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):
August 21, 2017

 
SEMPRA ENERGY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
 
 
CALIFORNIA
 
1-14201
 
33-0732627
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
 
 
488 8th AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
 
92101
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(619) 696-2000

 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)









 
 
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FORM 8-K

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Acquisition of Energy Future Holdings Corp.
On August 21, 2017, Sempra Energy, along with an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH”) and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”). EFH owns 100 percent of the membership interests of EFIH, which in turn owns 100 percent of the membership interests of Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC (“Oncor Holdings”), which owns 80.03 percent of the outstanding membership interests of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“Oncor”).
EFH and EFIH were party to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 7, 2017, with, among others, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (as amended, the “Berkshire Merger Agreement”). On August 21, 2017, EFH and EFIH exercised their rights pursuant to the Berkshire Merger Agreement to terminate the Berkshire Merger Agreement to enter into the Merger Agreement. The transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement constitute a “Superior Proposal” (as defined in the Berkshire Merger Agreement) to the Berkshire Merger Agreement.
Oncor is a regulated electric distribution and transmission business that operates the largest distribution and transmission system in Texas. In addition to Oncor Holdings’ ownership of 80.03 percent of Oncor’s outstanding membership interests, Texas Transmission Investment LLC (“TTI”) owns 19.75 percent of Oncor’s outstanding membership interests, and certain members of Oncor’s management team and board of directors indirectly beneficially own the remaining 0.22 percent of Oncor’s outstanding membership interests. As reported in Oncor’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, as of June 30, 2017 Oncor had short-term borrowings and debt in the aggregate amount of approximately $7.0 billion.
Oncor’s board of directors currently consists of twelve members, seven of which are independent, two of which are designated by EFIH and appointed by Oncor Holdings, two of which are appointed by TTI, and one of which is a member of Oncor management designated by EFIH and appointed by Oncor Holdings. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement, Oncor’s board of directors will consist of thirteen members, seven of which will be independent, two of which will be designated by EFIH and appointed by Oncor Holdings, two of which will be appointed by TTI, and two of which will be members of Oncor management designated by EFIH and appointed by Oncor Holdings.
In April 2014, EFH and the substantial majority of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including EFIH, but excluding Oncor Holdings and Oncor, (the “EFH Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “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”). Since that time, the EFH 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 23, 2017, EFH, EFIH and the other EFH Debtors filed a First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court (the “Amended Plan”) reflecting, among other things, the terms of the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Amended Plan, after the reorganization of the EFH Debtors, EFH will be merged with and into Merger Sub, with EFH continuing as the surviving company (the “Merger”).





After the reorganization and the consummation of the Merger, Sempra Energy expects it will directly or indirectly own approximately 60 percent of the membership interests of EFH, with the remaining approximately 40 percent being held by certain trusts for the benefit of third-party investors providing financing for the transaction and a small portion, if any, expected to be held by certain creditors of the EFH Debtors. EFH will continue to own 100 percent of the membership interests of EFIH, which will continue to be the indirect owner of 80.03 percent of the membership interests of Oncor.
Under the Merger Agreement, Sempra Energy will pay total consideration of approximately $9.45 billion, subject to adjustment described below. Consideration is expected to consist of:
$6.45 billion in cash (the “Equity Contribution”); and
$3 billion in indebtedness to be incurred by Merger Sub (the “Exit Financing”).
Some or all of the Equity Contribution may be funded with debt or equity raised by Sempra Energy or its subsidiaries. In addition, the amount of the Equity Contribution shall be reduced by up to approximately $2.5 billion that (a) certain third-party investors invest in trust certificates in a Delaware trust holding equity of an indirect parent company of Merger Sub (the “Non-Rollover Equity”) pursuant to the Amended Plan and (b) certain creditors of the EFH Debtors elect or may be required to receive in the form of trust certificates in a Delaware trust holding equity of an indirect parent company of Merger Sub (the “Rollover Equity”). Under the Amended Plan, notwithstanding an election by creditors to receive Rollover Equity, Sempra Energy is entitled to approve, in its sole discretion, which creditors making such election actually receive Rollover Equity, if any.
If the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement occurs prior to the payment of the dividend payable by Oncor to Oncor Holdings in respect of amounts earned by Oncor during the period starting as of October 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2017, which dividend will then be paid by Oncor Holdings to EFIH, then the purchase price will be increased by an amount equal to 75 percent of the actual dividend paid in respect of such period. If the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement occurs following the payment of such dividend, then the purchase price will be reduced by an amount equal to 25 percent of the dividend paid in respect of such period. The amount of this purchase price adjustment is not expected to material.
Agreement and Plan of Merger
EFH, EFIH, Sempra Energy and Merger Sub have each made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement. The parties have also agreed to cooperate with each other and to use their respective reasonable best efforts to take all actions and do all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions under the Merger Agreement and the Amended Plan, including to make all filings and to obtain all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party or governmental entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the Amended Plan.
The Merger Agreement contains various mutual conditions precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, including, among others: (i) the entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the order approving the Merger Agreement and related agreements (the “Approval Order”) and an order by the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Amended Plan (the “EFH Confirmation Order”); (ii) the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) of specified private letter rulings with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, which private letter rulings are not revoked or withdrawn; (iii) that the representations and warranties of each party to the Merger Agreement are true and correct, subject, in certain cases, to material adverse effect qualifiers; (iv) the performance of obligations of each party to the Merger Agreement; (v) the receipt of certain





approvals and rulings that are necessary to consummate the merger, including approvals from, among others, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT”) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), which approvals or rulings shall not impose a Burdensome Condition (as defined below); (vi) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended; and (vii) the absence of any law or order prohibiting the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Sempra Energy’s conditions precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement also include, among others: (i) the receipt by each of Sempra Energy and EFH of tax opinions from each of their respective tax advisors that the Merger constitutes a tax-free reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code; (ii) EFH and its subsidiaries not having any employees (subject to certain exceptions) or any liabilities or obligations owed to current or former employees of EFH or its subsidiaries; (iii) the accuracy of and the absence of any change of ownership of EFH, other than as provided in the Amended Plan; and (iv) the truth and accuracy of the facts presented and representations made in submissions to the IRS.
The Merger Agreement may be terminated, among other reasons: (i) by Sempra Energy or EFH and EFIH (acting together), (x) if the closing has not been consummated within 240 days of the date of the Merger Agreement (subject to a 90-day extension in certain circumstances for the continued pursuit of the PUCT, FERC or certain IRS approvals or rulings, as applicable, as described above), (y) if a law or order prohibiting the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement becomes final and non-appealable; or (z) if the PUCT issues an order either denying the approval of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or imposing a Burdensome Condition (as defined below) and, within 30 days following the issuance of such order, such order has not been vacated or materially modified such that upon such vacation or modification, the approval of the PUCT has been obtained; (ii) by Sempra Energy, if (x) Sempra Energy, Merger Sub, Oncor and Oncor Holdings fail to enter into a letter agreement providing for cooperation by Sempra Energy, Merger Sub, Oncor and Oncor Holdings with respect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement within five days following the date of the Merger Agreement (which termination right may be exercised for up to ten days after the end of such five day period), (y) EFH or EFIH files or expressly supports in the Bankruptcy Court a plan of reorganization that is inconsistent in any substantive legal or economic respect with the Merger Agreement and the Amended Plan, and such inconsistency cannot be cured within 30 business days of receipt of Sempra Energy’s notice thereof; or (z) the Bankruptcy Court enters, or EFH or EFIH seeks from the Bankruptcy Court, an order approving any sale or other disposition of the assets of EFH or its subsidiaries, or the membership interests in EFIH or any of its subsidiaries (including the Oncor Entities, as defined below), to any person other than Sempra Energy, Merger Sub or any of their respective affiliates; or (iii) by EFH and/or EFIH if the board of directors of EFH or the board of managers of EFIH, as applicable, determines in its sole discretion that the failure to terminate the Merger Agreement is inconsistent with EFH’s or EFIH’s fiduciary duties. The Merger Agreement may also be terminated at any time prior to closing by mutual written consent of the parties thereto.
A Burdensome Condition is defined in the Merger Agreement as any term or condition, order, sanction, requirement, law, rule or regulation that, individually or in the aggregate, would, or would be reasonably expected to have a material and adverse effect on, or change in, the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, liabilities or results of operations of (i) Oncor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries, taken as whole; provided that, for the purposes of clause (ii) Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be a consolidated group of entities that is the size and scale of Oncor Holdings and its subsidiaries; subject to certain exceptions that will not be deemed to contribute to the determination of whether an event is a Burdensome Condition (see Section 6.3(e) of the Merger Agreement). For greater certainty, none of the regulatory commitments of Sempra Energy contained in Exhibit D to the Merger Agreement shall constitute a Burdensome Condition.





The Merger Agreement also prohibits EFH and EFIH from soliciting, or participating in discussions or negotiations or providing information with respect to, alternative proposals for their restructuring, subject to the following specified exceptions: (i) EFH may solicit proposals from third parties prior to the Bankruptcy Court’s entry of the Approval Order, and (ii) EFH may, until the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, continue discussions or negotiations with respect to alternative proposals for its restructuring (x) with any person that has submitted, prior to the Bankruptcy Court’s entry of the Approval Order, a written indicative bid that EFH or EFIH is actively negotiating at the time of entry of the Approval Order, or (y) with any person that submits an unsolicited bona fide written acquisition proposal that is otherwise not in breach of the Merger Agreement which the board of directors of EFH or the board of managers of EFIH determines in good faith is or reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal.
If, after the entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Approval Order (a) the Merger Agreement is terminated (i) by EFH and/or EFIH if the board of directors of EFH or the board of managers of EFIH, as applicable, determines in its sole discretion that the failure to terminate the Merger Agreement is inconsistent with EFH’s or EFIH’s fiduciary duties, or (ii) by Sempra Energy if (x) there has been a breach of the representations and warranties of EFH and/or EFIH, and such breach would result in a closing condition failure and cannot be cured within 30 days of notice thereof, (y) EFH or EFIH files or expressly supports in the Bankruptcy Court a plan of reorganization that is inconsistent in any substantive legal or economic respect with the Merger Agreement and the Amended Plan, and such inconsistency cannot be cured within 30 business days of notice thereof, or (z) the Bankruptcy Court enters, or EFH or EFIH seeks from the Bankruptcy Court, an order approving any sale or other disposition of the assets of EFH or its subsidiaries, or the membership interests in EFIH or any of its subsidiaries, to any person other than Sempra Energy, Merger Sub or any of their respective affiliates, and (b) an alternative transaction is consummated pursuant to which none of Sempra Energy, Merger Sub nor any of Sempra Energy’s affiliates will obtain direct or indirect ownership of 100 percent of Oncor Holdings and Oncor Holdings’ approximately 80 percent membership interest in Oncor, then EFH and EFIH will be required to pay to Sempra Energy a termination fee of $190 million (the “Termination Fee”). In the event EFH and EFIH pay to Sempra Energy the Termination Fee in accordance with the Merger Agreement, such payment shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Sempra Energy and Merger Sub against EFH, EFIH and their respective affiliates, representatives, creditors or shareholders with respect to any breach of the Merger Agreement prior to such termination.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the Amended Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement and the Amended Plan, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 2.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The Merger Agreement has been filed to provide information to investors and security holders regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about EFH, EFIH, Oncor Holdings, Oncor, Sempra Energy or Merger Sub, their respective businesses, or the actual conduct of their respective businesses during the period prior to the consummation of the Merger or to modify or supplement any factual disclosures about EFH, EFIH, Oncor Holdings, Oncor or Sempra Energy in their public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Merger Agreement and this summary should not be relied upon as disclosure about EFH, EFIH, Oncor Holdings, Oncor, Sempra Energy or Merger Sub. No one should rely on the representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or conditions of EFH, EFIH, Oncor Holdings, Oncor, Sempra Energy or Merger Sub or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. The representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties thereto and that the parties made to, and solely for the benefit of, each other as of specified dates. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed to by the respective parties and are also qualified in important part by confidential disclosure schedules delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement. The representations and warranties may have been made for the purpose of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the





agreements instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality used by the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors and security holders. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Sempra Energy’s public reports. The Merger Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with the other information regarding Sempra Energy that is or will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the documents that Sempra Energy files or has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Plan Support Agreement
On August 21, 2017, Sempra Energy entered into a plan support agreement (the “Plan Support Agreement”) with the EFH Debtors and Supporting Creditors (each, as defined in the Plan Support Agreement), which sets forth the agreement among Sempra Energy, the EFH Debtors and the Supporting Creditors (and each of their respective affiliates, as applicable) to seek and take certain actions to support the transactions contemplated by the Amended Plan and the Merger Agreement. Certain Supporting Creditors, including certain affiliates of Elliott Management Corporation, have agreed under the Plan Support Agreement not to elect to receive Rollover Equity under the Amended Plan.
The Plan Support Agreement may be terminated only upon the occurrence of certain events described therein.
The above description of the Plan Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan Support Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Plan Support Agreement and the transactions contemplated by it remain subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, as well as approval by, among others, the PUCT and FERC.

# # #
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This current report contains statements that are not historical fact and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "estimates," "projects," "forecasts," "contemplates," "assumes," "depends," "should," "could," "would," "will," "confident," "may," “can,” "potential," "possible," "proposed," "target," "pursue," "outlook," "maintain," or similar expressions or discussions of guidance, strategies, plans, goals, opportunities, projections, initiatives, objectives or intentions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the anticipated benefits of the proposed Merger involving Sempra Energy and EFH, including future financial or operating results of Sempra Energy or Oncor, Sempra Energy’s, EFH's or Oncor's plans, objectives, expectations or intentions, the expected timing of completion of the transaction, the anticipated improvement in credit ratings of Oncor, and other statements that are not historical facts. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by any such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to: the risk that Sempra Energy and Oncor may be unable to agree to definitive agreements for the transaction, obtain bankruptcy court and governmental and regulatory approvals required for the Merger, or that required bankruptcy court and governmental and regulatory approvals may delay the Merger or result in the imposition of conditions that could cause the parties to abandon the transaction or be onerous to Sempra Energy; the risk that a condition to closing of the Merger may not be satisfied, including receipt of a satisfactory supplemental private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service; the expected timing to consummate the proposed Merger; the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully; the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; and the diversion of management time and attention to merger-related issues





Additional factors, among others, that could cause actual results and future actions to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements include: actions and the timing of actions, including decisions, new regulations, and issuances of permits and other authorizations by the California Public Utilities Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, states, cities and counties, and other regulatory and governmental bodies in the United States and other countries in which we operate; the timing and success of business development efforts and construction projects, including risks in obtaining or maintaining permits and other authorizations on a timely basis, risks in completing construction projects on schedule and on budget, and risks in obtaining the consent and participation of partners; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation and regulatory investigations; deviations from regulatory precedent or practice that result in a reallocation of benefits or burdens among shareholders and ratepayers; modifications of settlements; delays in, or disallowance or denial of, regulatory agency authorizations to recover costs in rates from customers (including with respect to regulatory assets associated with the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station facility and 2007 wildfires) or regulatory agency approval for projects required to enhance safety and reliability; the availability of electric power, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, and natural gas pipeline and storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid, moratoriums or limitations on the withdrawal or injection of natural gas from or into storage facilities, and equipment failures; changes in energy markets; volatility in commodity prices; moves to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas; the impact on the value of our investment in natural gas storage and related assets from low natural gas prices, low volatility of natural gas prices and the inability to procure favorable long-term contracts for storage services; risks posed by actions of third parties who control the operations of our investments, and risks that our partners or counterparties will be unable or unwilling to fulfill their contractual commitments; weather conditions, natural disasters, accidents, equipment failures, computer system outages, explosions, terrorist attacks and other events that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities and systems, cause the release of greenhouse gases, radioactive materials and harmful emissions, cause wildfires and subject us to third-party liability for property damage or personal injuries, fines and penalties, some of which may not be covered by insurance (including costs in excess of applicable policy limits) or may be disputed by insurers; cybersecurity threats to the energy grid, storage and pipeline infrastructure, the information and systems used to operate our businesses and the confidentiality of our proprietary information and the personal information of our customers and employees; capital markets and economic conditions, including the availability of credit and the liquidity of our investments; fluctuations in inflation, interest and currency exchange rates and our ability to effectively hedge the risk of such fluctuations; changes in the tax code as a result of potential federal tax reform, such as the elimination of the deduction for interest and non-deductibility of all, or a portion of, the cost of imported materials, equipment and commodities; changes in foreign and domestic trade policies and laws, including border tariffs, revisions to favorable international trade agreements, and changes that make our exports less competitive or otherwise restrict our ability to export; the ability to win competitively bid infrastructure projects against a number of strong and aggressive competitors; expropriation of assets by foreign governments and title and other property disputes; the impact on reliability of San Diego Gas & Electric Company's (SDG&E) electric transmission and distribution system due to increased amount and variability of power supply from renewable energy sources; the impact on competitive customer rates due to the growth in distributed and local power generation and the corresponding decrease in demand for power delivered through SDG&E's electric transmission and distribution system and from possible departing retail load resulting from customers transferring to Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation or other forms of distributed and local power generation, and the potential risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets and contractual obligations; and other uncertainties, some of which may be difficult to predict and are beyond our control.
These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra Energy has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and on the company's website at www.sempra.com. Investors should not rely unduly on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forecasts or projections or other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.







Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 (d) Exhibits
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
 
 
2.1
  
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 21, 2017, by and among Sempra Energy, Power Play Merger Sub I, Inc., Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and Energy Future Holdings Corp.
2.2
  
First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
10.1
 
Plan Support Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2017.











SIGNATURE

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

 
SEMPRA ENERGY,
 
(Registrant)
 
 
August 25, 2017
By: /s/ Trevor I. Mihalik
 
Trevor I. Mihalik
Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
 






























EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
 
 
2.1
  
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 21, 2017, by and among Sempra Energy, Power Play Merger Sub I, Inc., Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and Energy Future Holdings Corp.
2.2
  
First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
10.1
 
Plan Support Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2017.



Exhibit 2.1
Execution Version
AGREEMENT
AND
PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
SEMPRA ENERGY,
POWER PLAY MERGER SUB I, INC.,
ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC,
and
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
Dated as of August 21, 2017




TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
Page

ARTICLE I Accessible Account Deposit; Merger; Closing; Effective Time
4

Section 1.1
DIP Repayment
4

Section 1.2
Merger
5

Section 1.3
RESERVED
5

Section 1.4
Closing
5

Section 1.5
Effective Time
5

Section 1.6
Effects of the Merger
5

Section 1.7
Accessible Account Deposit
6

Section 1.8
Adjustments for Equity Issuances
6

 
 
 
ARTICLE II Organizational Documents of the Surviving Company
8

Section 2.1
Certificate of Formation; Bylaws
8

 
 
 
ARTICLE III Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company
8

Section 3.1
Directors
8

Section 3.2
Officers
8

 
 
 
ARTICLE IV Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock
8

Section 4.1
Effect on Capital Stock
8

 
 
 
ARTICLE V Representations and Warranties
9

Section 5.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company
9

Section 5.2
Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
35

 
 
 
ARTICLE VI Covenants
44

Section 6.1
Interim Operations
44

Section 6.2
Acquisition Proposals
49

Section 6.3
Filings; Other Actions; Notification
54

Section 6.4
Access and Reports
62

Section 6.5
Publicity
62

Section 6.6
Employee Benefits
63

Section 6.7
Expenses
65

Section 6.8
Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance
65

Section 6.9
Resignation of Directors and Officers
67

Section 6.10
Parent Cooperation
67

Section 6.11
RESERVED
68

Section 6.12
RESERVED
68

Section 6.13
Tax Treatment
68

Section 6.14
Tax Matters
69

Section 6.15
RESERVED
71

Section 6.16
Transition Services Agreement; Separation Agreement
71

Section 6.17
Notice of Current Events
71

Section 6.18
RESERVED
72

Section 6.19
RESERVED
72

Section 6.20
Oncor Entities
72

Section 6.21
Financing
72

 
 
 



ARTICLE VII Conditions
77

Section 7.1
Conditions to All Parties’ Obligations
77

Section 7.2
Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
79

Section 7.3
Conditions to Obligation of the Company and EFIH
82

 
 
 
ARTICLE VIII Termination
84

Section 8.1
Termination by Mutual Consent
84

Section 8.2
Termination by Either Parent or the Company/EFIH
84

Section 8.3
Termination by the Company and/or EFIH
84

Section 8.4
Termination by Parent
86

Section 8.5
Effect of Termination and Abandonment
88

 
 
 
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous and General
89

Section 9.1
Survival
89

Section 9.2
Modification or Amendment
89

Section 9.3
Waiver of Conditions
89

Section 9.4
Counterparts
89

Section 9.5
GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
89

Section 9.6
Notices
91

Section 9.7
Entire Agreement
92

Section 9.8
No Third-Party Beneficiaries
93

Section 9.9
Obligations of Parent
93

Section 9.10
Remedies
93

Section 9.11
Transfer Taxes
94

Section 9.12
Definitions
94

Section 9.13
Severability
94

Section 9.14
Interpretation; Construction
94

Section 9.15
Assignment; Successors
95

Section 9.16
Financing Sources Arrangements
95

 
 
 








Exhibits
Exhibit A
Plan of Reorganization
Exhibit B
Form of Oncor Letter Agreement
Exhibit C
New Holdco Equity Interests Terms
Exhibit D
Key Regulatory Terms
Exhibit E
Private Letter Ruling and Tax Opinions















TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
(with page reference)
    

2017 Dividend
6

 
Company Disclosure Letter
9

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement
53

 
Company Material Adverse Effect
10

Accessible Account Deposit
6

 
Company Material Contract
32

Acquisition Proposal
53

 
Company Notice
51

Action
19

 
Company Reports
15

Affiliate
10

 
Confidentiality Agreements
92

Agreement
1

 
Contract
15

Alternative Financing
74

 
Contributed Plan
20

Applicable Date
15

 
control
10

Applications
56

 
Costs
65

Approval Order
77

 
D&O Insurance
66

Approval Order Entry
87

 
Debt Commitment Letter
41

Assumed Pension Plan
21

 
Debt Financing
41

Assumed Plan
20

 
Debtors
1

Bankruptcy and Equity Exception
33

 
Definitive Agreements
73

Bankruptcy Code
1

 
Designated Officer
22

Bankruptcy Court
1

 
DGCL
4

Benefit Plans
20

 
DIP Facility
4

Berkshire
3

 
Discharged Plan
20

Berkshire Merger Agreement
3

 
Disclosure Statement
60

Bond Financing
74

 
Disclosure Statement Order
67

Burdensome Condition(s)
59

 
DiscOp OPEB Liabilities
63

Business Day
5

 
Dividend Reduction Amount
6

Cash Deposit Amount
6

 
E&P Allocation Ruling Request
71

CBA
13

 
Early Financing Date
76

Certificates of Merger
5

 
EFCH
10

Chapter 11 Cases
1

 
Effective Time
5

Closing
5

 
EFH Common Stock
12

Closing Date
5

 
EFH Confirmation Order
78

Closing Date Transactions
5

 
EFH Consideration
7

Code
1

 
EFH Contribution
2

Company
1

 
EFH Corporate Services
2

Company Acquisition Agreement
51

 
EFH Retirement Plan
21

Company Approvals
14

 
EFH Stakeholders
4

Company Board
14

 
EFIH
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EFIH Stakeholders
4

 
Lenders
41

Employees
19

 
Licenses
23

Environment
24

 
Lien
13

Environmental Claim
24

 
Maximum Required New HoldCo Issuance
7

Environmental Law
25

 
Merger
4

Environmental Permits
24

 
Merger Sub
1

Equity Financing
75

 
Money Laundering Laws
34

ERCOT
11

 
Multiemployer Plan
21

ERCOT Protocols
31

 
NERC
31

ERISA
19

 
New DiscOp OPEB Plan
63

ERISA Affiliate
21

 
New HoldCo Equity Interests
6

ERISA Event
21

 
Non-Oncor Employee
63

ERISA Plan
20

 
Oncor Agreements
33

E-Side Debtors
1

 
Oncor Employee
64

Exchange Act
15

 
Oncor Entities
10

FCC
12

 
Oncor Holdings
10

FCC Approval
14

 
Oncor Holdings LLC Agreement
33

FCC/FERC Applications
55

 
Oncor Letter Agreement
4

Federal Power Act
14

 
Oncor LLC Agreement
33

Fee Letter
42

 
Oncor LLC Agreements
33

FERC
12

 
Parent
1

FERC Approval
14

 
Parent Approvals
36

Financing
75

 
Parent Material Adverse Effect
39

Financing Sources
41

 
Parent Reports
37

GAAP
11

 
Payable Dividend Amount
6

Governmental Entity
14

 
Pension Plan
20

Hazardous Substance
25

 
Person
5

HSR Act
14

 
Plan of Reorganization
1

HSR Filing
55

 
Prior PUCT Order
33

Indemnified Parties
65

 
Prior Supplemental Ruling Request
69

Initial IRS Submissions
69

 
Private Letter Ruling
69

Initial Ruling Request
69

 
PUCT
12

Initial Termination Date
84

 
PUCT Approval
14

Insurance Policies
31

 
PUCT Filing
55

Intellectual Property
30

 
PUHCA
43

Intended Tax-Free Treatment
69

 
Release
25

IRS
7

 
Remedial Action
25

IRS Submissions
69

 
Reorganized TCEH
2

IT Assets
30

 
Reorganized TCEH Contributions
2

Key Regulatory Terms
56

 
Reorganized TCEH Conversion
3

Knowledge
19

 
Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off
2

Laws
23

 
Representatives
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Restructuring Documents
67

 
TCEH
1

Retained Subsidiaries
3

 
TCEH Contribution
2

RTOs
11

 
TCEH Effective Date
2

Sarbanes-Oxley Act
16

 
TCEH Finance
2

SEC
15

 
TCEH New Holdco
2

Securities Act
15

 
TCEH Plan
1

Separation Agreement
71

 
TCEH Preferred Stock Entity
2

Spin-Off Entities
2

 
TCEH Preferred Stock Sale
2

Split Participant Agreement
82

 
Termination Date
84

Split Participant Service
64

 
Termination Fee
88

Stakeholders
4

 
TRA
2

Subsidiary
9

 
TRA Rights
2

Superior Proposal
54

 
Transition Services Agreement
71

Supplemental IRS Submissions
69

 
TRE
11

Supplemental Ruling Request
69

 
Trust Certificates
7

Supplemental Rulings
69

 
Value Condition
7

Surviving Company
5

 
Vermont Insurance Approval
14

Tax
28

 
Vistra Energy
2

Tax Matters Agreement
82

 
Vistra Entities
34

Tax Return
28

 
WARN Act
29

Taxes
28

 
wholly owned Subsidiary
13

TBOC
4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (as hereinafter amended, modified or changed from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of August 21, 2017, is by and among Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (the “ Company ”), Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ EFIH ”), Sempra Energy, a California corporation (“ Parent ”), and Power Play Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , on April 29, 2014, the Company and certain entities in which it, directly or indirectly, holds an equity interest, including TCEH and EFCH (each as defined below) and their respective Subsidiaries (as defined below) (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 currently pending before the Honorable Christopher S. Sontchi and jointly administered for procedural purposes only under Case No. 14-10979, and any proceedings relating thereto (collectively, the “ Chapter 11 Cases ”);
WHEREAS , the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors (as such terms are defined in the Plan of Reorganization) (collectively, the “ E-Side Debtors ”) continue to operate their respective businesses as debtors-in-possession under Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;
WHEREAS , prior to the date hereof, the E-Side Debtors, on the one hand, and the TCEH Debtors (as such term is defined in the Plan of Reorganization) and certain other Debtors, on the other, separated from common ownership under the Company;
WHEREAS , subject to approval of this Agreement by the Bankruptcy Court, the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub have determined to engage in a strategic business combination as more fully set forth below;
WHEREAS , the E-Side Debtors will file a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, as attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such plan may be further amended, modified or changed from time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and this Agreement, the “ Plan of Reorganization ”);
WHEREAS , under the plan of reorganization approved by the Bankruptcy Court on August 29, 2016 [D.I. 9421] (the “ TCEH Plan ”), on October 3, 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and then a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of the Company (“ TCEH ”), and the other TCEH Debtors, together with certain other direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company identified in the TCEH Plan, were restructured in a transaction intended to qualify as a reorganization under Sections 368(a)(1)(G) and 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) through a taxable transfer of certain assets to a separate

 
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subsidiary of Reorganized TCEH (the “ TCEH Preferred Stock Entity ”) in the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale (as defined below) (the steps in this clause, collectively, the “ Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off ”);
WHEREAS , in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off, TCEH formed a new wholly-owned subsidiary, then-named TEX Energy LLC (n/k/a Vistra Energy Corp.) (“ Reorganized TCEH ” or “ Vistra Energy ”), that (a) was treated as disregarded from the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes until the date on which the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off was consummated (the “ TCEH Effective Date ”) and (b) was the “controlled corporation” in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off. TCEH New Holdco (as defined below) was treated as disregarded from the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes until the TCEH Effective Date, on which date certain assets of TCEH and the Company were transferred to TCEH New Holdco in connection with the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale;
WHEREAS , on the TCEH Effective Date, all claims against the TCEH Debtors, except for liabilities assumed by Reorganized TCEH or a subsidiary thereof pursuant to the TCEH Plan, were cancelled in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off;
WHEREAS , (a) TCEH transferred all of TCEH’s interests in its Subsidiaries (excluding the stock of TCEH Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ TCEH Finance ”)) to Reorganized TCEH (the “ TCEH Contribution ”); and (b) the EFH Debtors transferred to Reorganized TCEH the equity interests in then-named EFH Corporate Services Company (“ EFH Corporate Services ”), then-named EFH Properties Company and the other Subsidiaries of EFH specified in the TCEH Plan and the Separation Agreement, and also contributed certain other assets and liabilities related to the TCEH Debtors’ operations, all as provided in the TCEH Plan and the Separation Agreement (such entities, together with TCEH and Reorganized TCEH and their respective Subsidiaries, the “ Spin-Off Entities ”, and such contributions by the EFH Debtors, collectively, the “ EFH Contribution ”, and the EFH Contribution, together with the TCEH Contribution, the “ Reorganized TCEH Contributions ”). In exchange for the Reorganized TCEH Contributions, TCEH received (a) all of the equity interests of Reorganized TCEH, (b) the net cash proceeds of the new Reorganized TCEH debt issued for cash, (c) the right to receive payments under a tax receivables agreement, if any (such agreement, the “ TRA ”, and such rights, the “ TRA Rights ”), and (d) the right to receive the net cash proceeds of the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale;
WHEREAS , immediately following the Reorganized TCEH Contribution but before the Reorganized TCEH Conversion (defined below), (a) Reorganized TCEH contributed the equity in certain of its subsidiaries (including one or more entities contributed to Reorganized TCEH in the EFH Contribution) to an entity formed before the TCEH Effective Date that elected to be treated as a corporation immediately following the TCEH Contribution but before the Reorganized TCEH Conversion (“ TCEH New Holdco ”) in exchange for all of the equity interests of TCEH New Holdco, including any common stock and preferred stock issued by TCEH New Holdco; and (b) immediately thereafter, and pursuant to a prearranged and binding agreement, Reorganized TCEH sold all of the preferred stock of TCEH New Holdco authorized to be issued by TCEH New Holdco to third party investors in exchange for cash, and Reorganized TCEH thereafter distributed the cash consideration attributable thereto to TCEH (the “ TCEH Preferred Stock Sale ”);

 
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WHEREAS , immediately after the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale, Reorganized TCEH converted to a Delaware corporation pursuant to applicable Law (as defined below) (the “ Reorganized TCEH Conversion ”);
WHEREAS , immediately following the Reorganized TCEH Conversion and as a condition to the effectiveness of the TCEH Plan with respect to the Spin-Off Entities, TCEH distributed or caused to be distributed in the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off (a) all of the outstanding equity interests in Reorganized TCEH, (b) the new Reorganized TCEH debt, (c) cash proceeds of the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale, and (d) the TRA Rights;
WHEREAS, on July 7, 2017, the Company, EFIH, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“ Berkshire ”), O.E. Merger Sub Inc., O.E. Merger Sub II, LLC, and O.E. Merger Sub III, LLC entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Berkshire Merger Agreement ”);
WHEREAS , Vistra Energy is currently the ultimate parent holding company of the Spin-Off Entities;
WHEREAS , pursuant to the TCEH Plan and as part of the EFH Contribution, the employees of EFH Corporate Services became the employees of Reorganized TCEH or one or more of its Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS , pursuant to the TCEH Plan, at the Effective Time (as defined below) the Company and the reorganized Company, as the case may be, and their Subsidiaries will not have, as applicable, any employees other than the employees of the Oncor Entities (as defined below);
WHEREAS , on or before the Closing Date, each of EFCH, TCEH, TCEH Finance, Inc., TXU Europe Limited and its Subsidiaries and each other Subsidiary of the Company (excluding only (a) EFIH and the Oncor Entities (as defined below), and (b)(i) LSGT Gas Company LLC, (ii) EECI, Inc., (iii) EEC Holdings, Inc., (iv) LSGT SACROC, Inc., (v) EFH Vermont Insurance Company and (vi) any other entities mutually agreed upon by Parent and the Company (the entities listed in clauses (b)(i) – (vi) collectively, the “ Retained Subsidiaries ”)) not already disposed of, wound down, or liquidated in accordance with applicable law shall be deemed dissolved without any further court or corporate action, including the filing of any documents with the Secretary of State for any state in which any such subsidiary is incorporated or any other jurisdiction;
WHEREAS , on August 15, 2017 the Company received an Alternative Proposal (as defined in the Berkshire Merger Agreement) from Parent that the Company Board has determined constitutes a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Berkshire Merger Agreement);
WHEREAS , the Company terminated the Berkshire Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms concurrently with the execution of this Agreement;
WHEREAS , the respective boards of directors (or similar governing bodies) of each of the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub have, by resolutions duly adopted, declared that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger (as defined below), are advisable, and approved and adopted this Agreement;

 
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WHEREAS , Parent, in its capacity as the beneficial owner of all of the common stock of Merger Sub, has approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
WHEREAS , upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Plan of Reorganization, the applicable provisions of Chapter 10 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “ TBOC ”) and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”), as applicable, on the Closing Date at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the reorganized Company (the “ Merger ”), with the reorganized Company surviving as a subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS , on the Closing Date, following the Merger, the Cash Deposit Amount (as defined below) shall be placed into a general escrow account within the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) designated by the Company prior to the Closing to be distributed to the holders of claims and interests in EFIH (the “ EFIH Stakeholders ”) in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and certain holders of claims and interests in the Company (the “ EFH Stakeholders ” and, collectively with the EFIH Stakeholders, the “ Stakeholders ”), all in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization;
WHEREAS , Parent, Merger Sub, Oncor and Oncor Holdings (each as defined below) intend to enter into a letter agreement (the “ Oncor Letter Agreement ”), substantially in the form of Exhibit B , in favor of and enforceable by, Parent and Merger Sub, pursuant to which Oncor and Oncor Holdings are agreeing to take certain actions in furtherance of the transactions contemplated herein;
WHEREAS , the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement; and
WHEREAS , the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the approval of this Agreement by the Bankruptcy Court, and will be consummated pursuant to the order confirming the Plan of Reorganization to be entered in the Chapter 11 Cases.
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:
Article I
Accessible Account Deposit; Merger; Closing; Effective Time
Section 1.1      DIP Repayment . On the Closing Date, immediately subsequent to the Merger, Parent shall, or shall cause an Affiliate thereof to, contribute to EFIH sufficient funds to repay all outstanding “obligations” (as defined in the DIP Facility) owed under the EFIH first lien debtor-in-possession financing facility (the “ DIP Facility ”) and any fees and expenses related to such repayment to the extent required by the terms thereof (collectively, the “ DIP Repayment ”) (and EFIH shall use such funds solely for such purpose). Parent or an Affiliate thereof may make the DIP Repayment in respect of the DIP Facility on behalf of EFIH directly to the lenders or an agent thereof.

 
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Section 1.2      Merger . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, in accordance with the TBOC and the DGCL and pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, at the Effective Time, the reorganized Company shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, effectuate the Merger pursuant to which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease. The reorganized Company shall continue as the surviving company in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “ Surviving Company ”), and the separate corporate existence of the reorganized Company, with all of its and Merger Sub’s rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises, shall continue unaffected by the Merger, except as set forth in Article II .
Section 1.3      RESERVED .
Section 1.4      Closing . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing (the “ Closing ”) of the Merger and the Accessible Account Deposit (as defined below) (collectively, the “ Closing Date Transactions ”), shall take place at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 609 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, at 9:00 a.m. (Central Time) on (a) the third (3rd) Business Day (as defined below) or (b) such other date and time as mutually agreed in writing between the Company and Parent, in each case, following the day on which the last of the conditions set forth in Article VII is satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing). The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date .” For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Business Day ” shall mean 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 and the term “ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity (as defined below) or other entity of any kind or nature. At the Closing, Parent, Merger Sub, reorganized EFIH, and the reorganized Company shall execute and deliver all certificates, instruments and documents required to be executed and/or delivered by such Person and/or any of its Affiliates (as defined below) under this Agreement in order for the conditions to the other party’s obligations to consummate the Closing to be satisfied.
Section 1.5      Effective Time . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, the reorganized Company and Parent will cause certificates of merger to be executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided under Section 252 of the DGCL and with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas as provided under Section 10.153 of the TBOC, as applicable (the “ Certificates of Merger ”), and shall take all such further actions as may be required by applicable Law to make the Merger effective. The Merger shall become effective as soon as reasonably practicable on the Closing Date (or at such other time as is mutually agreed to by the parties hereto in writing and specified in each of the Certificates of Merger) (such effective date and time, the “ Effective Time ”); and shall be immediately followed by the Accessible Account Deposit.
Section 1.6      Effects of the Merger . The effects of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Plan of Reorganization and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL, the TBOC and other applicable Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time,

 
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all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the reorganized Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the reorganized Company (to the extent not assumed by Reorganized TCEH or discharged under the Plan of Reorganization) and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Company.
Section 1.7      Accessible Account Deposit . At the Closing, (a) Parent shall cause Merger Sub to deliver the Cash Deposit Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the EFH Plan Administrator Board (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), (b) subject to Section 1.8 , the Company will send any cash held by the Company as of the Closing Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, and (c) EFIH will send any cash held by EFIH as of the Closing Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account (such deposits in clause (a), clause (b) and clause (c) herein, the “ Accessible Account Deposit ”); provided, however , that in no event shall cash held by the Company or EFIH to the extent comprising any dividend paid by Oncor in respect of earnings or income for any period from and after January 1, 2018 be sent to the EFH/EFIH Cash Contribution Account, but instead shall be retained by the Company and its Subsidiaries. The EFH Plan Administrator Board shall distribute the amounts from the Accessible Account Deposit in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization. For the avoidance of doubt, the EFH Plan Administrator Board shall be entitled to create such sub-accounts in the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account as necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization. “ Cash Deposit Amount ” shall mean $9,450,000,000, less the DIP Repayment; provided , that the Cash Deposit Amount shall be reduced in accordance with Section 1.8 ; provided, further , that (i) it is expected that Oncor will pay a dividend to Oncor Holdings and that Oncor Holdings will pay such dividend to EFIH in respect of amounts earned by Oncor during the period starting as of October 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2017 (such a dividend, a “ 2017 Dividend ”), (ii) if the Closing occurs prior to the payment of such 2017 Dividend to EFIH, then the Cash Deposit Amount shall be increased by an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the actual 2017 Dividend (the “ Payable Dividend Amount ”), and the Surviving Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, such Payable Dividend Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account within five (5) Business Days following receipt by EFIH of such 2017 Dividend, and (iii) if the Closing occurs at any time following the payment of any 2017 Dividend, then the Cash Deposit Amount shall be reduced by an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the actual 2017 Dividend (the “ Dividend Reduction Amount ”). In no event shall the amount deposited by Merger Sub pursuant to Section 1.7(a) , plus the DIP Repayment, plus the value of the Trust Certificates issued pursuant to Section 1.8 exceed $9,450,000,000, plus, if applicable, the Payable Dividend Amount, or minus if applicable, the Dividend Reduction Amount.
Section 1.8      Adjustments for Equity Issuances .
(a)      To the extent that the applicable Stakeholders elect (or are required), in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization, to receive equity in New HoldCo (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) (“ New HoldCo Equity Interests ”) in lieu of cash for all or a portion of their respective EFH Consideration or EFIH Consideration, as applicable, then such Stakeholders shall be required to contribute such New HoldCo Equity Interests to the

 
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Rollover Trust (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) in return for Rollover Trust Certificates (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) (“ Trust Certificates ”), and the Cash Deposit Amount shall, except to the extent otherwise provided in a Plan Supplement contemplated by Section 1.8(b) , be reduced by an amount equal to the cash amount to which such Stakeholders would have otherwise been entitled absent such receipt of New HoldCo Equity Interests.
(b)      In the event the Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS ”) indicates that it will not provide one or more of the required Supplemental Rulings unless the consideration payable to the EFH Stakeholders (the “ EFH Consideration ”) in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and/or the consideration payable to the EFIH Stakeholders in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization (the “ EFIH Consideration ”) includes some (or an additional) amount of New HoldCo Equity Interests, then (i) Parent shall cause New HoldCo Equity Interests, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, to be issued to certain Stakeholders pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, in an amount sufficient to obtain the Supplemental Rulings, and (ii) such Stakeholders that receive such New HoldCo Equity Interests shall immediately thereafter contribute such New HoldCo Equity Interests to the Rollover Trust (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) in return for Trust Certificates; provided , however , that in the event the IRS indicates that (a) the amount of New HoldCo Equity Interests necessary to obtain the Supplemental Rulings is in an amount greater than the difference between (x) $2,500,000,000 and (y) the value of Trust Certificates issued to Rollover Trust Participants (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) (the “ Maximum Required New HoldCo Issuance ”), or (b) the granting of New HoldCo Equity Interests and the contribution of such New HoldCo Equity Interests to the Rollover Trust (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) in exchange for Trust Certificates is insufficient to obtain one or more Supplemental Rulings, then the Company, EFIH (to the extent any such New HoldCo Equity Interests are anticipated to be issued to EFIH Stakeholders), Merger Sub and Parent shall cooperate, work and negotiate in good faith to identify an alternative structure or issue such other amount and/or form of equity consideration necessary to obtain the Supplemental Rulings; provided, however , the terms and conditions of such alternative structure, the amount of equity consideration, and/or the terms or conditions of such equity interest other than Trust Certificates shall be subject to the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of the final proviso to the preceding sentence, for the avoidance of doubt it shall not be unreasonable for Parent to withhold its consent to a proposal or structure that would require it to issue or cause the issuance of (a) any common stock or preferred stock or other equity interests of Parent, (b) New HoldCo Equity Interests in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Required New HoldCo Issuance, or (c) New HoldCo Equity Interests with terms that are different than as set forth on Exhibit C . In all cases, the Company, EFIH, and Parent each understand that any issuance of equity (including New HoldCo Equity Interests) is not intended to increase or decrease the overall amount of consideration received by EFH Stakeholders or EFIH Stakeholders or the total amount of merger consideration payable by Parent (the “ Value Condition ”). To the extent New HoldCo Equity Interests must be issued pursuant to this paragraph, the mechanics implementing this paragraph shall be included in a Plan Supplement document that is reasonably acceptable to the Company, EFIH, Merger

 
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Sub and Parent and the parties hereto shall take all steps necessary to effectuate the other transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE II     
Organizational Documents
of the Surviving Company
Section 2.1      Certificate of Formation; Bylaws .
(a)      At the Effective Time, the certificate of formation of the Merger Sub shall be the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company until thereafter amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by applicable Law.
(b)      At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Merger Sub shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Company until thereafter amended in accordance with their terms, the certificate of formation of the Surviving Company and as provided by applicable Law.
ARTICLE III     
Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company
Section 3.1      Directors . The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Company until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified in accordance with the certificate of formation and bylaws of the Surviving Company.
Section 3.2      Officers . The officers of Merger Sub at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Company until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of formation and bylaws of the Surviving Company.
ARTICLE IV     
Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock
Section 4.1      Effect on Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the reorganized Company, reorganized EFIH, Parent, Merger Sub, or the sole stockholder of Merger Sub:
(a)      Common Stock . Each share of common stock of the Company, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be canceled and cease to exist.
(b)      Merger Sub . Each share of Merger Sub common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of the Surviving Company, which shall be held directly or indirectly by Parent, and shall constitute the only issued and outstanding stock of the Surviving Company.

