

Section 5.4

  

President

     15   

Section 5.5

  

Chief Financial Officer

     15   

Section 5.6

  

Treasurer

     15   

Section 5.7

  

Secretary

     15   

Section 5.8

  

Additional Matters

     15   

Section 5.9

  

Checks; Drafts; Evidences of Indebtedness

     16   

Section 5.10

  

Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed

     16   

Section 5.11

  

Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations or Entities

     16   

Section 5.12

  

Delegation

     16   

ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

     16   

Section 6.1

  

Right to Indemnification

     16   

Section 6.2

  

Right to Advancement of Expenses

     17   

Section 6.3

  

Non-Exclusivity of Rights

     17   

Section 6.4

  

Insurance

     17   

Section 6.5

  

Indemnitor of First Resort

     17   

Section 6.6

  

Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation

     18   

Section 6.7

  

Nature of Rights

     18   

Section 6.8

  

Settlement of Claims

     18   

Section 6.9

  

Subrogation

     18   

Section 6.10

  

Severability

     18   

ARTICLE VII CAPITAL STOCK

     19   

Section 7.1

  

Certificates of Stock

     19   

Section 7.2

  

Special Designation on Certificates

     19   

Section 7.3

  

Transfers of Stock

     19   

Section 7.4

  

Lost Certificates

     20   

Section 7.5

  

Registered Stockholders

     20   

Section 7.6

  

Record Date for Determining Stockholders

     20   

Section 7.7

  

Regulations

     21   

Section 7.8

  

Waiver of Notice

     21   

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS

     21   

Section 8.1

  

Fiscal Year

     21   

Section 8.2

  

Corporate Seal

     21   

 

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Section 8.3

  

Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records

     21   

Section 8.4

  

Subject to Law and Certificate of Incorporation

     22   

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS

     22   

Section 9.1

  

Amendments

     22   

 

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BYLAWS

OF

TCEH Corp.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

CORPORATE OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.

Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices, and keep the books and records of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders, for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.2 Special Meeting.

(a) Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock (each hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes: (i) may be called at any time by the Board of Directors; and (ii) shall be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request or requests of one or more stockholders of record that (1) at the time a request is delivered, hold shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of the stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting (hereinafter, the “requisite percent”) and (2) comply with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.2(b). Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons.


(b) Written request by one or more stockholders for a special meeting pursuant to Section 2.2(a) shall include the information required in a stockholder notice pursuant to Section 2.10 for all of the stockholders whose shares will count toward the requisite percent needed to request a special meeting.

(c) Business transacted at a stockholder-requested special meeting shall be limited to (i) the business stated in the valid special meeting request(s) received from the requisite percent of stockholders and (ii) any additional business that the Board of Directors determines to include in the Corporation’s notice of meeting. If none of the stockholders who submitted the special meeting request (or their qualified representatives, as defined in Section 2.10(c)(i)) appears at the special meeting to present the matter or matters to be brought before the special meeting that were specified in the special meeting request(s), the Corporation need not present the matter or matters for a vote at the meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

Section 2.3 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings.

(a) Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, notice of the place, if any, date, and time of the meeting of stockholders, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, shall be given. The notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. In the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called also shall be set forth in the notice. Notice may be given personally, by mail or by electronic transmission in accordance with Section 232 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). If mailed, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to each stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice by electronic transmission shall be deemed given as provided in Section 232 of the DGCL. An affidavit that notice has been given, executed by the Secretary of the Corporation, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the notice in the absence of fraud. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the “householding” rules set forth in Rule 14a-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 233 of the DGCL.

(b) When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed

 

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for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 7.6(a), and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

Section 2.4 Organization.

(a) Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence, by the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, by another person designated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings thereof.

(b) The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders shall vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be announced at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders as he or she shall deem appropriate. The chairman of the meeting shall have the authority to enforce such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders and the safety of those in attendance as, in the judgment of the chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the conduct of the meeting. Rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders may include without limitation, establishing: (i) an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall permit; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (v) limitations on the time allotted for consideration of each agenda item and for questions and comments by participants; and (vi) regulations for the opening and closing of the polls for balloting and matters which are to be voted on by ballot (if any). Subject to any rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting may convene and, for any or no reason, from time to time, adjourn and/or recess any meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 2.7. The chairman of the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power to declare that a nomination or other business was not properly brought before the meeting if the facts warrant (including if a determination is made, pursuant to Section 2.10(c)(i) of these Bylaws, that a nomination or other business was not made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 2.10 of these Bylaws), and if such chairman should so declare, such nomination shall be disregarded or such other business shall not be transacted.