 
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ARTICLE V     
Representations and Warranties
Section 5.1      Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except (i) as set forth in Oncor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, or any of its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed since December 31, 2016, in each case, filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof and to the extent the relevance of the disclosure of any item therein is reasonably apparent from the information disclosed (other than disclosures in the “ Risk Factors ” sections thereof or any such disclosures included in such filings that are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) (it being agreed that such disclosures shall not be exceptions to Section 5.1(b)(i) or Section 5.1(d)(i) ), (ii) as set forth in any financial statement or filing with the SEC that is set forth in Section 5.1 of the disclosure letter delivered to Parent by the Company prior to entering into this Agreement (the “ Company Disclosure Letter ”), or (iii) as set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to have been disclosed with respect to any other section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent from the information disclosed; provided that no such disclosure shall be deemed to qualify Section 5.1(f)(i) or Section 6.1 unless expressly set forth in Section 5.1(f)(i) or Section 6.1 , as applicable, of the Company Disclosure Letter), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:
(a)      Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or similar entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except (i) in the case of the Company’s Subsidiaries, other than EFIH, where the failure to be so organized, qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, has not had, and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), and (ii) in the case of EFH and EFIH, where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing as foreign corporation or other entity has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company has made available to Parent complete and correct copies of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ certificates of incorporation or formation and bylaws or operating agreement or comparable governing documents.
As used in this Agreement, the term (i) “ 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

 
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Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC (“ Oncor Holdings ”) and its Subsidiaries (including Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“Oncor”)) (collectively, the “ Oncor Entities ”) and deemed to exclude (A) Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC (“ EFCH ”), TCEH, Vistra Energy and their respective Subsidiaries (including the Spin-Off Entities) and (B) TXU Europe Limited and any entity directly or indirectly owned by TXU Europe Limited; (ii) “ 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 the Company shall be deemed to include the Oncor Entities and deemed to exclude (A) EFCH, TCEH, Vistra Energy and their respective Subsidiaries (including the Spin-Off Entities); (B) TXU Europe Limited and any entity directly or indirectly owned by TXU Europe Limited; (C) Texas Energy Future Capital Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and (D) Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership; (iii) “ 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 the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and (iv) “ Company Material Adverse Effect ” means (A) any fact, event, change, effect, development, circumstance or occurrence that, individually or together with all other facts, events, changes, effects, developments, circumstances or occurrences, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on, or change in, the financial condition, business, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (for the avoidance of doubt any reference in any provision hereof to any item that “would have a Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar phrase, shall be interpreted as “individually or in the aggregate, has had or would be reasonably expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect” (and such interpretation shall extend to the negative expression of such phrase, or any similar phrase, mutatis mutandis )), or (B) anything that prevents, materially restricts or materially impairs the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from consummating the Closing Date Transactions; provided , however , that, none of the following shall constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or is a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i)      (x) changes or developments in general economic or political conditions or the securities, credit or financial markets, in general, globally or outside of or in the U.S. or in the State of Texas or (y) changes that are the result of acts of war or terrorism or any hurricane, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster or other weather-related event, circumstance or development (other than any such acts of war or terrorism or any hurricane, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster or other weather-related event, circumstance or development that cause any physical damage or destruction to or render physically or operationally unusable any facility or property of the Company, EFIH or any of their respective Subsidiaries);
(ii)      any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any rule, regulation, ordinance, order, protocol or any other Law of or by any national, regional, state or local Governmental Entity or by

 
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the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (“ ERCOT ”) or the Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (“ TRE ,” and, together with ERCOT, the “ RTOs ”);
(iii)      any condition or requirement attached to any order or approval issued by the Bankruptcy Court;
(iv)      changes or developments generally affecting electric transmission or distribution systems (other than changes or developments that render operationally unusable any facility or property of the Company, EFIH or any of their respective Subsidiaries);
(v)      changes or developments that are the result of factors generally affecting the industry in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate;
(vi)      any loss or threatened loss of, or adverse change or threatened adverse change in, the relationship of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with its customers, employees, regulators, financing sources or suppliers to the extent caused by the pendency or the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Plan of Reorganization;
(vii)      changes, effects or developments to the extent relating to the entry into this Agreement, the performance of actions or obligations required to be taken by a party hereunder or consented to in writing by Parent, including any change in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ credit ratings to the extent resulting therefrom;
(viii)      changes or developments in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) or authoritative interpretation thereof after the date hereof;
(ix)      any failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or public projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings for any period, in and of itself; provided that the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, effect or development underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(x)      changes, effects or developments solely to the extent such changes, effects or developments affect the assets contributed to Reorganized TCEH or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the TCEH Contribution or the EFH Contribution or liabilities for which the Company and its Subsidiaries were fully and unconditionally discharged as of the TCEH Effective Date pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization;
(xi)      the mere existence, in and of itself, of the Chapter 11 Cases; and
(xii)      the inclusion or exclusion of any ruling in the Private Letter Ruling or any other aspect of the Private Letter Ruling;

 
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provided , further , that (x) facts, events, changes, effects, developments, circumstances or occurrences set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above (other than clause (iii) above) may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or is a Company Material Adverse Effect to the extent such matters, changes, effects or developments have a disproportionate and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other entities engaged in the relevant business in Texas or other relevant geographic area and (y) any condition or requirement attached to any order or approval issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the “ PUCT ”), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “ FERC ”) or the Federal Communications Commission (the “ FCC ”) that is necessary or was sought in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Plan of Reorganization shall not constitute, or be deemed to contribute to, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b)      Capital Structure .
(i)      The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock no par value, of the Company (the “ EFH Common Stock ”) of which 1,669,861,379.02 shares of EFH Common Stock are outstanding as of the date hereof. All of the outstanding shares of EFH Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Other than up to 7,164,000 shares of EFH Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of outstanding awards under the Company Stock Plan outstanding as of the date hereof, there are no options to purchase shares of EFH Common Stock issued and outstanding. Except as set forth in this Section 5.1(b)(i) and Section 5.1(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, performance units, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate the Company, the reorganized Company, or any of their Subsidiaries to issue or sell any shares of capital stock or other equity securities of the Company, the reorganized Company, or any of their Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any equity securities of the Company, the reorganized Company or any of their Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding.
(ii)      Except as set forth on Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Subsidiaries of the Company own any shares of EFH Common Stock. Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of the Company’s Subsidiaries and the Company’s and each other Person’s equity interests in such Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, in the case of capital stock, and, in the case of equity securities that are not capital stock, the owners of such equity securities have no obligation to make capital contributions or other payments with respect to such equity

 
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securities under the organizational or governing documents of the applicable Subsidiary of the Company or under applicable Law or to make payments to creditors of the applicable Subsidiary of the Company solely by reason of ownership of such equity securities. Except as set forth on Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the ownership interests in each Subsidiary is owned by the Company or by a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, pledge, security interest, claim or other encumbrance (each, a “ Lien ”), other than Liens permitted under and pursuant to EFIH’s debtor-in-possession credit facility and restrictions on transfer arising under applicable securities laws. Except as set forth on Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any commitment, arrangement or agreement, or are otherwise obligated, to contribute capital, loan money or otherwise provide funds or make additional investments in any other Person, other than any such commitment, arrangement or agreement with respect to, direct or indirect, wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company or pursuant to a Contract (as defined below) binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and set forth in Section 5.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter. For purposes of this Agreement, a “ wholly owned Subsidiary ” shall include any Subsidiary of the Company (or Parent) of which all of the shares of capital stock or other equity interests are owned by the Company (or Parent) or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company (or Parent), as applicable.
(iii)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(b)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the foregoing is bound relating to the voting or registration of any equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(iv)      Except with respect to the right to vote on a plan of reorganization of the E-Side Debtors under the Bankruptcy Code in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having the right to vote on any matters on which equity holders of the Company or its Subsidiaries may vote, are issued or outstanding.
(c)      Corporate Authority . Each of the Company and EFIH has all requisite corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority and has taken all corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, action necessary in order to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Closing Date Transactions to which it is a party and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and EFIH and subject only to entry of the Approval Order (as defined below), constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and EFIH and no vote or consent of any equity holder of the Company or EFIH, or any other corporate or limited liability company action, is necessary to approve this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby on behalf of the Company and EFIH (other than the requisite votes

 
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for approval of the Plan of Reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code). This Agreement is enforceable against each of the Company and EFIH in accordance with its terms subject to entry of the Approval Order. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Company Board ”) has taken all action so that neither Parent nor Merger Sub will be an “affiliated shareholder” (as such term is defined in Section 21.602 of the TBOC) or prohibited from entering into or consummating a “business combination” (as such term is defined in Section 21.604 of the TBOC) with the Company as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby. No other “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business combination” or any other anti-takeover statute or regulation or any anti-takeover provision in the certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company is applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d)      Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts .
(i)      Other than the filings, reports and/or notices to, and consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations (A) pursuant to Section 1.5 , (B) required as a result of facts and circumstances solely attributable to Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, (C) in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, (D) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “ HSR Act ”) and the expiration or earlier termination of applicable waiting periods thereunder, (E) with the FERC pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Power Act (the “ Federal Power Act ”) and the FERC’s regulations thereunder, and the approval of the FERC thereunder (the “ FERC Approval ”), (F) to or from the PUCT pursuant to authority asserted by the PUCT pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act, the PUCT’s regulations thereunder and the approval of the PUCT thereunder (the “ PUCT Approval ”), (G) in connection with the issuance of the Private Letter Ruling in accordance with Section 7.1(f) , (H) with the FCC for the assignment and/or transfer of control, as applicable, of radio licenses, including point-to-point private microwave licenses held by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and the consent(s) of the FCC for such assignment and/or transfer of control (the “ FCC Approval ” and, together with the other items referred to in subsections (C) through (H) of this Section 5.1(d)(i) , the “ Company Approvals ”), and (I) the approval of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation with respect to the change of control of EFH Vermont Insurance Company (the “ Vermont Insurance Approval ”) and except as set forth in Section 5.1(d)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from, 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, excluding in each case, the Bankruptcy Court (subject to the foregoing exclusion, each a “ Governmental Entity ”) in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and EFIH and the consummation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the Closing Date Transactions and the other transactions

 
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contemplated by this Agreement, except those which the failure to make or obtain has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)      The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the Closing Date Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under, or otherwise contravene or conflict with, the certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or the comparable governing documents of any of its Subsidiaries, (B) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.1(d)(i) and except as set forth in Section 5.1(d)(ii)(B) of the Company Disclosure Letter, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach or violation of, a termination, cancellation (or right of termination or amendment) or a default under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations under, the requirement of any consent under, the requirement of any loss of any benefit under, or the creation of a Lien on any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any agreement, lease, license, contract, note, mortgage, indenture, credit agreement, arrangement or other obligation (each, a “ Contract ”) binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any license from a Governmental Entity to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, or (C) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.1(d)(i) a violation of any Law to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except, in the case of clause (B) or (C) above, for any such breach, violation, termination, cancellation, default, creation, acceleration, consent, loss or change that has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e)      Company Reports; Financial Statements .
(i)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(e)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each of the Company and Oncor has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and other documents (including exhibits, financial statements and schedules thereto, and other information incorporated therein) required to be filed or furnished by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) or the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) or any Contract governing any indebtedness of the Company or Oncor requiring such filings to be made since December 31, 2013 (the “ Applicable Date ”) (such forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date hereof, including any amendments thereto, the “ Company Reports ”). Except as set forth in Section 5.1(e)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each of the Company Reports, including any financial statements or schedules included therein, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied

 
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or, if not yet filed or furnished, will comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) applicable to the Company Reports. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(e)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to, or after, the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), the Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC prior to the date hereof did not, and any Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date hereof will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments received from the SEC staff with respect to the Company Reports. None of the Company Reports is, to the Knowledge (as defined below) of the Company, the subject of ongoing SEC review.
(ii)      Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Company Reports, as amended prior to the date hereof (including the related notes and schedules thereto) fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of Company Reports filed after the date hereof, will fairly present in all material respects, the financial position of the applicable entity and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of its date (and if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment prior to the date hereof) and each of the statements of consolidated income, comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including any related notes and schedules thereto), as finally amended prior to the date hereof, fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of Company Reports filed after the date hereof, will fairly present in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows, as the case may be, of the applicable entity and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to the lack of notes and to normal year-end adjustments), in each case in accordance with GAAP, except as may be noted therein. True and correct copies of each of the Company’s (x) annual audited financial statements (including consolidated balance sheets and statements of consolidated income, comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 and (y) unaudited financial statements for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 (1) are set forth on Section 5.1(e)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (2) fairly present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein.
(iii)      Except as has not had, individually or in the aggregate, a material effect on the nature or reliability of the information disclosed in Oncor’s periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act, Oncor maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by it is recorded and

 
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reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of its filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents (including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer). Except as has not had, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the nature or reliability of the information disclosed in Oncor’s periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act or the Company’s financial statements as set forth in Section 5.1(e)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Company or Oncor has disclosed, and is not required to disclose, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to its outside auditors and the audit committee of its board of directors (or similar governing body): (1) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect its ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and (2) any fraud, known to it, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in its internal controls over financial reporting.
(iv)      Except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, Oncor is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has a commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar Contract or arrangement (including any Contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand) or any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K of the SEC), where the result, purpose or effect of such Contract or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company Reports or the financial statements included therein.
(f)      Absence of Certain Changes .
(i)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(f)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, since December 31, 2016 there has not occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(f)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, in accordance with the orders of the Bankruptcy Court or in connection with any actions taken to effectuate the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off, (a) since December 31, 2016, and through the date of this Agreement, the Oncor Entities have conducted their respective businesses in the ordinary course of business and (b) since April 29, 2014, and through the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) have conducted their respective businesses in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

 
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Without limiting the foregoing, except as set forth in Section 5.1(f)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, since December 31, 2016, in the case of the Oncor Entities, and since April 29, 2014, in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities), and, in each case, through the date of this Agreement, there has not been:
(1)      any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for (A) dividends or other distributions by any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary to the Company or to any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company and (B) Oncor’s or Oncor Holding’s issuance of dividends or other distributions (as permitted by their respective limited liability company agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business);
(2)      any material change in any non-Tax method of financial accounting or accounting practice by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as required by GAAP;
(3)      any material physical damage to, destruction to or other casualty loss with respect to any material asset, facility or property owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company, EFIH or any of their respective Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance;
(4)      any material Tax elections or changes in Tax accounting methods by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any settlement or compromise by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any material Tax liability or refund if such action would result in the inclusion of any material item of income in, or the exclusion of any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date which taxable income was realized (and reflects economic income arising) prior to the Closing Date, other than with respect to adjustments, extensions, waivers, agreements, and any similar item agreed to in connection with any audit or other Tax proceedings disclosed in Section 6.1(a)(xiv) of the Company Disclosure Letter; or
(5)      any action taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, would be prohibited from freely taking by Section 6.1(a) (subject to the exclusions set forth in Section 6.1(a) ) or, in the case of Oncor Holdings or Oncor, the Oncor Letter Agreement (subject to the exclusions set forth in the Oncor Letter Agreement), in each case, if such action had been taken after the date hereof.
(g)      Litigation and Liabilities .

 
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(i)      Except as set forth on Section 5.1(g)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no 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 ”) pending or, to the Knowledge (as defined below) of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case that has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Section 5.1(g)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to the provisions of any judgment, settlement, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Governmental Entity specifically imposed upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, assets or properties that, has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)      Except as set forth on Section 5.1(g)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), other than liabilities and obligations (A) asserted in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, (B) set forth in the Company’s or Oncor’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, including the notes thereto, (C) incurred in the ordinary course of business (and, solely with respect to the Oncor Entities, incurred consistent with past practice) since December 31, 2016, (D) incurred in connection with the Closing Date Transactions or any other transaction or agreement specifically permitted by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization, (E) pursuant to any Company Material Contract (as defined below) (but not including any liability for breach thereunder), or (F) that have not had or would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Retained Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), other than liabilities and obligations that are set forth on Section 5.1(g)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
The term “ Knowledge ” when used in this Agreement with respect to the Company shall mean the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of those persons set forth in Section 5.1(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(h)      Employee Benefits .
(i)      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 (the “ Employees ”) or any other individuals, including “employee benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), and employment, deferred compensation, change in control, non-competition, retention, termination,

 
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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 (the “ Benefit Plans ”) are listed in Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Each Benefit Plan that (A) will continue to be sponsored, maintained and administered or otherwise remain the responsibility of the Surviving Company or its Subsidiaries following the Closing is listed in Section 5.1(h)(i)(A) of the Company Disclosure Letter as an “ Assumed Plan ,” (B) was transferred by the Company or its Subsidiaries as an active plan to Vistra Energy or one of its Subsidiaries as part of the Reorganized TCEH Contributions is listed in Section 5.1(h)(i)(B) of the Company Disclosure Letter as a “ Contributed Plan ,” and (C) whether pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization or otherwise, shall be terminated or rejected and all liabilities thereunder otherwise discharged on or prior to the Closing Date, is listed in Section 5.1(h)(i)(C) of the Company Disclosure Letter as a “ Discharged Plan .”
(ii)      True and complete copies of all Assumed Plans and all amendments thereto have been made available to Parent and to the extent applicable, the following have also been made available to Parent: (A) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (B) the most recent determination or opinion letter issued by the IRS; (C) any summary plan description; and (D) for each of the following: (v) the most recent Form 5500 and attached schedules, (w) the three most recent audited financial statements, (x) the two most recent actuarial valuation reports related to an Assumed Plan, (y) the most recent annual non-discrimination and coverage compliance tests, and (z) third-party administration agreements and except as set forth in Section 5.1(h)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter vendor Contracts, in each case related to an Assumed Plan.
(iii)      All Assumed Plans are in compliance in all material respects with their respective terms and ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws. Each Assumed Plan that is subject to ERISA (an “ ERISA Plan ”) that is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “ Pension Plan ”) intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, has either received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, has applied to the IRS for such favorable determination letter or may rely on a favorable opinion letter issued by the IRS and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstance exists that would be reasonably expected to result in the revocation of such determination or opinion letter. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction with respect to any ERISA Plan that, assuming the taxable period of such transaction expired as of the date hereof, would subject the Company or any Subsidiary to a tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA in an amount that would be material to the Company. All contributions to and premium payments in respect of any Assumed Plan have been timely made and there are no contributions or premium payments that are past due and owing, except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company.

 
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(iv)      (A) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(h)(iv)(A) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Assumed Plans (“ Assumed Pension Plan ”) is a Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or plan described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (“ Multiemployer Plan ”) and neither the Company nor any Person, trade or business that, together with the Company, is or was treated as a single-employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA (“ ERISA Affiliate ”) has, during any time in the six-year period preceding the Closing Date, contributed to, sponsored, maintained or administered or incurred any liability in respect of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to Parent or the Oncor Entities (other than the EFH Retirement Plan and the Oncor Retirement Plan) after the Closing. Since the Applicable Date, no ERISA Event (as defined below) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Assumed Pension Plan or the EFH Retirement Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to Parent or the Oncor Entities after the Closing. (B) Each Assumed Pension Plan and the EFH Retirement Plan has satisfied its minimum funding obligations under Sections 412 and 430 of the Code, or Section 302 of ERISA. For purposes of this Section 5.1(h)(iv) , the term “ERISA Event” means any: (1) “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder with respect to any Assumed Pension Plan or EFH Retirement Plan; (2) occurrence of any accumulated funding deficiency (whether or not waived with respect to such Pension Plan); (3) determination that such Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 4010(d)(2) of ERISA); (4) imposition of any material liability to or on account of such Pension 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; (5) institution of proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate such Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Assumed Pension Plan or EFH Retirement Plan; or (6) imposition of any Lien under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Company in relation to such Pension Plan.
(v)      There is no material pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, actions, suits, court or Governmental Entity proceedings, and arbitrations relating to the Assumed Plans, other than routine claims for benefits, that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to Parent. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened audits or investigations by any Governmental Entity involving any Assumed Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to Parent.
(vi)      Except for any payments made at or prior to the Effective Time, none of the execution of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor a termination or resignation of employment following the Effective Time will result in an obligation of Parent, the Surviving Company, or any Subsidiary of the Surviving Company after the Effective Time with respect to any Non-Oncor Employee to severance pay or any material increase in

 
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severance pay. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(h)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (A) result in an obligation of Parent, the Surviving Company, or any Subsidiary of the Surviving Company with respect to any Designated Officer (as defined below) to severance pay or any material increase in severance pay upon any termination of employment after the date hereof, (B) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or result in any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or result in any other material obligation pursuant to, any of the Assumed Plans, (C) obligate the Company or its Subsidiaries to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Assumed Plan due to any directors, officers or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (D) result in payment under any Assumed Plans that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code.
(vii)      All workers’ compensation insurance policies of the Oncor Entities are valid and effective and, except as set forth in Section 5.1(h)(vii) of the Company Disclosure Letter or that would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to Parent or the Oncor Entities, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened material claims for workers’ compensation insurance.
(viii)      Each Assumed Plan provides benefits to only those employees, former employees and other participants who are eligible participants under the written terms of such Assumed Plan.
(ix)      Except for this Agreement, the Split Participant Agreement, the Discharged Plans, the certificates, articles of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreements, and any other organizational document of Parent, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries and insurance policies maintained by Parent, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries for indemnification or advancement of expenses, neither Parent nor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will have any obligations or liabilities with respect to any employees of Vistra Energy or its Subsidiaries or the Contributed Plans following the Closing Date.
The term “ Designated Officer ” when used in this Agreement shall mean those Oncor Employees set forth in Section 5.1(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, (1) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1(h)(ii) , (iii) , (v) , (vi)(B) and (C), and ( viii ) shall also apply with respect to the EFH Retirement Plan but only to the extent a breach of such representations or warranties could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to Parent or the Oncor Entities, (2) each of the representations and warranties contained herein made with respect to the EFH Retirement Plan are made solely as of the TCEH Effective Date and (3) neither the Company nor EFIH is making any representations or warranties hereunder with respect to any Contributed Plans other than the EFH Retirement

 
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Plan and as described in Section 5.1(h)(ix) above. Except as provided in Sections 5.1(c) , (e) , (f) , (g) , (i) , (k) , (l) , (n) and (r) , the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 5.1(h) are the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ sole and exclusive representations and warranties regarding employee benefit matters.
(i)      Compliance with Laws; Licenses . Except as set forth in Section 5.1(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the businesses of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have not been since the Applicable Date, and are not being, conducted in violation of 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 other Governmental Entity (collectively, “ Laws ”), except for violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except with respect to regulatory matters that are the subject of Section 6.3 hereof or are set forth in Section 5.1(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any Governmental Entity indicated in writing an intention to conduct the same or alleged in writing that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any applicable Law or License held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or which challenges or questions the validity of any rights of the holder of any such License, except for such investigations, reviews or allegations, the outcome of which have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and possesses and is in compliance with all permits, certifications, approvals, registrations, clearances, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by the Bankruptcy Court or a Governmental Entity (“ Licenses ”) necessary to enable it to own, operate, lease or otherwise hold its properties and assets and to conduct its business as presently conducted, except those the absence of which have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, such Licenses are in full force and effect, and no suspension or cancellation of such Licenses is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, except where such failure to be in full force and effect, suspension or cancellation has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(j)      Environmental Matters . Except for such matters of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 5.1(j) that have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i)      The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below), and none of them has received any written communication since the Applicable Date from any Governmental Entity or any other Person that alleges that any of them is not or has not been in material compliance with Environmental Laws, which remains unresolved.

 
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(ii)      Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has obtained and possesses all Licenses necessary under Environmental Laws for the ownership, operation and maintenance of its facilities and properties and the conduct of its business as presently conducted (the “ Environmental Permits ”), and all such Environmental Permits are in good standing, in full force and effect, no suspension or cancellation of such Environmental Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, and each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms and conditions of the Environmental Permits granted to it.
(iii)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(j)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no Environmental Claim (as defined below) (A) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) to the Knowledge of the Company, pending or threatened in writing against any real or personal property that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns, leases or operates.
(iv)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(j)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there has been no Release (as defined below) of any Hazardous Substance that has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, (A) any Environmental Claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any requirement under Environmental Law on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to undertake Remedial Action (as defined below).
(v)      To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries have disclosed all current, known conditions relating to the business, operations, properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, as of the date hereof, are reasonably expected to result in, individually, an obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to incur costs in excess of $5,000,000 for (A) installing pollution control equipment required under applicable Environmental Laws or (B) conducting Remedial Action.
Except as provided in Sections 5.1(e) , (f) , and (n) , this Section 5.1(j) contains the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to the Environment, Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits, Environmental Claims, Releases, Remedial Action, or Hazardous Substances.
As used herein, the term “ Environment ” means any and all ambient air, indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata or sediment and flora and fauna.
As used herein, the term “ Environmental Claim ” means any and all actions, suits, claims, demands, demand letters, directives, liens, written notices of noncompliance or violation by any Person, hearings, arbitrations, or other legal or administrative proceedings alleging potential liability under any Environmental Laws (including potential responsibility for or liability for enforcement costs, Remedial Action costs, natural resource damages, property damages, personal injuries, fines or penalties) arising out of, based on or resulting

 
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from (A) the presence, or Release or threatened Release into the Environment, or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release into the Environment, of any Hazardous Substance; or (B) any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law.
As used herein, the term “ Environmental Law ” means any and all Laws in effect on or prior to the Closing Date relating to (A) pollution, the protection of the Environment or the protection of human health and safety as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Substances or (B) the use, treatment, storage, transport, handling, release or disposal of any Hazardous Substances.
As used herein, the term “ Hazardous Substance ” means any chemical, material or substance listed, defined, designated or classified 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 meaning and regulatory effect under any applicable Environmental Law, including petroleum and any derivative or by-products thereof, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and any other substance regulated pursuant thereto, or the presence or Release of, or exposure to which could reasonably be expected to form the basis for liability under any applicable Environmental Law, in each case because of its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics.
As used herein, the term “ Release ” means any spilling, emitting, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, injecting, escaping, dumping, disposing, discharging, migrating or leaching into, onto or through the Environment.
As used herein, the term “ Remedial Action ” means all actions required by a Governmental Entity or required under any Environmental Law, to (A) clean up, remove, treat, or in any other way ameliorate or address any Hazardous Substance in the Environment; (B) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release of any Hazardous Substance so it does not endanger the public health or welfare or the Environment; (C) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post remedial monitoring and care pertaining or relating to a Release; or (D) bring the applicable property into compliance with any Environmental Law.
(k)      Taxes .
(i)      The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as used in this Section 5.1(k) , “Subsidiaries” of the Company shall include TCEH, EFCH, TXU Europe Limited and any entity directly or indirectly owned by TCEH, EFCH or TXU Europe Limited, respectively); provided , however , that with respect to TXU Europe Limited and any entity directly or indirectly owned by TXU Europe Limited, any representation herein shall be limited to information actually known to officers of the Company primarily responsible for Tax matters and, for the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no duty of inquiry with respect to any such information, have (A) prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns (as defined below) required to

 
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be filed by any of them, and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects, and (B) timely paid all material Taxes that are required to be paid or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are obligated to withhold from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party, except with respect to matters contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.
(ii)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(k)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no pending, or threatened in writing, audits (or other similar proceedings initiated by any Governmental Entity) in respect of Taxes due from or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Tax matters to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, which (if determined adversely to the Company) would have a material effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(k)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any extension of the period of limitations for the assessment or collection of any Tax of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any taxable period that remains open to assessment.
(iii)      None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any listed transaction under Section 6011, 6111 or 6112 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
(iv)      None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take any action, and none of the officers of the Company responsible for Tax matters has actual information relating to any facts or circumstances, in each case, that would prevent or impede, or would reasonably be expected to prevent, impede or impair the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off from having qualified as a reorganization within the meaning of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355 and 356 of the Code (if applicable).
(v)      Except pursuant to the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been a “distributing corporation” or “controlled corporation” in any distribution occurring during the last 30 months that was purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law).
(vi)      Except as set forth in Section 5.1(k)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no Tax sharing, indemnification or allocation agreements (or similar agreements) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound (other than (A) the Tax Matters Agreement, (B) agreements between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries, which agreements are set forth in Section 5.1(k)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter, and (C) agreements the primary purpose of which is not the allocation or sharing of any Tax) and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Spin-Off Entities) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law). The Tax Matters Agreement

 
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is in full force and effect and has not been amended, modified or waived in any respect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken or failed to take any action that constitutes a breach of any provision of the Tax Matters Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any actions or failures to act by any other party to the Tax Matters Agreement that constitutes a breach of any provision of the Tax Matters Agreement.
(vii)      Other than as a result of adjustments agreed to in connection with any audit or other Tax proceedings disclosed in Section 6.1(a)(xiv) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date which taxable income was realized (and reflects economic income arising) prior to the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including by reason of the application of Section 481 of the Code (or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law), (B) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (C) intercompany transaction or excess loss account described in any Treasury Regulation under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or foreign income Tax Law) or (D) election under Section 108(i) of the Code.
(viii)      The amount of net operating losses of the Company for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2016 that were available to and were used to offset taxable income and gain (as reasonably determined by the Company) (without limitation under Section 382 of the Code and after taking into account any reduction in such net operating losses (x) as a result of the recognition of any income that has previously been deferred under Section 108(i) of the Code and (y) under Sections 108 and 1017 of the Code) exceeded the sum of (i) the amount of taxable gain that resulted from the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale plus (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the amount of liabilities deemed assumed for tax purposes by Reorganized TCEH over (B) the tax basis of the assets deemed contributed for tax purposes to Reorganized TCEH (after taking into account the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale), in each of clause (A) and (B), as a result of the Reorganized TCEH Contributions and the conversion of Reorganized TCEH to a corporation.
(ix)      The facts and statements set forth in the IRS Submissions (as defined below) are true, correct, and complete in all material respects except to the extent the facts and statements set forth in such IRS Submissions relate to transactions that are not contemplated by this Agreement.
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statements set forth in PLR 201644018 were true, correct and complete in all material respects as of October 3, 2016.
(xi)      The Company has used its reasonable best efforts to provide all material IRS Submissions to tax counsel to Parent and certain Parent tax personnel.
(xii)      Since the internal corporate transactions on April 15, 2013 to eliminate the excess loss account and a deferred intercompany gain, the Company has not taken any action to change the entity classification for U.S. tax purposes of any Debtor entity, by changing their legal form or otherwise; provided , however , that (i) Eagle Mountain Power Company LLC, a Debtor entity that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, was formed after April 15, 2013; (ii) Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Company LLC, a non-Debtor indirect subsidiary of TCEH, became a disregarded entity after April 15, 2013; (iii) certain entities were formed as subsidiaries of TCEH, information with respect to such subsidiaries having been provided to Parent; (iv) numerous restructuring steps were taken in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off; and (v) certain internal restructuring steps have been, and may be, taken on or before the Effective Time, information with respect to such steps having been provided to and agreed to by Parent; provided , that, Parent shall not withhold such agreement to the extent Parent reasonably concludes such steps would not have a material risk of creating any liability for any Tax that would be allocated to the Company under the Tax Matters Agreement.
(xiii)      During the three-year period ending on the Closing Date, the Company has not taken any action (and, to its knowledge, none of its direct or indirect owners has taken any action) that has resulted in an ownership change of the Company within the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Code (including by treating the equity interests of the Company as becoming worthless within the meaning of Section 382(g)(4)(D) of the Code).
(xiv)      During the period since October 3, 2016, the Company has not and its Subsidiaries have not taken any action or failed to take any action (and, to its knowledge, none of its direct or indirect owners has taken any action or failed to take any action) that would prevent, impair or undermine the Intended Tax-Free Treatment.
For purposes of this Section 5.1(k) , (A) the term “ Tax ” (including, with correlative meaning, the term “ Taxes ”) includes all federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, margin, customs duty, capital stock, severances, stamp, transfer, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (B) the term “ Tax Return ” includes all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes. This Section 5.1(k)  and Section 5.1(h)  contain

 
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the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to Tax matters.
(l)      Labor and Employment Matters . Except as set forth in Section 5.1(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has agreed to recognize any labor union or labor organization, nor has any labor union or labor organization been certified, as the exclusive bargaining representative of any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) is a party to or otherwise bound by, or currently negotiating, any collective bargaining agreement with a labor union or labor organization (a “ CBA ”); or (iii) is the subject of any proceeding asserting that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has committed an unfair labor practice or seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor union or labor organization, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any such proceeding threatened in writing in each case, that, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is not now, nor has there been since the Applicable Date any labor strike, walk-out, work stoppage, slow-down or lockout, or any material labor dispute, involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any such dispute threatened in writing. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no campaign being conducted to solicit cards from employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to authorize representation by a labor organization. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have closed any plant or facility or effectuated any layoffs of employees or implemented any early retirement, separation or window program since the Applicable Date, nor has any such action or program been announced for the future in any case that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any material obligation under the United States Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar Law, or the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ WARN Act ”), except for any such obligation that was satisfied on or prior to December 31, 2016. To the Knowledge of the Company, all Persons who provide services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been properly classified as exempt or non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and similar state Law and as employees or independent contractors for all purposes, including tax, employment law and employee benefit plan purposes, except for immaterial instances of mis-classification (if any). Except as set forth in Section 5.1(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all workplace health and safety Laws and there are no pending or threatened claims related to workplace health or safety or employment of any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in each case for such non-compliance or claims that have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. No employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is employed outside the United States.
(m)      Intellectual Property .
(i)      The Company and each of its Subsidiaries own, or are licensed or otherwise possess legally enforceable rights to use, all Intellectual Property and IT Assets (each as defined below) necessary to conduct their respective businesses, all of which rights shall survive unchanged following the execution and delivery of this

 
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Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)      (A) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as presently conducted and as conducted since the Applicable Date, have not infringed, diluted, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property (as defined below) of any other Person, and (B) no Person is infringing, diluting, misappropriating, or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries, except, in each case, as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is no material 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) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing by a third party against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that asserts infringement, misappropriation or violation of such third party’s Intellectual Property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or seeks to recover any damages or other relief in respect thereof.
(iii)      Except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries complies with, and has complied with, all applicable Laws, consents and Contracts, and its own rules, policies and procedures, relating to privacy, data protection, and the collection and use of personal information or other data. There are no investigations or material actions currently pending concerning the data or privacy practices of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No material claims have been asserted or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging a violation of any of the foregoing, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in any such violation.
(iv)      For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ 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. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ IT Assets ” means all computers, computer systems, software, computer code, networks, firmware, middleware, hardware, servers, workstations, hubs, routers, databases and all other information technology equipment and assets.

 
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(n)      Insurance . Except as set forth in Section 5.1(n) of the Company Disclosure Letter, all casualty, public liability excess, professional liability, worker’s compensation liability, directors and officers liability, environmental and pollution liability, property and machinery breakdown and extra expense liability, fiduciary and employee benefits liability and other material insurance policies maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“ Insurance Policies ”) are in full force and effect and all premiums due with respect to all Insurance Policies have been paid, with such exceptions that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had, or would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(n) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no claim pending with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the Insurance Policies that covers any of their respective businesses, assets or properties for more than $5,000,000. The coverage provided by such policies is of the kinds, in the amounts and provides protection against the risks, required to comply with applicable Law as it relates to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ obligations under existing Material Contracts, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(o)      Energy Regulatory Matters . Except as set forth on Section 5.1(o) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is a “holding company” under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (including the regulations of the FERC thereunder) with a currently effective waiver of the accounting, record-retention and reporting requirements to the extent set forth in 18 C.F.R.§ 366.3(c). Oncor is subject to regulation (i) under Texas Law as a “public utility,” an “electric utility” and a “transmission and distribution utility” (as such terms are defined under the Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act, as amended and under the ERCOT Protocols (as defined below)) as a “transmission and/or distribution service provider” (as such term is defined in the ERCOT Protocols), (ii) by FERC as a “transmitting utility” under the Federal Power Act, and (iii) by FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“ NERC ”) and the TRE as a “user, owner and operator of the bulk-power system” under Section 215 of the Federal Power Act, and its associated contracts, tariffs and other facilities listed in Section 5.1(o) of the Company Disclosure Letter are subject to FERC jurisdiction under FERC orders. As identified in Section 5.1(o) of the Company Disclosure Letter, Oncor also holds franchises granted by municipalities and other Governmental Entities for the placement of utility facilities in or along public rights of way. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(o) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company and its Subsidiaries are not parties to any ongoing regulatory proceedings at the PUCT or the FERC, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are not parties to any ongoing enforcement actions by the PUCT, the FERC, the TRE or the NERC, except for such regulatory proceedings and enforcement actions that have not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
As used in this Agreement, the term “ ERCOT Protocols ” means the documents adopted by ERCOT, including any attachments or exhibits referenced therein, as amended from time to time that contain the scheduling, operating, planning, reliability and settlement (including customer registration) policies, rules, guidelines, procedures, standards and

 
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criteria of ERCOT including all polices, guidelines, procedures, forms, and applications contained within the “Other Binding Documents” adopted by ERCOT.
(p)      Brokers and Finders . Except as set forth in Section 5.1(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has employed any agent, broker, finder or investment banker or incurred any liability for any brokerage, finders’ or other fee or commissions in connection with the Closing Date Transactions or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(q)      Real Property . Except as set forth in Section 5.1(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have either good title, in fee or valid leasehold, easement or other rights, to the real property, including the land, buildings, wires, pipes, structures and other improvements thereon and fixtures thereto, necessary to permit the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct their business as currently conducted free and clear of any Liens, options, rights of first refusal or other similar encumbrances. In the case of any such real property leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, there exists no uncured breach or default on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, the landlord, under the applicable lease. There are no condemnation or eminent domain proceedings pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened in writing, with respect to any real property that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns, leases or operates except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(r)      Company Material Contracts . Section 5.1(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists any Contract (other than a Contract filed as an exhibit to the Company Reports) (i) that would be required to be filed by the Company, EFIH or Oncor as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act), except for any such Contract that is a Benefit Plan, (ii) that imposes any material restriction on the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete with any other Person or to engage or compete in any line of business or in any geographic area, or (iii) that, by its terms, (A) involves potential payments or obligations by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of (x) $10,000,000, in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries other than the Oncor Entities, or (y) $150,000,000, in the case of the Oncor Entities, or (B) involves the grant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any franchise or right to conduct business in any location or geographic area in which the total number of residential retail customers served by Oncor exceeds 50,000 customers or under which material revenues are generated by the Company or its Subsidiaries (each such Contract, including any Contracts entered into after the date hereof, which, if entered into prior to the date hereof, would have been required to be so listed, a “ Company Material Contract ”); provided , however , that the Company Material Contracts shall not be deemed to include any Contracts (I) if the rights and interests thereunder have been contributed to Reorganized TCEH pursuant to the TCEH Plan and the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any

 
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obligation or liability in respect thereof or (II) that are to be fully and unconditionally terminated, discharged or rejected pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization (it being understood that the listing of any Contract in Section 5.1(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall not interfere with the ability for such Contract to be fully and unconditionally terminated, discharged or rejected pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization and on terms set forth therein if requested by Parent). Except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (x) each Company Material Contract is in full force and effect unless terminated in accordance with its terms (assuming the due execution, authorization, and delivery by each other party thereto), (y) other than as a result of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Company and its Subsidiaries are not in breach of, or default under, the terms of such Company Material Contract and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to a Company Material Contract is in breach of, or default under, the terms of such Company Material Contract, and (z) each Company Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of the Company or its Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party to such Company Material Contracts in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforceability in the case of clauses (x) and (z), to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “ Bankruptcy and Equity Exception ”).
(s)      Oncor Entities . Notwithstanding the covenants of the Company and EFIH set forth in Section 6.20 , and without limiting those covenants, the Company and EFIH represent and warrant that the ability of the Company and EFIH to exercise control over the Oncor Entities, or cause the Oncor Entities to take any action, is only limited due to applicable Law (including the Prior PUCT Order) and the provisions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oncor, dated as of November 5, 2008 (as amended, the “ Oncor LLC Agreement ”), and the Oncor Holdings Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of November 5, 2008 (“ Oncor Holdings LLC Agreement ,” and collectively with the Oncor LLC Agreement, the “ Oncor LLC Agreements ” and the Oncor LLC Agreements together with the IRA, the “ Oncor Agreements ”). The “ Prior PUCT Order ” means the order issued by the PUCT on April 24, 2008 in PUCT Docket No. 34077.
(t)      Affiliate Transactions .
(i)      Except for (x) the services provided under the Transition Services Agreement and (y) the goods, services and applications described in Section 5.1(t) of the Company Disclosure Letter, since December 31, 2016, no Vistra Entity has directly or indirectly, (A) provided or received material services to or from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding the Vistra Entities) or (B) billed to, or purchased a material amount of goods or other assets from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding the Vistra Entities).
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there are no material written agreements or arrangements whereby (x) any of the Vistra Entities currently, directly or indirectly, licenses rights to use Intellectual Property to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding the Vistra Entities), or (y) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding the Vistra Entities) currently, directly or indirectly, licenses rights to use Intellectual Property to any of the Vistra Entities. “ Vistra Entities ” means collectively, Vistra Energy and its Subsidiaries.
(u)      Anti-Corruption; OFAC .
(i)      Since the Applicable Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers or employees nor any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has: (a) used any funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense, in each case relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (d) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment.
(ii)      The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since the Applicable Date have been at all times, conducted in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar Laws (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing.
(iii)      Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers or employees nor any agent or other Person acting with authority on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
(v)      TCEH Release . Pursuant to paragraph 82(a) of 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 as it Applies to the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors , on the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors, the EFH Shared Services Debtors, the Reorganized TCEH Debtors, and the Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors (each as defined in the TCEH Plan) provided a release to, among others, the Company and EFIH from the Claims and Causes of Action (as defined in the TCEH Plan) set forth in such paragraph 82.

 
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(w)      Berkshire and NEE Merger Agreement Termination . Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and EFIH, the Company and EFIH have terminated (i) the Berkshire Merger Agreement, and (ii) that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among NextEra Energy, Inc., EFH Merger Co., LLC, EFIH, and the Company, dated as of July 29, 2016 (and as amended on September 18, 2016).
Section 5.2      Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub . Except as set forth in reasonable detail in Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, Parent’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017 and Parent’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed since December 31, 2016, in each case, filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof and to the extent the relevance of such disclosure of any item therein is reasonably apparent from the information disclosed (other than disclosures in the “ Risk Factors ” sections thereof or any such disclosures included in such filings that are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) (it being agreed that such disclosures shall not be exceptions to Section 5.2(a) and Section 5.2(d)(i) ), Parent and Merger Sub each hereby represents and warrants to the Company and EFIH, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:
(a)      Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of Parent and Merger Sub is, and as of the Effective Time, each of New HoldCo, Intermediary HoldCo (each as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) and the Rollover Trust (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) shall be, a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, limited liability company, trust or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or trust, as applicable, in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in such good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity, has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). Parent and Merger Sub have each made available to the Company a complete and correct copy of the certificate of formation and bylaws or comparable governing documents of each of Parent and Merger Sub, each as amended through the date hereof.
(b)      Capital Structure .
(i)      At the Effective Time, all of the outstanding New HoldCo Equity Interests (including any New HoldCo Equity Interests issued pursuant to Section 1.8 ) and all of the outstanding equity interests in Intermediary HoldCo will be duly authorized and validly issued, and the owners of such equity securities have no obligation to make capital contributions or other payments with respect to such equity securities under the organizational or governing documents of such Person or under applicable Law or to make payments to creditors of such Person solely by reason of ownership of such equity securities at the Effective Time. As of the Effective Time, all of the outstanding equity interests in Intermediary HoldCo will be directly owned

 
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by New HoldCo and, assuming all Stakeholders receiving New HoldCo Equity Interests contribute such New HoldCo Equity Interests to the Rollover Trust as required by the Plan of Reorganization, all of the outstanding New HoldCo Equity Interests will be directly owned by Parent, the Rollover Trust and/or the Non-Rollover Trust (each as defined in the Plan of Reorganization). Except as set forth in Section 1.8 or Exhibit C , there are, and at the Effective Time, there will be, no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, performance units, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate New HoldCo or Intermediary HoldCo to issue or sell any shares of capital stock or other equity securities of New HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any equity securities of New HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights will be authorized, issued or outstanding except in connection with the Merger.
(ii)      Upon any issuance of Trust Certificates pursuant to Section 1.8 , such Trust Certificates will be duly executed and delivered by the Rollover Trustee (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) in accordance with the Rollover Trust Agreement (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), and each Trust Certificate will be duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Rollover Trust Agreement and will be entitled to the benefits afforded by the Rollover Trust Agreement.
(c)      Corporate Authority . No vote of holders of capital stock of Parent is necessary to approve this Agreement, the Oncor Letter Agreement, the Closing Date Transactions, or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Oncor Letter Agreement and any other agreement contemplated herein to be entered into by Parent or Merger Sub. This Agreement and the Oncor Letter Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub (as applicable) and each constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub (as applicable). This Agreement and the Oncor Letter Agreement are enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(d)      Governmental Filings; No Violations; Etc .
(i)      Other than the Vermont Insurance Approval, the FERC Approval, the PUCT Approval, the FCC Approval, and filings in respect thereof and the filings and/or notices (A) pursuant to Section 1.5 , (B) required as a result of facts or circumstances solely attributable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, a direct or indirect change of control thereof, or the operation of their businesses, and (C) under the HSR Act (other than those items set forth in clauses (A) and (B), all such approvals being collectively the “ Parent Approvals ”), no notices, reports or other filings are

 
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required to be made by Parent or Merger Sub with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by Parent or Merger Sub from, the Bankruptcy Court or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Closing Date Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except those the failure of which to make or obtain has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)      The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub does not, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under, the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or bylaws or comparable governing documents of Parent or Merger Sub; (B) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach or violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or a default under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations or the creation of a Lien on any of the assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any Contracts binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any Laws or governmental or non-governmental permit or license to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is subject; (C) any change in the rights or obligations of any party under any such Contracts; or (D) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 5.2(d)(i) , a violation of any Law to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except, in the case of clause (B), (C) or (D) above, for any breach, violation, termination, default, creation, acceleration or change that has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(e)      Parent Reports; Financial Statements .
(i)      Parent has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and other documents (including exhibits, financial statements and schedules thereto, and other information incorporated therein) required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act or any Contract governing any indebtedness of Parent requiring such filings to be made since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date hereof, including any amendments thereto, the “ Parent Reports ”). Each of the Parent Reports, including any financial statements or schedules included therein, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied or, if not yet filed or furnished, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to the Parent Reports. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to, or after, the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), the Parent Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC prior to the date hereof did not, and any Parent Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date hereof will

 
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not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments received from the SEC staff with respect to the Parent Reports. None of the Parent Reports is, to the knowledge of Parent, the subject of ongoing SEC review.
(ii)      Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports as amended prior to the date hereof (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of Parent Reports filed after the date hereof, will fairly present in all material respects the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of its date (and if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment prior to the date hereof) and each of the statements of consolidated income, comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports (including any related notes and schedules), as finally amended prior to the date hereof, fairly presents in all material respects, or in the case of Parent Reports filed after the date hereof, will fairly present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows, as the case may be, of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end adjustments), in each case in accordance with GAAP, except as may be noted therein.
(iii)      Parent maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act). Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, in each case, in all material respects. Except as has not had, or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material effect on the nature or reliability of the information disclosed in Parent’s periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act, (A) Parent maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Parent is recorded and reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of Parent’s filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents (including Parent’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer) and (B) Parent has not disclosed, and is not required to disclose, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to Parent’s outside auditors and the audit committee of Parent’s board of directors, and has not had, (1) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information in any material respect and (2) any fraud, known to Parent, whether or not material, that involves

 
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management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(iv)      Except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has a commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar Contract or arrangement (including any Contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand) or any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K of the SEC), where the result, purpose or effect of such Contract or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the Parent Reports or the financial statements included therein.
(f)      Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2016, there has not occurred a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), other than liabilities and obligations (A) set forth in Parent’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, including the notes thereto, included in the Company Reports, (B) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since December 31, 2016, (C) incurred in connection with the Closing Date Transactions or any other transaction or agreement contemplated by this Agreement, (D) pursuant to any Contract that would be required to be filed by Parent as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, except for any such Contract that is a Benefit Plan) or that was or is material to the business, operations or financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (but not including any liability for breach thereunder), or (E) that has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
For purposes of this Agreement “ Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) any fact, event, change, effect, development, circumstance or occurrence that, individually or together with all other facts, events, changes, effects, developments, circumstances or occurrences, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on, or change in, the financial condition, business, assets, liabilities or results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the avoidance of doubt any reference in any provision hereof to any item that “would have a Parent Material Adverse Effect”, or any similar phrase, shall be interpreted as “individually or in the aggregate, has had or would be reasonably expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect” (and such interpretation shall extend to the negative expression of such phrase, or any similar phrase, mutatis mutandis ), or (ii) anything that prevents, materially restricts, or materially impairs Parent or Merger Sub from consummating the Closing Date Transactions; provided , however , that, none of the following

 
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shall constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or is a Parent Material Adverse Effect:
(i)      (x) changes or developments in general economic or political conditions or the securities, credit or financial markets, in general, globally or outside of or in the U.S. or in the State of Texas or (y) changes that are the result of acts of war or terrorism or any hurricane, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster or other weather-related event, circumstance or development (other than such acts of war or terrorism or any hurricane, tornado, tsunami, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster or other weather-related event, circumstance or development that cause any physical damage or destruction to or render physically or operationally unusable any facility or property of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries);
(ii)      any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any rule, regulation, ordinance, order, protocol or any other Law of or by any national, regional, state or local regulatory Governmental Entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the RTOs);
(iii)      changes or developments generally affecting electric transmission or distribution systems (other than changes or developments that render operationally unusable any facility or property of Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries);
(iv)      changes or developments that are the result of factors generally affecting any industry in which Parent or its Subsidiaries operate;
(v)      any loss or threatened loss of, or adverse change or threatened adverse change in, the relationship of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with its customers, employees, regulators, financing sources or suppliers to the extent caused by the pendency or the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or Plan of Reorganization;
(vi)      changes, effects or developments to the extent relating to the entry into this Agreement, the performance of actions or obligations required to be taken by a party hereunder or consented to in writing by the Company and EFIH, including any change in Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ credit ratings to the extent resulting therefrom;
(vii)      changes or developments in GAAP or authoritative interpretation thereof after the date hereof; and
(viii)      any failure by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or public projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings for any period, in and of itself, provided that the exception in this clause shall not prevent or otherwise

 
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affect a determination that any change, effect or development underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
provided , further , that (x) facts, events, changes, effects, developments, circumstances or occurrences set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above may be taken into account in determining whether there has been or is a Parent Material Adverse Effect to the extent such matters, changes, effects or developments have a disproportionate and adverse effect on Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other entities engaged in the relevant business in Texas or other relevant geographic area and (y) any condition or requirement attached to any order or approval issued by the PUCT, FERC or FCC that is necessary or was sought in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and/or the Plan of Reorganization shall not constitute, or be deemed to contribute to, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(g)      Litigation . There are no 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) pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened in writing against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. None of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to the provisions of any judgment, settlement, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any Governmental Entity specifically imposed upon Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, assets or properties which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(h)      Financing . Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent has delivered to the Company and EFIH true, correct and complete copies of (A) an executed commitment letter, dated as of the date of this Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or extended from time to time after the date of this Agreement in compliance with Section 6.21 , the “ Debt Commitment Letter ”), from the lenders and each other Person (including, without limitation, each agent and arranger and any lenders who become party thereto by joinder or otherwise) party thereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ”), together with their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, equityholders, advisors and representatives and their respective successors and assigns involved in the Debt Financing (as defined below) or other financings in connection with the Debt Financing, including (without limitation) any commitment letters, engagement letters, credit agreements, loan agreements or indentures relating thereto (the “ Financing Sources ”) pursuant to which the Lenders or their respective Affiliates have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to provide to Merger Sub the amount of indebtedness set forth therein (the debt financing of Merger Sub contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter (including any debt securities to be incurred in connection with the Bond Financing (as defined below)), together with any permitted Alternative Debt Financing (as defined below), is collectively referred to in this Agreement as, the “Debt Financing”), and (B) the fee letter referred to in the Debt Commitment Letter (with solely the fee amounts, pricing caps and other economic “market flex” monetary terms redacted in a customary manner

 
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(none of which would adversely affect or reduce the amount or availability of the Debt Financing) (as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or extended from time to time after the date of this Agreement in compliance with Section 6.21 , the “ Fee Letter ”). The Debt Commitment Letter has not been amended, restated, or otherwise modified or waived prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the commitments contained in the Debt Commitment Letter have not been withdrawn, rescinded, amended, restated or otherwise modified in any respect prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor, as of the date hereof, is any such amendment, restatement, modification, withdrawal or rescission currently contemplated or the subject of current discussions. As of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Debt Commitment Letter is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and, to the knowledge of Parent, the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles), (ii) no event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach, or a failure to satisfy a condition precedent, on the part of Parent or, to the knowledge of Parent, any other Person, under any term or condition of the Debt Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, (iii) except as set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter or the unredacted portions of the Fee Letter, there are no conditions precedent to the obligation of the Financing Sources to provide the Debt Financing, and (iv) except as set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter or the unredacted portions of the Fee Letter, there are no contractual contingencies or other provisions under any agreement (including any side letters or similar arrangements) relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to which Parent is a party that would permit the applicable Debt Financing Sources to reduce the total amount of the Debt Financing, respectively, or impose any additional fees or conditions precedent to the availability of the Debt Financing, respectively. As of the date of this Agreement, assuming the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and EFIH contained in this Agreement, Parent has no reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy on a timely basis all conditions to be satisfied by it in the Debt Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter at the time it is required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder, nor does Parent have knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, that any of the Lenders or their respective Affiliates or Sponsors will not perform their respective funding obligations under the Debt Commitment Letter in accordance with its terms and conditions. Parent has caused any and all commitment fees or other fees required to be paid on or before the date of this Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter and Fee Letter to be paid in full, and will cause any such amounts due on or before the Effective Time pursuant to such terms and the terms of this Agreement to be paid in full.  The funds available to Parent, at the Closing, shall be sufficient to pay the Cash Deposit Amount, the DIP Repayment and all other amounts payable pursuant to Section 1.7 by any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Company or EFIH, and Parent shall otherwise have sufficient cash available to pay all fees and expenses incurred by Parent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(i)      Merger Sub . Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated hereunder.  All of the issued and outstanding equity interests

 
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of Merger Sub are validly issued and outstanding, and are, and at the Effective Time will be, directly or indirectly owned by Parent; provided , however , that immediately prior to the Effective Time, Merger Sub and New HoldCo will be owned directly or indirectly by Parent and one or more Delaware trusts, as described in the Plan of Reorganization. Except in connection with its formation, as contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization or otherwise relating to the Financing or the transactions contemplated hereunder, Merger Sub has not, and prior to the Effective Time will not have, engaged in any business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any agreements or arrangements with any Person.
(j)      Brokers . No agent, broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub for which the Company could have any liability prior to the Effective Time.
(k)      Taxes . Merger Sub is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(l)      Regulatory Status . Parent is a public utility holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (“ PUHCA ”). Merger Sub is not a public utility holding company under PUHCA. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is a public utility under the Federal Power Act.
(m)      Oncor Entities . Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge that the ability of the Company and EFIH to exercise control over the Oncor Entities, or cause the Oncor Entities to take any action, is limited due to applicable Law (including the Prior PUCT Order) and the provisions set forth in the Oncor Agreements.
(n)      Claims . Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries belongs to any Class of Claims (as such terms are defined in the Plan of Reorganization) against the E-Side Debtors.
(o)      Certain Subsidiaries . Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) , none of the representations and warranties of the Company and EFIH in this Agreement shall be deemed to be untrue, or fail to be true, due to the existence of any liability of a Spin-Off Entity or any other Subsidiary of the Company that will dissolve, liquidate, merge out of existence or be abandoned in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and applicable Law, in each case which will be fully and unconditionally discharged at or prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization or otherwise.
(p)      Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties . EACH OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB (INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES) ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO ANY MATTER WHATSOEVER EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR

 
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THE ONCOR LETTER AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, OR IN ANY CERTIFICATE DELIVERED BY THE COMPANY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES TO PARENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF OR THE ONCOR LETTER AGREEMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THAT NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO (X) ANY PROJECTIONS, ESTIMATES OR BUDGETS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES DELIVERED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENT (OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES) OF FUTURE REVENUES, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF), CASH FLOWS OR FINANCIAL CONDITION (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF) OF THE COMPANY AND/OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR (Y) THE FUTURE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND/OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
ARTICLE VI     
Covenants
Section 6.1      Interim Operations .
(a)      Each of the Company and EFIH covenants and agrees as to itself and each of its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) that, except (i) as otherwise specifically permitted or required by the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization, (ii) as Parent may approve in writing (such approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) as is required by any applicable Law or any Governmental Entity; provided that , to the extent legally permissible, the Company or EFIH shall provide prompt written notice to Parent of any such requirement, (iv) as set forth in Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (v) as required by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases without any of the E-Side Debtors having requested or applied (or having requested that any of their respective Affiliates make such request or application) for the Bankruptcy Court to impose such requirement (and with the Company and EFIH, to the extent requested by Parent prior to such imposition, having used commercially reasonable efforts to challenge such imposition before the Bankruptcy Court), in each case after the date hereof and prior to the earlier of the Termination Date (as defined below) and the Effective Time, each of the Company and EFIH shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) to, conduct its business and the Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court and use its reasonable best efforts to preserve its business organizations intact, and maintain existing relations and goodwill with Governmental Entities, customers, suppliers, employees and business associates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Termination Date and the Effective Time, except (A) as otherwise specifically permitted or required by the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization, (B) as Parent may approve in writing (such approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (C) as is required by any applicable Law or any Governmental Entity, (D) as set forth in Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (E) as required

 
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by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases without any of the E-Side Debtors having requested or applied (or having requested that any of their respective Affiliates make such request or application) for the Bankruptcy Court to impose such requirement (and with the Company and EFIH, to the extent requested by Parent prior to such imposition, having used commercially reasonable efforts to challenge such imposition before the Bankruptcy Court), each of the Company and EFIH will not and will not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) to:
(i)       adopt any change in its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or other applicable governing instruments;
(ii)      merge or consolidate with any other Person;
(iii)      adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization other than the Plan of Reorganization;
(iv)      make any acquisition of any assets or Person for a purchase price individually or in the aggregate in excess of $10,000,000;
(v)      issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee, encumber or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer, lease, license, guarantee or encumbrance of any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests; other than (A) the issuance of shares of EFH Common Stock upon the settlement of awards currently outstanding under the Company Stock Plans (and dividend equivalents thereon, if applicable), (B) the issuance of equity interests by a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) pursuant to permitted borrowings under the DIP Facility or the modification, replacement, refunding, renewal, extension or refinancing of the DIP Facility or the modification, replacement, refunding, renewal, extension or refinancing thereof ( provided that any modification, replacement, refunding, renewal, extension or refinancing shall not be for an amount greater than the then current outstanding principal amount thereof except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus the reasonable amounts paid in respect of fees and expenses incurred in connection with such modification, replacement, refunding, renewal, extension or refinancing), or, securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of such capital stock or other equity interests, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock or other equity interests or such convertible or exchangeable securities;
(vi)      make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person (other than in or to the Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company) individually or in the aggregate in excess of $10,000,000;

 
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(vii)      declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock or other equity interests (except for dividends paid by any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary to the Company or to any other direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company) or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of its capital stock or other equity interests or take any action that would result in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries becoming subject to any restriction not in existence on the date hereof with respect to the payment of distributions or dividends;
(viii)      reclassify, split, combine or subdivide, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock, equity interests or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or equity interests;
(ix)      repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any of its capital stock or equity interests or any securities of convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or equity interests, or any warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire any such capital stock, securities or interest s;
(x)      repurchase, redeem, defease, cancel, prepay, forgive, issue, sell, incur or otherwise acquire any indebtedness for borrowed money or any debt securities or rights to acquire debt securities, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, or assume, guarantee or otherwise become responsible for such indebtedness of another Person (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company), except for indebtedness for borrowed money (A) incurred or repaid under the DIP Facility or the modification, replacement, refunding, renewal, extension, repayment or refinancing (subject to clause (v) above) thereof, in each case, to the extent approved by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases, or (B) incurred by drawing under outstanding letters of credit;
(xi)      (A) grant to any Employee or any member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) or consultant any increase in compensation or benefits other than increases in the ordinary course of business, (B) grant to any Employee or any member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) or consultant any increase in change in control, severance or termination pay, (C) amend in any material respect or terminate any Assumed Plan or related agreement thereunder or establish, adopt, enter into any plan or related agreement that would be a Benefit Plan if in existence on the date hereof or with respect to any actions taken to terminate and wind-down any Discharged Plan or as otherwise required under the terms of this Agreement, (D) take any action to accelerate the time of vesting, funding or payment of any compensation or benefits under any Assumed Plan or EFH Retirement Plan or related agreement thereunder (or any plan or related agreement that would be an Assumed Plan if in existence on the date hereof); provided that with respect to the Discharged Plans, such actions may be taken that are in furtherance of the confirmation of a plan of reorganization or the termination and wind-down of

 
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such Discharged Plans, (E) grant any new awards, or amend any outstanding awards, under any Assumed Plan or related agreement thereunder (or any plan or related agreement that would be an Assumed Plan if in existence on the date hereof), or (F) enter into or amend any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or similar organization, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (A) through (F) for actions required pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plan, or required in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or applicable Law; provided , however , that following the date of this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company and EFIH may, and may permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, hire any individual or engage any individual, as an interim employee through a third party staffing agency or as an independent contractor or consultant, with such engagements to end in all instances prior to the Effective Time, to the extent reasonably necessary for the Company’s operations, and may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, provide compensation and benefits that, for all such persons as a group, (i) does not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate in any annual period and (ii) does not impose any liability on the reorganized Company and its Subsidiaries following the Closing;
(xii)      make or authorize any capital expenditure in an amount in excess of $1,000,000, in the aggregate, during any 12 month period;
(xiii)      make any material changes with respect to its financial accounting methods, principles, policies, practices or procedures, except as required by Law or by changes in GAAP;
(xiv)      make (excluding any elections made (a) in the ordinary course of business or (b) under Section 168(k) of the Code) or change any material Tax election, change any material method of Tax accounting, settle or compromise any material Tax liability, claim or assessment or agree to an extension or waiver of the limitation period to any material Tax claim or assessment, grant any power of attorney with respect to material Taxes, enter into any closing agreement with respect to any material Tax or refund, amend any material Tax Return, or surrender any right to claim a material Tax Refund of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, other than with respect to any such actions agreed to in connection with any audit or other Tax proceedings disclosed in Section 6.1(a)(xiv) of the Company Disclosure Letter; provided, however , that the full details of any such actions shall be disclosed to Parent if such actions would result in the inclusion of any material item of income in, or the exclusion of any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date which taxable income was realized (and reflects economic income arising) prior to the Closing Date ;
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Subsidiaries other than settlements or compromises (A) that would result in the payment by the Company and its Subsidiaries of less than $10,000,000 in the aggregate, and (B) that do not entail the acceptance or imposition of any material restrictions on the business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries ;
(xvi)      transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage, pledge, surrender, encumber, divest, cancel, abandon or allow to lapse or expire or otherwise dispose of any assets, product lines or businesses of the Company or its Subsidiaries with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all such actions, other than (A) sales of obsolete goods or equipment, or (B) cancellation of, abandonment of, allowing to lapse or expire, or the licensing or sublicensing of, material Intellectual Property, in each of (A) and (B), in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code or the orders of the Bankruptcy Court; provided , however , that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage, pledge, surrender, encumber, divest, cancel, abandon or allow to lapse or expire or otherwise dispose of any capital stock or other equity interests of any of their respective Subsidiaries other than in connection with the modification, replacement, refunding, renewal, extension or refinancing (subject to clause (v) above) of the DIP Facility ;
(xvii)      except as permitted by  clause (v)(C)  above, enter into, terminate (other than at the end of a term), renew or materially extend or amend any Company Material Contract or Contract that, if in effect on the date hereof, would be a Company Material Contract; or waive any material default under, or release, settle or compromise any material claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or liability or obligation owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, under any Company Material Contract or Contract that, if in effect on the date hereof, would be a Company Material Contract, other than pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization ;
(xviii)      enter into any Contract that contains a change of control or similar provision that would require a payment to any Person counterparty thereto in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that would not otherwise be due;
(xix)      fail to maintain in full force and effect material insurance policies covering the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) and their respective properties, assets and businesses in a form and amount consistent with past practice; or
(xx)      agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(b)      Notwithstanding anything in Section 6.1(a) to the contrary, the Company and its Subsidiaries may take commercially reasonable actions consistent with prudent industry practices that would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to Section 6.1(a) in order to prevent the occurrence of, or mitigate the existence of, an emergency situation involving

 
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endangerment of life, human health, safety or the Environment or the protection of equipment or other assets; provided, however , that the Company shall provide Parent with notice of such emergency situation and any such action taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) as soon as reasonably practicable after obtaining Knowledge thereof.
(c)      Except for actions required, or specifically permitted, under the terms of this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization or as required by the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases without any of the Debtors having requested or applied (or having requested that any of their respective Affiliates make such request or application) for the Bankruptcy Court to impose such requirement (and with the Company and EFIH, to the extent requested by Parent prior to such imposition, having used commercially reasonable efforts to challenge such imposition before the Bankruptcy Court), and subject to  Section 6.20 , none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or EFIH shall intentionally take (or fail to take if required by this Agreement, the Plan of Reorganization, any Governmental Entity, the Bankruptcy Court, applicable Law or contractual obligation) or permit any of its Subsidiaries to take (or fail to take if required by this Agreement, the Plan of Reorganization, any Governmental Entity, the Bankruptcy Court, applicable Law or contractual obligation) any action that if taken (or failed to be taken) would reasonably be expected to prevent or impair in any material respect the consummation of the Closing Date Transactions .
(d)      Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time.
Section 6.2      Acquisition Proposals .
(a)      Alternative Proposals .
(i)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the period beginning at the date of this Agreement and continuing until the entry of the Approval Order, the Company and EFIH and their respective directors, officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, agents or representatives (collectively, “ Representatives ”) shall have the right to: (x) solicit, initiate, encourage, induce or facilitate Acquisition Proposals, including by way of providing access to non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (as defined below);  provided that , to the extent not previously made available to Parent, the Company and EFIH shall substantially concurrently make available to Parent and Merger Sub any material non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries that is provided by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or the Oncor Entities to the extent Parent is aware of the Oncor Entities providing such information) to any such Person which was not previously made available to Parent or Merger Sub; (y) enter into, maintain or continue discussions or negotiations with respect to Acquisition Proposals or otherwise cooperate with

 
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or assist or participate in, or facilitate any such inquiries, proposals, discussions or negotiations; and (z) adopt, approve or recommend or propose to adopt, approve or recommend (publicly or otherwise) any such Acquisition Proposal which the Company Board or the board of managers of EFIH determines in good faith (after consultation with their independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, and based on the advice of such counsel) is, or is reasonably likely to lead to, a Superior Proposal.
(ii)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and subject to compliance with the other provisions of this  Section 6.2 , during the period beginning at the entry of the Approval Order and continuing until the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, the Company and EFIH and their Representatives shall have the right to: (x) (A) continue discussions or negotiations with respect to Acquisition Proposals with any Person ( provided, that  such Person is a party to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (as defined below)) that has submitted prior to the entry of the Approval Order a written indicative bid that the Company or EFIH is in active negotiations over at the time of the entry of the Approval Order, and (B) have discussions or negotiations with (or otherwise encourage or facilitate) any Person that submits an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not arise from a breach of this Section 6.2  which the Company Board or the EFIH board of managers determines in good faith (in each case, after consultation with their independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, and based on advice of such counsel) is, or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal; provided, that such Persons are party to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; (y) provide access to non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries (including providing access to an online or physical dataroom) to any such Person;  provided, that , to the extent not previously made available to Parent, the Company and EFIH shall substantially concurrently make available to Parent and Merger Sub any material non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries that is provided by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or the Oncor Entities to the extent that Parent is aware of the Oncor Entities providing such information) to any such Person which was not previously made available to Parent or Merger Sub; and (z) adopt, approve or recommend or propose to adopt, approve or recommend (publicly or otherwise) any such Acquisition Proposal which the Company Board or the board of managers of EFIH determines in good faith (after consultation with their independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, and based on advice of such counsel) is a Superior Proposal.
(b)      Except as expressly permitted pursuant to  Section 6.2(a) , at the time of entry of the Approval Order the Company and EFIH shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities, subject to  Section 6.20 ) to, and the Company, EFIH and such Subsidiaries shall cause their respective Representatives to, immediately (w) cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with, and all ongoing solicitations of, any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (x) not to initiate, encourage, induce or facilitate any inquiry or proposal that is reasonably expected to lead to an Acquisition

 
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Proposal, (y) instruct the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information previously furnished to any Person by or on behalf of the Company or EFIH or their respective Subsidiaries in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or proposal that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than with respect to any Person that the Company and EFIH are permitted to continue to negotiate with pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(ii) ), and (z) terminate all physical and electronic dataroom access previously granted to any Person by or on behalf of the Company or EFIH or their respective Subsidiaries in connection with an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or proposal that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (other than with respect to any Person that the Company and EFIH are permitted to continue to negotiate with pursuant to  Section 6.2(a)(ii) ), other than in each case, and solely in connection with this Agreement or any other proposal from Parent, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives.
(c)      Except as expressly permitted pursuant to  Section 6.2(a) , from the entry of the Approval Order until the earlier of the Termination Date or the Closing Date, the Company and EFIH shall not, and shall cause their Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities, subject to  Section 6.20 ) not to, and the Company, EFIH and such Subsidiaries shall cause their respective Representatives not to, (i) directly or indirectly solicit, initiate, encourage, or knowingly induce or knowingly facilitate any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry or proposal that is reasonably expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) directly or indirectly participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person regarding, or furnish to any Person, any information with respect to, or cooperate in any way with any Person with respect to, any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry or proposal that is reasonably expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, other than in each case, and solely in connection with this Agreement or any other proposal from Parent, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives.
(d)      Except as set forth in  Section 6.2(e) , neither the Company Board nor the EFIH board of managers, nor any committee thereof shall allow the Company or EFIH, as the case may be, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities, subject to  Section 6.20 ) to execute or enter into, any binding letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, agreement or commitment (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal, or requires, or would reasonably be expected to cause, the Company or EFIH to terminate this Agreement (a “ Company Acquisition Agreement ”).
(e)      Prior to the Company or EFIH, as applicable, terminating this Agreement pursuant to  Section 8.3(e)  or  Section 8.3(f) , as the case may be, (A) the Company shall provide prior written notice to Parent of the submission of any Acquisition Proposal for which the Company or EFIH is prepared to terminate this Agreement at least three (3) Business Days prior to terminating this Agreement, which notice shall specify the material terms and conditions of any such Acquisition Proposal, the identity of the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and a copy of the most current draft of each Company Acquisition Agreement related thereto (“ Company Notice ”) (it being understood that neither

 
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the Company nor EFIH shall enter into any agreement or commitment which prohibits the Company or EFIH, as a condition of an Acquisition Proposal or as a condition to the submission of an Acquisition Proposal, from furnishing the Company Notice), and (B) the Company Board or the board of managers of EFIH, as the case may be, shall have determined in good faith (in each case, after consultation with its independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, and based on advice of such counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal, and after such three (3) Business Days the Company Board or the board of managers of EFIH, as the case may be, may terminate this Agreement pursuant to  Section 8.3(e)  or  Section 8.3(f) , as applicable and enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement, if concurrently with such termination, it determines in its sole discretion after consultation with its independent financial advisor and outside legal counsel, and based on advice of such counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal and, that as a result, the failure to terminate this Agreement is inconsistent with its fiduciary duties. In determining whether to terminate this Agreement pursuant to  Section 8.3(e)  or  Section 8.3(f) , the relevant board shall take into account all changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent after the date hereof in response to such a Company Notice, and any other information deemed relevant or appropriate by such board. The obligations set forth in this  Section 6.2(e)  are in addition to those set forth in the other provisions of this  Section 6.2 , including for the avoidance of doubt  Section 6.2(f) .
(f)      Following the entry of the Approval Order, the Company or EFIH shall as promptly as reasonably practicable (i) and in any event before engaging in, or continuing, any material discussions with any Person (or its Representatives) who submits, or has submitted, an Acquisition Proposal, or providing material information to such Person (or its Representatives), enter into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with such Person (to the extent an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement is not already in effect with such Person), and advise Parent in writing of each such Acquisition Proposal, the material terms and conditions of any such Acquisition Proposal (including any material changes to such material terms and conditions promptly after receipt thereof) and provide to Parent a copy of each Company Acquisition Agreement relating to such Acquisition Proposal and the identity of such Person and its Representatives; (ii) make available to Parent and Merger Sub any material information that it or its Representatives make available to each such Person described in preceding clause (i) or its Representatives which was not previously made available to Parent or Merger Sub, concurrently with the making available of such information to such Person or its Representatives; and (iii) inform Parent and Merger Sub of any material developments with respect to each Acquisition Proposal described in this sentence. The obligations set forth in this  Section 6.2(f) shall apply with respect to any Acquisition Proposal submitted before or after the date hereof, and the Company and EFIH acknowledge and agree that, to the extent an Acquisition Proposal which meets the requirements for discussions or other actions to occur as contemplated by this Section 6.2 is submitted by or on behalf of a Person with whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered a confidentiality agreement, such obligations set forth in this Section 6.2(f) may require an amendment to such agreement in order for such Acquisition Proposal to be pursued by the Company or EFIH. To the extent that Parent or any of its Affiliates receive the identity of any other potential acquiror from the Company or EFIH pursuant to

 
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this Section 6.2 , the recipient thereof shall maintain the confidentiality of such identity, and shall only share such identity with its legal advisors for purposes of receiving legal advice.
(g)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the period beginning at the date of the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order and continuing until the earlier of the Termination Date or the Closing Date, the Company and EFIH and their Representatives shall have the right to: (x) solicit, initiate, encourage, induce or facilitate Backup Plan Proposals, including by way of providing access to non-public information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement; (y) enter into, maintain or continue discussions or negotiations with respect to Backup Plan Proposals or otherwise cooperate with or assist or participate in, or facilitate any such inquiries, proposals, discussions or negotiations; and (z) adopt, approve, recommend, or enter into a definitive agreement with respect to or propose to adopt, approve, recommend, or enter into a definitive agreement with respect to (publicly or otherwise) any such Backup Plan Proposal;  provided ,  however , that the Company and EFIH shall use commercially reasonable efforts (x) to keep confidential any solicitation, negotiation, facilitation, and documentation by any Debtor of a Backup Plan Proposal, and (y) to enter into confidentiality agreements with any counterparty to any agreement regarding support for and/or financing of a Backup Plan Proposal, which confidentiality agreement provides that the existence and terms of such Backup Plan Proposal shall be kept confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed, except in each case to the extent required by applicable Law.
(h)      For purposes of this Agreement:
Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement means a confidentiality agreement that contains provisions that are not less favorable in the aggregate to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement and, solely to the extent executed after the date of this Agreement, does not prohibit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from providing information to Parent that Parent is expressly entitled to receive from the Company in accordance with this  Section 6.2 .
Acquisition Proposal means any inquiry, proposal or offer from or by a Person (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective agents and Representatives) with respect to (i) a merger, acquisition, consolidation, dissolution, equitization, equity investment, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, plan of reorganization, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any other transaction involving the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries which results in the direct or indirect acquisition of more than 20% of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or in the direct or indirect acquisition of more than 20% of the equity interests or voting power of the Company, EFIH or any of the Oncor Entities;  provided, however , that a Backup Plan Proposal (as defined below) shall not constitute an Acquisition Proposal.