Section 2.5 List of Stockholders. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make available, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date. Such list shall be arranged in alphabetical order and shall show the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each

 

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stockholder. Nothing in this Section 2.5 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least 10 days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 2.5 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 2.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or these Bylaws, at any meeting of stockholders, a majority of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the stock of such class or series or classes or series outstanding and entitled to vote on that matter, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to such matter. If a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, then the chairman of the meeting, or a majority of the voting power of the stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereat, shall have power to adjourn or recess the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 2.7, until a quorum is present or represented. Subject to applicable law, if a quorum initially is present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders may continue to transact business until adjournment or recess, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum, but if a quorum is not present at least initially, no business other than adjournment or recess may be transacted.

Section 2.7 Adjourned or Recessed Meeting. Any annual or special meeting of stockholders, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned or recessed for any reason from time to time by the chairman of the meeting, subject to any rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.4(b), and may be adjourned for any reason from time to time by a majority of the voting power of the stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereat. At any such adjourned or recessed meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

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Section 2.8 Voting.

(a) Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), each holder of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of such stock held of record by such holder that has voting power upon the subject matter in question.

(b) Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, at each meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, all corporate actions to be taken by vote of the stockholders, other than as provided in Section 3.2 of Article III with respect to the election of directors, shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class. Where a separate vote by class or series or classes or series is required, if a quorum of such class or series or classes or series is present, such act shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast in person or represented by proxy. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot.

Section 2.9 Proxies. Every stockholder entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter, shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more persons authorized to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or executed new proxy bearing a later date.

Section 2.10 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(a) Annual Meeting.

(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business other than nominations to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any authorized committee thereof) or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.10(a) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.10(a). For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (C) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or propose other business (other than a proposal included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act) at an annual meeting of stockholders.

 

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(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of the foregoing paragraph, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of business other than nominations, such business must be a proper subject for stockholder action under the DGCL. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business (as defined in Section 2.10(c)(ii) below) on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the date on which public announcement (as defined in Section 2.10(c)(ii) below) of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. For purposes of the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders shall be deemed to have been held on May 25, 2016. In no event shall an adjournment or recess of an annual meeting, or a postponement of an annual meeting for which notice of the meeting has already been given to stockholders or with respect to which there has been a public announcement of the date of the meeting, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth:

(A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director (1) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, and (2) such person’s written consent to serving as a director if elected; provided, however, that, in addition to the information required in the stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.10(a)(ii)(A), the Corporation may require each such person to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such person to serve as a director of the Corporation, including information relevant to a determination whether such person can be considered an independent director under applicable law or the rules or regulations of the applicable securities exchange(s) in which the securities of the Corporation trade;

(B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any substantial interest (within the meaning of Item 5 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made;

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(1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and the name and address of such beneficial owner,

(2) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner as of the date of the notice, and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record by the stockholder and such beneficial owner as of the record date for the meeting (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(a)(iii) below), and

(3) a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make such nomination or propose such business;

(D) as to the stockholder giving the notice or, if the notice is given on behalf of a beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made or the other business is proposed, as to such beneficial owner, and if such stockholder or beneficial owner is an entity, as to each director, executive, managing member or control person of such entity (any such individual or control person, a “control person”):

(1) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned (as defined in Section 2.10(c)(ii) below) by such stockholder or beneficial owner and by any control person as of the date of the notice, and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation beneficially owned by such stockholder or beneficial owner and by any control person as of the record date for the meeting (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(a)(iii) below),

(2) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or other business between or among such stockholder, beneficial owner or control person and any other person, including without limitation any agreements that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Exchange Act Schedule 13D (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable) and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(a)(iii) below),

(3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including without limitation any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder, beneficial owner or control person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in the share price of any class or series of the Corporation’s stock, or maintain, increase or decrease the voting power of the stockholder, beneficial owner or control person with respect to securities of the Corporation, and a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in

 

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writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(a)(iii) below),

(iii) Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.10(a)(ii) above or Section 2.10(b) below to the contrary, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders is different from the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.10 shall set forth a representation that the stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, or by the opening of business on the date of the meeting (whichever is earlier), of the information required under clauses (ii)(C)(2) and (ii)(D)(1)-(3) of this Section 2.10(a), and such information when provided to the Corporation shall be current as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

(iv) This Section 2.10(a) shall not apply to a proposal proposed to be made by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present the proposal at an annual or special meeting only pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and such proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such meeting.