 
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Backup Plan Proposal means any inquiry, proposal or offer that (i) would constitute an Acquisition Proposal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a standalone plan of reorganization negotiated with existing creditors of the Company or EFIH) and, (ii) by its terms, contemplates consummation or closing of such Backup Plan Proposal only after termination of this Agreement other than a termination arising as a result of the adoption, approval, recommendation, or entry into a definitive agreement with respect to such Backup Plan Proposal .
Superior Proposal means a bona fide Acquisition Proposal (except that references to 20% shall be changed to 50%) which the Company Board or the board of managers EFIH, as the case may be, determines in good faith would, if consummated, result in a superior transaction to the Company or EFIH, as applicable, than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement after consultation with its independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and based on advice of such counsel, and, taking into account (x) the likelihood and timing of consummation and (y) all material legal, financial (including the financing terms of any such proposal), conditionality, regulatory and other aspects of such proposal, in each case as compared to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.3      Filings; Other Actions; Notification .
(a)      Cooperation .
(i)      The Company and EFIH, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall cooperate with each other and use, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries (other than, with respect to the Company and EFIH, the Oncor Entities, subject to Section 6.20 and with respect to Parent, its regulated Subsidiaries and regulated controlled Affiliates) to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other parties and the Oncor Entities in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization, as promptly as reasonably practicable, including negotiating, preparing and filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings and to obtain as promptly as reasonably practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization. The Company agrees that, prior to the termination of this Agreement, it will not withdraw any Application (as defined below) made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization without the prior written consent of Parent, such

 
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consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Company and Parent shall supply as promptly as reasonably practical any additional information and documentary material that may be requested by any Governmental Entity in connection with the Applications.
(ii)      The Company and Parent shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to make all filings required of the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub under the HSR Act in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which shall be filed as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than the later to occur of (A) forty-five (45) days after the date hereof and (B) two (2) Business Days following receipt of the Approval Order. The filing fees of the Company and Parent required under the HSR Act in connection with the Merger shall be at Parent’s sole cost and expense and any other filing fees in connection with any filing(s) under the HSR Act shall be at the cost and expense of the Person considered to be the “acquiring person” pursuant to the HSR Act in connection with such filing(s).
(iii)      Parent shall, pursuant to the Oncor Letter Agreement or otherwise, and the Company and EFIH shall, pursuant to Section 6.20 or otherwise, use their reasonable best efforts to cause Oncor to file with the FERC an application for the FERC Approval as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than the later to occur of (A) forty-five (45) days after the date hereof and (B) two (2) Business Days following receipt of the Approval Order.
(iv)      Each party shall, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries (other than, with respect to the Company and EFIH, the Oncor Entities subject to Section 6.20 and with respect to Parent, its regulated Subsidiaries and regulated controlled Affiliates) to appear formally (including by providing testimony) or informally before the Bankruptcy Court or any other Governmental Entity if reasonably requested by the other party or required by the Bankruptcy Court or such Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization.
(v)      Parent shall, pursuant to the Oncor Letter Agreement or otherwise, and the Company and EFIH shall, pursuant to Section 6.20 or otherwise, use their reasonable best efforts to cause Oncor to submit to the PUCT a single, integrated filing (on behalf of the parties) that requests prior approval by the PUCT of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ PUCT Filing ”) as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the later to occur of (A) forty-five (45) days after the date hereof and (B) two (2) Business Days following receipt of the Approval Order.
(vi)      Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.3 or otherwise in this Agreement, in connection with any filing under the HSR Act (the “ HSR Filing ”), the PUCT Filing or application submitted to the FCC or FERC with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (together, the “ FCC/FERC

 
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Applications ” and, together with the PUCT Filing and the HSR Filing, the “ Applications ”), the Company will not object to Parent leading, in close cooperation with Oncor and in cooperation with the Company, (A) the scheduling and conducting of all formal meetings with all Governmental Entities (and the staffs thereof), (B) the coordination and making of all Applications and filings with any Governmental Entity, and (C) the process for obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations of any Governmental Entity, in each case, as may be necessary or advisable to be made or obtained in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Closing Date Transactions and, subject to Section 6.20 . Parent shall also have the right to reasonably determine the content, terms and conditions of such Applications (and any amendments or supplements thereto) and filings, but for the avoidance of doubt the PUCT Filing shall contain all of the key terms and undertakings set forth in Exhibit D hereto (the “ Key Regulatory Terms ”), and to resolve any investigation or other inquiry of any Governmental Entity (and the staffs thereof), including the PUCT, in each case, as may be necessary or reasonably advisable to be made or obtained (in the case of such applications or filings) or resolved (in the case of such investigations and other inquiries), in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Closing Date Transactions and, subject to Section 6.20 . Prior to making any decisions pursuant to this Section 6.3(a)(vi) , Parent shall consult and collaborate in good faith with the Oncor Entities and the Company and EFIH with respect to such decisions and consider in good faith the views of the Oncor Entities and the Company and EFIH.
(vii)      Subject to Laws relating to the exchange of information, Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company and EFIH, on the other hand, shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) and controlled Affiliates (other than Parent’s regulated Subsidiaries and regulated controlled Affiliates) to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to provide the other a reasonable opportunity to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all material information that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, or oral presentations or testimony made to any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing rights and obligations, each of the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable.
(viii)      Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company and EFIH, on the other hand, agree not to schedule, to the extent reasonably practicable, any substantive meetings or substantive communications with any Governmental Entity or in pursuit of obtaining any necessary clearances pursuant to the HSR Act regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization without giving the other party or its Representatives a reasonable opportunity to

 
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participate in such meeting or communication to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity and to the extent with respect to matters involving any of the Applications, unless Parent reasonably believes that such participation would be imprudent provided that Parent may not exclude the Company or EFIH from any such meeting or communication if a Governmental Entity has requested that the Company or EFIH participate, and in any event the parties hereto shall keep each other reasonably apprised of all material substantive communications with Governmental Entities of which they are aware regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization. Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company and EFIH, on the other hand, shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the PUCT Approval and the FERC Approval as expeditiously as possible.
(ix)      In the event that the Company and Parent agree in writing upon the use of common counsel or consultants with respect to the negotiation, preparation or filing of any necessary consent, registration, approval, permits and/or authorizations under this Section 6.3(a) , they shall share equally the fees and expenses of such counsel and consultants.
(b)      Information . Subject to Section 6.3(f) , the Company and EFIH, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall, upon request by the other, furnish the other with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates (other than, with respect to the Company, the Oncor Entities, subject to Section 6.20 and with respect to Parent, its regulated Subsidiaries and regulated controlled Affiliates), directors, officers and equityholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with any statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities subject to Section 6.20 hereof) to or with any Governmental Entity in connection with the Applications.
(c)      Status . Subject to Section 6.3(f) and the instructions of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Governmental Entity, the Company and EFIH, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall keep the other reasonably apprised of the status of material matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization, including, upon reasonable request, promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by Parent or Merger Sub or the Company or EFIH, as the case may be, or any of their Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities, subject to Section 6.20 ), from the Bankruptcy Court or any third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization. The Company and EFIH will also keep Parent reasonably and regularly advised of the status and progress of, and provide to Parent any information reasonably requested by Parent regarding, any other consents of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Governmental Entities required in connection with the implementation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization that are related to or could reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 
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(d)      Regulatory Matters . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, without limiting the generality of the other undertakings pursuant to this Section 6.3 , each of the Company and EFIH and Parent and Merger Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, the following actions:
(i)      the prompt provision to each and every federal, state, local or foreign court or Governmental Entity (including the FCC, the FERC and the PUCT) with jurisdiction over any Company Approvals or Parent Approvals of information and documents reasonably requested by any such court or Governmental Entity or that are necessary, proper or advisable to permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization;
(ii)      with respect to the HSR Filing, obtaining the expiration or earlier termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and with respect to the FCC Approval, the FERC Approval and the PUCT Approval and all other approvals and consents of a Governmental Entity, obtaining all such necessary approvals and avoiding the entry or enactment of any permanent, preliminary or temporary injunction or other order, decree, decision, determination, judgment or Law that, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to prevent, enjoin or otherwise prohibit, or materially impair, restrain or restrict, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization, including Parent and Merger Sub, subject to the first sentence of the last paragraph of  Section 6.3(e) , taking all actions required by, and accepting all conditions and/or requirements imposed under the terms of any, consent, registration, order, approval or authorization issued by any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization to the extent that any such condition or requirement is a Key Regulatory Term or is not otherwise a Burdensome Condition ; and
(iii)      in the event that any permanent, preliminary or temporary injunction, decision, order, judgment, determination, decree or Law is entered, issued or enacted, or becomes reasonably foreseeable to be entered, issued or enacted, in any proceeding, review or inquiry of any kind that would make consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization unlawful or that would prevent, enjoin or otherwise prohibit, or materially impair, restrain or restrict, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization, vacate, modify, reverse, suspend, prevent, eliminate, avoid, remove or comply with such actual, anticipated or threatened injunction, decision, order, judgment, determination, decree or enactment so as to permit prompt consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement .
(e)      Acceptable Conditions . Notwithstanding the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3 or elsewhere in this Agreement, (A) Parent and Merger Sub shall not be required to, and (B) the Company, EFIH and their Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities, subject to Section 6.20) shall not be permitted to, without the prior written consent of Parent, take

 
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any action pursuant to this Section 6.3 or otherwise if the taking of such efforts or action, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Burdensome Condition.
Burdensome Condition means any term or condition, order, sanction, requirement, law, rule or regulation that, individually or in the aggregate, would, or would be reasonably expected to have a material and adverse effect on, or change in, the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, liabilities or results of operations of (i) Oncor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as whole;  provided  that, for purposes of this clause (ii) Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be a consolidated group of entities that is the size and scale of the Oncor Entities;  provided, however , that terms or conditions, orders, sanctions, requirements, laws, rules or regulations that result in changes or developments generally affecting electric transmission or distribution systems in the State of Texas shall not be deemed to be, or contribute to, a Burdensome Condition (except such changes or developments affecting electric transmission or distribution systems in the State of Texas shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or is a Burdensome Condition to the extent such changes, or developments have a disproportionate and adverse effect on Oncor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (where Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Oncor Entities, are deemed to be a consolidated group of entities that is the size and scale of the Oncor Entities), as compared to other entities engaged in the relevant business in the State of Texas) ; provided, further, that, the approval of any of the Key Regulatory Terms, or any comparable condition, requirement or similar item that, in each case, is substantively the same or results in the same effect as any of the Key Regulatory Terms, by the PUCT s hall not be deemed to be, or contribute to, a Burdensome Condition, but adverse variations or changes to any of the Key Regulatory Terms may contribute to, or be, a Burdensome Condition.
Nothing in this Agreement, including this Section 6.3 , shall require, or be construed to require, Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates to agree to the sale, license, divestiture, hold separate or other disposition of any assets, categories of assets or businesses or other segments of Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries). In the event that the Company or its Subsidiaries are required to agree to the sale, license, divestiture, hold separate or other disposition of any assets, categories of assets or businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with obtaining a Company Approval, then such requirement may contribute to, or be, a Burdensome Condition.
(f)      Confidentiality . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained therein, the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall expire upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Closing, and (ii) two (2) years from the date hereof. All information disclosed pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, and nothing in this Section 6.3 shall require any party (i) to violate any of its binding obligations with respect to confidentiality, (ii) to disclose any

 
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privileged information or (iii) to violate any applicable Laws or Orders; provided , that, as applicable, each of the Company and EFIH, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide notice to each other that any information is being withheld pursuant to this provision and shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to find a mutually agreeable solution to any such confidentiality and/or privilege concerns, including providing any such privileged information pursuant to a joint defense agreement.
(g)      Bankruptcy Actions . The Company and EFIH, individually and on behalf of the E-Side Debtors, each agree that:
(i)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file a motion for entry of the Approval Order on or before August 25, 2017, which motion, for the avoidance of doubt, shall seek approval of, among other things, the Termination Fee in favor of Parent pursuant to the terms hereof;
(ii)      it shall use good faith efforts to file the Plan of Reorganization and disclosure statement in connection with Plan of Reorganization (the “ Disclosure Statement ”) with the Bankruptcy Court, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than August 28, 2017 (or such other date as mutually agreed to between Parent, on the one hand, and the Company and EFIH, on the other hand);
(iii)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain entry of the Approval Order by September 30, 2017; provided that entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the E-Side Debtors’ entry into and performance and agreement under this Agreement, including payment and satisfaction of the Termination Fee pursuant to the terms hereof;
(iv)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain entry of the Disclosure Statement Order by September 30, 2017; provided , that entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the Disclosure Statement and solicitation materials as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(v)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain entry of the EFH Confirmation Order within 30 days of entry of PUCT Approval; provided , that, entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve confirmation of the Plan of Reorganization
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Bankruptcy Court approval of such documents and agreements as soon as reasonably practicable;
(vii)      it shall not assume or reject any executory contract or unexpired lease to which it is a party pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code without the prior written consent of Parent, except as otherwise required by the Plan of Reorganization;
(viii)      it shall not establish any additional Supplemental Bar Dates (as defined in the Order (A) Setting a Supplemental Bar Date for Ninety Subsequently Identified Parties, (B) Approving Notice Thereof, and (C) Establishing Related Procedures [Docket No. 8507]);
(ix)      to the extent any E-Side Debtor has any right to vote or direct the vote of any claims (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(5)) against any other E-Side Debtor, the Company or EFIH shall, or shall cause such E-Side Debtor, to vote or direct such vote in favor of the Plan of Reorganization;
(x)      it shall use its reasonable best efforts to: (a) provide to counsel for Parent draft copies of all material motions, pleadings, and other documents that any of the E-Side Debtors intend to file with any court or regulatory body (including the Bankruptcy Court and the PUCT but excluding the IRS) relating to this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement at least three (3) Business Days before the date on which such E-Side Debtor intends to file any such document; provided , however , that the Company and EFIH shall provide to counsel for Parent draft copies of the Disclosure Statement, solicitation materials in respect of the Plan of Reorganization, Disclosure Statement Order (as defined below), Approval Order, and EFH Confirmation Order at least five (5) Business Days before the date on which the E-Side Debtors intend to file any such document; provided further , however , that Parent acknowledges such three (3) or five (5) Business Day period, as applicable, may not be reasonably practicable in all cases and that in such cases the filing party shall provide as much advance notice as is reasonably practicable; and (b) incorporate all reasonably requested comments, modifications, or amendments of Parent in any such motion, pleading, or other document; provided further , however , that the EFH Confirmation Order and Approval Order shall be in a form and substance acceptable to Parent, and shall not be, in any respect that is materially adverse to Parent, altered, amended, modified or supplemented without the consent of Parent;
(xi)      the E-Side Debtors and their Representatives shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x) consult in advance with Parent to the extent reasonably practicable, with respect to statements anticipated to be made on the record in any court (including the Bankruptcy Court) or before any regulatory body that are related to the Plan of Reorganization or this Agreement; and (y) consider in good faith all reasonably requested comments, modifications, or amendments of Parent in any such statement described in clause (x);

 
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(xii)      in the event that any order of any court (including the Bankruptcy Court) or regulatory body (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) reasonably necessary to consummate the Plan of Reorganization and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is appealed or a stay pending appeal is sought, the E-Side Debtors and Parent shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to oppose the appeal or the stay pending appeal and seek the dismissal of any appeal; and
(xiii)      the Company and EFIH shall not, and shall not cause any E-Side Debtor to, without the prior written consent of Parent, request or apply for an order of the Bankruptcy Court (and, to the extent reasonably requested by Parent prior to the entry of such order by the Bankruptcy Court, each of the Company and EFIH will use commercially reasonable efforts to challenge any such request or application before the Bankruptcy Court) ordering the substantive consolidation of the Chapter 11 estates of any of the E-Side Debtors until the earlier of, with respect to each E-Side Debtor, (x) such time as the termination of this Agreement in accordance its terms, and (y) the consummation of the Plan of Reorganization and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.4      Access and Reports . Subject to applicable Law, upon reasonable notice, the Company and EFIH shall (and each shall cause its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) to) afford Parent’s officers and other Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours throughout the period from the date hereof through the earlier of the Termination Date and the Effective Time, to its employees, properties, books, contracts and records and, during such period, the Company and EFIH shall (and each shall cause its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) to) furnish to Parent all such information concerning its business, properties, facilities, operations and personnel as Parent reasonably requests; provided that, no investigation pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall (a) unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (b) affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company herein; and provided , further , that the foregoing shall not require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to (i) permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of the Company or such Subsidiary would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or violate any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ obligations with respect to confidentiality if the Company or such Subsidiary shall have used reasonable best efforts to furnish such information in a manner that does not result in any such disclosure, including obtaining the consent of such third party to such inspection or disclosure, (ii) disclose any privileged information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if the Company or such Subsidiary shall have used reasonable best efforts to furnish such information in a manner that does not result in the loss of such privilege or (iii) permit any invasive environmental investigation or sampling, including a Phase II environmental assessment. All information requested pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall be governed by the Confidentiality Agreement.
Section 6.5      Publicity . The initial press release or press releases regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Closing Date Transactions, shall be in a form mutually acceptable to Parent and the Company and thereafter the Company, EFIH and Parent each shall consult with each other to the extent reasonably practicable prior to issuing

 
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any press releases or otherwise making public announcements (except as required by Law) with respect to the Closing Date Transactions .
Section 6.6      Employee Benefits .
(a)      On or prior to the date of the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off, the Company and EFIH took, and caused their respective Subsidiaries to take all such actions within their control as were necessary, appropriate or desirable to transfer the sponsorship, maintenance and administration of, and all liabilities (and related contracts or agreements with third parties) in respect of, the Contributed Plans to Vistra Energy or its Subsidiaries. Vistra Energy shall transfer the liabilities related to the post-retirement health, life, dental and vision benefits for participants previously employed by certain discontinued operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their predecessors, and the participants’ beneficiaries previously disclosed to Parent and the related accrued benefits liabilities (the “ DiscOp OPEB Liabilities ”) from the EFH Retiree Welfare Plan to a new mirror health and welfare plan established by Vistra Energy or another plan reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company ( the “ New DiscOp OPEB Plan ”) which such plan shall be transferred to and assumed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries prior to or on the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, upon the transfer of the New DiscOp OPEB Plan to the Company or its Subsidiary, the New DiscOp OPEB Plan (including the DiscOp OPEB Liabilities) shall be an Assumed Plan and the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Vistra Energy and its Subsidiaries from and against any claim, action, suit, proceeding relating to any modification or termination of the post-retirement health and life benefits to any DiscOp OPEB Participants on or after the Closing Date. Parent, the Company and Vistra Energy shall take all actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of the New DiscOp OPEB Plan from Vistra Energy to Parent or Company as soon as administratively practicable following the establishment of such plan, but in any event prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, during the period beginning on the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off date and ending on the date the New DiscOp OPEB Plan is assumed by the Company or its Subsidiary as set forth in this  Section 6.6 , the Company, the Surviving Company or its Subsidiaries shall reimburse Reorganized TCEH and its Affiliates for all claims incurred by DiscOp OPEB Participants under the EFH Retiree Welfare Plan or New DiscOp OPEB Plan, as applicable, plus any reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by Reorganized TCEH and its Affiliates in providing such benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein (including, without limitation, the Assumed Plans) or in the Split Participant Agreement (as defined below), none of Parent, any Oncor Entity or any of their Affiliates shall assume or otherwise incur any liability or obligation under any compensatory, severance or similar arrangement in respect of any Non-Oncor Employee (as defined below). For purposes of  Section 6.6(a) :
Non-Oncor Employee means consistent with past practices (i) any individual employed by the Company, EFIH, TCEH, Reorganized TCEH or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Oncor Entities) on or immediately following the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off or (ii) any individual formerly employed by TCEH or any Affiliate of TCEH or Reorganized TCEH (which for this purpose would

 
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constitute an Affiliate immediately following the Closing Date), other than an Oncor Employee;
Oncor Employee means consistent with past practices (i) any individual employed by an Oncor Entity on or immediately following the Closing Date or (ii) any individual formerly employed by an Oncor Entity or, by any predecessor regulated electric utility business on a full time basis, who terminated employment with and did not subsequently become employed by a non-Oncor Entity; and
Split Participant Service means service of Oncor Employees or Non-Oncor Employees, as applicable, whose employment includes service with both the Oncor Entities (or a predecessor regulated electric business) and a business of the Company or its Affiliates other than the Oncor Entities.
(b)      EFIH, the Company and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain unconditional approval of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing the termination and distribution of all payments and obligations under the Discharged Plans (other than any such Discharged Plans that are equity based plans or the Ebasco Services of Canada Limited Pension Plan) prior to the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization under which the Non-Qualified Plans are to be discharged; provided , however , if EFIH, the Company and Parent cannot obtain such unconditional approval of the Bankruptcy Court prior to such date, such Discharged Plans will be terminated as the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization under which the Non-Qualified Plans are to be discharged and paid out and all associated liabilities discharged in accordance with the terms and procedures of such Plan of Reorganization.
(c)      [ RESERVED ]
(d)      No provision of this Agreement shall obligate Parent or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to continue the employment of any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) after the Closing Date.
(e)      The Company and Parent agree to cooperate in good faith using commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the risk of any Contributed Plan and Assumed Plan becoming a “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code) or “multiple employer welfare plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA) following the Closing Date.
(f)      The Company and Parent agree to work together in good faith to develop such timelines, plans, agreements, and communications, and to exchange such information as is necessary to effectuate the intent of this Section 6.6 in an orderly manner.
(g)      For a period of ninety (90) days immediately following the Closing Date, neither Parent nor the Surviving Company shall close any facility or lay off any Employees of the Surviving Company or its Subsidiaries, if such closure or layoff would result in any material obligations or liabilities for Reorganized TCEH.

 
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(h)      The provisions of this Section 6.6 are solely for the benefit of the parties to this Agreement, and no current or former Employee or any other individual associated therewith shall be regarded for any purpose as a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and nothing herein shall be (i) construed as an amendment to any Benefit Plan for any purpose, or (ii) give any employee or former employee or any other individual associated therewith or any employee benefit plan or trustee thereof or any other third person any right to enforce the provisions of this Section 6.6 or (iii) obligate Parent, Merger Sub, Vistra Energy or any of their respective Affiliates to (A) maintain any particular benefit plan or refrain from amending or terminating any benefit plan, except as provided otherwise in the Split Participant Agreement or (B) retain the employment of any particular employee.
Section 6.7      Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3 and Section 6.21 or any administrative expenses of the Debtors’ estates addressed in the Plan of Reorganization, whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Closing Date Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expense.
Section 6.8      Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance .
(a)      From and after the Effective Time for a period of six (6) years, the Surviving Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; provided that , the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each present and former director, manager and officer of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (together, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and experts’ fees), and sums which an Indemnified Party becomes legally obligated to pay solely as a result of judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, settlements or liabilities (collectively, “ Costs ”) arising out of any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or related to such Indemnified Parties’ service as a manager, director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other services performed by such persons at the request of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however , that the Surviving Company shall not indemnify any Indemnified Party for any Costs brought about or contributed to in fact by fraudulent act by such Indemnified Party; and provided, further , that the Surviving Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any Indemnified Party for any Costs unless and until such Indemnified Party has exhausted the limits of recovery from any other Person obligated to indemnify and reimburse such Indemnified Party (unless the Company has agreed otherwise in writing prior to the date hereof with any such other Person, in which case this proviso shall be limited with respect to such other Person to the extent of such agreement) .

 
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(b)      Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall obtain, effective as of the Effective Time, and fully pay the premium for a run-off of (i) the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing directors’, managers’ and officers’ insurance policies as of the date hereof, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies as of the date hereof, in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time with respect to any claim based on alleged acts or omissions occurring during any period of time at or prior to the Effective Time (it being understood that, with respect to any claim arising from actual or alleged acts or omissions of such Persons in their capacity as a current or former director or officer or other Representative of any of TCEH Companies or the SpinCo Group (each as defined in the Separation Agreement), such period shall be limited to the period on or prior to the TCEH Effective Date) from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “ D&O Insurance ”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less advantageous than the coverage provided under the Company’s existing policies 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 or officer or other Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions or actions contemplated by this Agreement). If the Company, after its good faith efforts to obtain, is unable to obtain such run-off insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Insurance in place as of the date hereof with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less advantageous than the coverage provided under the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof, or the Surviving Company shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof; provided , however , that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Company be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount in excess of 200% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance; and provided , further , that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Company shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount.
(c)      If the Surviving Company or any of its successors or assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any individual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Company shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.8 .

 
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(d)      The provisions of this Section 6.8 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties.
(e)      The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.8 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or formation or bylaws, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of formation, bylaws, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be continued or be assumed by the Surviving Company following the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time.
Section 6.9      Resignation of Directors and Officers . Pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, except as otherwise may be agreed by Parent in writing, the Company Board, all officers of the Company and all members of any board of directors or similar governing body and all officers of any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Oncor Entities), in each case who are in office immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be deemed to have resigned from such position(s) effective at the Effective Time. In addition, immediately prior to the Effective Time, EFIH shall cause the Member Directors (as defined in the Oncor Holdings LLC Agreement) to resign.
Section 6.10      Parent Cooperation . Parent agrees that:
(a)      it shall use its good faith efforts to negotiate the documents necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “ Restructuring Documents ”) in good faith and to take such actions as are reasonably requested by the E-Side Debtors or as Parent in good faith deems reasonable and appropriate to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring Documents as soon as reasonably practicable;
(b)      it shall use good faith efforts to assist in obtaining (i) entry of the Bankruptcy Court order approving the disclosure statement and other solicitation materials in support of the Plan of Reorganization (the “ Disclosure Statement Order ”), the Approval Order, and the EFH Confirmation Order, and (ii) consummation of the Plan of Reorganization and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement, including within the timeframes contemplated in this Agreement;
(c)      it shall not directly or indirectly, or encourage any other entity to directly or indirectly: (i) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action or any inaction to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, consummation, or amendment (whether before or after confirmation) of the Plan of Reorganization; or (ii) propose, file, support, vote for, or take

 
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any other action in furtherance of any Acquisition Proposal, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by making or supporting any filings with the Bankruptcy Court or any regulatory agency, including the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and the FERC, or by entering into any agreement or making or supporting any filing, press release, press report or comparable public statement, with respect to any Acquisition Proposal; provided, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent may file with the Bankruptcy Court all documents necessary to obtain approval of this Agreement and entry of the Approval Order;
(d)      it shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain required regulatory and/or third-party approvals (including from the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and the FERC, as applicable), and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to assist in obtaining (A) Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring Documents and entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, and (B) entry of the Disclosure Statement Order, the Approval Order, and the EFH Confirmation Order, and any other order of the Bankruptcy Court (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) reasonably necessary to consummate the Plan of Reorganization and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement; and
(e)      If this Agreement is validly terminated (i) in accordance with Section 8.2 or (ii) by the Company/EFIH in accordance with Section 8.3(a) or 8.3(b) of the Agreement and upon entry of the Approval Order, then neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, or encourage any other entity to, directly or indirectly, (A) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action or any inaction to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, consummation or amendment (whether before or after confirmation; provided that such amendment was made consistent with this Agreement) of an Acquisition Proposal; or (B) propose, file, support, or take any other action in furtherance of any restructuring, workout, plan of arrangement, or plan of reorganization for the Debtors (including the Plan of Reorganization and the transactions contemplated therein) other than an Acquisition Proposal, including, for the avoidance of doubt, making or supporting any filings with the Bankruptcy Court or any regulatory agency, including the PUCT or the FERC, or making or supporting any public statements with respect to any restructuring, workout, plan of arrangement, or plan of reorganization for the Debtors other than any such plan or restructuring described in clause (A) above. Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall be prohibited or restricted from taking any actions that they determine in their reasonable discretion are necessary or appropriate, including intervening in any proceedings before or making or supporting any filings with the PUCT, in order (x) to preserve and protect their business, operations, goodwill or assets or (y) based on the advice of counsel, to fulfill the contractual, legal or other duties and obligations that any such Person has in respect of any such business, operations, goodwill or assets.
Section 6.11      RESERVED .
Section 6.12      RESERVED .
Section 6.13      Tax Treatment . The parties to this Agreement intend that the Merger will not cause a failure of the Intended Tax-Free Treatment of the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off.

 
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Section 6.14      Tax Matters .
(a)      Private Letter Ruling . The Company, on behalf of the Debtors, has received a private letter ruling (the “ Private Letter Ruling ”) from the IRS in response to a written request, dated June 10, 2014 (the “ Initial Ruling Request ,” and together with all related materials and supplements thereto filed with respect to the Initial Ruling Request, the “ Initial IRS Submissions ”). The Private Letter Ruling addresses certain issues related to the qualification of the Reorganized TCEH Contributions, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion, and the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355 and 356 of the Code (collectively, the “ Intended Tax-Free Treatment ”) and certain other matters. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Private Letter Ruling is acceptable to the parties hereto with respect to the Intended Tax-Free Treatment. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not conditioned on the receipt of any additional rulings from the IRS, other than the Supplemental Rulings (defined below).
(b)      Supplemental Ruling . The Company has prepared and filed with the IRS a supplemental ruling request, dated November 3, 2016, that, among other things, requests rulings that address the effect of the Company’s previously contemplated merger with a direct wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., a Florida Corporation, on certain of the rulings received in the Private Letter Ruling (the “ Prior Supplemental Ruling Request ”). The Company shall be responsible for the preparation and filing with the IRS of one or more supplemental ruling requests, whether in the form of modifying the Prior Supplement Ruling Request or in the form of a new request, that, among other things, request rulings that address the effect of the Merger on certain of the rulings received in the Private Letter Ruling as reflected on Exhibit E (such request, the “ Supplemental Ruling Request ,” the rulings to be granted pursuant thereto, the “ Supplemental Rulings ,” and the materials filed or to be filed in respect of the Supplemental Ruling Request, the “ Supplemental IRS Submissions ” and together with the Initial IRS Submissions, the “ IRS Submissions ”).
(c)      Supplemental IRS Submissions . The Company shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of the Supplemental IRS Submissions. The Company shall provide tax counsel of Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of all such IRS Submissions and any pre-filing agreement or closing agreement that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 7.1(d) or that could reasonably be determined to affect the treatment of the restructuring transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization to be submitted or entered into on or after the date hereof. The Company agrees to supplement or modify any Supplemental IRS Submissions and agreements related to Supplemental IRS Submissions as may be reasonably requested by Parent; provided however , that the Company shall not be required to supplement or modify any Supplemental IRS Submission, request any additional ruling, or modify any ruling being requested with respect to the Supplemental Rulings (other than with respect to the effect of the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) if the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that making such supplement, modification, or request could result in any delay in obtaining the Supplemental Rulings or be otherwise detrimental to the process of obtaining the Supplemental Rulings. The parties hereto

 
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acknowledge and agree that it is anticipated that this Agreement and the facts related to the contemplated Merger will be disclosed to the IRS pursuant to a Supplemental IRS Submission. To the extent that the Company, in its good faith judgment, or upon a reasonable request by any other person, considers any information included in an IRS Submission or a Supplemental IRS Submission (or drafts thereof) to be confidential, the Company may redact such documents to exclude such information before providing such documents to Parent. Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall provide Parent with copies of each Supplemental IRS Submission promptly following the filing thereof .
(d)      IRS Communications and Cooperation . The Company shall notify Parent of any substantive communications with the IRS regarding the Supplemental IRS Submissions and restructuring transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a single Representative from Parent shall be given the opportunity to participate in all scheduled communications with the IRS concerning the Supplemental Ruling Requests or any restructuring transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization, including, (i) all scheduled conference calls that are expected to address material issues with respect to which there is sufficient prior notice and the IRS indicates its acceptance of multiple participants and (ii) all in-person meetings. The Company shall update Parent in a timely fashion regarding any unscheduled communications from the IRS or any other communication with respect to which a Representative of Parent does not participate. The Company and Parent agree to cooperate and use their reasonable best efforts to assist in obtaining the rulings requested in the Supplemental Ruling Requests (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the requested rulings, if any, that are not Supplemental Rulings described on Exhibit E ), including providing such appropriate information and representations as the IRS shall reasonably require in connection with the Supplemental Rulings or any restructuring transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization. The Company and Parent agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to provide any appropriate information and additional representations necessary or appropriate in connection with the Supplemental Rulings. The Company and Parent agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to implement any changes to the restructuring transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization to the extent such changes would not, unless otherwise agreed by Parent, result in a material economic detriment to Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries if requested by the IRS in order to issue reasonably satisfactory Supplemental Rulings; provided , however , that this sentence shall not apply to any changes to the restructuring transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization addressed by Section 1.8 of this Agreement, with respect to which the terms of Section 1.8 of this Agreement shall govern.
(e)      Tax Opinion . Prior to the Closing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the tax opinion contemplated by Section 7.3(c) , if applicable, and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the tax opinion contemplated by Section 7.2(e) , if applicable.

 
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(f)      Tax Matters Agreement . Prior to the Closing, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, (i) consent to any amendment to the Tax Matters Agreement or waive any of its or its Affiliates’ rights thereunder or (ii) take or fail to take any action that would constitute a breach of the Tax Matters Agreement.
(g)      Supplemental E&P Ruling . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall, without further consent of Parent, be permitted, but not required, to file (or join or otherwise participate in a filing) a request for a supplemental ruling with the IRS that solely addresses the proper allocation of earnings and profits in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off (the “ E&P Allocation Ruling Request ”). Parent shall have no consent or participation rights with respect to such E&P Allocation Ruling Request, provided, however , that the Company shall provide materials related to the E&P Allocation Ruling Request to Parent for review and comment, provided, further , that the Company shall not be required to accept any comments provided by Parent but shall consider any such comments in good faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall have the right to review, comment on and approve any items included in the E&P Allocation Ruling Request that do not solely address the proper allocation of earnings and profits in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off. To the extent of any inconsistency between the Tax Matters Agreement and any ruling provided in response to the E&P Allocation Ruling Request, the E&P Allocation Ruling Request shall control, and Parent hereby consents to any modification that may be necessary to the Tax Matters Agreement in light of such ruling; provided , however , that any modification to the Tax Matters Agreement shall require Parent’s consent to the extent such modification does not solely relate to the proper allocation of earnings and profits in connection with the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off.
Section 6.15      RESERVED .
Section 6.16      Transition Services Agreement; Separation Agreement . The Company and Reorganized TCEH duly executed and delivered a Transition Services Agreement, dated October 3, 2016 (the “ Transition Services Agreement ”). The Company and Reorganized TCEH and OpCo (as defined in the Separation Agreement) duly executed and delivered the Separation Agreement, dated October 3, 2016 (the “ Separation Agreement ”), in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization. Following the execution of the Separation Agreement, the Company (i) has used and shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with its covenants and other obligations thereunder, and (ii) has enforced and shall enforce its rights and remedies thereunder in the event of a material breach by Reorganized TCEH or OpCo.
Section 6.17      Notice of Current Events . From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company and Parent shall promptly notify each other orally and in writing upon becoming aware of any (i) occurrence, or non-occurrence, of any event that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to cause any condition to the obligations of the other party to effect the Closing not to be satisfied; (ii) written notice from any third party (other than a notice that has been previously identified pursuant to the Company Disclosure Letter) alleging that the consent of such party is or may be required in connection with the Closing Date Transactions

 
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or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization; and (iii) written notice of any proceeding commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company or Parent, threatened against the Company, Parent or their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities), that has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect; provided , however , that in each case the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.17 shall not cure any breach of any representation or warranty requiring disclosure of such matter prior to the date of this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder to either party, and the failure to deliver any such notice shall not affect any of the conditions set forth in Article VII .
Section 6.18      RESERVED .
Section 6.19      RESERVED .
Section 6.20      Oncor Entities .
(a)      Each of the Company and EFIH covenants that it will exercise its rights to consent and vote (if any) under the Oncor Agreements as direct or indirect equity owners of the Oncor Entities in a manner intended to cause the Oncor Entities to comply with each of their respective covenants and agreements set forth in the Oncor Letter Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and under applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor EFIH shall be required, in connection with such party’s obligations under this Section 6.20 , and their reasonable best efforts shall not include any obligation, to (A) pay any amounts to the Oncor Entities or any other Person or incur any liabilities or other obligation (other than an agreement contemplated hereby or in the Plan of Reorganization or that confirms or makes effective its obligations hereunder), (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.
(b)      Each of the Company and EFIH shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to not permit Oncor Holdings to take, or permit Oncor to take, any of the actions set forth in the Oncor Holdings LLC Agreement or the Oncor LLC Agreement, in each case that require the approval or consent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any asset swap for substantially similar value by Oncor (as reasonably determined by Oncor, the Company and EFIH) approved by the PUCT.
Section 6.21      Financing .
(a)      From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date and the Termination Date, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its controlled Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain the proceeds of the Debt Financing

 
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on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letter and Fee Letter (including, as necessary, “flex” provisions contained in the Fee Letter) (or replacement financing obtained in compliance with this Section 6.21 ), including using its reasonable best efforts to (i) except as otherwise permitted in this Section 6.21 , maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letter and Fee Letter in accordance with their terms, (ii) negotiate definitive agreements with respect to the Debt Financing (the “ Definitive Agreements ”) consistent with the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letter and Fee Letter (including, as necessary, the “flex” provisions contained in the Fee Letter) or, if available, on other terms that are acceptable to Parent and would not adversely affect the ability of Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated herein (and in any event which terms shall not in any respect expand on the conditions or adversely modify the conditions to the funding of the Debt Financing at the Closing or reduce the aggregate amount of the Debt Financing available to be funded on the Closing Date), (iii) satisfy (or obtain the waiver of) on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letter, Fee Letter and the Definitive Agreements within Parent’s control (including payment of all fees and expenses) and comply with its obligations thereunder and (iv) enforce its rights under the Debt Commitment Letter, Fee Letter, and/or Definitive Agreements in the event of any breach or purported breach thereof.  Parent shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, take or refrain from taking, directly or indirectly, any action that would reasonably be expected to result in a failure of any of the conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letter or in any Definitive Agreement.
(b)      Parent shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company and EFIH (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), permit any amendment or modification to, or any waiver of any provision (including any remedy) under, or voluntarily replace (it being understood that any Alternative Debt Financing (in the event any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable) or any Bond Financing (subject to the limitations set forth below) shall not be deemed a voluntary replacement for purposes of the sentence), the Debt Commitment Letter or Fee Letter if such amendment, modification, waiver or voluntary replacement (i) adds new (or adversely modifies any existing) conditions to the consummation of the Debt Financing as compared to those in the Debt Commitment Letter and Fee Letter, each as in effect on the date of this Agreement, in a manner that would or would reasonably be expected to make any portion of the Debt Financing less likely to be timely obtained, (ii) adversely affects the ability of Parent to enforce its rights against other parties to the Debt Commitment Letter, Fee Letter, or the Definitive Agreements as so amended, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified, in any material respect, relative to the ability of Parent to enforce its rights against such other parties to the Debt Commitment Letter and Fee Letter, each as in effect on the date hereof or in the Definitive Agreements, (iii) reduces the aggregate amount of the Debt Financing (other than reductions of any amounts thereof constituting increases thereto after the date hereof), or (iv) could otherwise be expected to prevent, impede or delay the consummation of any of the Transactions; provided , that for the avoidance of doubt no consent from the Company or EFIH shall be required: (A) for any amendment, replacement, supplement or modification of the Debt Commitment Letter that is limited to adding lenders, lead arrangers, bookrunners, syndication agents or similar entities that have not executed the Debt Commitment Letter

 
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as of the date of this Agreement, (B) for implementation or exercise of any “flex” provisions provided in the Fee Letter as in effect as of the date hereof, (C) for any amendment, replacement, supplement or modification to the Debt Commitment Letter or Definitive Agreements so long as such action would not be prohibited by the foregoing clauses (i)-(iv) in this Section 6.21(b) or (D) to add or replace facilities with one or more new facilities or with or any capital markets debt financing undertaken in replacement of, or in lieu of, all or any portion of the debt financing (the “ Bond Financing ”) so long as such replacement facility, new facility or capital markets debt financing does not adversely affect the conditionality, amount, enforceability, timing, availability, or termination of the Debt Financing when compared to the Debt Financing described in Section 5.2(h) on the date hereof and, after giving effect to such addition or replacement, the representation set forth in the last sentence of Section 5.2(h) would be correct if made on such date of replacement. Parent shall promptly deliver to the Company copies of any amendment, modification or replacement of any Debt Commitment Letter.
(c)      In the event that any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable, regardless of the reason therefor, Parent will (i) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain alternative debt financing (the “ Alternative Debt Financing ”) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of the event that renders the Debt Financing unavailable (in an amount sufficient, when taken together with any then-available Debt Financing pursuant to any then-existing Debt Commitment Letter, to consummate the Transactions and to pay related fees and expenses earned, due and payable as of the Effective Time (such that the representation set forth in the last sentence of Section 5.2(h) would be correct if made on such date)) on terms not less favorable in the aggregate to Parent than those contained in the Debt Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter that the Alternative Debt Financing would replace (taking into account any “flex” provisions) from the same or other sources and which do not include any incremental conditionality to the consummation of such Alternative Debt Financing that are more onerous to Parent or the Company (in the aggregate) than the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter in effect as of the date of this Agreement or otherwise impede; delay or prevent the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) promptly notify the Company of such unavailability and the reason therefor. The term “ Debt Commitment Letter ” shall be deemed to include any commitment letter (or similar agreement) with respect to any Alternative Debt Financing arranged in compliance herewith (and any Debt Commitment Letters remaining in effect at the time in question), (ii) the term “ Fee Letter ” shall be deemed to include any fee letter (or similar agreement) with respect to any Alternative Debt Financing arranged in compliance with this Section 6.21(c) , and (iii) the term “ Financing Sources ” shall be deemed to include any financing sources providing the Alternative Debt Financing or Bond Financing arranged in compliance herewith.
(d)      Parent shall provide the Company with prompt oral and written notice of any material breach, threatened breach or default by any party to any Debt Commitment Letters or the Definitive Agreements of which Parent gains knowledge and the receipt of any notice or other communication from any Lender, guarantor, or other financing source with respect

 
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to any breach, threatened breach or default or, termination or repudiation by any party to any Debt Commitment Letters or the Definitive Agreements or any provision thereof.
(e)      From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date and the Termination Date, the Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to timely provide, and to use reasonable best efforts to cause its Subsidiaries (other than Oncor Entities, subject to Section 6.20 ) and their respective officers, employees, and representatives to timely provide, reasonable cooperation in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing and the potential equity and debt financing that Parent has previously described to the Company (the “ Equity Financing ” and, together with the Debt Financing, the “ Financing ”); provided that , Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to provide the Company with notice of any information needed by Parent as soon as reasonably practicable. The Company’s reasonable best efforts contemplated by this Section 6.21 include the following: (i) assisting with the preparation of customary materials for rating agencies and rating agency presentations, offering documents, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda, prospectuses and similar documents required in connection with the Financing, together with procuring customary authorization letters authorizing the distribution of information to prospective lenders or investors (which customary authorization letters shall be required notwithstanding the reasonable best efforts standard required of the Company above); (ii) executing and delivering any pledge and security documents or other definitive financing documents or other certificates as may be reasonably requested by Parent or required as a condition to the consummation of the Debt Financing, provided that such documents will not take effect until the Effective Time; (iii) furnishing (x) historical financial statements expressly required to be delivered as an express condition to the Debt Financing as specified in paragraph 7 of Exhibit C to the Debt Commitment Letter as in effect on the date hereof, (y) all information and data reasonably requested by the Parent to assist in the preparation of the pro forma financial statements required to be prepared, or otherwise customary in connection with, the Financings registered on Form S-1 or other available Form (as applicable) and (z) all financial statements and financial data of the type and form required to be prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act for offerings of the debt and/or equity securities (as the case may be) contemplated in the respective Financings registered on Form S-1 or other available Form (as applicable) under the Securities Act, including all information required to be incorporated therein; provided , that , if no registration statement is required to be filed for each of the Financings, for each such Financing, such information, data, financial statements and financial data shall be furnished to the extent customary to consummate the Financing (subject to exceptions customary for a private Rule 144A offering, if applicable) and, for the avoidance of doubt, would not require financial information otherwise required by Rule 3-10 and Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X or “segment reporting” and any Compensation Discussion and Analysis or executive compensation information required by Item 402 of Regulation S-K, or otherwise customarily provided by the Financing Sources or their counsel; provided, further , that in no event shall the Company be required to provide (A) any information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any post-Closing or pro forma financial statements, post-Closing pro forma adjustments desired to be incorporated into any information used in connection with the Financing (including any synergies or cost savings), projections, ownership or an as-adjusted

 
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capitalization table or (B) any description of all or any component of the Financing, including any such description to be included in liquidity and capital resources disclosure; (iv) furnishing Parent and the lenders and investors for such Financing or their respective Affiliates promptly, and in any event no later than three (3) Business Days prior to an Early Financing Date (as defined below) or the Closing Date, as applicable, with all documentation and other information which any lender or investor providing or arranging the Financing has reasonably requested, including under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act in each case to the extent such request is made at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Early Financing Date or the Closing Date, as applicable; (v) using reasonable best efforts to cause the Company’s independent auditors to cooperate in connection with the Financing (including providing accountant’s comfort letters and consents to use their audit reports from the Company’s independent auditors to the extent required in connection with such Financing); (vi) obtaining customary payoff letters, releases of liens and other instruments of termination or discharge reasonably requested by Parent in connection with the repayment of indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Oncor Entities) as necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization; and (vii) otherwise cooperating with Parent to satisfy any express conditions precedent to the Financing within the control of the Company; provided in each case (A) such requested cooperation shall not unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any commitment or other similar fee or incur any other liability or obligation in connection with the Financing prior to the Closing Date, (C) other than customary authorization letters, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors, or employees shall be required to execute or enter into or perform any agreement with respect to the Financing that is not contingent upon the Closing or that would be effective prior to the Closing Date, (D) Persons who are on the board of directors or the board of managers (or similar governing body) of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date in their capacity as such shall not be required to pass resolutions or consents to approve or authorize the execution of the Financing, (E) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors, or employees shall be required to execute any solvency certificate in connection with the Financing. Nothing contained in this Section 6.21(e) or otherwise shall require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, prior to the Closing, to be an issuer or other obligor with respect to the Financing and (F) the Company shall not be required to provide, or cause its Subsidiaries to provide, cooperation which (i) causes any covenant, representation or warranty in this Agreement to be breached or untrue, (ii) causes any closing condition set forth in Article VII to fail to be satisfied or otherwise causes the breach of this Agreement or any Contract to which the any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or (iii) requires the Company or its Subsidiaries to provide any legal opinion or other opinion of counsel, or any information that would, in its good faith opinion, result in a violation of applicable Laws or loss of attorney-client privilege.
(f)      From and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Termination Date and the Closing Date, it is understood that Parent may seek to market and consummate all or a portion of the Financing (the date of any such issuance, an “ Early Financing Date ”). In this

 
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regard, and for the avoidance of doubt, the Company and EFIH acknowledge that their cooperation obligations set forth in Section 6.21(e) include the obligation to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with any such efforts; provided such cooperation obligations are limited to those set forth in Section 6.21(e) .
(g)      Prior to the Closing Date, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives shall be required to take any action that would subject such Person to actual or potential liability, to bear any cost or expense or to pay any commitment or other similar fee or make any other payment or incur any other liability or provide or agree to provide any indemnity in connection with the Financing or their performance of their respective obligations under this Section 6.21 or any information utilized in connection therewith. Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives from and against any and all Costs suffered or incurred by them in connection with the arrangement of the Financing and the performance of their respective obligations under this Section 6.21 and any information utilized in connection therewith (other than arising from information provided by the Company or its Subsidiaries). Parent shall, promptly upon request of the Company if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, reimburse the Company and its Subsidiaries for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries (including those of its Representatives), in connection with the cooperation required by this Section 6.21 . The Company hereby consents to the use of the logos of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the Financing; provided that such logos are used solely in a manner that is not intended to or reasonably likely to harm or disparage the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the reputation or goodwill of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(h)      Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization is not conditional upon the consummation of, or the receipt by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates of the proceeds of, the Financing.
ARTICLE VII     
Conditions
Section 7.1      Conditions to All Parties’ Obligations . The obligations of each party to effect the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or mutual waiver (as determined by the Company and, to the extent EFIH would be adversely affected by the Company’s actions, EFIH, on the one hand, and by Parent, on the other hand) of the following conditions at or prior to the Closing:
(a)      Bankruptcy Orders . The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered (in a form which is not materially inconsistent, in any substantive legal or economic respect, with the rights and obligations of the Company or EFIH or Parent or Merger Sub hereunder or in the Plan of Reorganization) (i) the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving this Agreement, including, among other things, approval of the Termination Fee and the Company’s and EFIH’s entry into and performance of their obligations under this Agreement and the related agreements (the “ Approval Order ”) and (ii) an order, in form reasonably satisfactory to

 
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Parent, confirming the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the E-Side Debtors and authorizing all of the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement (the “ EFH Confirmation Order ”), which in each case shall be in full force and not subject to any stay.
(b)      Orders . No court or other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, renders illegal or otherwise prohibits consummation of the Closing Date Transactions.
(c)      Opinion of Counsel with respect to the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off . The tax opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP obtained by the Company on October 3, 2016 to the effect that the Reorganized TCEH Contributions, Reorganized TCEH Conversion and Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off meet the requirements of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355 and 356 of the Code shall not have been revoked, rescinded or modified in any respect (except as consented to in writing by Parent).
(d)      [RESERVED]
(e)      No Liabilities other than Legacy Claims and Limited Real Property Tax Liens . Assuming the Closing Date Transactions are consummated, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities) will have any indebtedness for borrowed money immediately following the Effective Time (other than as contemplated by the Debt Financing). Under the Plan of Reorganization (and subject to the treatment of Claims provided therein), at the Effective Time (and after giving effect to all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization), all Administrative Claims, DIP Claims and Claims (each as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), other than the Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization), property tax Claims secured by liens on real property in an amount not to exceed $100,000 and other claims that are non-dischargeable under section 1141(d)(6) under the Bankruptcy Code, will no longer be obligations of the E-Side Debtors and will be paid only from the Accessible Account Deposit as provided in the Plan of Reorganization; provided , however , the Company shall pay any such Claims secured by liens on real property in full from the Accessible Account Deposit in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization.
(f)      Private Letter Rulings . The Private Letter Ruling shall remain in full force and effect and shall not have been revoked, withdrawn or amended and the Supplemental Rulings shall have been obtained by the Company from the IRS in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent; provided, however , that (A) a particular ruling that, in the reasonable determination of Parent covers substantially the same subject matter as any one or more of the Supplemental Rulings set forth in Exhibit E shall not be grounds for concluding that the Supplemental Rulings (collectively) are not reasonably satisfactory to Parent due to its failure to include such ruling, (B) in the event a specific Supplemental Ruling set forth in Exhibit E is not given because the IRS communicates that there is no significant issue with respect to the requested ruling, the absence of such ruling shall not, standing alone (or collectively)

 
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be grounds for concluding the Supplemental Rulings (collectively) are not reasonably satisfactory to Parent; provided that Parent, and unless waived by Parent, the Company, obtain an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel, in form and substance acceptable to Parent, at a “will” level with respect to the issue that was initially requested pursuant to the Supplemental Ruling Request, or (C) a pre-filing agreement (including an agreement in accordance with Revenue Procedure 2016-30) or closing agreement with the IRS shall be acceptable in lieu of such specific Supplemental Ruling set forth in Exhibit E ; provided that such agreement is both (i) binding on the IRS to the same degree as a private letter ruling or is otherwise acceptable to Parent in its reasonable discretion, and (ii) contains, in the reasonable determination of Parent conclusions that are substantially similar, and have substantially the same practical effect, to those contained in the specific rulings initially requested pursuant to the Supplemental Ruling Requests.
Section 7.2      Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Closing are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
(a)      Representations and Warranties . (i) The representations and warranties of the Company and EFIH set forth in this Agreement other than Sections 5.1(a) , 5.1(b) , 5.1(c) and 5.1(f)(i) , 5.1(w) (without giving effect to any materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect qualifications set forth therein) shall be true and correct on the date hereof and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall, subject to the qualifications below, be true and correct as of such earlier date) except where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company and EFIH set forth in (x) Section 5.1(b) (other than Section 5.1(b)(ii)) and Section 5.1(w) shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof and as of the Closing and (y) Section 5.1(a) , Section 5.1(b)(ii) , Section 5.1(c) , and Section 5.1(f)(i) shall be true and correct in all respects on the date hereof and as of the Closing; and (iii) Parent shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of the Company and EFIH (in each case by a senior executive officer of such entity) to the effect that such officer has read this Section 7.2(a) and the conditions set forth in this Section 7.2(a) have been satisfied. The representations and warranties of Oncor and Oncor Holdings in the Oncor Letter Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects on the date hereof and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of Oncor Holdings or Oncor to comply with their respective obligations thereunder) and Parent shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of Oncor and Oncor Holdings (in each case by a senior executive officer of such entity) to that effect.
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required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing (other than the obligations in Section 6.6(a) (excluding written assignment of the third party administration agreements of the Contributed Plans) and Section 6.9 hereof, which shall have been performed in all respects), and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company and EFIH (in each case, by a senior executive officer of such entity) to such effect. Each of Oncor and Oncor Holdings shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under the Oncor Letter Agreement at or prior to the Closing (other than the obligations in Section 2 of the Oncor Letter Agreement, which shall have been performed in all respects), and Parent shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of Oncor and Oncor Holdings (in each case by a senior executive officer of such entity) to that effect.
(c)      Regulatory Consents . The FERC Approval, the FCC Approval, the PUCT Approval, and the Vermont Insurance Approval shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated; provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary included elsewhere in this Agreement, no such consent or approval shall, individually or in the aggregate, impose a Burdensome Condition; and provided further that this condition shall not be deemed to be satisfied if the Vermont Insurance Approval shall impose any material, adverse term or condition, order, sanction, or requirement that, individually or in the aggregate, would, or would be reasonably expected to have a material and adverse effect on, or change in, the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, liabilities or results of operations (i) of Oncor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as whole; provided that, for purposes of this clause (ii) Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be a consolidated group of entities that is the size and scale of the Oncor Entities.
(d)      Company Tax Opinion . The Company shall have received the opinion specified in Section 7.3(c) .
(e)      Parent Tax Opinion . Parent shall have received an opinion of White & Case LLP on the basis of the representations and warranties set forth or referred to in such opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, wherein the party providing the opinion opines the Fundamental Opinions listed in Exhibit E ; provided, however in the event White & Case LLP is unwilling or unable to provide the relevant opinion with the requisite degree of certainty set forth in this Section 7.2(e) , Parent shall have received an opinion with the requisite degree of certainty from Miller & Chevalier Chartered. In rendering such opinion, such tax counsel providing the opinion shall be permitted to rely upon reasonable representations, including a representation that the Company and its Subsidiaries had no plan or intention at the time of the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off and that the Company and its Subsidiaries and Reorganized TCEH have no intention at the time of the Merger to take, and did not take, any action that is inconsistent with the Intended Tax-Free Treatment. In giving the opinion described in this paragraph, such tax counsel providing the opinion shall assume that, other than with respect to any new or specific issues raised in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Reorganized TCEH Contributions, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion,

 
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and the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off met the requirements of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355, and 356 of the Code.
(f)      RESERVED .
(g)      EFH Confirmation Order . The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the EFH Confirmation Order, which order includes: (i) a finding that the Plan of Reorganization and this Agreement satisfy, among other things, section 1129(a)(4) and section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) a finding that Parent is a good faith purchaser within the meaning of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code, and is therefore entitled to the protections afforded to good faith purchasers to the fullest extent permitted under the Bankruptcy Code; and (iii) a finding that the purchase price to be provided by Parent pursuant to this Agreement was not controlled by any agreement between Parent and any potential bidders and was not reduced or suppressed in any manner by any agreement or arrangement involving Parent and any creditor.
(h)      Third Party Consents . Any third party consents and approvals, other than any consents or approvals of a Governmental Entity or the Bankruptcy Court, necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect, except such third party consents and approvals the failure of which to obtain would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(i)      Employees . Except as agreed by Parent, the reorganized Company and its Subsidiaries shall not have any employees (other than employees of the Oncor Entities) and shall not be responsible for any liabilities or obligations (other than to the extent, if at all, set forth in the Assumed Plans, this Agreement, the Split Participant Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the certificates, articles of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreements, and any other organizational document of Parent, the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, and insurance policies maintained after the Closing by Parent, the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries for indemnification or advancement of expenses) owed to any current or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Oncor Entities), including change of control or severance payments or similar obligations.
(j)      Ownership Structure . The Company’s ownership structure of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time shall be as disclosed in Section 7.2(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter, including with respect to the Company’s 100% indirect ownership interest in Oncor Holdings and Oncor Holdings’ approximately 80% ownership interest in Oncor.
(k)      IRS Submissions . The facts presented and the representations made in the IRS Submissions are true, correct, and complete in all material respects except to the extent the facts and statements set forth in such IRS Submissions relate to transactions that are not contemplated by this Agreement.

 
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(l)      No Ownership Change . Except as contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization, (i) no Debtor shall have taken any action that results in an ownership change of the Company within the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Code (including by treating the equity interests of the Company as becoming worthless within the meaning of Section 382(g)(4)(D) of the Code); and (ii) Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership shall not have (A) taken any action that results in an ownership change of the Company within the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Code (including by treating the equity interests of the Company as becoming worthless within the meaning of Section 382(g)(4)(D) of the Code and thereby resulting in an ownership change of the Company within the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Code); (B) knowingly permitted any Person (other than Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership) to own directly, indirectly or constructively (by operation of Section 318 as modified by Section 382(1)(3)(A) of the Code) 50% or more of the equity interests of the Company during the three-year period ending on the Closing Date; or (C) changed its taxable year to be other than the calendar year.
(m)      Company Material Adverse Effect . From the date hereof through the Closing Date, except for matters set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Closing Date.
(n)      Tax Matters Agreement . The Tax Matters Agreement dated as of October 3, 2016, by and among the Company, EFIH, EFIH Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Reorganized TCEH (the “ Tax Matters Agreement ) shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented without the consent of Parent.
(o)      Split Participant Agreement . The Split Participant Agreement, dated October 3, 2016, by and between Oncor and Reorganized TCEH (the “ Split Participant Agreement ”) shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented without the consent of Parent.
(p)      Transition Services Agreement . The Transition Services Agreement shall be in full force and effect (unless earlier terminated or expired in accordance with its terms) and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented without the consent of Parent.
(q)      Separation Agreement . The Separation Agreement shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented without the consent of Parent.
Section 7.3      Conditions to Obligation of the Company and EFIH. The obligations of each of the Company and EFIH to effect the Closing are also subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company, and to the extent EFIH would be adversely affected by the Company’s actions, EFIH) at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
(a)      Representations and Warranties . (i) The representations and warranties of Parent set forth in this Agreement other than Section 5.2(a) , Section 5.2(b) , Section 5.2(c) , and the first sentence of Section 5.2(f) (without giving effect to any materiality or Parent

 
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Material Adverse Effect qualifications set forth therein) shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date and time (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) except where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.2(a) , Section 5.2(b) , Section 5.2(c) , and the first sentence of Section 5.2(f) shall be true and correct in all respects on the date hereof and as of the Closing; and (iii) the Company shall have received at the Closing a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by a senior executive officer of Parent to the effect that such officer has read this Section 7.3(a) and the conditions set forth in this Section 7.3(a) have been satisfied.
(b)      Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing, and the Company and EFIH shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub by a senior executive officer of Parent and Merger Sub, respectively, to such effect.
(c)      Company Tax Opinions . Unless the receipt of the following opinion is waived by Parent, the Company shall have received an opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on the basis of the representations and warranties set forth or referred to in such opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, wherein the party providing the opinion opines the Fundamental Opinions listed in Exhibit E ; provided, however in the event Kirkland & Ellis LLP is unwilling or unable to provide the relevant opinion with the requisite degree of certainty set forth in this Section 7.3(c) , the Company shall have received an opinion with the requisite degree of certainty from Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP. In rendering such opinion, such tax counsel or accounting firm providing the opinion shall be permitted to rely upon reasonable representations, including a representation that the Company and its Subsidiaries had no plan or intention at the time of the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off and have no plan or intention at the time of the Merger to take, and did not take, any action that is inconsistent with the Intended Tax-Free Treatment. In giving the opinion described in this paragraph, such tax counsel or accounting firm providing the opinion shall assume that, other than with respect to any new or specific issues raised in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Reorganized TCEH Contributions, the Reorganized TCEH Conversion, and the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off met the requirements of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355, and 356 of the Code.
(d)      RESERVED .
(e)      Regulatory Consents . Any and all governmental consents and approvals referred to in Section 7.2(c) shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect and the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.

 
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ARTICLE VIII     
Termination
Section 8.1      Termination by Mutual Consent . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing, whether before or after the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the EFH Confirmation Order, by mutual written consent of the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub by action of each of their respective boards of directors or managers.
Section 8.2      Termination by Either Parent or the Company/EFIH . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by action of either (x) Parent, on the one hand, or (y) the Company and EFIH (acting together), on the other hand:
(a)      if the Closing (including the Closing Date Transactions) shall not have been consummated within two hundred forty (240) days of the date of this Agreement (including as extended pursuant to this Section 8.2(a) , the “ Initial Termination Date ”), provided , that, if as of such date any of the FERC Approval, the PUCT Approval or the Supplemental Rulings shall not have been obtained (and such approval or the Supplemental Rulings is still capable of being obtained within ninety (90) days), the Initial Termination Date shall be extended for ninety (90) days for the purpose of continuing to pursue such approval or the Supplemental Rulings, unless the Company and EFIH (acting together) and Parent agree otherwise in writing (the Initial Termination Date (as extended pursuant to this Section 8.2(a) , as applicable) being, the “ Termination Date ”), provided , further , that , the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (a) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of (directly or indirectly), or resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Termination Date;
(b)      if any order of any court or other Governmental Entity permanently restraining, enjoining, rendering illegal or otherwise prohibiting, directly or indirectly, consummation of the Closing Date Transactions shall have become final and non-appealable; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (b) shall not be available if the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (b) shall not have used its reasonable best efforts (and caused each of its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates (other than the Oncor Entities) to use its reasonable best efforts) to contest such order prior to its becoming permanent if such party (or Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate) had the right to contest such order; or
(c)      if the PUCT issues an order either denying the approval sought in the PUCT Filing or imposing a Burdensome Condition (which has not been accepted by Parent) and, within 30 days following the issuance of such order, such order has not been vacated or materially modified such that upon such vacation or modification, the PUCT Approval has been obtained.
Section 8.3      Termination by the Company and/or EFIH . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 
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(a)      by the Company and EFIH (acting together) if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement, or any such representation or warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, as if, in each such case, such representation or warranty were required by the Agreement to be true on and as of each such date between the date hereof and the Closing Date, which breach or failure of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement to be true or to be performed (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in any provision of Section 7.1 or Section 7.3 (which for the purpose of such clauses it shall be assumed such breach is continuing as of the Closing) and (ii) cannot be, or has not been, cured within thirty (30) Business Days after Parent’s receipt of written notice thereof from the Company or EFIH; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (a) shall not apply if either the Company or EFIH is then in breach of this Agreement in a manner that would result or has resulted in any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 not being satisfied;
(b)      by the Company and EFIH (acting together) if Parent and Merger Sub have failed to consummate the Closing no later than the date required by Section 1.4 ; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (b) shall not apply if either the Company or EFIH is then in breach of this Agreement in a manner that would result or has resulted in any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 not being satisfied;
(c)      by the Company and EFIH (acting together) if the Bankruptcy Court enters an order approving a plan of reorganization not proposed or supported by the Company or EFIH (and which the Company and EFIH, to the extent requested by Parent, used commercially reasonable efforts to challenge before the Bankruptcy Court) that is inconsistent with this Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization;
(d)      by the Company and EFIH (acting together) if the Chapter 11 Cases are dismissed or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code and neither such dismissal or conversion contemplates the Closing Date Transactions; provided , that such dismissal or conversion was not proposed or supported by the Company or EFIH (and which the Company and EFIH, to the extent requested by Parent, used commercially reasonable efforts to challenge before the Bankruptcy Court);
(e)      until the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, by the Company if concurrently with such termination, the Company Board determines in its sole discretion after consultation with its independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and based on the advice of such counsel, that the failure to terminate this Agreement is inconsistent with its fiduciary duties; provided that a material breach of the Company’s or EFIH’s obligations under Section 6.2 has not provided the basis for such determination; or
(f)      until the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, by EFIH if concurrently with such termination, the board of managers of EFIH determines in its sole discretion after consultation with its independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and based on the advice of such counsel, that the failure to terminate this Agreement is inconsistent with

 
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its fiduciary duties; provided that a material breach of the Company’s or EFIH’s obligations under Section 6.2 has not provided the basis for such determination.
Section 8.4      Termination by Parent . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by Parent:
(a)      if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company and/or EFIH in this Agreement, or any such representation or warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, as if, in each such case, such representation or warranty were required by the Agreement to be true on and as of each such date between the date hereof and the Closing Date, which breach or failure of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement to be true or to be performed (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in any provision of Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 (which for the purpose of such clauses it shall be assumed such breach is continuing as of the Closing), and (ii) cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) Business Days after the Company’s or EFIH’s receipt of written notice thereof from Parent; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (a) shall not apply if either Parent or Merger Sub is then in breach of this Agreement or the Oncor Letter Agreement in a manner that would result or has resulted in any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.3 not being satisfied;
(b)      if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Oncor or Oncor Holdings under the Oncor Letter Agreement, or any such representation or warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, as if, in each such case, such representation or warranty were required by the Agreement to be true on and as of each such date between the date hereof and the Closing Date, which breach or failure of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement to be true or to be performed (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in any provision of Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 (which for the purpose of such clauses it shall be assumed such breach is continuing as of the Closing) and (ii) cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) Business Days after the Company’s, EFIH’s, Oncor’s and Oncor Holdings’ receipt of written notice thereof from Parent; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (b) shall not apply if either Parent or Merger Sub is then in breach of this Agreement or the Oncor Letter Agreement in a manner that would result or has resulted in any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.3 not being satisfied;
(c)      if the Company and/or EFIH fail to consummate the Closing on or prior to the date required by Section 1.4 ; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (c) shall not apply if either Parent or Merger Sub is then in breach of this Agreement or the Oncor Letter Agreement in a manner that would result or has resulted in the failure to consummate the Closing;
(d)      if the Company or EFIH files or expressly supports in the Bankruptcy Court a plan of reorganization that is inconsistent in any substantive legal or economic respect with this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization and such inconsistency cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) Business Days after the Company’s or EFIH’s receipt

 
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of written notice thereof from Parent (which notice must occur within five (5) Business Days of the filing of such Plan);
(e)      if the Bankruptcy Court enters an order, or if the Company or EFIH files a motion seeking entry of an order, approving any sale or other disposition (other than a sale or other disposition permitted by this Agreement) of (i) any material portion of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) any equity interests in EFIH or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Oncor Entities), to any Person(s) other than Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates;
(f)      if a trustee is appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to Section 1104 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(g)      if any Chapter 11 Case, other than the cases relating to (i) LSGT Gas Company LLC, (ii) EECI, Inc., (iii) EEC Holdings, Inc., and (iv) LSGT SACROC, Inc., is dismissed or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(h)      if any of the following actions are not completed within the applicable time period specified below:
(i)      the Plan of Reorganization or the motion for entry of the Approval Order is not filed with the Bankruptcy Court by August 28, 2017;
(ii)      the Bankruptcy Court does not enter the Approval Order by September 30, 2017; provided that entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the E-Side Debtors’ entry into and performance and agreement under this Agreement, including but not limited to payment and satisfaction of the Termination Fee pursuant to the terms hereof (such entry or deemed entry of the Approval Order, the “ Approval Order Entry ”);
(iii)      the Bankruptcy Court does not enter the Disclosure Statement Order by September 30, 2017; provided , that, entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the Disclosure Statement and solicitation materials as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(iv)      the Bankruptcy Court does not enter the EFH Confirmation Order within 30 days of entry of PUCT Approval; provided , that, entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve confirmation of the Plan of Reorganization;
provided however , that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to subclause 8.4(h)(i), (h)(ii), (h)(iii), or (h)(iv) above unless Parent delivers written notice to the Company and EFIH that it intends to terminate this Agreement within forty-five (45) days following the applicable date set forth in such subclause; or

 
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(i)      if Parent, Merger Sub, Oncor and Oncor Holdings fail to enter into the Oncor Letter Agreement within five (5) days following the date hereof; provided, however , that if Parent has not terminated this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.4(i) within ten (10) days following the end of such five (5) day period, this Section 8.4(i) shall be of no further force and effect and Parent shall have no such right to terminate this Agreement.
Section 8.5      Effect of Termination and Abandonment .
(a)      In the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Article VIII , this Agreement shall become void and of no further force or effect and no party shall have any liability to any other party hereto (or of any of its Representatives or Affiliates) with respect hereto; provided , however , and notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, that, (i) this Section 8.5 and the provisions set forth in the second sentence of Section 9.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the parties hereto may have further liability with respect thereto, and (ii) liability may exist for willful or intentional breaches of this Agreement (where willful or intentional breach means a breach of this Agreement by a party that has actual knowledge that its action (or failure to act) would reasonably be expected to breach this Agreement) by a party prior to the time of such termination and, in the case of Parent and Merger Sub, any failure to have sufficient immediately available funds at the Closing for the consummation of the Closing Date Transactions (which liability the parties hereto acknowledge and agree shall not be limited to reimbursement of expenses or out-of-pocket costs).
(b)      If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.3(e) , Section 8.3(f) , Section 8.4(a) , Section 8.4(d) or Section 8.4(e) , and any alternative transaction is consummated (including pursuant to any Chapter 7 proceedings or any transaction or proceeding that permits the E-Side Debtors that are the direct or indirect owners of Oncor Holdings to emerge from the Chapter 11 Cases) pursuant to which none of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates will obtain direct or indirect ownership of 100% of Oncor Holdings and Oncor Holdings’ approximately 80% equity interest in Oncor, then, if the Approval Order has been entered, no later than five (5) days following the consummation of such alternative transaction, the Company and EFIH shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee (as defined below), by wire transfer, as directed by Parent, in immediately available funds. In the event the Company and EFIH pay the Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 8.5(b) , such payment shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent and Merger Sub against the Company, EFIH and their respective Affiliates, Representatives, creditors or shareholders with respect to any breach of this Agreement prior to such termination. If the Approval Order has been entered, the Company’s and EFIH’s obligation to pay the Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 8.5(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. If the Approval Order has been entered, the Termination Fee shall constitute an administrative expense of the Company and EFIH under the Bankruptcy Code. “ Termination Fee ” shall mean an amount equal to $190,000,000, inclusive of all expense reimbursements, including reasonable and documented professional fees of Parent and Merger Sub; provided that , in no event shall such claim be senior or pari passu with the superpriority administrative

 
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claims granted to the secured parties pursuant to the DIP Facility (as in effect on the date hereof).
(c)      The parties hereto acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.5 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, the parties hereto would not enter into this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX     
Miscellaneous and General
Section 9.1      Survival . This Article IX and the agreements of the Company and EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub contained in Section 6.6 ( Employee Benefits ), Section 6.7 ( Expenses ), Section 6.8 ( Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance ), and Section 6.21 ( Financing ) shall survive the consummation of the Closing. This Article IX and the agreements of the Company and EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub contained in the last sentence of Section 6.7 ( Expenses ) and Section 8.5 ( Effect of Termination and Abandonment ) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, all other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement shall not survive the Closing or the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.2      Modification or Amendment . Subject to the provisions of the applicable Laws (including, if applicable, the approval of the Bankruptcy Court), the parties hereto may modify or amend this Agreement, by written agreement executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the respective parties; provided , that any amendment or modification of this proviso or Section 9.5 , Section 9.8 or Section 9.16 shall not affect the Financing Sources without the prior written consent of the Financing Sources.
Section 9.3      Waiver of Conditions . The conditions to each of the parties’ obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable Laws.
Section 9.4      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.
Section 9.5      GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .
(a)      THIS AGREEMENT 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; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE DEBT COMMITMENT LETTER, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, EQUITY, TORT OR OTHERWISE) AGAINST ANY OF THE FINANCING SOURCES OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FINANCING SOURCES OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEBT COMMITMENT LETTERS, SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CONSTRUED,

 
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PERFORMED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Each of the parties hereto (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 or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court and (iii) agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment (subject to any appeals therefrom) in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any Delaware or federal court in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.5(a) . Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.6 . Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement 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 BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) 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, (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 9.5 .
(c)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the parties hereto agrees that it will not bring or support any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third party claim of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any Financing Source in any way relating to this Agreement or any of the Transactions, including but not limited to any dispute arising out of or relating in any way

 
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to the Debt Commitment Letter or the performance thereof, in any forum other than the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or, if under applicable law exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the federal courts, the United States District for the Southern District of New York (and any appellate courts thereof).
Section 9.6      Notices . Except as set forth in Section 6.21 hereof, 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 (a) registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (b) email or (c) overnight courier:
If to Parent or Merger Sub:
Sempra Energy
488 8th Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
Attention:
General Counsel
Email:
MWyrsch@sempra.com

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
White & Case LLP
Southeast Financial Center
200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4900
Miami, Florida 3131
Attention: Thomas E Lauria
Email: tlauria@whitecase.com

and

White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention:
Gregory Pryor
Michael A. Deyong
Email:
gpryor@whitecase.com
michael.deyong@whitecase.com
If to the Company and/or EFIH:
Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al.
Energy Plaza
1601 Bryan Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention:
General Counsel
Email:
awright@energyfutureholdings.com
 
 
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street, Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

 
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Attention:
Andrew Calder
 
John Pitts
Email:
andrew.calder@kirkland.com
 
john.pitts@kirkland.com
and
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

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 9.7      Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including any exhibits or schedules hereto including as actually executed), the Company Disclosure Letter, the Oncor Letter Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement, dated August 10, 2017, by and among Parent, the Company and EFIH (the “ Confidentiality Agreement ”) and the other agreements named herein constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and cancel, merge and supersede all other prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the parties hereto, with respect to the subject matter hereof. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE ONCOR LETTER AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARENT AND MERGER SUB NOR THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES MAKES ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, AND EACH HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS

 
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OF ANY OTHER INFORMATION, MADE BY, OR MADE AVAILABLE BY, ITSELF OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES, WITH RESPECT TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE OTHER OR THE OTHER’S REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING.
Section 9.8      No Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Section 6.8 , Parent, Merger Sub, EFIH and the Company hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other parties hereto, 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 hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, except for the rights of the Financing Sources pursuant to this Section 9.8 , Section 9.2 , Section 9.5 and Section 9.16 (who are intended third party beneficiaries thereunder and are intended to be the only third party beneficiaries thereunder). The parties hereto further agree that the rights of third party beneficiaries under Section 6.8 shall not arise unless and until the Effective Time occurs. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the parties hereto. Consequently, Persons other than the parties hereto may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.
Section 9.9      Obligations of Parent . Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Parent, including Merger Sub, to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.
Section 9.10      Remedies . The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any provision of this Agreement was not performed by the Company, EFIH, Parent or Merger Sub in accordance with the terms hereof and that monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy therefor. As a result, prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII , each party shall be entitled to specific performance to prevent breaches of this Agreement and of the terms hereof (including the obligation to consummate the Closing Date Transactions and the other transactions contemplated herein, subject to the terms and conditions hereof), without proof of actual damages (and each party hereby waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy) in addition to any other remedy at law or equity. The parties hereto further agree not to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy for any such breach. The parties acknowledge the Company’s right to (i) seek specific performance and (ii) to cause Parent and Merger Sub to sue and enforce against the Financing Sources, but with respect to clause (ii), only to the extent Parent or Merger Sub have such a right under the Debt Commitment Letter.

 
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Section 9.11      Transfer Taxes . To the extent payable under applicable Law (notwithstanding section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code), all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other similar such Taxes and fees (including penalties and interest) incurred in connection with the Merger shall be paid by the Surviving Company when due.
Section 9.12      Definitions . Each term set forth in the Table of Defined Terms is defined on the page of this Agreement set forth opposite such term.
Section 9.13      Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. 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 hereto as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fulfilled to the extent possible.
Section 9.14      Interpretation; Construction .
(a)      The table of contents and 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 a section or exhibit, such reference shall be to a section of or exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Such exhibits are an integral part of this Agreement 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 to any particular provision of this Agreement. The term “made available” and words of similar import means that the relevant documents, instruments or materials were either (i) posted and made available to the other party or its designated Representatives on the Intralinks due diligence data site maintained by the Company for purposes of the transaction(s) contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) sent to the other party or its representatives directly, or (iii) publicly available by virtue of the relevant party’s filing of a publicly available final registration statement, prospectus, report, form, schedule or definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, in each case, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date hereof or such prior date with respect to which such documents, instruments or materials were represented by a party to have been made available to the other party. The words “shall” and “will” have the same meaning; provided , that this sentence shall not apply to the portions of Section 7.1(c) , Section 7.2(e) , Section 7.3(c) and Exhibit E describing the levels of comfort required with respect to the various tax opinions contemplated by this Agreement.
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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 provision of this Agreement.
(c)      Subject to the first paragraphs of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 , respectively, each of the Company, EFIH, Parent and Merger Sub has, or may have, set forth information in its respective Disclosure Letter in a section thereof that corresponds to the section of this Agreement to which it relates. The fact that any item of information is disclosed in a Disclosure Letter to this Agreement shall not be construed to mean that such information is required to be disclosed by this Agreement.
Section 9.15      Assignment; Successors . This Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the non-assigning parties hereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any purported assignment in violation of this Agreement is void. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 trustee, any successor trustee, and the estates of any or all of the Debtors).
Section 9.16      Financing Sources Arrangements . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (a) Company and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, managers, members, stockholders or representatives shall not have any rights or claims against any Financing Source, in any way relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Debt Financing (whether directly or by or through a claim by or on behalf of the Parent against any Financing Source) or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to have been made in connection herewith or therewith, including any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Commitment Letter or the Debt Financing, or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby, whether at law or equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise, (b) no Financing Source shall have any liability (whether in contract, in tort or otherwise) to the Company, and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, managers, members, stockholders or representatives for any obligations or liabilities of any party hereto under this Agreement or the Debt Financing or for any claim (whether directly or by or through a claim by or on behalf of the Parent against any Financing Source) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to have been made in connection herewith or therewith, including any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Commitment Letter or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby, whether at law or equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise and (c) the Company and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents partners, managers, members, stockholders and representatives agree not to commence (and if commenced agree to dismiss or otherwise terminate, and not to assist) any Action against any Financing Source in connection with this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; provided , however , that claims or causes of action related to an act or omission that is determined by a court of competition jurisdiction to have constituted fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence shall not be waived by this Section 9.16 . The provisions of this Section 9.16 shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, each Financing Source, its Affiliates and their respective successors and permitted

 
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assigns, each of which is hereby intended to be an express third party beneficiary of this Section 9.16 .
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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.
SEMPRA ENERGY
 
 
By:
/s/ J. Walker Martin
Name:
J. Walker Martin
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
POWER PLAY MERGER SUB I, INC.
 