(v) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.10(a) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for directors or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 10 days prior to the last day a stockholder may deliver a notice in accordance with Section 2.10(a)(ii) above, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.10(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b) Special Meeting. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting procedures set forth in these Bylaws. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting procedures set forth in these Bylaws (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any authorized committee thereof), (ii) provided that one or more directors are to be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.10(b) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who delivers a written notice setting forth the information required by Section 2.10(a) above, or (iii) in the case of a stockholder requested special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.2. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders (other than a stockholder requested special meeting) for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as

 

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the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting procedures set forth in these Bylaws, if the notice required by this Section 2.10(b) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall an adjournment, recess or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, in the case of a stockholder requested special meeting, no stockholder may nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors or propose any other business to be considered at the meeting, except pursuant to the written request(s) delivered for such special meeting pursuant to Section 2.2.

(c) General.

(i) Except as otherwise required by law, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10 shall be eligible to be elected at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such other business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10. Except as otherwise required by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10. If any proposed nomination or other business is not in compliance with this Section 2.10, then except as otherwise required by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such other business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, if the stockholder does not provide the information required under clauses (a)(ii)(C)(2) and (a)(ii)(D)(1)-(3) of this Section 2.10 to the Corporation within the time frames specified herein, or if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or other business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such other business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.10, to be considered a qualified representative of a stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder (or a reliable reproduction or electronic transmission of the writing) delivered to the Corporation prior to the making of such nomination or proposal at such meeting by such stockholder stating that such person is authorized to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders.

(ii) For purposes of this Section 2.10, the “close of business” shall mean 6:00 p.m. Dallas, Texas time on any calendar day, whether or not the day is a business day, and a “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13,

 

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14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of clause (a)(ii)(D)(1) of this Section 2.10, shares shall be treated as “beneficially owned” by a person if the person beneficially owns such shares, directly or indirectly, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulations 13D and 13G thereunder or has or shares pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing): (A) the right to acquire such shares (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or the fulfillment of a condition or both), (B) the right to vote such shares, alone or in concert with others and/or (C) investment power with respect to such shares, including the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such shares.

(iii) Nothing in this Section 2.10 shall be deemed to affect any rights of (a) the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or (b) Apollo Management Holdings L.P., Brookfield Asset Management Private Institutional Capital Adviser (Canada), L.P. and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (each, a “Nomination Party”) with respect to each Nomination Party’s right to nominate persons for election as directors pursuant to such Nomination Party’s respective Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (each, a “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by and between the Corporation and such Nomination Party, which Stockholders’ Agreements shall govern the rights of the Nomination Parties to nominate persons for election as directors.

Section 2.11 No Action by Written Consent.

Except as otherwise provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly held meeting of stockholders of the Corporation at which a quorum is present or represented, and may not be effected by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting of stockholders.

Section 2.12 Inspectors of Election. Before any meeting of stockholders, the Corporation may, and shall if required by law, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. Inspectors may be employees of the Corporation. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Inspectors need not be stockholders. No director or nominee for the office of director at an election shall be appointed as an inspector at such election.

Such inspectors shall:

(a) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity of proxies and ballots;

(b) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors;

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(d) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots.

Section 2.13 Meetings by Remote Communications. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the DGCL. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder; (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Powers. Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and to any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities these Bylaws expressly confer upon it, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 3.2 Number and Election. Except as otherwise provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors as shall be determined from time to time in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation solely by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then authorized (hereinafter referred to as the “Whole Board”). The first Board of Directors shall consist of the person or persons elected by the incorporator or designated in the Certificate of Incorporation. Except as provided in Section 3.3, each director shall be elected by the plurality of votes cast at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present.