 
By:
/s/ Kathryn J. Collier
Name:
Kathryn J. Collier
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]





ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Anthony Horton
 
Name:
Anthony Horton
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
 
 
 
 
ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Anthony Horton
 
Name:
Anthony Horton
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
 




[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]




Exhibit A
Plan of Reorganization

Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to this Form 8-K







Exhibit B
Form of Oncor Letter Agreement
(See Attached)




FORM OF ONCOR LETTER AGREEMENT

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC

1616 Woodall Rogers Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75202
August [•], 2017
Sempra Energy
Power Play Merger Sub I, Inc.
c/o Sempra Energy
488 8
th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Attention: [•]
Re:    Oncor Letter Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 21, 2017 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among (i) Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (the “ Company ”), (ii) Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ EFIH ”), (iii) Sempra Energy (“ Parent ”) and (iv) Power Play Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Merger Sub ” and, together with Parent, “ Purchasers ”), which agreement has been approved by the board of directors of the Company, the board of managers of EFIH, the board of directors of Parent and the board of directors of Merger Sub and will be submitted for approval by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”). In addition, reference is made to the amended Plan of Reorganization (the “ Plan of Reorganization ”) attached to the Merger Agreement and filed or to be filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or about the date hereof by Purchasers, the Company, EFIH and other Debtors (as defined below) in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases (as defined below), which, among other things, provided for the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Upon the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, among other things, Purchasers plan to acquire, pursuant to certain transactions described therein (the “ Purchase ”), direct or indirect equity interests in the Company and EFIH that indirectly represent all of the outstanding equity interests in Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC (“ Oncor Holdings ”) and at least 80.03% of the outstanding equity interests in Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“ Oncor ” and, together with Oncor Holdings and their respective Subsidiaries, the “ Oncor Entities ”). A full and complete copy of the Merger Agreement (including the Plan of Reorganization, which is attached as an exhibit thereto) has been provided to Oncor Holdings and Oncor.
WHEREAS , the Oncor Entities are “ring-fenced” from the Company and EFIH and their respective Affiliates (as defined below), as a result of which, among other things, (i) the boards of directors of Oncor Holdings and Oncor are comprised of a majority of independent directors and (ii) certain arrangements are in place to maintain the separateness of the business and operations of the Company and EFIH from the business and operations of the Oncor Entities (such limitations collectively, the “ Ring-Fence ”);
WHEREAS , in furtherance of the Purchase and in light of the Ring-Fence, the Order on Rehearing entered in PUCT Docket No. 34077, the limited liability company agreements (as amended) of Oncor Holdings and Oncor (the “ LLC Agreements ”), the 2007 Separation Agreement (as defined below) and the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined below), the Company and EFIH have requested that Oncor Holdings and Oncor enter into this letter agreement (“ Letter Agreement ”) and have provided their prior written consent

 
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and direction before execution of this Letter Agreement, as the sole shareholder of Oncor Holdings (in the case of EFIH) and as the direct or indirect 80.03% equity interest holders of Oncor to Oncor Holdings and Oncor with respect to their entry into and performance of this Letter Agreement;
WHEREAS , this Letter Agreement sets forth certain rights and obligations of the Oncor Entities and Purchasers to cooperate in the manner set forth herein with respect to initial steps to be taken in connection with the Merger (as defined below) (the “ Purchase Transaction ”);
WHEREAS , except as expressly set forth herein, this Letter Agreement is not intended to give any Purchaser, directly or indirectly, any right to control or to direct the operations or decisions of any Oncor Entity;
WHEREAS , Oncor Holdings and Oncor (i) have not endorsed or approved any transactions or commitments proposed by the Purchasers, (ii) are not parties to or bound by the Merger Agreement and (iii) have not approved and are not required to approve the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS , Oncor and Purchasers will use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Purchasers in the preparation of any filings and in appearances made before the PUCT, as appropriate, in support of Purchasers’ proposal to acquire Oncor and Oncor Holdings, and Purchasers, Oncor and Oncor Holdings agree to use reasonable best efforts to make a single filing by the parties seeking prior approval by the PUCT of the Purchase Transaction;
WHEREAS , Oncor Holdings and Oncor have agreed to operate in the ordinary course of business and materially consistent with the 2017-2018 Plan upon signing of this Letter Agreement, and they have preserved the right to take reasonable actions consistent with prudent industry practices to respond to emergency situations and/or to comply and respond to any requirement, or reasonable request, in a Governmental Request or Order (as defined below); and
WHEREAS , in exchange for the agreements of Oncor Holdings and Oncor in this Letter Agreement, Purchasers have agreed to certain commitments set forth herein with respect to the implications of the Purchase Transaction for Oncor Holdings, Oncor and their employees;
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:
Section 1. Definitions .
(a)      Capitalized terms used in this Letter Agreement but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Exhibit A. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein or in Exhibit A shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. In the event that a term defined herein or in Exhibit A is defined and ascribed a different meaning in the Merger Agreement, the definition provided herein or in Exhibit A, as applicable, shall control.
(b)      Each term below has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Section set forth opposite such term:
Defined Term
Section
2007 Separation Agreement
Exhibit A
2017-2018 Plan
§3(a)
Affiliate
Exhibit A

 
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Defined Term
Section
Alternative Proposal
§4(e)(1)
Applications
§5(a)(iv)
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception
Exhibit A
Bankruptcy Court
Preamble
Benefit Plan
Exhibit A
Business Day
Exhibit A
CBA
§8(d)
Chapter 11 Cases
Exhibit A
Company
Preamble
Confidentiality Agreement
Exhibit A
Continuation Period
§8(a)
Contract
Exhibit A
control
Exhibit A
Costs
Exhibit A
Debtors
Exhibit A
Effective Time
§8(a)
EFIH
Preamble
Environment
Exhibit A
ERISA
Exhibit A
FCC Approval
Exhibit A
FCC/FERC Applications
§5(a)(iv)
FERC
Exhibit A
FERC Approval
Exhibit A
Financing
§12(a)
Governmental Entity
Exhibit A
Governmental Request or Order
Exhibit A
Indemnified Parties
Exhibit A
Interim Period
§3(a)
Investor Rights Agreement
Exhibit A
Key Regulatory Terms
§5(a)(v)
Knowledge
Exhibit A
Law
Exhibit A
Letter Agreement
Recitals
License
Exhibit A
Lien
Exhibit A
LLC Agreements
Recitals
Merger Agreement
Preamble
Merger Sub
Preamble
Merger
Exhibit A
Oncor
Preamble
Oncor Entities
Preamble
Oncor Employee
§8(a)

 
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Defined Term
Section
Oncor Holdings
Preamble
Oncor Material Contract
Exhibit A
Parent
Preamble
Permitted Alternative Proposal
§4(e)(ii)
Person
Exhibit A
Plan of Reorganization
Preamble
PUCT
Exhibit A
PUCT Approval
Exhibit A
PUCT Filing
§5(a)(iii)
Purchase
Preamble
Purchase Closing Date
§3(a)
Purchase Transaction
Recitals
Purchasers
Preamble
Reorganized TCEH
Exhibit A
Representatives
§4(a)
Ring-Fence
Recitals
Securities Act
Exhibit A
Split Participant Agreement
§9
Subsidiary
Exhibit A
Surviving Company
Exhibit A
Termination Date
Exhibit A
Section 2. Representations and Warranties of Oncor Holdings and Oncor . As of the date hereof Oncor Holdings and Oncor hereby represent and warrant to Purchasers as follows:
(a)      Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited liability company in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impair or materially delay the ability of Oncor Holdings or Oncor to perform the actions contemplated by, and to fulfill its obligations under, this Letter Agreement.
(b)      Corporate Authority. Oncor Holdings and Oncor have each approved by all necessary limited liability company action the execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement and the actions contemplated hereby to be taken by the Oncor Entities. Each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor has all requisite limited liability company power and authority and has taken all limited liability company action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Letter Agreement. This Letter Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor and is a valid and binding obligation of Oncor Holdings and Oncor. This Letter Agreement is enforceable against each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor in accordance with its terms, subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

 
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(c)      No Conflicts. As of the date hereof, the execution, delivery and performance by Oncor Holdings and Oncor of this Letter Agreement does not and will not constitute or result in (i) a breach or violation of, or a default under, or otherwise contravene or conflict with, the certificate of formation of Oncor or Oncor Holdings, the LLC Agreements or the comparable governing documents of any other Oncor Entity (ii) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach or violation of, or a default under, or the creation of a Lien on any of the assets of Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to, any Contract binding upon Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of their Subsidiaries, or their respective assets, or any License held by Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of its Subsidiaries or to which Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of their Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets, is subject or (iii) a violation of any Law to which Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of their Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets is subject, except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, for any such breach, violation, termination, cancellation, default, creation, acceleration, consent, loss or change as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impair or materially delay the ability of Oncor Holdings or Oncor to fulfill its obligations under this Letter Agreement.
Section 3. Interim Operation .
(a)      Except (i) as otherwise required or specifically permitted by the provisions of this Letter Agreement, (ii) as Parent may approve in writing (such approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) as part of an asset swap for substantially similar value, pursuant to the asset swap and other transactions proposed in PUCT Docket No. 47469, or (iv) as required by or to the extent arising from the proposed rate case settlement in PUCT Docket No. 46957, each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor covenants and agrees as to itself and each of its Subsidiaries that, upon the signing of this Letter Agreement and ending on the earlier of the date of the consummation of the Purchase and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Purchase Closing Date”) or the Termination Date (the “Interim Period”), each of them will operate in the ordinary course of business and materially consistent with the plan for 2017 and 2018 contained in the May 2016 updated long range business plan of Oncor (the “2017-2018 Plan”) that was provided to the Purchasers (including as to any action or the incurrence of any costs or expenses provided for therein).
(b)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in order (i) to prevent the occurrence of, or mitigate the existence of, an emergency situation involving endangerment of life, human health, safety, the Environment or material property, equipment or other assets or (ii) to comply with or otherwise appropriately respond to any requirement, or reasonable request without solicitation, in a Governmental Request or Order, any Oncor Entity may take reasonable actions consistent with prudent industry practices that would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to Section 3(a); provided , however , that Oncor and Oncor Holdings shall provide Purchasers with notice of such emergency situation or Governmental Request or Order as soon as reasonably practicable after obtaining Knowledge thereof.
(c)      Except to the extent expressly set forth herein, nothing contained in this Letter Agreement is intended (i) to give Purchasers, directly or indirectly, any right to control or direct the operations or decisions of any Oncor Entity or (ii) modify or amend the obligations of the parties under either LLC Agreement.
Section 4. Alternative Proposals .
(a)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except as specifically permitted by Section 4(c) with respect to a Permitted Alternative Proposal, during the Interim Period, Oncor

 
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Holdings and Oncor shall not, shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries not to, and shall cause the directors (other than the Minority Member Directors (as defined in the Oncor LLC Agreement)), officers, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors, consultants, agents or representatives of any Oncor Entity (collectively, “Representatives”) not to, (i) initiate, solicit, propose, knowingly encourage or knowingly induce, the submission of, any Alternative Proposal; provided , however , that an Oncor Entity may interact with its equityholders in order to satisfy its fiduciary obligations and its obligations pursuant to the LLC Agreements and the Investor Rights Agreement and may, in response to communications from (without otherwise limiting the provisions of this Section 4) any of its direct equityholders or any third party who makes or seeks to make an unsolicited Alternative Proposal, make available public and non-public information (but only if such equityholder or third party has executed a confidentially agreement with Oncor on terms no less favorable in the aggregate to the Oncor Entities than terms of the Confidentiality Agreement) so long as such Oncor Entity promptly provides or makes available to the Purchasers such non-public information made available to such equityholder or third party (to the extent it has not already been provided or made available to the Purchasers), (ii) enter into, maintain or continue negotiations with any Person with respect to, any Alternative Proposal, or (iii) enter into any written letter of intent, agreement in principle or other agreement (whether or not legally binding and whether or not oral or written) with respect to an Alternative Proposal. In addition, during the Interim Period, Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall promptly advise Parent in writing of any Alternative Proposal, including, unless prohibited by applicable Law, the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Proposal (including any subsequent material modification to such material terms and conditions) and the identity of the Person making the same. Unless prohibited by applicable Law, Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall keep Parent reasonably informed on a reasonably current basis of the status and material details (including material modifications) of any Alternative Proposal. During the Interim Period, neither Oncor Holdings nor Oncor shall enter into any agreement with any Person which prohibits any Oncor Entity from providing information to the Purchasers that they are expressly entitled to receive from Oncor Holdings or Oncor in accordance with this Section 4(a); provided , that for all purposes of this Letter Agreement, the reasonable best efforts of Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall not include the expenditure of any fees or expenses or the undertaking of, or response to, any action, suit, claim, cause of action or other form of litigation.
(b)      As of the date the Bankruptcy Court has entered an order approving entry into the Merger Agreement, Oncor Holdings and Oncor represent that as of such date, they are not in negotiations with any Person with respect to any Alternative Proposal and that there is no agreement that would prevent Oncor Holdings or Oncor from complying with their respective obligations under Section 4(a).
(c)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4(a), any of Oncor Holdings and Oncor and their Subsidiaries may, but only upon the request of the Company or EFIH, (i) negotiate with stakeholders of the Debtors, facilitate and document the terms of a Permitted Alternative Proposal and (ii) enter into an agreement or agreements with the stakeholders of the Debtors regarding support for and/or financing of such Permitted Alternative Proposal; provided , however , that other than any required disclosure to the Purchasers hereunder, the Oncor Entities shall use reasonable best efforts (x) to keep confidential any solicitation, negotiation, facilitation, and documentation by the applicable Oncor Entities of a Permitted Alternative Proposal and (y) to enter into confidentiality agreements with any counterparty to any agreement regarding support for and/or financing of a Permitted Alternative Proposal, which confidentiality agreement provides that the existence and terms of such Alternative Proposal shall be kept confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed, except in each case to the extent required by applicable Law or pursuant to such

 
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confidentiality agreements (including any “cleansing” provisions set forth in such confidentiality agreements) as determined by the applicable Oncor Entities in their sole and absolute discretion.
(d)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4(c), such provisions shall not be construed to permit, and Oncor Holdings and Oncor and their Subsidiaries shall not, and shall cause their respective Representatives not to, make or support any filings with or submissions or inquiries to any Governmental Entity, including the PUCT, the FCC and the FERC, or make or support any public statements with respect to any Alternative Proposal or any Permitted Alternative Proposal at any time during the Interim Period; provided , however , that the Oncor Entities and their Representatives may (i) respond to requests, communications, or directives received from any Governmental Entity, whether in writing or otherwise, with respect to any Alternative Proposal or Permitted Alternative Proposal, and (ii) take such action as required, or reasonably requested without solicitation, by a Governmental Request or Order with respect to such Alternative Proposal or Permitted Alternative Proposal. The Oncor Entities shall, unless otherwise prohibited by Law, provide prompt notice to the Purchasers of any requests, communications or directives received by them of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) above and keep the Purchasers reasonably informed on a reasonably prompt basis of material developments in connection therewith to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law or confidentiality agreements with third parties.
(e)      For purposes of this Letter Agreement:
(i)      Alternative Proposal ” means any inquiry, proposal, expression of interest or offer from or by a Person other than the Purchasers or their respective representatives (or, to the extent that Parent consents in writing to any Affiliate of the Purchasers being treated in the same manner as the Purchasers, any such Affiliate of the Purchasers) with respect to (i) a merger, acquisition, consolidation, dissolution, equity investment, liquidation, winding up, reorganization, tender offer, recapitalization, plan of reorganization or liquidation, joint venture, partnership, restructuring, asset purchase, share purchase, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction regarding the Company, EFIH, Oncor Holdings or Oncor or one or more of their Subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or businesses, (ii) any other transaction in which any Person would acquire in any manner any direct or indirect equity interests in Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of their assets, properties or businesses or (iii) any other transaction that is inconsistent in any material respect with, or an alternative that prevents consummation of, the Purchase Transaction.
(ii)      Permitted Alternative Proposal ” means any Alternative Proposal but with respect to which members of Oncor who hold at least a majority of the outstanding units representing limited liability company interests in Oncor have delivered to Oncor Holdings and Oncor (with a copy to Parent) a written notice (i) requesting that Oncor enter into, maintain or continue discussions or negotiations with one or more third parties and (ii) certifying that, in the case of a notice delivered by Oncor Holdings, the Company and EFIH are permitted to cause Oncor Holdings to deliver such request under the terms of the Merger Agreement.
Section 5. Filings; Other Actions; Notification .
(a)      Cooperation.
(i)      Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Letter Agreement, the Oncor Entities and Purchasers shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cooperate and to take or cause to be taken all actions, and to do or cause to be done, all things reasonably

 
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requested by the Purchasers to negotiate, prepare and file as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings and assist the Purchasers in obtaining as promptly as reasonably practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Purchase Transaction.
(ii)      Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Letter Agreement, including Section 5(a)(xi) , and subject to approval of the application by the board of directors of Oncor (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the FERC a joint application for the FERC Approval as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party shall furnish to the other parties in a timely fashion, all documents, pleadings, testimony and other information sufficient for such application to be made.
(iii)      Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Letter Agreement, including Section 5(a)(xi) , and subject to approval of the filing by the board of directors of Oncor (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to submit to the PUCT a single filing (on behalf of the parties) in which the Purchasers will seek prior approval by the PUCT of the Purchase Transaction (the “ PUCT Filing ”) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date herof. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party shall furnish to the other parties in a timely fashion, all documents, pleadings, testimony and other information sufficient for the PUCT Filing to be made.
(iv)      In connection with any PUCT Filing or application submitted to the FCC or FERC with respect to the Purchase Transaction (together, the “ FCC/FERC Applications ” and, together with the PUCT Filing, the “ Applications ”), Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall not be required to endorse, or cause any of their Subsidiaries to endorse, as their or their Subsidiaries’ own strategy or commitments, or take actions to support any modification of their or their Subsidiaries’ strategy and business plan that Oncor Holdings or Oncor, as applicable, determines in good faith that it would not support as being in the best interest of Oncor if the Purchase Transaction was not to be completed; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 5(a)(iv) shall affect any Oncor Entity’s obligation to include the Key Regulatory Terms in the Applications, subject to Section 5(a)(v) below. Nothing contained in this Section 5(a)(iv) is intended to give any Purchaser, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct any Oncor Entity’s operations or decisions.
(v)      Each of Oncor and Oncor Holdings agrees that (A) the Applications shall include the information concerning the Purchase Transaction, the Oncor Entities, and the Purchasers required by applicable Laws of the State of Texas and other applicable jurisdictions, (B) the Applications and any amendments or supplements thereto shall include the key terms and undertakings set forth in Exhibit B (the “ Key Regulatory Terms ”) and the jurisdictions relevant thereto and such additional agreements or commitments by the Purchasers as the Purchasers believe, after consultation with the Oncor Entities, are advisable to obtain the PUCT Approval, FERC Approval or FCC Approval, (C) it will cooperate with the efforts of the Purchasers to seek approval of the Key Regulatory Terms in the Applications, (D) no Oncor Entity shall accept any agreements, commitments or conditions in connection with the Purchase Transaction pursuant to any settlement or other agreement with any Governmental Entity without the prior written consent of Parent and (E) prior to

 
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termination of this Letter Agreement, it will not withdraw any filing made by it in connection with the Purchase Transaction without the prior written consent of Parent, such consent to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(vi)      Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Letter Agreement, each party hereto shall appear formally (including by providing testimony) or informally before any Governmental Entity if reasonably requested by the other parties hereto or required by such Governmental Entity in connection with any filings contemplated by this Letter Agreement.
(vii)      Subject to applicable Law and clauses (c) and (e) of this Section 5 relating to the exchange of information and the protection of legal privilege, each of the parties hereto shall provide the other parties hereto a reasonable opportunity to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other parties hereto on and consider in good faith the views and comments of the other parties hereto in connection with, all material information relating to the Oncor Entities that appears in any filing made with, or written materials or written testimony submitted to, or oral presentations or testimony made to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Purchase Transaction. In exercising the foregoing rights and performing the foregoing obligations, each party hereto shall act reasonably, promptly and as reasonably practicable.
(viii)      Each party hereto agrees not to schedule, to the extent reasonably practicable, any substantive meetings or substantive communications with the PUCT or the FERC regarding the Purchase Transaction without giving the other parties hereto or their respective representatives a reasonable opportunity to participate in such meeting or communication to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, and in any event the parties hereto shall keep each other reasonably apprised of all material substantive communications with Governmental Entities of which such party is aware regarding the Purchase Transaction.
(ix)      In connection with the Purchase Transaction, Oncor and Purchasers will be the primary advocates in the PUCT on Purchasers’ proposal to acquire Oncor. Oncor and Purchasers will jointly lead the efforts to obtain PUCT Approval, subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement, and in good faith will cooperate on: (A) the scheduling and conducting of all formal meetings with all Governmental Entities and the staffs thereof, (B) the coordination, terms, commitments, requests, and making of the Applications (and any amendment or supplement thereto), subject to Sections 5(a)(iv) and (xi) , and the process for obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations of any Governmental Entity, in each case, as may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Applications, filings and approvals contemplated by this Letter Agreement, and (C) the resolution of any investigation or other inquiry of any Governmental Entity (and the staffs thereof), including the PUCT, in each case, as may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Applications, filings and approvals contemplated by this Letter Agreement. Prior to making any decisions pursuant to the preceding sentence, Parent shall consult in good faith with the Oncor Entities with respect to such decisions and consider in good faith the views of the Oncor Entities.
(x)      The Oncor Entities shall use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with respect to Purchasers’ efforts to obtain the Supplemental Rulings (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 
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(xi)      Nothing in this Section 5(a) shall (A) prevent, limit or restrict an Oncor Entity or its Affiliates from interacting, communicating or making filings or applications with, or resolving any investigation or other inquiry of, any agency or other Governmental Entity in the ordinary course of business related to matters other than the Purchase Transaction, (B) prevent, limit or restrict an Oncor Entity or its Affiliates from responding to unsolicited inquiries related to the Purchase Transaction from any agency or other Governmental Entity or interacting with any such agency or other Governmental Entity in response to unsolicited communications related to the Purchase Transaction initiated by any such Person, or (C) require an Oncor Entity or any Representative of an Oncor Entity to take any action that would violate any applicable Law or rule of any Governmental Entity, provided , that each Oncor Entity will provide Parent with a reasonable advance opportunity to review and comment upon any written communication, filing or application related to the Applications and the Oncor Entities will consider in good faith the views of Parent in connection with all such written communications, filings or applications. For avoidance of doubt Oncor shall prepare, present and have final approval over any testimony or presentations that will be proffered or given to any Governmental Entity by any Oncor officers, directors, employees or representatives and any responses to discovery, Oncor pleadings, any presentation of evidence, or other communications between any Oncor Entity and any Governmental Entity, including in connection with the filings referenced in clauses (ii) through (iv) above (except that such filings shall be prepared in accordance with and contain the provisions required by the applicable provisions of this Section 5 ).
(xii)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if either the Merger Agreement and/or the Plan of Reorganization has been terminated, each of Oncor and Oncor Holdings may defer performance of its obligations under this Section 5(a) or may withdraw any application or filing previously made by Oncor. Further, Oncor shall be entitled, following notice to and consultation with Parent, to withdraw any application or filing previously made by Oncor with any Governmental Entity pursuant to this Section 5 in order to comply with any requirement, or reasonable request without solicitation, in a Governmental Request or Order; provided that Oncor’s board of directors determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel, and based on advice of such counsel, that not withdrawing any such application or filing would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties.
(b)      Information . Subject to applicable Laws and Section 5(e), Oncor and Oncor Holdings, on the one hand, and Purchasers, on the other hand, shall, upon request by the other, furnish such party with all reasonably requested information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and equityholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with any statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Purchasers, Oncor or Oncor Holdings or any of their respective Subsidiaries to or with any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Purchase Transaction.
(c)      Status . Subject to applicable Laws and Section 5(e), and the instructions of any Governmental Entity, each party hereto shall keep the other parties reasonably apprised of the status of the filings and applications made pursuant to this Section 5, including, upon reasonable request, promptly furnishing the other parties with copies of notices or other communications received by any party hereto from any Governmental Entity with respect to the Purchase Transaction.
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make all determinations with respect to any term or condition in connection with obtaining the FCC Approval, the FERC Approval and the PUCT Approval or any approval or consent of a Governmental Entity sought by the Purchasers in connection with the Purchase Transaction (whether arising due to a change in Law after the date of this Letter Agreement or otherwise). In addition, each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers shall have the right to approve or disapprove of any settlement with respect to the FCC Approval, the FERC Approval, and the PUCT Approval.
(e)      Confidentiality . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained therein, the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall expire upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Purchase Closing Date, and (ii) two (2) years from the date hereof. All information disclosed pursuant to this Section 5 shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement and nothing in this Section 5 shall require any party (i) to violate any of its binding obligations with respect to confidentiality, (ii) to disclose any privileged information or (iii) to fail to comply with any requirement, or reasonable request without solicitation, in a Governmental Request or Order; provided , that, as applicable, each party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, provide notice to the requesting parties that any information is being withheld pursuant to this provision and such parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to find a mutually agreeable solution to any such confidentiality and/or privilege concerns, including, if applicable, by sharing privileged information as requested pursuant to a common interest agreement with respect to the Applications to be mutually agreed and executed between the applicable parties.

 
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Section 6. Access and Reports . Subject to applicable Law, upon reasonable notice, each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall, and each shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to, afford the officers and other representatives of Parent reasonable access, during normal business hours throughout the Interim Period, to its executive officers, properties, books, contracts and records and, during such period, each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall, and each shall cause its Subsidiaries to, furnish to Parent information in its control concerning its business, properties, facilities, operations and personnel as Parent reasonably requests, in each case solely to the extent reasonably necessary to effect the Purchase Transaction; provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section 6 shall (a) unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of any Oncor Entity or (b) affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by an Oncor Entity herein; and provided , further , that the foregoing shall not require any Oncor Entity to (i) permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of such Oncor Entity would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets or other confidential information of third parties or violate any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ obligations with respect to confidentiality if such Oncor Entity shall have used reasonable best efforts to furnish such information in a manner that does not result in any such disclosure or violation, including obtaining the consent of such third party to such inspection or disclosure, (ii) disclose any privileged information of the Oncor Entities if such Oncor Entity shall have used reasonable best efforts to furnish such information in a manner that does not result in the loss of such privilege (including, if applicable, by sharing privileged information as requested pursuant to a common interest agreement with respect to the Applications to be mutually agreed and executed between the applicable parties), (iii) permit any invasive environmental investigation or sampling, including a Phase II environmental assessment or (iv) require disclosure of information that it reasonably determines is competitively sensitive information, including detailed information with respect to transmission development projects, or relates to facilities and infrastructure security procedures. All requests for information made pursuant to this Section 6 shall be directed to the individuals set forth in Exhibit C . All such information shall be governed by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
Section 7. Publicity . The Oncor Entities and Purchasers shall consult with one another prior to issuing any press releases or making any other public announcements with respect to this Letter Agreement or any filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or submissions to the Bankruptcy Court that specifically relate to this Letter Agreement; provided , however , that nothing herein shall restrict or otherwise limit any party from making any disclosures that such party determines is required by applicable Law.
Section 8. Employees and Employee Benefits .
(a)      During the period commencing at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”) and ending on the two-year (2) anniversary of the Effective Time (the “Continuation Period”), Purchasers and the Surviving Company and EFIH shall cause Oncor or Oncor Holdings to provide each individual who is an employee of Oncor prior to and as of the Effective Time (each, an “Oncor Employee”) with (i) a base salary or wage rate that is no less favorable than that provided to such Oncor Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) aggregate incentive compensation opportunities that are substantially comparable, in the aggregate, to those provided to such Oncor Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time and (iii) employee benefits that are substantially comparable, in the aggregate, to those provided to such Oncor Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(b)      During the Continuation Period, Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall not, and Purchasers and the Surviving Company and EFIH shall cause each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor not to, implement any material involuntary workforce reductions (with respect to either field or corporate personnel) of the Oncor Employees.

 
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(c)      From and after the Effective Time, each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall, and Purchasers shall exercise all rights as a direct or indirect equityholder of Oncor Holdings and Oncor to cause Oncor Holdings and Oncor to, fully satisfy, fulfill and discharge any obligations to current and former Oncor Employees under the Assumed Plans; provided that, nothing herein shall prevent the amendment or termination of any such plans in accordance with their terms by Oncor Holdings and/or Oncor, and Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall each continue to have any rights, privileges or powers under the Assumed Plans.
(d)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8 with respect to any Oncor Employee immediately following the Effective Time whose terms and conditions of employment are covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”), the terms and conditions of such Oncor Employee’s employment shall be governed by the terms of the applicable CBA, as may be modified from time to time.
(e)      Each party hereto hereby acknowledges that, with respect to any employee listed on Exhibit D hereto, a “change in control” or “change of control” within the meaning of each Assumed Plan in which such employee is a participant or to which such employee is a party will occur as a result of the consummation of the Purchase Transaction. For each employee listed on Exhibit D who chooses to retire from or terminate his or her service with the Oncor Entities in connection with the closing of the Purchase Transaction and so notified Purchaser within three (3) months following the Purchase Closing Date, Purchasers agree to pay any and all benefits (including change in control benefits) to which such individual would be entitled in connection with such retirement or termination, treating such retirement or termination as a resignation with “good reason,” a termination “without cause,” or a retirement under the relevant Assumed Plans.
(f)      In the event that any Oncor Employee becomes a participant in any employee benefit plan of Purchasers or its Subsidiaries, Purchasers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any employee benefit plans in which such Oncor Employee is entitled to participate to take into account for purposes of eligibility and vesting thereunder, service of such Oncor Employees with Oncor Holdings or Oncor, as applicable, prior to the Effective Time as if such service were with Purchasers or its Subsidiaries to the extent provided in accordance with the terms of such employee benefit plans (except (i) with respect to any Oncor Employee who incurs a break in service after the Purchase Closing Date and is subsequently hired, such service will only be credited to the extent such service would have been credited and/or restored in accordance with the terms of a comparable benefit plan immediately prior to the Purchase Closing Date, or (ii) to the extent that it would result in (A) a duplication of benefits, (B) benefit accruals under any defined benefit pension plan (other than utilizing such years of service in order to satisfy any requirements for future benefit accrual only under any defined benefit pension plan), or (C) service accrual for any purpose under any post-retirement welfare benefit plan).
(g)      The provisions of this Section 8 are solely for the benefit of the parties to this Letter Agreement, and no Oncor Employee or former Oncor Employee or any other individual associated therewith shall be regarded for any purpose as a third party beneficiary of this Letter Agreement, and nothing herein shall (i) be construed as an amendment to any Benefit Plan for any purpose, (ii) give any Oncor Employee or former Oncor Employee or any other individual associated therewith or any employee benefit plan or trustee thereof or any other third party any right to enforce the provisions of this Section 8 or (iii) obligate the Surviving Company, EFIH, Oncor Holdings or Oncor or any of their respective Affiliates (A) to, subject to Section 8(a)(iii), and as provided in the Split Participant Agreement (as defined below), maintain any particular benefit plan, (B) to retain the

 
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employment of any particular employee or (C) to refrain from promoting or demoting any particular employee (or otherwise refrain from reassigning such employee to a new position).
Section 9. Split Participant Agreement . Oncor shall not amend the Split Participant Agreement, dated October 3, 2016, by and between Oncor and Reorganized TCEH (the “ Split Participant Agreement ”) without the consent of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Section 10. Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance .
(a)      Nothing herein shall impair or restrict the ability of any Oncor Entity to honor and perform any of its indemnification obligations to any Representative under any Contract.
(b)      Effective as of the Effective Time, each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor shall, and the Surviving Company and EFIH shall exercise all rights as a direct or indirect equityholder of Oncor Holdings and Oncor to cause Oncor Holdings and Oncor to comply with (i) any indemnification agreement between any Indemnified Party and an Oncor Entity and (ii) the indemnification obligations and exculpation provisions in the LLC Agreements as in effect as of the date hereof.
(c)      Nothing contained in this Letter Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Oncor Entities from obtaining, with the approval of their respective boards of directors, and fully paying the premium for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Oncor Entities’ existing directors’, managers’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) Oncor’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the Purchase Closing Date with respect to any claim related to any period of time at or prior to the Purchase Closing Date, which policies may be issued by an insurance carrier selected by the Oncor Entities and may contain terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are acceptable to the Oncor Entities in their sole discretion with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of duty or any matter claimed against a director or officer of any of the Oncor Entities by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to the Purchase Closing Date (including in connection with this Letter Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided , that , the premiums for the extension of such insurance policies shall not exceed 250% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Oncor Entities for such insurance policies.
(d)      If, within six (6) years of the Purchase Closing Date, the Surviving Company, EFIH or any of their successors or assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any individual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, the Surviving Company, EFIH or their successors or assigns shall make, to the extent not provided for under applicable Law, proper provisions so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Company or EFIH, as the case may be, assume all of the obligations of the Surviving Company or EFIH set forth in this Section 10.
(e)      The provisions of this Section 10 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties.
(f)      The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of formation, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of any Oncor Entity, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or

 
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prior to the Purchase Closing Date and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of formation, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of any Oncor Entity or the Company or any existing indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and any of the foregoing shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party with respect to any acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Purchase Closing Date.
(g)      To the extent that any Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification under both this Letter Agreement and any other contract, agreement or instrument (including the certificate of formation, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of any Oncor Entity or the Company or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and any of the foregoing) in respect of any services performed by such Indemnified Party as a director, manager, or officer of any of the Oncor Entities, the fact that any such contract, agreement or instrument also provides for indemnification of such Indemnified Parties shall not (i) be construed to diminish or otherwise limit any right or remedy granted to such Indemnified Parties hereunder or (ii) require that any other sources of indemnification or available insurance be primary over the indemnification obligations set forth in this Letter Agreement, any indemnification agreement previously entered with the Indemnified Parties or in the organizational documents of any Oncor Entity.
Section 11. Notice of Current Events .
(a)      At all times during the Interim Period, each of the parties hereto shall notify the other parties hereto orally and in writing upon: (i) receipt of any written communication from any Person that is a party to an Oncor Material Contract alleging that the consent of such Person (or another Person) is required in connection with the Purchase Transaction; (ii) becoming aware of any occurrence, or non-occurrence, of any event that, individually or in the aggregate, would cause any of the representations or warranties of such party or parties contained in this Letter Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect; or (iii) becoming aware of any failure of any such party to comply with or satisfy, in any material respect, any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it pursuant to this Letter Agreement.
(b)      Parent shall notify Oncor Holdings and Oncor in writing as promptly as practicable (but in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours) after the termination of the Merger Agreement and/or the Plan of Reorganization by any party thereto.
Section 12. Financing .
(a)      During the Interim Period, Oncor Holdings and Oncor each agree to use reasonable best efforts to timely provide, and to use reasonable best efforts to cause their Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives to timely provide, reasonable cooperation in connection with Parent’s arrangement of any debt or equity issuance contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Plan of Reorganization (each, a “Financing”) ( provided that , Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to provide Oncor Holdings and Oncor with notice of any information needed by Parent as soon as reasonably practicable). Oncor Holdings’ and Oncor’s cooperation shall be limited to the following: (i) participation by appropriate members of senior management of the Oncor Entities, which participation will be limited to providing Oncor financial and operational information in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, road shows, due diligence sessions, and sessions with prospective lenders, investors and rating agencies, in each case, at mutually agreeable times and locations and upon reasonable notice; (ii) providing information in its control to Purchasers that is necessary for Purchasers to prepare materials for rating agencies and rating agency presentations, offering

 
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documents, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda, prospectuses and similar documents required in connection with any such Financing, together with procuring customary authorization letters authorizing the distribution of Oncor information to prospective lenders or investors (which customary authorization letters shall be required notwithstanding the reasonable best efforts standard required of Oncor Holdings and Oncor above); (iii) furnishing (A) all information and data reasonably requested by Parent to prepare all pro forma financial statements required to be prepared or are otherwise customary in connection with any Financing registered on Form S-1, Form S-4 or other available Form (as applicable) and (B) all financial statements and financial data of the type and form required to be prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act for offerings of the debt and/or equity securities (as the case may be) contemplated in the respective Financings registered on Form S-1, Form S-4 or other available Form (as applicable) under the Securities Act, including all information required to be incorporated therein, provided , that, if no registration statement is required to be filed for each of the Financings, for each such Financing, financial statements and financial data shall be furnished to the extent customary to consummate the Financing (subject to exceptions customary for a private Rule 144A offering) and, for the avoidance of doubt, would not require financial information otherwise required by Rule 3-10 and Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X or “segment reporting” and any Compensation Discussion and Analysis or executive compensation information required by Item 402 of Regulation S-K; (iv) using reasonable best efforts to assist Parent and the lenders and investors for such Financing or their respective Affiliates in obtaining corporate, facilities and securities ratings, as applicable, in connection with the Financing prior to the launch of the Financing; (v) providing information in its control that is necessary for the preparation of customary schedules and exhibits in connection with the Financing; (vi) furnishing Parent and the lenders and investors for such Financing or their respective Affiliates promptly, and in any event no later than three (3) Business Days prior to an Early Financing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or the Purchase Closing Date, as applicable, with all documentation and other information which any lender or investor providing or arranging the Financing has reasonably requested, including under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act, in each case to the extent such request is made at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Early Financing Date or the Purchase Closing Date, as applicable; (vii) providing customary management representation letters to the independent accountants and causing Oncor’s independent auditors to cooperate in connection with the Financing (including providing accountants’ comfort letters and consents to use their audit reports from Oncor’s independent auditors to the extent required in connection with such Financing); and (viii) otherwise cooperating with the reasonable requests of Parent to satisfy any express conditions precedent to the Financing that require Oncor information, provided that with respect to the foregoing clauses (i)-(viii), (A) no Oncor Entity shall be required to endorse any particular strategy or structure, (B) the Purchasers shall be responsible for any projections, (C) such requested cooperation shall not unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of any Oncor Entity, (D) no Oncor Entity shall be required to pay any commitment or other similar fee or incur any other liability or obligation in connection with the Financing, (E) other than customary authorization letters, no Oncor Entity or any of their respective officers, directors, or employees shall be required to execute or enter into or perform any agreement with respect to the Financing that is not contingent upon the consummation of the Merger or that would be effective prior to the Purchase Closing Date, (F) no Persons who are on the board of directors or the board of managers (or similar governing body) of any Oncor Entity prior to the Purchase Closing Date in their capacity as such shall be required to pass resolutions or consents to approve or authorize the execution of the Financing, and (G) no Oncor Entity or any of their respective officers, directors, or employees shall be required to execute any solvency certificate in connection with the Financing.

 
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Nothing contained in this Section 12 or otherwise shall require any Oncor Entity to be an issuer or other obligor with respect to the Financing nor to assume any liability whatsoever for such Financing.
(b)      During the Interim Period, it is understood that Parent may seek to market and consummate all or a portion of the Financing. In this regard, and for the avoidance of doubt, Oncor Holdings and Oncor acknowledge that their cooperation obligations set forth in Section 12(a) include the obligation to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with any such efforts, provided such cooperation obligations are limited to those set forth in Section 12(a).
(c)      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Oncor Entities or their respective Representatives shall be required to take any action that would subject such Person to actual or potential liability, to bear any cost or expense or to pay any commitment or other similar fee or make any other payment or incur any other liability or provide or agree to provide any indemnity in connection with the Financing or their performance of their respective obligations under this Section 12 or any information utilized in connection therewith. Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Oncor Entities and their respective Representatives from and against any and all Costs suffered or incurred by them in connection with the arrangement of the Financing and the performance of their respective obligations under this Section 12 and any information utilized in connection therewith (other than Costs arising from any untrue statement of a material fact in information provided by any Oncor Entity or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in such information or necessary in order to make such information not misleading). Parent shall, promptly upon request of Oncor Holdings or Oncor, reimburse any Oncor Entity for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Oncor Entity (including those of its Representatives) in connection with the cooperation required by this Section 12. Each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor hereby consents to the use of the logos of the Oncor Entities in connection with the Financing; provided that such logos are used solely in a manner that is not intended to or reasonably likely to harm or disparage any Oncor Entity or the reputation or goodwill of any Oncor Entity.
Section 13. Headquarters . From and after the Purchase Closing Date, Purchasers shall cause the Oncor Entities to maintain their headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Section 14. Implementation of Key Regulatory Terms . Each of Oncor Holdings and Oncor agree, subject to Bankruptcy Court Approval and PUCT Approval, to take all actions necessary or appropriate to effect changes to the LLC Agreements of Oncor Holdings and Oncor that are required or permitted to be requested or implemented by Purchasers, with such changes to be effective at the Effective Time to the extent consistent with the PUCT Approval.
Section 15. Miscellaneous .
(a)      Survival . This Section 15 and the covenants and agreements of the parties hereto contained in Section 8 ( Employees and Employee Benefits ), Section 10 ( Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance ), Section 12(c) ( Financing ) and Section 13 ( Headquarters ) and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the consummation of the Purchase Transaction. This Section 15 and the covenants and agreements of the parties hereto contained in Section 12(c) ( Financing ) and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the termination of this Letter Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, all other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Letter Agreement shall not survive the consummation of the Merger.
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Agreement by written agreement executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the respective parties.
(c)      Counterparts . This Letter 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.
(d)      GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(i)      THIS LETTER AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, REMEDY OR LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT OR ANY RELIEF OR REMEDIES SOUGHT BY ANY PARTY HERETO, 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 (A) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in Dallas County, Texas in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Letter Agreement, (B) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court and (C) agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Letter Agreement (whether on the basis of a claim sounding in contract, equity, tort or otherwise) in any other court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment (subject to any appeals therefrom) in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Letter Agreement or the Purchase Transaction in any court specified in accordance with the provisions of this Section 15(d)(i) . Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 15(e) . Nothing in this Letter Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Letter Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.
(ii)      EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS LETTER 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 LETTER AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS LETTER AGREEMENT. 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

 
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (Y) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (Z) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 15(d)(ii) .
(e)      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 Oncor Holdings or Oncor :
Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75202
Attention:    E. Allen Nye, Jr.
    Kevin R. Fease
    Michael L. Davitt
Email:    allen.nye@oncor.com
    kevin.fease@oncor.com
    michael.davitt@oncor.com

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to :
Jones Day
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
Attention:    Corinne Ball
Email:     cball@jonesday.com

and

PatVillarealLaw PLLC
25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100869
Dallas, Texas 75205
Attention: Patricia J. Villareal
Email:    pat@patvillareallaw.com

If to Purchasers :
Sempra Energy
488 8th Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
Attention:    General Counsel
Email:     MWyrsch@sempra.com
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to :

 
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White & Case LLP
Southeast Financial Center
200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4900
Miami, Florida 33131
Attention:    Thomas E Lauria
Email:      tlauria@whitecase.com

And

White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention:    Gregory Pryor and Michael A. Deyong
Email:    gpryor@whitecase.com;
    michael.deyong@whitecase.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; 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.
(f)      Termination . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Letter Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Purchase Closing Date, (i) by mutual written consent of the parties hereto, (ii) automatically, and without any action of any of the parties hereto, upon (A) any valid termination of the Merger Agreement by any party thereto or (B) the withdrawal of the Plan of Reorganization or any event that renders the Plan of Reorganization or an order approving the Plan of Reorganization null or void, (iii) by Oncor Holdings, if the board of directors of Oncor Holdings determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel, and based on the advice of such counsel, that proceeding with this Letter Agreement would be inconsistent with its applicable fiduciary duties or (iv) by Oncor, if the board of directors of Oncor determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel, and based on the advice of such counsel, that proceeding with this Letter Agreement would be inconsistent with its applicable fiduciary duties.
(g)      Entire Agreement . This Letter Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement embody the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in respect of the subject matter contained herein and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter, and reflect all contractual obligations or commitments with Parent and Merger Sub. The parties hereby further represent that, in entering into this Letter Agreement (i) they have been represented and advised by counsel in connection with this Letter Agreement, which they have entered into voluntarily and of their own choice, and not under coercion or duress; (ii) they are relying upon their own knowledge and the advice of counsel; (iii) they knowingly waive any claim that this Letter Agreement was induced by any misrepresentation or nondisclosure which could have been or was discovered before signing this Letter Agreement; and (iv) they knowingly

 
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waive any right to rescind or avoid this Letter Agreement based upon presently existing facts, known or unknown.
(h)      Severability . The provisions of this Letter 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 Letter Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (i) 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 (ii) the remainder of this Letter 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.
(i)      Assignment . This Letter Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of law or otherwise without the written consent of the non-assigning parties hereto. Any purported assignment in violation of this Letter Agreement is void.
(j)      No Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Section 10 ( Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance ), Section 12(c) ( Financing ), Section 15(k) ( Specific Performance; Limitation of Damages ) and Section 15(m) ( No Recourse ), Purchasers, Oncor Holdings and Oncor hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other parties hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement, and this Letter Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the covenants set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and EFIH shall not have any right to rely on or enforce any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth herein.
(k)      Specific Performance; Limitation of Damages . The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Letter Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each of the parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief (but not any other form of equitable relief) to prevent or remedy breaches of this Letter Agreement, without the proof of irreparable damage or any actual damages or losses whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that a party hereto may not assert that another party to this Letter Agreement is in breach of this Letter Agreement unless such non-breaching party provides the purported breaching party with written notice of such allegation within five (5) Business Days of the non-breaching party or its Affiliates first becoming aware of such purported breach. Prior to the non-breaching party seeking an injunction pursuant to this Section 15(k), the purported breaching party shall have five (5) Business Days after receiving such notice to cure any such breach. Within that five (5) Business Day period, the parties to this Letter Agreement also agree that senior management level designees of each party shall meet and confer in an attempt to resolve any claim of a breach. Each party irrevocably agrees to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with such specific performance or injunctive relief. Regardless of any other provision in this Letter Agreement, the Merger Agreement, and/or any related transaction, the parties specifically agree that neither Oncor, Oncor Holdings, or their Representatives, nor Purchasers shall be held liable in any event for monetary damages hereunder; provided that Purchasers agree that they may be held liable for monetary damages for a breach of their obligations under Section 10 and Section 12. Each party also agrees that in the event that any Purchaser asserts any claim against any Oncor Entity or its Representatives based upon or reflecting in any manner any provisions of the

 
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Merger Agreement and/or related documents, such claim, if any will be subject to and limited by this Section 15(k). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Letter Agreement, in no event shall any party hereto or their Representatives be liable to any other party hereunder for any punitive, incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages, including loss of future revenue or income or opportunity, relating to the breach or alleged breach of this Letter Agreement.
(l)      Interpretation; Construction . The headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Letter Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Letter Agreement is made to a section or exhibit, such reference shall be to a section of or exhibit to this Letter Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Letter 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 Letter Agreement shall refer to this Letter Agreement as a whole and not any particular provision of this Letter Agreement. The words “will” and “shall” have the same meaning. The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Letter Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Letter 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 Letter Agreement.
(m)      No Recourse . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter Agreement, this Letter Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to this Letter Agreement may only be brought against, the parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party. Except as expressly set forth herein, none of the Affiliates of the Company, EFIH, Purchasers, Oncor or Oncor Holdings, nor any of their respective Representatives shall have any liability under this Letter Agreement.
(n)      Effectiveness . The obligations, covenants and representations of Oncor and Oncor Holdings hereunder will not be effective unless and until the Bankruptcy Court enters an order approving the Merger Agreement, with the exception of the obligations undertaken in (i) Section 2 (Representations and Warranties), (ii) Section 3 (Interim Operations), (iii) Section 5 (Filings; Other Actions; Notifications), (iv) Section 11 (Notice of Current Events) and (v) Section 15 (Miscellaneous) which will be effective as of the signing of this Letter Agreement.
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If the parties are in agreement with the terms of this Letter Agreement, please execute one copy of this Letter Agreement in the space provided below and return it to the undersigned, whereupon this Letter Agreement will represent the binding agreement of the parties hereto.
Very Truly yours,
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS
COMPANY LLC
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:


 
 
 




AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED
as of the date first set forth above:
SEMPRA ENERGY
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
POWER PLAY MERGER SUB I, INC.
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:




 
 
 




Exhibit A

Definitions
Capitalized terms used in this Letter Agreement without definition shall have the following respective meanings:
2007 Separation Agreement ” means the Separation Agreement, dated October 10, 2007, by and between TXU Corp. and Oncor Holdings.
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person.
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception ” means the bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
Benefit Plan ” means all material benefit and compensation plans, programs, policies or arrangements covering Oncor Employees, including “employee benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA and deferred compensation, change in control, severance, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation rights, stock based, incentive and bonus plans, agreements, employment agreements (but only such employment agreements that would reasonably be expected to provide for annual compensation of $100,000 or more), programs, policies or arrangements sponsored, contributed to, or entered into by Oncor Holdings or Oncor or their Subsidiaries.
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.
Chapter 11 Cases ” means the voluntary cases of the Debtors under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. in the Bankruptcy Court.
Confidentiality Agreement ” means the confidentiality agreement, dated as of August 3, 2017, between Parent and Oncor, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
Contract ” means an agreement, lease, license, franchise, contract, note, mortgage, indenture, credit agreement, arrangement or other obligation.
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 the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Costs ” means any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities.
Debtors ” means, collectively, the Company, EFIH and certain entities in which the Company, directly or indirectly, holds an equity interest, that commenced voluntary cases under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
Environment ” means any and all ambient air, indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata or sediment and flora and fauna.




ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
FCC Approval ” means the consent of the Federal Communications Commission for the assignment and/or transfer of control as applicable, of radio licenses, including point-to-point private microwave licenses held by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries.
FERC ” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
FERC Approval ” means an order issued by FERC approving the transactions contemplated hereby under section 203 of the Federal Power Act and the FERC’s regulations thereunder.
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.), Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. or any other legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity, excluding in each case, the Bankruptcy Court.
Governmental Request or Order ” means any formal or informal request, action, Law, directive or order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), whether written or not, made, enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by any court, other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction, or governmental authority, including without limitation the PUCT, ERCOT, FERC, the Texas Reliability Entity, the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, or any representative thereof.
Indemnified Parties ” means directors, managers and officers of the Oncor Entities.
Investor Rights Agreement ” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2008, among Oncor and certain of its direct and indirect equityholders.
Knowledge ” means, when used with respect to Oncor Holdings and Oncor, the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of Robert S. Shapard, David M. Davis, Allen Nye, James A. Greer, Walter Mark Carpenter and Deborah L. Dennis.
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.
License ” means all permits, certifications, approvals, registrations, clearances, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Entity.
Lien ” means any lien, charge, pledge, security interest, claim or other encumbrance.
Merger ” shall mean the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company with the Company surviving as an indirect Subsidiary of Parent.
Oncor Material Contract ” means any Contract, other than a Benefit Plan, that (A) would be required to be filed by Oncor as a “material contract” as such term is defined in item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act.
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.
PUCT ” means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.




PUCT Approval ” means the PUCT’s approval, as applicable, of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement pursuant to authority asserted by the PUCT pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act and the PUCT’s regulations thereunder.
Reorganized TCEH ” means a new Subsidiary of TCEH formed by TCEH pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization.
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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.
Surviving Company ” shall mean the surviving company in the Merger.
Termination Date ” means the date on which the Merger Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms.






Exhibit B
Key Regulatory Terms
BOARD
1.
Separate Board Commitment . At closing and thereafter, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“Oncor”) will have a separate board of directors. If, at closing or thereafter, Sempra Energy (“Parent”) has competitive affiliates in Texas, the Oncor board of directors will not include any employees of Parent competitive affiliates in Texas, any members from the boards of directors of Parent’s competitive affiliates in Texas, or any individuals with direct responsibility for the management or strategies of such competitive affiliates.
2.
Independent Board Commitment . Oncor will have a board of directors comprised of at least thirteen (13) directors. Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC (“Oncor Holdings”) will have a board of directors comprised of at least ten (10) directors. A majority of the Oncor Holdings’ board members and Oncor’s board members will qualify as “independent” in all material respects in accordance with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (which are set forth in Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual), from Parent and its subsidiaries. To the extent Parent has any competitive affiliates in Texas, Oncor Holdings’ and Oncor’s boards of directors would not include any employees of Parent’s competitive affiliates in Texas or any members from the boards of directors of Parent’s competitive affiliates in Texas.
a.
The Oncor Board shall have seven (7) Independent/Disinterested Directors, two (2) directors who will be officers of Oncor designated by Oncor Holdings only at the direction of Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”), two (2) directors who will be designated by Oncor Holdings only at the direction of EFIH, and two (2) directors who will be designated by the Minority Members (as that term is defined in the Oncor LLC Agreement) in accordance with the existing terms of the Oncor LLC Agreement. Any Oncor directors designated by EFIH are referred to as “EFIH Directors.”
b.
The Oncor Holdings Board shall have six (6) Independent/Disinterested Directors, two (2) directors who will be officers of Oncor Holdings designated by EFIH, and two (2) directors who will be designated by EFIH.
c.
The duties of the Board members of Oncor Holdings and Oncor will be to act in the best interests of Oncor consistent with the approved ring-fence and Delaware Law.




3.
Independence of Board Commitment . Oncor Holdings’ and Oncor’s Boards cannot be overruled by the board of Parent or any of its subsidiaries on dividend policy, debt issuance, capital expenditures, management and service fees, and appointment or removal of board members, provided that such actions may also require the additional approval of Oncor Holdings’ Board.
a.
The appointment or removal of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Oncor shall require a majority vote of Oncor board of directors, which vote must include the unanimous vote of the EFIH Directors.
b.
Neither Oncor Holdings nor Oncor nor any of their subsidiaries may without the prior written consent of Parent: (1) enter into or authorize any material transactions with a third party outside ordinary course of business nor enter into any contract, or other similar agreement to effectuate such material transactions; or (2) institute an Oncor bankruptcy filing.
c.
Only the Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee can replace or remove any of the Independent/Disinterested Directors on the Oncor or Oncor Holdings Boards. If the Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee is required to fill a vacancy of an Independent Director on either the Oncor Holdings or Oncor Boards, the Nominating Committee will nominate a new director who is Disinterested. “Disinterested Directors” must: (1) be independent from Parent and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities in all material respects in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NYSE; and (2) have no material relationship with Parent or its subsidiaries or affiliated entities currently or within the previous ten years. Former officers of Oncor who otherwise meet these qualifications qualify as “Disinterested Directors.”
d.
The Independent/Disinterested Directors may make recommendations to the Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee for any new Disinterested Directors. The Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee will always have a majority of Independent/Disinterested Directors. The appointment of new disinterested directors to either the Oncor Holdings or Oncor Boards shall be subject to the approval by a majority vote of Independent/Disinterested Directors.
e.
A majority vote of the Independent and/or Disinterested Directors must approve an annual budget if the aggregate amount of such capital and operating and maintenance expenditures in such annual budget is more than a 10% decrease from the capital and operating and maintenance budget for the immediately prior fiscal year.




f.
The Independent and/or Disinterested Directors have the right to approve any amendments or changes to the key provisions of LLC Agreements relating to: (1) the Independent Board; (2) the rights and powers of Independent/Disinterested Directors; (3) removal of Directors; and (4) Delaware as controlling law. Changes to the key provisions of the LLC Agreements shall be subject to Commission approval.
DIVIDENDS
4.
Oncor Board’s Right to Determine Dividends Commitment . The Oncor Board, comprised of a majority of Independent/Disinterested Directors, will have the sole right to determine dividends.
a.
Any amendments or changes to the Dividend Policy have to be approved by a majority vote of the Independent/Disinterested Directors.
b.
The Independent/Disinterested Directors, acting by majority vote, shall have the authority to prevent Oncor or Oncor Holdings from making any dividend if they determine that it is in the best interest of Oncor to retain such amounts to meet expected future requirements of Oncor (including continuing compliance with the debt-to-equity ratio described in Section 10).
5.
Oncor Credit Ratings and Dividends Commitment . To eliminate concerns regarding a negative impact on Oncor resulting from Parent’s acquisition of Oncor, and in lieu of providing specifics regarding acquisition funding, Parent commits to the following:
a.
Parent will ensure that, as of the closing of the transaction, Oncor’s credit ratings at all three major ratings agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, or Fitch Ratings) will be at or above Oncor’s credit ratings as of June 30, 2017; and
b.
If the credit rating by any one of the three major ratings agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, or Fitch Ratings) fall below BBB (Baa2) for Oncor senior secured debt, then Oncor will suspend payment of dividends until otherwise allowed by the Commission.
DEBT
6.
Existing Legacy Debt and Liabilities . Immediately following the closing of the transaction, Parent will reduce the debt that resides above Oncor at EFIH and EFH, such that up to $3.12 billion of debt, in the aggregate, may be incurred and/or remain at reorganized EFH and/or reorganized EFIH. Parent




further commits that such debt will be extinguished prior to maturity (i.e., in less than 7 years) and no new debt shall be incurred by reorganized EFH or reorganized EFIH.
7.
No Transaction-Related Debt at Oncor Commitment . Oncor will not incur, guaranty, or pledge assets in respect of any incremental new debt related to financing the transaction at the closing or thereafter. Oncor’s financial integrity will be protected from the separate operations of Parent’s affiliated retail electric provider (“REP”) or generation company, if any.
8.
Cross-Default Provisions, Financial Covenants or Rating Agency Triggers . Oncor will not include in any of its debt or credit agreements cross-default provisions between Oncor’s securities and the securities of Parent or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. Oncor will not include in its debt or credit agreements any financial covenants or rating agency triggers related to Parent or any other Parent affiliate.
9.
Debt-to-Equity Ratio Commitment . Oncor’s debt will be limited so that its regulatory debt-to-equity ratio (as determined by the Commission) is at or below the assumed debt-to-equity ratio established from time to time by the Commission for ratemaking purposes. Oncor’s payment of dividends will be limited by compliance with the Commission-approved regulatory debt-to-equity ratio.
10.
No Inter-Company Debt Commitment . Oncor will not enter into any inter-company debt transactions with Parent affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries) following consummation of the transaction.
11.
No Inter-Company Lending Commitment . Oncor will not lend money to or borrow money from Parent or Parent’s affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries).
12.
Credit Facility Commitment . Oncor will not share credit facilities with Parent or Parent’s affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries).
13.
No Pledging of Assets/Stock Commitment . Oncor’s assets or stock shall not be pledged for any entity other than Oncor.
14.
No Recovery of Affiliate REP Bad Debt Commitment . If there is any Parent REP is affiliated with Oncor, Oncor will not seek to recover from its customers any costs incurred as a result of a bankruptcy of any Parent REP.
15.
Credit Rating Registration Commitment . Parent and Oncor will be registered with major nationally and internationally recognized bond rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, or Fitch Ratings. Oncor’s ratings shall reflect the ring-fence provision contemplated herein in order to provide Oncor with a stand-alone (non-linked) credit rating.




BANKRUPTCY LIABILITIES
16.
Bankruptcy Expenses and Liabilities . Oncor will not seek recovery in rates of any expenses or liabilities related to EFH’s bankruptcy. This commitment includes the agreement that Oncor will not seek recovery in rates of amounts resulting from any: (1) tax liabilities resulting from the spin-off of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC; (2) asbestos claims relating to non-Oncor operations of or under EFH; or (3) make-whole claims by creditors of EFH or EFIH set forth in the EFH and EFIH Plan of Reorganization. Oncor’s customers will not be required to pay for these items.
NON-CONSOLIDATION
17.
Non-Consolidation Legal Opinion . Parent agrees to obtain a non-consolidation legal opinion that provides that, in the event of a bankruptcy of Parent or any affiliate of Parent, a bankruptcy court would not consolidate the assets and liabilities of Oncor with Parent or any affiliate of Parent.
CAPEX
18.
Capital Expenditure Commitment . Oncor shall make minimum capital expenditures equal to a budget of at least $7.5 billion over the five-year period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022, subject to the following adjustments to the extent reported to the Commission in Oncor’s quarterly earnings monitor report: Oncor may reduce capital spending due to conditions not under Oncor’s control, including, without limitation, siting delays, cancellations of projects by third-parties, weaker than expected economic conditions, or if Oncor determines that a particular expenditure would not be prudent.
CYBERSECURITY
19.
Cybersecurity Expenditure Commitment . Oncor shall make minimum cybersecurity expenditures equal to a budget of $35 million over the five-year period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022. Oncor shall work cooperatively with other Parent entities with respect to cybersecurity issues.
AFFILIATE ISSUES
20.
Affiliate Asset Transfer Commitment . Neither Oncor Holdings nor Oncor will transfer any material assets or facilities to any affiliates (other than Oncor Holdings, Oncor, and their subsidiaries, which are hereinafter referred to as the “ring-fenced entities”), other than a transfer that is on an arm’s-




length basis consistent with the Commission’s affiliate standards applicable to Oncor, regardless of whether such affiliate standards would apply to the particular transaction.
21.
Arm’s-Length Relationship Commitment . Each of the ring-fenced entities will maintain an arm’s-length relationship with Parent or Parent’s affiliates (other than the ring-fenced entities) consistent with the Commission’s affiliate standards applicable to Oncor.
22.
Separate Books and Records Commitment . Each of the ring-fenced entities will maintain accurate, appropriate, and detailed books, financial records and accounts, including checking and other bank accounts, and custodial and other securities safekeeping accounts that are separate and distinct from those of any other entity.
23.
FERC Preemption . Neither Oncor nor Parent or Parent’s affiliates will assert before the Commission or a Texas court of competent jurisdiction that the Commission is preempted pursuant to the Federal Power Act ( e.g. , under a FERC tariff) from making a determination regarding the prudence of affiliate costs sought to be allocated to Oncor.
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS
24.
Holding Company Commitment . Oncor Holdings will be retained between Parent and Oncor.
25.
Continued Ownership Commitment . Parent will hold a majority of its indirect ownership interest in Oncor for a period of more than five years after the closing date of the transaction.
26.
Compliance Report Commitment . For a period of five years after the closing date of the transaction, Oncor will make annual reports to the Commission regarding its compliance with these commitments.
27.
Name/Logo Commitment . Parent commits to maintaining a name and logo for Oncor that is separate and distinct from the names of Parent’s REP and wholesale generation companies or any other current or future Texas competitive affiliate, if any. For the sake of clarity, any Parent REP, wholesale generation company, or any other current or future Texas competitive affiliate will not use the Oncor name, trademark, brand, logo, or any other brand identifying features; nor will Oncor engage in joint marketing, advertising, or promotional efforts with any Parent REP, wholesale generation company, or any other current or future Texas competitive affiliate, in a manner that is inconsistent with the Public Utility Regulatory Act and the Commission's affiliate rules.




28.
Headquarters/Management Commitment . Oncor will maintain its separate headquarters and management in Dallas, Texas. Local management will remain the primary point of contact on all regulatory and operational matters.
29.
Oncor Senior Management Succession Plan . Effective upon closing of the transaction, Robert S. Shapard will assume the role of Executive Chairman of the Oncor Board, and E. Allen Nye, Jr. will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of Oncor.
30.
Texas Utility Commitment . Oncor will continue to operate solely within the state of Texas as a public utility subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the Commission.
31.
Reliability . For purposes of Substantive Rule 25.52, system average interruption duration index (“SAIDI”) and system average interruption frequency index (“SAIFI”) standards should be calculated for Oncor’s current service area based on Oncor’s forced interruption performance for years 2014, 2015, and 2016. These standards should go into effect starting with the calendar year 2018.
32.
Reports of SAIDI and SAIFI to Commission. Oncor will report its actual system-level SAIDI and SAIFI statistics to the Commission in its Quarterly Performance Reports and yearly Service Quality Reports filed pursuant to 16 Tex. Admin Code (“TAC”) §25.81.
33.
Transaction Costs. None of the transaction costs will be borne by Oncor’s customers, nor will Oncor seek to include transaction costs in rates. For purposes of this commitment, “Transaction Costs” are those incremental costs paid to advance or consummate the Proposed Transaction. Examples of Transaction Costs include, but are not limited to: Parent employee time and expenses; Oncor change of control payments; certain executive severance costs related to the transaction; and third party costs, including bank advisors, external legal advisors, rating agencies, and expert witnesses and consultants in each case paid to advance or consummate the Proposed Transaction. Transaction Costs do not include Oncor employee time.
34.
Transition Costs. No Parent employee time and expenses, third party costs, fees, expenses or costs of the transition (“Transition Costs”) will be borne by Oncor’s customers, nor will Oncor seek to include Transition Costs in rates. Transition Costs are those costs necessary to integrate the two companies for Day 1 Readiness, including the one-time transition costs being incurred whether directly or indirectly through affiliate charges to transition Oncor to ownership by Parent and to




integrate Oncor’s operations and systems with those of Parent. Provided, however, that Transition Costs do not include Oncor employee time, costs to achieve savings or synergies or costs that reflect reasonable and necessary costs in providing service to the public. “Costs to achieve” reflect amounts incurred to realize operating enhancements, efficiency gains, or costs reduction initiatives.
35.
Workforce. For two years after closing, each current Oncor employee who is employed on the closing date will be provided; (a) a base salary or wage rate no less favorable than the base salary or wage rate provided to such employee immediately prior to the closing date; (b) aggregate incentive compensation opportunities that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such employee immediately prior to the closing date; and (c) employee benefits that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such employee immediately prior to the closing date. For two years after closing, Oncor will not implement any material involuntary workforce reductions (with respect to either field or corporate personnel) of Oncor employees.
36.
Collective Bargaining Agreements. With respect to any Oncor employee whose terms and conditions of employment are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the terms and conditions of such employment will continue to be governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, as may be modified from time to time.
37.
Code of Conduct. Oncor will continue to conduct its activities in compliance with its existing code of conduct.
38.
Commission Jurisdiction . Oncor and Oncor Holdings will not own, operate, or construct capital assets outside of ERCOT without prior approval from the Commission or take any other action that would impair the Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction. Neither Oncor, Oncor Holdings, Parent nor their respective affiliates will take any action that would subject ERCOT assets to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”); provided, however, that FERC continues to have jurisdiction under sections 210, 211, and 212 of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) and may direct transmission and interconnection services over certain existing facilities outside of ERCOT; provided further that the existing reliability and critical infrastructure standards administered by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”), through delegation of authority from FERC, may affect the operations of assets that are deemed part of the bulk electric system.




39.
Texas Reliability Entity . Oncor will not seek to have another NERC Regional Entity other than the Texas Reliability Entity serve as the lead regional entity responsible for monitoring Oncor’s activities and ensuring compliance with NERC Reliability Standards.
40.
Goodwill . Any costs of goodwill of Parent or its affiliates (including the pre-existing goodwill recognized by Oncor) will not be included in rate base, cost of capital, or operating expenses in future Oncor ratemaking proceedings. Write-downs or write-offs of goodwill will not be included in the calculation of net income for dividend payment purposes.
41.
Pushdown Accounting . Parent will not elect to apply pushdown accounting for the merger, i.e., the merger will have no impact on Oncor’s assets being acquired; and any incremental goodwill will not be allocated to, or recognized within, Oncor’s balance sheet.
42.
Tangible and Quantifiable Benefits . At a minimum, Oncor will provide the following tangible and quantifiable benefits associated with the merger. Oncor will provide monthly bill credits to electric delivery rates for ultimate credits to customers in an amount equal to 90% of any interest rate savings achieved until: final rates are set in the next Oncor base rate case after the Oncor base rate case currently filed. Savings will not be included in credits if already realized in rates. Interest Rate Savings refers to the improvement in Oncor’s borrowing costs post-close relative to those costs as of June 30, 2017 due to improvement in credit ratings and/or improvement in market spreads. Until final rates are set in the next Oncor base rate case after the Oncor base rate case that is currently filed, Oncor will file a report with the Commission every six months detailing any interest rate savings determined by the amount of debt issued by Oncor by at least 0.15% (amounts above 0.15% being based on actual interest rate savings by Oncor) and demonstrating a calculation of the credit. Parent and Oncor agree to work in good faith with interested parties, including TXU Energy Retail Company LLC, Texas Energy Association for Marketers, Alliance for Retail Markets, and NRG Companies, to determine an acceptable method for implementation of any bill credit to effectuate this commitment, as approved by the Commission. At a minimum, Oncor shall provide retail electric providers 45-day notice of the amount of any customer credits (e.g., for each customer class, the amount per kwh or per-customer credit that would apply) prior to the effective date of the credits and shall implement updated bill credits simultaneously with other changes in Oncor’s rates. In addition, one year after closing, Oncor will present a merger synergy savings analysis to the Commission and provide monthly bill credits to electric rates for inclusion in customer bills in an




amount equal to 90% of any synergy savings until final rates are set in the next Oncor base rate proceeding, in which any total synergy savings shall be reflected in Oncor’s rates.
43.
LLC Agreements . The Oncor Holdings and Oncor LLC Agreements shall be amended to the extent necessary to effect all of the commitments herein.
44.
Competitive Shopping Platforms . Parent agrees that neither Oncor nor Oncor's subsidiaries will host or allow the Oncor name, trademark, brand, logo, or other identifying brand features to be used to promote a competitive retail electric shopping website.







Exhibit C

Requests for Information
Robert S. Shapard
E. Allen Nye, Jr.
David M. Davis






Exhibit D

Change of Control Individuals
Walter Mark Carpenter
Don J. Clevenger
David M. Davis
Deborah L. Dennis
James A. Greer
Michael E. Guyton
E. Allen Nye, Jr.
Robert S. Shapard







Exhibit C
New HoldCo Equity Interests Terms
Issuer of Equity:
Power Play BidCo LLC, a limited liability company
Tax Status:
New HoldCo is expected to be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income, state and local tax purposes effective as of the date of formation.

Capital Structure:
The limited liability company interests of New HoldCo shall be represented by units.

As of the Effective Time, there are expected to be three outstanding classes of units of New HoldCo: (i) the Class A Units, (ii) the Class B Units and (iii) the Class C Units (collectively the “ Units ”), each having the terms described below and which will be set forth in a Limited Liability Company Agreement of New HoldCo (the “ LLC Agreement ”) (by which all holders of Units will be bound as a condition of issuance and delivery of their Units).

The Rollover Trust (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) shall initially own all Class A Units, the Non-Rollover Trust (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) shall initially own all Class B Units and Parent shall initially own all of the Class C Units.

The Rollover Trust shall be funded by the cash of the Backstop Parties (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) plus the contributions of investors in the Rollover Trust. The Non-Rollover Trust shall be funded by the cash of the investors in the Non-Rollover Trust.

Parties to the LLC Agreement:
Parent, the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust.

Creation of the Trusts:
The terms of each trust, and the rights and obligations of the certificates issued to investors in the Rollover Trust (the “ Rollover Trust Certificates ”) and Non-Rollover Trust (the “ Non-Rollover Trust Certificates ” and, collectively with the Rollover Trust Certificates, the “ Trust Certificates ” and such appurtenant interests in the Trusts, the “ Trust Interests ”), will be set forth in definitive trust agreements applicable to the respective trusts (the “ Trust Agreements ”), the material terms of which are set forth in this Exhibit. The board of each Trustee shall consist of three members, who shall each be independent from Parent and the holders of Trust Interests.





Liquidation Value:
In the event of (i) any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of New HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of New HoldCo or the sale of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of New HoldCo, including by way of merger or restructuring (a “ Sale Transaction ”, and each of items (i) and (ii), a “ Liquidation Event ”), the Class A Unitholders, the Class B Unitholders and the Class C Unitholders will be entitled to receive the aggregate proceeds payable to the Unitholders in connection with such Liquidation Event on a pro rata basis with respect to the Class A Units, the Class B Units and the Class C Units then outstanding.

Other Distributions:
Distributions may be made, at such times and in such amounts as determined by the Board of Directors of New HoldCo (the “ Board ”), on a pro rata basis with respect to the Class A Units, Class B Units and the Class C Units then outstanding. Such determination shall be made by the majority vote of the Board.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent of available cash and to the extent not prohibited by New HoldCo’s or its subsidiaries’ financing agreements with lenders that are not Unitholders, New HoldCo shall make pro rata quarterly distributions to its Unitholders with respect to the taxable income generated by New HoldCo and its subsidiaries allocable to the Unitholders in a manner to be set forth in the LLC Agreement, assuming the highest applicable tax rates.






Transfer Restrictions; Drag-Along Rights; Tag-Along Rights; Right of First Offer:

Units : Until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Units may not be transferred (other than pursuant to the put and call rights below) without the prior consent of (i) Parent, (ii) the Rollover Trust and (iii) the Non-Rollover Trust.

From and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, (i) Unitholders may transfer their Units subject to a customary right of first offer and tag-along rights in favor of the non-transferring Unitholders and (ii) Parent shall have customary drag-along rights in the event it elects to sell a specified percentage of its Class C Units or the Board approves a Sale Transaction. Neither Trust shall have drag-along rights.

Trust Certificates : The Rollover Trust Certificates will be issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. They will be freely tradable from issuance, subject to any securities laws restrictions and restrictions intended to prevent the Trust from being required to become a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”). The Rollover Trust Certificates may bear a legend evidencing these restrictions.

The Non-Rollover Trust Certificates will be issued pursuant to a private placement exemption under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”). They will be restricted securities eligible for resale only in a transaction registered under the Securities Act or that is exempt from such registration. The Non-Rollover Trust Certificates may also bear restrictions intended to prevent the Trust from being required to become a reporting company under the 1934 Act. The Non-Rollover Trust Certificates may bear a legend evidencing these restrictions.

Until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Non-Rollover Trust Certificates may not be transferred without the prior consent of (i) Parent and (ii) the Trustee for the Non-Rollover Trust. From and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, holders may transfer their Non-Rollover Trust Certificates, subject to a customary right of first offer in favor of Parent and the restrictions described in the preceding paragraph.

Put Options:
On or after the three year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Rollover Trust (but not the Non-Rollover Trust) has the right to require Parent to purchase any or all of the number of Class A Units issued on the Closing Date at fair market value (calculated by an expert appraisal firm based on the fair market value of the Class A Units at the time of the exercise of the put option) in exchange for cash or shares of common stock of Parent or a combination thereof, at the election of Parent.






Call Option:
From and after the Closing Date, Parent shall have the right to purchase any or all of the number of Class A Units issued on the Closing Date (but not Class B Units) at fair market value (calculated by an expert appraisal firm based on the fair market value of the Class A Units at the time of the exercise of the call option) in exchange for cash or shares of common stock of Parent or a combination thereof, at the election of Parent.

Capital Calls and Preemptive Rights:
The Unitholders will be entitled to customary preemptive rights in respect of issuances by Parent BidCco or any of its controlled subsidiaries.
If the Board determines to pay down existing debt of New HoldCo or any of its controlled Subsidiaries, or if New HoldCo is unable to service its existing debt, New HoldCo shall initiate a capital call to the Unitholders on a pro rata basis with proportional adjustments to each Unitholder’s membership interest at fair market value. To the extent that any Unitholder elects not to participate pro rata in the capital calls to pay down the applicable debt, the Unitholders participating in the capital call will retain the right to contribute the shortfall amount of equity capital and the non-
contributing Unitholders will be diluted.

Information Rights:
New HoldCo shall grant customary information rights to Unitholders.

Voting Rights:
Each Class A Unit and Class B Unit confers the holder one vote per unit, subject to the restrictions on the Class C Units.
Each Class C Unit confers upon the holder one vote per Class C Unit unless: the number of Class C Units outstanding, as a percentage of the total number of Units outstanding exceeds 50.0%, then the voting rights of each Class C Unit shall decrease proportionately such that the total voting power of all Class C Units as a class does not exceed 50.0% of the aggregate voting power of New HoldCo; provided , that this restriction on the voting of the Class C Units shall cease once Parent owns more than 80% of the total outstanding Units.
Conversion:
Each Class A Unit and Class B Unit is convertible into a Class C Unit upon the transfer thereof to Parent.





Board Representation:
The Board shall initially consist of eight directors, four of which shall be selected by Parent (the “ Class C Directors ”) and four of which shall be selected by the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust proportionally based on the number of total Units held by the Trusts (the “ Class A Directors ” or the “ Class B Directors ”, as applicable), and shall serve until successors are duly appointed.

Once Parent owns more than 80% of the total outstanding Units, the directors of New HoldCo shall be selected by Parent, the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust proportionally based on the number of total Units held by such members.

The LLC Agreement shall contain a customary waiver of fiduciary duties in respect of the members of the Board.

The Board shall act by action of the majority of the whole Board.

Veto Rights:
The following decisions would require the approval the Unitholders holding 75% of the aggregate voting rights of New HoldCo:

     the occurrence of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of New HoldCo or any of its controlled subsidiaries;
     acquisitions of asset or interests in another person by New HoldCo or its controlled Subsidiaries, including by way of merger, in an amount in excess of an amount to be determined;
     material amendments to the organizational documents of New HoldCo or its controlled Subsidiaries; and
     appointment or removal of the Chief Executive Officer of New HoldCo





Subsidiary Boards:
The boards of directors/managers of Intermediary HoldCo, EFH and EFIH will each be constituted in the same manner as New HoldCo.

Parent shall have the right to make all nominations for the two directors that will be directed by Oncor Holdings to be designated to the Oncor board (each, an “ EFIH-Designated Oncor Director ”) and the directors at Oncor that must be officers of Oncor (each, an “ Oncor Officer Director ”).

(A) One of the EFIH-Designated Oncor Director and one of the Oncor Officer Director nominees shall be appointed by Parent and, (B) one of the EFIH-Designated Oncor Director and one of the Oncor Officer Director nominees shall be nominated by Parent and approved by a majority of the board of directors of EFIH.

Parent shall have the right to make all nominations for the two directors that will be directed by EFIH to be designated to the Oncor Holdings board (each, an “ EFIH-Designated Oncor Holdings Director ”) and the directors at Oncor Holdings that must be officers of Oncor Holdings (each, an “ Oncor Holdings Officer Director ”).

(A) One of the EFIH-Designated Oncor Holdings Director and one of the Oncor Holdings Officer Director nominees shall be appointed by Parent and, (B) one of the EFIH-Designated Oncor Holdings Director and one of the Oncor Holdings Officer Director nominees shall be nominated by Parent and approved by a majority of the board of directors of EFIH.

Once Parent owns more than 80% of the total outstanding Units, then a majority of the board of directors of EFIH shall be entitled to appoint all EFIH-Designated Oncor Holdings Directors, Oncor Holdings Officer Directors, EFIH-Designated Oncor Directors and Oncor Officer Directors.

Trust Termination:
Each Trust shall terminate once the particular Trust ceases to hold any Units and has distributed all proceeds from the sale or conversion of Units formerly held.

Governing Law:
Delaware






Exhibit D
Key Regulatory Terms
Parent commits that:
BOARD
45.
Separate Board Commitment . At closing and thereafter, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“Oncor”) will have a separate board of directors. If, at closing or thereafter, Sempra Energy (“Parent”) has competitive affiliates in Texas, the Oncor board of directors will not include any employees of Parent competitive affiliates in Texas, any members from the boards of directors of Parent’s competitive affiliates in Texas, or any individuals with direct responsibility for the management or strategies of such competitive affiliates.
46.
Independent Board Commitment . Oncor will have a board of directors comprised of at least thirteen (13) directors. Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC (“Oncor Holdings”) will have a board of directors comprised of at least ten (10) directors. A majority of the Oncor Holdings’ board members and Oncor’s board members will qualify as “independent” in all material respects in accordance with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (which are set forth in Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual), from Parent and its subsidiaries. To the extent Parent has any competitive affiliates in Texas, Oncor Holdings’ and Oncor’s boards of directors would not include any employees of Parent ’s competitive affiliates in Texas or any members from the boards of directors of Parent ’s competitive affiliates in Texas.
a.
The Oncor Board shall have seven (7) Independent/Disinterested Directors, two (2) directors who will be officers of Oncor designated by Oncor Holdings only at the direction of Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”), two (2) directors who will be designated by Oncor Holdings only at the direction of EFIH, and two (2) directors who will be designated by the Minority Members (as that term is defined in the Oncor LLC Agreement) in accordance with the existing terms of the Oncor LLC Agreement . Any Oncor directors designated by EFIH are referred to as “EFIH Directors.”






b.
The Oncor Holdings Board shall have six (6) Independent/Disinterested Directors, two (2) directors who will be officers of Oncor Holdings designated by EFIH , and two (2) directors who will be designated by EFIH .
c.
The duties of the Board members of Oncor Holdings and Oncor will be to act in the best interests of Oncor consistent with the approved ring-fence and Delaware Law.
47.
Independence of Board Commitment . Oncor Holdings’ and Oncor’s Boards cannot be overruled by the board of Parent or any of its subsidiaries on dividend policy, debt issuance, capital expenditures, management and service fees, and appointment or removal of board members, provided that such actions may also require the additional approval of Oncor Holdings’ Board.
a.
The appointment or removal of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Oncor shall require a majority vote of Oncor board of directors, which vote must include the unanimous vote of the EFIH Directors.
b.
Neither Oncor Holdings nor Oncor nor any of their subsidiaries may without the prior written consent of Parent: (1) enter into or authorize any material transactions with a third party outside ordinary course of business nor enter into any contract, or other similar agreement to effectuate such material transactions; or (2) institute an Oncor bankruptcy filing.
c.
Only the Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee can replace or remove any of the Independent/Disinterested Directors on the Oncor or Oncor Holdings Boards. If the Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee is required to fill a vacancy of an Independent Director on either the Oncor Holdings or Oncor Boards, the Nominating Committee will nominate a new director who is Disinterested. “Disinterested Directors” must: (1) be independent from Parent and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities in all material respects in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NYSE; and (2) have no material relationship with Parent or its subsidiaries or affiliated entities currently or within the previous ten years. Former officers of Oncor who otherwise meet these qualifications qualify as “Disinterested Directors.”






d.
The Independent/Disinterested Directors may make recommendations to the Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee for any new Disinterested Directors. The Oncor Holdings Nominating Committee will always have a majority of Independent/Disinterested Directors. The appointment of new disinterested directors to either the Oncor Holdings or Oncor Boards shall be subject to the approval by a majority vote of Independent/Disinterested Directors.
e.
A majority vote of the Independent and/or Disinterested Directors must approve an annual budget if the aggregate amount of such capital and operating and maintenance expenditures in such annual budget is more than a 10% decrease from the capital and operating and maintenance budget for the immediately prior fiscal year.
f.
The Independent and/or Disinterested Directors have the right to approve any amendments or changes to the key provisions of LLC Agreements relating to: (1) the Independent Board; (2) the rights and powers of Independent/Disinterested Directors; (3) removal of Directors; and (4) Delaware as controlling law. Changes to the key provisions of the LLC Agreements shall be subject to Commission approval.
DIVIDENDS
48.
Oncor Board’s Right to Determine Dividends Commitment . The Oncor Board, comprised of a majority of Independent/Disinterested Directors, will have the sole right to determine dividends.
a.
Any amendments or changes to the Dividend Policy have to be approved by a majority vote of the Independent/Disinterested Directors.
b.
The Independent/Disinterested Directors, acting by majority vote, shall have the authority to prevent Oncor or Oncor Holdings from making any dividend if they determine that it is in the best interest of Oncor to retain such amounts to meet expected future requirements of Oncor (including continuing compliance with the debt-to-equity ratio described in Section 10).