Section 3.3 Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, and unless otherwise required by law, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors

 

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then in office and entitled to vote thereon, even though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, and any director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 3.4 Resignations and Removal.

(a) Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect upon delivery, unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or time or an effective date or time determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

(b) Except for such additional directors, if any, as are elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock as provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

Section 3.5 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place or places, within or without the State of Delaware, on such date or dates and at such time or times, as shall have been established by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required.

Section 3.6 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place, within or without the State of Delaware, date and time of such meetings. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director, if by mail, addressed to such director at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least three days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to such director by electronic transmission, or be delivered personally or by telephone, in each case at least 24 hours prior to the time set for such meeting. A notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such meeting, and, unless indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

Section 3.7 Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.8 Quorum and Voting. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, and the vote of a majority of

 

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the directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the meeting or a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time and place whether or not a quorum is present. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 3.9 Board of Directors Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, provided that all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action shall be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.

Section 3.10 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of stockholders (except as set forth in Section 2.4(a) of these Bylaws) and directors and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, another director chosen by the Board of Directors shall preside.

Section 3.11 Rules and Regulations. The Board of Directors shall adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the conduct of its meetings and management of the affairs of the Corporation as the Board of Directors shall deem proper.

Section 3.12 Fees and Compensation of Directors. Directors may receive such compensation, if any, for their services on the Board of Directors and its committees, and such reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.13 Emergency Bylaws. In the event of any emergency, disaster or catastrophe, as referred to in Section 110 of the DGCL, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors or a standing committee of the Board of Directors cannot readily be convened for action, then the director or directors in attendance at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. Such director or directors in attendance may further take action to appoint one or more of themselves or other directors to membership on any standing or temporary committees of the Board of Directors as they shall deem necessary and appropriate.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 4.1 Committees of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. All committees of the Board of Directors shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings to the Board of Directors when requested or required by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.2 Meetings and Action of Committees. Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise by resolution, any committee of the Board of Directors may adopt, alter and repeal such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws for the conduct of its meetings as such committee may deem proper.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors, each to have such authority, functions or duties as set forth in these Bylaws or as determined by the Board of Directors. Each officer shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and until such person’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such person’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the same person; provided, however, that no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.

Section 5.2 Removal, Resignation and Vacancies. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of such officer under any contract to which it is a party. Any officer may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. If any vacancy occurs in any office of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

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Section 5.3 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall be responsible for corporate policy and strategy, and shall report directly to the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws, all other officers of the Corporation shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer or as otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, if present and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, preside at meetings of the stockholders.

Section 5.4 President. The President shall generally be responsible for the management and control of the operations of the Corporation. The President shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time determine.

Section 5.5 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall exercise all the powers and perform the duties of the office of the chief financial officer and in general have overall supervision of the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time determine.

Section 5.6 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall supervise and be responsible for all the funds and investments of the Corporation, the deposit of all moneys and other valuables to the credit of the Corporation in depositories of the Corporation, borrowings and compliance with the provisions of all indentures, agreements and instruments governing such borrowings to which the Corporation is a party, the disbursement of funds of the Corporation and the investment of its funds, and in general shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Chief Financial Officer may from time to time determine.

Section 5.7 Secretary. The powers and duties of the Secretary are: (i) to act as Secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors, of the committees of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders and to record the proceedings of such meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; (ii) to see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; (iii) to act as custodian of the seal of the Corporation and affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to all certificates of stock of the Corporation and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; (iv) to have charge of the books, records and papers of the Corporation and see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and (v) to perform all of the duties incident to the office of Secretary. The Secretary shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time determine.

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Vice President, Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary. Any employee so designated shall have the powers and duties determined by the officer making such designation. The persons upon whom such titles are conferred shall not be deemed officers of the Corporation unless elected by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.9 Checks; Drafts; Evidences of Indebtedness. From time to time, the Board of Directors shall determine the method, and designate (or authorize officers of the Corporation to designate) the person or persons who shall have authority, to sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes, bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable by the Corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse such instruments. Such persons shall not be required to be officers of the Corporation.

Section 5.10 Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may determine the method, and designate (or authorize officers of the Corporation to designate) the person or persons who shall have authority, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized, or within the power incident to a person’s office or other position with the Corporation, no person shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to act on its behalf or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

Section 5.11 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations or Entities. The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or other equity interests of any other corporation or entity or corporations or entities, standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person having such authority.

Section 5.12 Delegation. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers, employees or agents, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article V.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

Section 6.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise involved in, any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, judicial, administrative or legislative hearing, investigation or any other threatened, pending or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise, including any and all appeals, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative or other nature (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, an officer (elected by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.1 of these Bylaws) of the Corporation or while a director or officer of the

 

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Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), or by reason of anything done or not done by him or her in any such capacity, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by applicable law, including, without limitation, by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the indemnitee) actually and reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding, or part thereof, initiated by such indemnitee (including claims and counterclaims, whether such counterclaims are asserted by (i) such indemnitee, or (ii) the Corporation in a proceeding initiated by such indemnitee) only if such proceeding, or part thereof, was authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors.

Section 6.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 6.1, an indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any proceeding with respect to which indemnification is required under Section 6.1 in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that an advancement of expenses shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.3 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, provisions of a certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or otherwise.

Section 6.4 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

Section 6.5 Indemnitor of First Resort. In all events, (i) the Corporation hereby agrees that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligation to an indemnitee to provide advancement and/or indemnification to such indemnitee is primary and any obligation of any stockholder of the Corporation (including any affiliate thereof, other than the Corporation) to provide advancement or indemnification hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter), or any obligation of any insurer of any stockholder (or any affiliate thereof, other than the Corporation) to provide insurance coverage, for the same expenses, liabilities and losses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement by or on

 

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behalf of the indemnitee) incurred by such indemnitee are secondary and (ii) if any stockholder (or any affiliate thereof, other than the Corporation) pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter) with such indemnitee, then (x) such stockholder (or such affiliate, as the case may be), shall be fully subrogated to all rights of such indemnitee with respect to such payment and (y) the Corporation shall fully indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless such stockholder (or such affiliate, as the case may be) for all such payments actually made by such stockholder (or such affiliate, as the case may be).

Section 6.6 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, and to the extent authorized from time to time, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation.

Section 6.7 Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VI shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer, or who has ceased to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VI that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.

Section 6.8 Settlement of Claims. Notwithstanding anything in this Article VI to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any indemnitee under this Article VI for any amounts paid in settlement of any proceeding effected without the Corporation’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or for any judicial award if the Corporation was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such proceeding.

Section 6.9 Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Article VI, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

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invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent of the parties that the Corporation provide protection to the indemnitee to the fullest enforceable extent.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 7.1 Certificates of Stock. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or all of such shares shall be uncertificated shares that may be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock, or a combination of both. If shares are represented by certificates (if any), such certificates shall be in the form approved by the Board of Directors. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary of the Corporation or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 7.2 Special Designation on Certificates. If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate (to the extent any such shares are represented by certificates) that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock (to the extent any shares are uncertificated), the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 7.2 or Sections 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 7.2 a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

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or by such holder’s attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or a transfer agent for such stock, and if such shares are represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power and the payment of any taxes thereon; provided, however, that the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize and enforce any lawful restriction on transfer.

Section 7.4 Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new share certificate or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the owner’s legal representative to give the Corporation a bond (or other adequate security) sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it (including any expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares. The Board of Directors may adopt such other provisions and restrictions with reference to lost certificates, not inconsistent with applicable law, as it shall in its discretion deem appropriate.

Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.

Section 7.6 Record Date for Determining Stockholders.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjourned meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

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of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

Section 7.7 Regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation.

Section 7.8 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL MATTERS

Section 8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year and end on the last day of December of the same year, or shall extend for such other 12 consecutive months as the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 8.2 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary of the Corporation. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

Section 8.3 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director and each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors so designated, or by any other person as to matters which such director or committee member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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Section 8.4 Subject to Law and Certificate of Incorporation. All powers, duties and responsibilities provided for in these Bylaws, whether or not explicitly so qualified, are qualified by the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.1 Amendments. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, and in addition to any requirements of law, the affirmative vote of at least 66 23% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with Article VI and this Article IX of these Bylaws.

The foregoing Bylaws were adopted by the Board of Directors on October 3, 2016.

 

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