49.
Oncor Credit Ratings and Dividends Commitment . To eliminate concerns regarding a negative impact on Oncor resulting from Parent’s acquisition of Oncor, and in lieu of providing specifics regarding acquisition funding, Parent commits to the following:
a.
Parent will ensure that, as of the closing of the transaction, Oncor’s credit ratings at all three major ratings agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, or Fitch Ratings) will be at or above Oncor’s credit ratings as of June 30, 2017; and
b.
If the credit rating by any one of the three major ratings agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, or Fitch Ratings) fall below BBB (Baa2) for Oncor senior secured debt, then Oncor will suspend payment of dividends until otherwise allowed by the Commission.
DEBT
50.
Existing Legacy Debt and Liabilities . Immediately following the closing of the transaction, Parent will reduce the debt that resides above Oncor at EFIH and EFH, such that up to $3.12 billion of debt, in the aggregate, may be incurred and/or remain at reorganized EFH and/or reorganized EFIH . Parent further commits that such debt will be extinguished prior to maturity (i.e., in less than 7 years) and no new debt shall be incurred by reorganized EFH, reorganized EFIH, Power Play HoldCo LLC or Power Play BidCo LLC going forward.
51.
No Transaction-Related Debt at Oncor Commitment . Oncor will not incur, guaranty, or pledge assets in respect of any incremental new debt related to financing the transaction at the closing or thereafter. Oncor’s financial integrity will be protected from the separate operations of Parent’s affiliated retail electric provider (“REP”) or generation company, if any.
52.
Cross- Default Provisions, Financial Covenants or Rating Agency Triggers . Oncor will not include in any of its debt or credit agreements cross-default provisions between Oncor’s securities and the securities of Parent or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. Oncor will not include in its debt or credit agreements any financial covenants or rating agency triggers related to Parent or any other Parent affiliate.






53.
Debt-to-Equity Ratio Commitment . Oncor’s debt will be limited so that its regulatory debt-to-equity ratio (as determined by the Commission) is at or below the assumed debt-to-equity ratio established from time to time by the Commission for ratemaking purposes. Oncor’s payment of dividends will be limited by compliance with the Commission-approved regulatory debt-to-equity ratio.
54.
No Inter-Company Debt Commitment . Oncor will not enter into any inter-company debt transactions with Parent affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries) following consummation of the transaction.
55.
No Inter-Company Lending Commitment . Oncor will not lend money to or borrow money from Parent or Parent ’s affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries).
56.
Credit Facility Commitment . Oncor will not share credit facilities with Parent or Parent ’s affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries).
57.
No Pledging of Assets/Stock Commitment . Oncor’s assets or stock shall not be pledged for any entity other than Oncor.
58.
No Recovery of Affiliate REP Bad Debt Commitment . If there is any Parent REP is affiliated with Oncor, Oncor will not seek to recover from its customers any costs incurred as a result of a bankruptcy of any Parent REP.
59.
Credit Rating Registration Commitment . Parent and Oncor will be registered with major nationally and internationally recognized bond rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, or Fitch Ratings. Oncor’s ratings shall reflect the ring-fence provision contemplated herein in order to provide Oncor with a stand-alone (non-linked) credit rating.
BANKRUPTCY LIABILITIES
60.
Bankruptcy Expenses and Liabilities . Oncor will not seek recovery in rates of any expenses or liabilities related to EFH’s bankruptcy. This commitment includes the agreement that Oncor will not seek recovery in rates of amounts resulting from any: (1) tax liabilities resulting from the spin-off of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC; (2) asbestos claims relating to non-Oncor operations of or under EFH; or (3) make-whole claims






by creditors of EFH or EFIH set forth in the EFH and EFIH Plan of Reorganization. Onc or’s customers will not be required to pay for these items.
NON-CONSOLIDATION
61.
Non-Consolidation Legal Opinion . Parent agrees to obtain a non-consolidation legal opinion that provides that, in the event of a bankruptcy of Parent or any affiliate of Parent , a bankruptcy court would not consolidate the assets and liabilities of Oncor with Parent or any affiliate of Parent .
CAPEX
62.
Capital Expenditure Commitment . Oncor shall make minimum capital expenditures equal to a budget of at least $7.5 billion over the five-year period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022, subject to the following adjustments to the extent reported to the Commission in Oncor’s quarterly earnings monitor report: Oncor may reduce capital spending due to conditions not under Oncor’s control, including, without limitation, siting delays, cancellations of projects by third-parties, weaker than expected economic conditions, or if Oncor determines that a particular expenditure would not be prudent.
CYBERSECURITY
63.
Cybersecurity Expenditure Commitment . Oncor shall make minimum cybersecurity expenditures equal to a budget of $35 million over the five-year period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022. Oncor shall work cooperatively with other Parent entities with respect to cybersecurity issues.
AFFILIATE ISSUES
64.
Affiliate Asset Transfer Commitment . Neither Oncor Holdings nor Oncor will transfer any material assets or facilities to any affiliates (other than Oncor Holdings, Oncor, and their subsidiaries, which are hereinafter referred to as the “ring-fenced entities”), other than a transfer that is on an arm’s-length basis consistent with the Commission’s affiliate standards applicable to Oncor, regardless of whether such affiliate standards would apply to the particular transaction.






65.
Arm’s-Length Relationship Commitment . Each of the ring-fenced entities will maintain an arm’s-length relationship with Parent or Parent’s affiliates (other than the ring-fenced entities) consistent with the Commission’s affiliate standards applicable to Oncor.
66.
Separate Books and Records Commitment . Each of the ring-fenced entities will maintain accurate, appropriate, and detailed books, financial records and accounts, including checking and other bank accounts, and custodial and other securities safekeeping accounts that are separate and distinct from those of any other entity.
67.
FERC Preemption . Neither Oncor nor Parent or Parent’s affiliates will assert before the Commission or a Texas court of competent jurisdiction that the Commission is preempted pursuant to the Federal Power Act ( e.g. , under a FERC tariff) from making a determination regarding the prudence of affiliate costs sought to be allocated to Oncor.
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS
68.
Holding Company Commitment . Oncor Holdings will be retained between Parent and Oncor.
69.
Continued Ownership Commitment . Parent will hold a majority of its indirect ownership interest in Oncor for a period of more than five years after the closing date of the transaction.
70.
Compliance Report Commitment . For a period of five years after the closing date of the transaction, Oncor will make annual reports to the Commission regarding its compliance with these commitments.
71.
Name/Logo Commitment . Parent commits to maintaining a name and logo for Oncor that is separate and distinct from the names of Parent’s REP and wholesale generation companies or any other current or future Texas competitive affiliate, if any. For the sake of clarity, any Parent REP, wholesale generation company, or any other current or future Texas competitive affiliate will not use the Oncor name, trademark, brand, logo, or any other brand identifying features; nor will Oncor engage in joint marketing, advertising, or promotional efforts with any Parent REP, wholesale generation company, or any other current or future Texas competitive affiliate, in a manner that is inconsistent with the Public Utility Regulatory Act and the Commission's affiliate rules.






72.
Headquarters/Management Commitment . Oncor will maintain its separate headquarters and management in Dallas, Texas. Local management will remain the primary point of contact on all regulatory and operational matters.
73.
Oncor Senior Management Succession Plan . Effective upon closing of the transaction, Robert S. Shapard will assume the role of Executive Chairman of the Oncor Board, and E. Allen Nye, Jr. will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of Oncor.
74.
Texas Utility Commitment . Oncor will continue to operate solely within the state of Texas as a public utility subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the Commission.
75.
Reliability . For purposes of Substantive Rule 25.52, system average interruption duration index (“SAIDI”) and system average interruption frequency index (“SAIFI”) standards should be calculated for Oncor’s current service area based on Oncor’s forced interruption performance for years 2014, 2015, and 2016. These standards should go into effect starting with the calendar year 2018.
76.
Reports of SAIDI and SAIFI to Commission. Oncor will report its actual system-level SAIDI and SAIFI statistics to the Commission in its Quarterly Performance Reports and yearly Service Quality Reports filed pursuant to 16 Tex. Admin Code (“TAC”) §25.81.
77.
Transaction Costs. None of the transaction costs will be borne by Oncor’s customers, nor will Oncor seek to include transaction costs in rates. For purposes of this commitment, “Transaction Costs” are those incremental costs paid to advance or consummate the Proposed Transaction. Examples of Transaction Costs include, but are not limited to: Parent employee time and expenses; Oncor change of control payments; certain executive severance costs related to the transaction; and third party costs, including bank advisors, external legal advisors, rating agencies, and expert witnesses and consultants in each case paid to advance or consummate the Proposed Transaction. Transaction Costs do not include Oncor employee time.
78.
Transition Costs. No Parent employee time and expenses, third party costs, fees, expenses or costs of the transition (“Transition Costs”) will be borne by Oncor’s customers, nor will






Oncor seek to include Transition Costs in rates. Transition Costs are those costs necessary to integrate the two companies for Day 1 Readiness, including the one-time transition costs being incurred whether directly or indirectly through affiliate charges to transition Oncor to ownership by Parent and to integrate Oncor’s operations and systems with those of Parent. Provided, however, that Transition Costs do not include Oncor employee time, costs to achieve savings or synergies or costs that reflect reasonable and necessary costs in providing service to the public. “Costs to achieve” reflect amounts incurred to realize operating enhancements, efficiency gains, or costs reduction initiatives.
79.
Workforce. For two years after closing, each current Oncor employee who is employed on the closing date will be provided; (a) a base salary or wage rate no less favorable than the base salary or wage rate provided to such employee immediately prior to the closing date; (b) aggregate incentive compensation opportunities that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such employee immediately prior to the closing date; and (c) employee benefits that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such employee immediately prior to the closing date. For two years after closing, Oncor will not implement any material involuntary workforce reductions (with respect to either field or corporate personnel) of Oncor employees.
80.
Collective Bargaining Agreements. With respect to any Oncor employee whose terms and conditions of employment are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the terms and conditions of such employment will continue to be governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, as may be modified from time to time.
81.
Code of Conduct. Oncor will continue to conduct its activities in compliance with its existing code of conduct.
82.
Commission Jurisdiction . Oncor and Oncor Holdings will not own, operate, or construct capital assets outside of ERCOT without prior approval from the Commission or take any other action that would impair the Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction. Neither Oncor, Oncor Holdings, Parent nor their respective affiliates will take any action that would subject ERCOT assets to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”);






provided, however, that FERC continues to have jurisdiction under sections 210, 211, and 212 of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) and may direct transmission and interconnection services over certain existing facilities outside of ERCOT; provided further that the existing reliability and critical infrastructure standards administered by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”), through delegation of authority from FERC, may affect the operations of assets that are deemed part of the bulk electric system.
83.
Texas Reliability Entity . Oncor will not seek to have another NERC Regional Entity other than the Texas Reliability Entity serve as the lead regional entity responsible for monitoring Oncor’s activities and ensuring compliance with NERC Reliability Standards.
84.
Goodwill . Any costs of goodwill of Parent or its affiliates (including the pre-existing goodwill recognized by Oncor) will not be included in rate base, cost of capital, or operating expenses in future Oncor ratemaking proceedings. Write-downs or write-offs of goodwill will not be included in the calculation of net income for dividend payment purposes.
85.
Pushdown Accounting . Parent will not elect to apply pushdown accounting for the merger, i.e., the merger will have no impact on Oncor’s assets being acquired; and any incremental goodwill will not be allocated to, or recognized within, Oncor’s balance sheet.
86.
Tangible and Quantifiable Benefits . At a minimum, Oncor will provide the following tangible and quantifiable benefits associated with the merger. Oncor will provide monthly bill credits to electric delivery rates for ultimate credits to customers in an amount equal to 90% of any interest rate savings achieved until: final rates are set in the next Oncor base rate case after the Oncor base rate case currently filed. Savings will not be included in credits if already realized in rates. Interest Rate Savings refers to the improvement in Oncor’s borrowing costs post-close relative to those costs as of June 30, 2017 due to improvement in credit ratings and/or improvement in market spreads. Until final rates are set in the next Oncor base rate case after the Oncor base rate case that is currently filed, Oncor will file a report with the Commission every six months detailing any interest rate savings determined by the amount of debt issued by Oncor by at least 0.15% (amounts above 0.15% being based on actual interest rate savings by Oncor) and demonstrating a calculation of the credit. Parent






and Oncor agree to work in good faith with interested parties, including TXU Energy Retail Company LLC, Texas Energy Association for Marketers, Alliance for Retail Markets, and NRG Companies, to determine an acceptable method for implementation of any bill credit to effectuate this commitment, as approved by the Commission. At a minimum, Oncor shall provide retail electric providers 45-day notice of the amount of any customer credits (e.g., for each customer class, the amount per kwh or per-customer credit that would apply) prior to the effective date of the credits and shall implement updated bill credits simultaneously with other changes in Oncor’s rates. In addition, one year after closing, Oncor will present a merger synergy savings analysis to the Commission and provide monthly bill credits to electric rates for inclusion in customer bills in an amount equal to 90% of any synergy savings until final rates are set in the next Oncor base rate proceeding, in which any total synergy savings shall be reflected in Oncor’s rates.
87.
LLC Agreements . The Oncor Holdings and Oncor LLC Agreements shall be amended to the extent necessary to effect all of the commitments herein.
88.
Competitive Shopping Platforms . Parent agrees that neither Oncor nor Oncor's subsidiaries will host or allow the Oncor name, trademark, brand, logo, or other identifying brand features to be used to promote a competitive retail electric shopping website.
89.
Equity Commitment . Parent agrees to work in good faith with the other beneficial owners of Power Play BidCo LLC and Oncor’s other members so that, as promptly as practicable and in no event later than 180 days after closing of the transaction, an equity investment is made in Oncor sufficient to achieve an equity to debt ratio to enable Oncor to achieve a capital structure consisting of 42.50% equity and 57.50% long-term debt, as described in paragraph I.B. of the Stipulation dated July 21, 2017 and filed in Application of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC for Authority to Change Rates, Docket No. 46957, Joint Motion to Admit Affidavit of Notice, Stipulation, and Supporting Testimony in Evidence; and Remand to the Commission for Review and Approval of Stipulation, Proposed Final Order, and Tariffs (Aug. 2, 2017).







Exhibit E
Private Letter Ruling and Tax Opinions
The following are the required Supplemental Rulings
(a)
A ruling or rulings reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, after accounting for the rulings in the Private Letter Ruling, to the effect that the Merger will not cause a failure of any applicable continuity of interest requirement under Section 355 with respect to the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off.
(b)
A ruling or rulings reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, after accounting for the rulings in the Private Letter Ruling, to the effect that the Merger will not cause Section 355(d) to apply to the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off.

(c)
In lieu of the rulings in clauses (a) and/or (b), above, a ruling or rulings reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, after accounting for the rulings in the Private Letter Ruling, to the effect that the Merger will not negatively impact the tax treatment of the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off.
The following are “Fundamental Opinions”:
(a)
The following opinions of nationally recognized tax counsel or a Big Four accounting firm, who shall be permitted to rely upon reasonable representations, including a representation that the Debtors and Reorganized TCEH have no plan or intention at the time of the Merger to take, and have not taken, any action that is inconsistent with the Spin-Off Intended Tax Treatment, at a “should” level:
(i)
Taking into account the Merger, the Contribution, Reorganized TCEH Conversion, and Distribution should meet the requirements of Sections 368(a)(1)(G), 355, and 356 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(ii)
EFH should not recognize gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Contribution or the Reorganized TCEH Conversion other than gain recognized pursuant to the transfer of assets to the TCEH Preferred Stock Entity and the TCEH Preferred Stock Sale.
(iii)
EFH should recognize no gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon the Distribution.
(b)
The following opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel or a Big Four accounting firm (who shall be permitted to rely upon reasonable representations, including a representation that the Debtors and Reorganized TCEH have no plan or intention at the time of the Merger to take, and have not taken, any action that is inconsistent with the Spin-Off Intended Tax






Treatment), at a “will” level that Section 355(g) will not apply to the Reorganized TCEH Spin-Off.





Exhibit 2.2

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 
)
 
In re:
)
Chapter 11
 
)
 
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP., et   al. , 1
)
Case No. 14-10979 (CSS)
 
)
 
            Debtors.
)
(Jointly Administered)
 
)
 
FIRST AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP., ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC, AND THE EFH/EFIH DEBTORS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

 
 
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
601 Lexington Avenue
920 North King Street
New York, New York 10022
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telephone: (212) 446-4800
Telephone:  (302) 651-7700
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900

--and--

300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Telephone: (312) 862-2000
Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
Facsimile:  (302) 651-7701
Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession
 



                                              
 
 
1
The last four digits of Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s tax identification number are 8810. The location of the debtors’ service address is 1601 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas 75201. Due to the large number of debtors in these chapter 11 cases, which are being jointly administered, a complete list of the debtors and the last four digits of their federal tax identification numbers is not provided herein.  A complete list of such information may be obtained on the website of the debtors’ claims and noticing agent at http://www.efhcaseinfo.com.

 
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--and--

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP



BIELLI & KLAUDER, LLC
Three First National Plaza
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3800
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Telephone: (312) 962-3550
Facsimile: (312) 962-3551
1204 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telephone: (302) 803-4600
Facsimile: (302) 397-2557



 
Co-Counsel to the Debtor Energy Future Holdings Corp.
 
 
 
--and--
 
 
 
CRAVATH, SWAINE AND MOORE LLP
STEVENS & LEE, P.C.
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 474-1000
Facsimile: (212) 474-3700
1105 North Market Street, Suite 700
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telephone: (302) 425-3310
Facsimile: (610) 371-7927
 
 
 
 
JENNER & BLOCK LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 891-1600
Facsimile: (212) 891-1699
 
 
 
Co-Counsel to the Debtor Energy Future Intermediate
 
Holding Company LLC
 
 
 
Dated: August 21, 2017
 




 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME, AND
GOVERNING LAW
5

A.
Defined Terms.
5

B.
Rules of Interpretation.
37

C.
Computation of Time.
38

D.
Governing Law.
38

E.
Reference to Monetary Figures.
39

 
 
 
ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, DIP CLAIMS, AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS
39

A.
Administrative Claims.
39

B.
2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.    
41

C.
Priority Tax Claims.
41

 
 
 
ARTICLE III. CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
41

A.
Classification of Claims and Interests.
41

B.
Treatment of Claims and Interests.
43

C.
Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims.
54

D.
Elimination of Vacant Classes.
54

E.
Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
54

F.
Controversy Concerning Impairment.
54

G.
Subordinated Claims and Interests.
54

 
 
 
ARTICLE IV. MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
55

A.
General Settlement of Claims and Interests.
55

B.
Restructuring Transactions.
55

C.
Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions.
58

D.
Intercompany Account Settlement.
60

E.
Corporate Existence.
60

F.
Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors.
61

G.
Cancelation of Existing Securities and Agreements.
61

H.
Corporate Action.
62

I.
New Organizational Documents.
62

J.
Directors and Officers of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors.
62

K.
Section 1146 Exemption.
63

L.
Director, Officer, Manager, and Employee Liability Insurance.
63

M.
Preservation of Causes of Action.
63

N.
Payment of Certain Fees.
64

O.
Treatment of Certain Claims of the PBGC and Pension Plan.
65

 
 
 
ARTICLE V. TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES
66

A.
Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.
66

B.
Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.
66

C.
Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.
67

D.
Preexisting Obligations to the Debtors under Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.    
67

E.
Indemnification Obligations.
67

F.
Insurance Policies.
67

G.
Modifications, Amendments, Supplements, Restatements, or Other Agreements.    
68


 
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H.
Reservation of Rights.
68

I.
Nonoccurrence of Effective Date.    
68

J.
Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.
68

 
 
 
ARTICLE VI. PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS
68

A.
Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed.
68

B.
Rights and Powers of EFH Plan Administrator Board.
70

C.
Disbursing Agent.
70

D.
Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent.
70

E.
Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions.
71

F.
Manner of Payment.
71

G.
SEC Registration/Exemption.
72

H.
Compliance with Tax Requirements.
72

I.
No Postpetition or Default Interest on Claims.
73

J.
Setoffs and Recoupment.    
73

K.
No Double Payment of Claims.
73

L.
Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties.
73

 
 
 
ARTICLE VII. PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT, UNLIQUIDATED, AND DISPUTED
CLAIMS
74

A.
Allowance of Claims.
74

B.
Claims Administration Responsibilities.
74

C.
Estimation of Claims.
74

D.
Adjustment to Claims without Objection.
75

E.
Time to File Objections to Claims or Interests.
75

F.
Disallowance of Claims.
75

G.
Amendments to Proofs of Claim.
75

H.
Reimbursement or Contribution.
75

I.
No Distributions Pending Allowance.
76

J.
Distributions After Allowance.
76

 
 
 
ARTICLE VIII. SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION, AND RELATED PROVISIONS
76

A.
Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests.
76

B.
Release of Liens.
76

C.
Releases by the Debtors.
77

D.
Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests.    
78

E.
Exculpation.
79

F.
Injunction.
80

G.
Liabilities to, and Rights of, Governmental Units.
80

H.
Environmental Law Matters.
80

I.
Protections Against Discriminatory Treatment.
81

J.
Recoupment.
81

K.
Document Retention.
81

 
 
 
ARTICLE IX. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE
PLAN
82

A.
Conditions Precedent to Confirmation of a Plan as to the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors.
82

B.
Conditions Precedent to the EFH Effective Date.
83

C.
Waiver of Conditions.
84


 
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D.
Effect of Failure of Conditions.
84

E.
Certain IRS Matters.
85

 
 
 
ARTICLE X. MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN
85

A.
Modification and Amendments.
85

B.
Effect of Confirmation on Modifications.
85

C.
Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan.
86

 
 
 
ARTICLE XI. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
86

 
 
 
ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
88

A.
Immediate Binding Effect.    
88

B.
Additional Documents.
88

C.
Payment of Statutory Fees.
88

D.
Statutory Committee and Cessation of Fee and Expense Payment.
88

E.
Reservation of Rights.
88

F.
Successors and Assigns.
89

G.
Notices.
89

H.
Term of Injunctions or Stays.
90

I.
Entire Agreement.
91

J.
Exhibits.
91

K.
Nonseverability of Plan Provisions.
91

L.
Votes Solicited in Good Faith.
91

M.
Waiver or Estoppel.
91

N.
Conflicts.
92


Exhibits

 
Exhibit A
EFH/EFIH Debtors


 
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INTRODUCTION
The Debtors (as defined herein) propose this joint plan of reorganization for the resolution of the outstanding claims against, and interests in, the Debtors pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Article I.A of the Plan. Holders of Claims and Interests should refer to the EFH Disclosure Statement for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, businesses, assets, results of operations, historical financial information, events during the Chapter 11 Cases, and projections of future operations, as well as a summary and description of the Plan and certain related matters. The Debtors are the proponents of the Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 11 Cases have been consolidated for procedural purposes only and are being jointly administered pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS ENTITLED TO VOTE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN.

 
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Article I.
DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION,
COMPUTATION OF TIME, AND GOVERNING LAW
A.
Defined Terms.
As used in the Plan, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below.
1.     “2005 Oncor Transfer” means those certain 2005 transactions pursuant to which the equity of Oncor’s predecessor, TXU Electric Delivery Company LLC, was dividended from EFCH’s predecessor, TXU US Holdings Company, to EFH Corp.’s predecessor, TXU Corp.
2.          “2007 Acquisition” means the transactions that occurred in October 2007 in which TEF and Texas Holdings and their direct and indirect equity holders became the direct and indirect equity holders of each of the Debtors.
3.          “2011 Amend and Extend Transactions” means those certain transactions effectuated by TCEH and EFCH in April 2011, including the TCEH Credit Amendment and the issuance of the TCEH First Lien Notes.
4.          “2013 Revolver Extension” means those certain transactions effectuated by TCEH and EFCH in January 2013, including the maturity extension of revolving credit commitments due 2013, the Incremental Amendment Agreement, and the incurrence of the TCEH 2012 Incremental Term Loans.
5.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent” means Citibank, N.A. or its duly appointed successor, as administrative agent and collateral agent under the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility.
6.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims” means any Claim derived from or based upon the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement or the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order, including Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, fees, expenses, costs, and other charges and all other “Obligations” as defined in the 2017 EFIH First Lien Credit Agreement, including any EFIH DIP Secured Cash Management Obligations and EFIH DIP Secured Hedge Obligations.
7.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Contingent Obligations” means the “Contingent Obligations” as defined in the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement, including any and all expense reimbursement obligations of the Debtors that are contingent as of the EFH Effective Date.
8.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement” means that certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2017, governing the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility, as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time, by and among EFIH, EFIH Finance, and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Lenders, collectively with the “EFIH First Lien DIP Documents,” as defined in the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order.
9.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility” means the EFIH Debtors’ $6.3 billion debtor-in-possession financing facility, as approved pursuant to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order.
10.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Lenders” means the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent; the banks, financial institutions, and other lenders party to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility from time to time; and each arranger, bookrunner, syndication agent, manager, and documentation agent under the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility.
11.          “2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order” means the Order (A) Approving Postpetition Replacement Financing for Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance, Inc., (B) Granting Liens and Providing Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims, (C) Extending the Use of Cash Collateral by Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc., (D) Authorizing Refinancing of Postpetition Secured Debt, (E) Authorizing Payment of Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims, and (F) Modifying the Automatic Stay [D.I. 11388].

 
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12.          “503(b)(9) Claim” means a Claim or any portion thereof entitled to administrative expense priority pursuant to section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.
13.          “Administrative Claim” means a Claim for costs and expenses of administration of the Estates under sections 503(b) (including 503(b)(9) Claims), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred after the Petition Date through the EFH Effective Date of preserving the applicable Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) Allowed Professional Fee Claims; (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates under chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1911–1930; and (d) all Intercompany Claims authorized pursuant to the Cash Management Order.
14.          “Administrative Claims Bar Date” means the deadline for Filing requests for payment of Administrative Claims, which: (a) with respect to General Administrative Claims, shall be 30 days after the EFH Effective Date; and (b) with respect to Professional Fee Claims, shall be 45 days after the EFH Effective Date.
15.          “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
16.          “Allowed” means with respect to any Claim or Interest, except as otherwise provided herein: (a) a Claim or Interest as to which no objection has been Filed prior to the Claims Objection Deadline and that is evidenced by a Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, timely Filed by the applicable Bar Date or that is not required to be evidenced by a Filed Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, under the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order; (b) a Claim or Interest that is scheduled by the Debtors as neither disputed, contingent, nor unliquidated, and as for which no Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, has been timely Filed in an unliquidated or a different amount; or (c) a Claim or Interest that is upheld or otherwise allowed (i) pursuant to the Plan, (ii) in any stipulation that is approved by the Bankruptcy Court, (iii) pursuant to any contract, instrument, indenture, or other agreement entered into or assumed in connection herewith, or (iv) by Final Order (including any such Claim to which the Debtors had objected or which the Bankruptcy Court had disallowed prior to such Final Order). Except as otherwise specified in the Plan or any Final Order, the amount of an Allowed Claim shall not include interest or other charges on such Claim from and after the Petition Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Claim of any Entity subject to section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed Allowed unless and until such Entity pays in full the amount that it owes such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.
17.          “Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
18.          “Allowed EFIH General Unsecured Claim” means, (a) the Charging Lien Advance; (b) the principal amount outstanding of the EFIH Unsecured Notes, in the amount of $1,568 million; (c) any accrued but unpaid prepetition interest, in the amount of $81 million; and (d) any additional amounts ordered by the Bankruptcy Court but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any recovery on account of asserted Makewhole Claims.
19.          “Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
20.          “Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement, by and among Oncor Electric, Reorganized TCEH, and OpCo, entered into on or before the TCEH Effective Date, which shall govern the rights and obligations of each party thereto with respect to certain employment matters.
21.          “Approval Order” means the Final Order authorizing and directing EFH Corp., EFIH, and Reorganized TCEH (and, in the case of the Tax Matters Agreement, EFIH Finance) to enter into (i) the Tax Matters Agreement, (ii) the Transition Services Agreement, if any, (iii) the Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement, and (iv) the Separation Agreement.

 
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22.          “Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases” means those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed by Reorganized EFH and Reorganized EFIH, as set forth on the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List.
23.          “Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List” means the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed (with proposed cure amounts), as determined by the Plan Sponsor, in its sole discretion, the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement; provided, however, that notwithstanding Article V.F herein, the following contracts, to the extent such contracts are executory contracts, shall be deemed assumed by Reorganized EFH and Reorganized EFIH, as applicable: (a) the Split Policies (as defined in the Separation Agreement), (b) D&O Insurance Policies at EFH Corp. for the benefit of current or former directors, managers, officers, and, employees, and (c) any D&O priority agreement between EFH Corp. and the sponsoring institution of certain directors.
24.          “AST&T” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.
25.      “Backstop Commitment Agreement” means that certain [Equity Commitment Letter Agreement], dated as of [DATE], by and among New HoldCo and the Backstop Parties, as may be amended from time to time.
26.      “Backstop Parties” means those certain Entities that are party to the Backstop Commitment Agreement, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns.
27.      “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101‑1532, as amended from time to time.
28.          “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases or any other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of any reference under 28 U.S.C. § 157, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
29.          “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure promulgated under section 2075 of the Judicial Code and the general, local, and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court.
30.          “Bar Date” means the applicable date established by the Bankruptcy Court by which respective Proofs of Claims and Interests must be Filed.    
31.          “BNY” means, collectively: (a) BNYM; and (b) BNYMTC.    
32.          “BNYM” means The Bank of New York Mellon.
33.          “BNYMTC” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
34.      “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or “legal holiday” (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).
35.          “Cash” means cash and cash equivalents, including bank deposits, checks, and other similar items in legal tender of the U.S., less the amount of any outstanding checks or transfers at such time.
36.          “Cash Collateral Order” means the Final Order (A) Authorizing Use of Cash Collateral for Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC and Certain of its Debtor Affiliates, (B) Granting Adequate Protection, and (C) Modifying the Automatic Stay [D.I. 855], as further amended, modified, and supplemented from time to time, including D.I. 5922 and D.I. 5923.
37.          “Cash Deposit Amount” means the Cash to be delivered by EFH Merger Sub to the EFH Plan Administrator Board for deposit in the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account at the Merger Closing in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

 
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38.          “Cash Management Order” means the Final Order (A) Authorizing the Debtors to (I) Continue Using Their Existing Cash Management System, (II) Maintain Existing Bank Accounts and Business Forms, and (III) Continue Using Certain Investment Accounts; (B) Authorizing Continued Intercompany Transactions and Netting of Intercompany Claims; and (C) Granting Postpetition Intercompany Claims Administrative Expense Priority [D.I. 801]. The Cash Management Order applies to the Debtors and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, applied to the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors.
39.          “Causes of Action” means any claims, interests, damages, remedies, causes of action, demands, rights, actions, suits, obligations, liabilities, accounts, defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, liens, indemnities, guaranties, and franchises of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, assertable, directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, in contract, tort, law, equity, or otherwise. Causes of Action also include: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law; (b) the right to object to or otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (c) claims pursuant to sections 362, 510, 542, 543, 544 through 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (d) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code.
40.          “Chapter 11 Cases” means, collectively: (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case pending for that Debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court; (b) when used with reference to the period starting from and after the TCEH Effective Date, all the Debtors pursuant to the procedurally consolidated and jointly administered chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court; and (c) when used with reference to the period between the Petition Date and the TCEH Effective Date, all the Debtors, the TCEH Debtors, and the EFH Shared Services Debtors, pursuant to the then procedurally consolidated and jointly administered chapter 11 cases pending for such debtors.
41.          “Charging Lien Advance” means the amount advanced and paid to the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee pursuant to that certain Order Approving Additional Relief in Connection with Settlement of Certain EFIH PIK Noteholder Claims [D.I. 7353] and any future amounts advanced and paid to the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee pursuant to the charging lien under the EFIH Unsecured Note Indentures.
42.          “Claim” means any claim, as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, against any of the Debtors.
43.          “Claims and Noticing Agent” means Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, retained as the Debtors’ notice and claims agent pursuant to the Order Approving the Retention and Appointment of Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions as the Claims and Noticing Agent for the Debtors [D.I. 321], which Order applies to the Debtors and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, applied to the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors.
44.          “Claims Objection Deadline” means the later of: (a) the date that is 180 days after the EFH Effective Date; and (b) such other date as may be fixed by the Bankruptcy Court, after notice and hearing, upon a motion Filed before the expiration of the deadline to object to Claims or Interests.
45.          “Claims Register” means the official register of Claims maintained by the Claims and Noticing Agent.
46.          “Class” means a category of Claims or Interests as set forth in Article III of the Plan.
47.          “Collective Professional Fee Claim” means Professional Fee Claims incurred by a Professional for the collective benefit of two or more of EFH Corp., EFIH, and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, TCEH.
48.          “Committees” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH Committee; and (b) the EFH/EFIH Committee.
49.          “Competitive Tax Sharing Agreement” means that certain Federal and State Income Tax Allocation Agreement Among the Members of the Energy Future Holdings Corp. Consolidated Group (as amended and restated from time to time), dated May 15, 2012, by and among EFH Corp. and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 
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50.          “Computershare Trust” means, collectively: (a) Computershare Trust Company, N.A.; and (b) Computershare Trust Company of Canada.
51.          “Confirmation” means the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases.
52.          “Confirmation Hearing” means the one or more hearings held by the Bankruptcy Court to consider Confirmation of the Plan as to one or more Debtors pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
53.          “Conflict Matters” means for each of EFH Corp., EFIH, and EFCH/TCEH, as defined in the respective resolutions of the applicable Board of Directors or Board of Managers dated November 7, 2014 and December 9, 2014 including the determination of whether any matter constitutes a “Conflict Matter.”
54.          “Consummation” means the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date.
55.          “Cure Claim” means a Claim based upon the Debtors’ defaults on an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at the time such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is assumed by the Debtors pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
56.          “Dealer Managers” means the dealer managers under that certain dealer manager agreement approved under the EFIH First Lien Principal Settlement Order.
57.          “Debtor” means one of the EFH/EFIH Debtors, in its individual capacity as a debtor and debtor in possession in its respective Chapter 11 Case. As used herein, the term “Debtor” shall refer the EFH Debtors when referencing the plan of reorganization of the EFH Debtors and shall refer to the EFIH Debtors when referencing the plan of reorganization of the EFIH Debtors.
58.          “Debtor Intercompany Claim” means a Claim by any Debtor against any other Debtor.
59.          “Debtors” means: (a) the EFH Debtors, when referencing the plan of reorganization of the EFH Debtors, (b) the EFIH Debtors, when referencing the plan of reorganization of the EFIH Debtors, (c) prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors, when referencing the TCEH Plan, and (d) prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the EFH Shared Services Debtors, when referencing the TCEH Plan.
60.          “DIP Agreements” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH DIP Credit Agreement; (b) the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement; and (c) the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement.
61.          “DIP Facilities” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH DIP Facility; (b) the Refinanced TCEH DIP Facility; (c) the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Facility; and (d) the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility.
62.          “DIP Lenders” means the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, the TCEH DIP Agent, the TCEH DIP L/C Issuers, the Refinanced TCEH DIP Agent, the banks, financial institutions, and other lenders party to the DIP Facilities from time to time, and each arranger, bookrunner, syndication agent, manager, and documentation agent under the DIP Facilities.
63.          “DIP Orders” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH DIP Order; (b) the Original EFIH First Lien Final DIP Order; and (c) the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order.
64.          “Direct Professional Fee Claims” means Professional Fee Claims incurred by a Professional for the benefit of only one of the following: (a) the EFH Debtors; (b) the EFIH Debtors; or (c) prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors.
65.          “Disbursing Agent” means the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors or the Entity or Entities authorized to make or facilitate distributions under the Plan as selected by the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as

 
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applicable, in consultation with the Plan Sponsor and the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors, provided that (a) the EFH Notes Trustee shall be the Disbursing Agent for Classes A4, A5, A6, and B5; (b) the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee shall be the Disbursing Agent for distributions to Holders of EFIH Unsecured Note Claims; (c) the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee, or such other Disbursing Agent pursuant to the EFH Confirmation Order, shall be the Disbursing Agent for distributions to Holders of EFIH First Lien Note Claims; and (d) the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee, or other such Disbursing Agent pursuant to the EFH Confirmation Order, shall be the Disbursing Agent for distributions to Holders of EFIH Second Lien Note Claims.
66.          “Disinterested Directors and Managers” means the disinterested directors and managers (as applicable) of EFH Corp., EFIH, and EFCH/TCEH.
67.          “Disinterested Directors Settlement” means the settlement negotiated by and among the Disinterested Directors and Managers regarding Debtor Intercompany Claims set forth in the Settlement Agreement and Initial Plan.
68.          “Disputed” means with regard to any Claim or Interest, a Claim or Interest that is not yet Allowed.
69.          “Distribution Date” means the EFH Effective Date and any Periodic Distribution Date thereafter.
70.          “Distribution Record Date” means other than with respect to any publicly-held securities, the record date for purposes of making distributions under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests (other than the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims), which date shall be the date that is five (5) Business Days after the EFH Confirmation Date, as applicable, or such other date as designated in an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
71.          “DTC” means the Depository Trust Company.
72.          “EFCH” means Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
73.          “EFCH 2037 Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the 8.175% fixed rate notes due January 30, 2037 and the 1.245% floating rate notes due January 30, 2037, each issued by EFCH pursuant to the EFCH 2037 Note Indenture.
74.          “EFCH 2037 Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated December 1, 1995, by and between EFCH, successor to TXU US Holdings Company, as issuer, and the EFCH 2037 Notes Trustee.
75.          “EFCH 2037 Notes Trustee” means BNYMTC, or any successor thereto, as trustee under the EFCH 2037 Note Indenture.
76.          “EFCH/TCEH” means, collectively: (a) EFCH; and (b) TCEH.
77.          “EFH 2019 Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated November 16, 2009, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
78.          “EFH 2019 Notes” means the 9.75% unsecured notes due October 15, 2019, issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH 2019 Note Indenture.
79.      “EFH 2020 Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated January 12, 2010, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
80.          “EFH 2020 Notes” means the 10.0% unsecured notes due January 15, 2020, issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH 2020 Note Indenture.

 
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81.      “EFH Beneficiary Claims” means, collectively: (a) the Allowed EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims; (b) the Allowed EFH Unexchanged Note Claims; and (c) the Allowed General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Corp.; provided, however, that any of the foregoing Claims shall cease to constitute EFH Beneficiary Claims if the Class comprised of such Claims fails to accept or fails to reject the Plan consistent with the Voting Indication (as such term is defined in the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement), if any.
82.          “EFH Cash Account” means the segregated account within the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account consisting of EFH Corp. Cash.
83.      “EFH Confirmation Date” means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the EFH Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases, within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.
84.          “EFH Confirmation Order” means one or more orders of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan with respect to one or more EFH Debtors or EFIH Debtors pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The EFH Confirmation Order shall be reasonably acceptable to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent and acceptable to the Plan Sponsor.
85.          “EFH Corp.” means Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation.
86.          “EFH Corp. Cash” means (a) any Cash held by EFH Corp. as of the EFH Effective Date, plus (b) the sum of any Cash payable to EFH Corp. as of the EFH Effective Date under the Oncor Tax Sharing Agreement, and/or related to the winddown of those certain rabbi trusts held at EFH Corp. related to the EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plan, minus (c) any amount payable to Oncor by EFH Corp. as of the EFH Effective Date under the Oncor Tax Sharing Agreement, minus (d) the amount, if any, described in the Tax Contingency Disclosure .
87.          “EFH Corp. Claims” means, collectively: (a) the Allowed EFH Legacy Note Claims; (b) the Allowed EFH Swap Claims; (c) the Allowed EFH LBO Note Primary Claims; (d) the Allowed TCEH Settlement Claim; (e) the Allowed EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims; (f) the Allowed EFH Unexchanged Note Claims; (g) the Allowed General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Corp.; and (h) the Allowed General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp; provided , however , that solely in the event that Holders of Allowed EFH LBO Note Primary Claims receive a recovery in full of their Allowed EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims, the Allowed EFH LBO Note Primary Claims shall not be included in the definition of EFH Corp. Claims.
88.          “EFH Corporate Services” means EFH Corporate Services Company, a Texas corporation.
89.          “EFH Debtor Intercompany Claim” means any Claim by an EFH Debtor against another EFH Debtor.
90.          “EFH Debtors” means, collectively: (a) EFH Corp.; (b) Ebasco Services of Canada Limited; (c) EEC Holdings, Inc.; (d) EECI, Inc.; (e) EFH Australia (No. 2) Holdings Company; (f) EFH Finance (No. 2) Holdings Company; (g) EFH FS Holdings Company; (h) EFH Renewables Company LLC; (i) Generation Development Company LLC; (j) LSGT Gas Company LLC; (k) LSGT SACROC, Inc.; (l) NCA Development Company LLC; and (m) TXU Receivables Company.
91.          “EFH Disclosure Statement” means the Disclosure Statement for the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, and the EFH/EFIH Debtors Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with Respect to the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, dated [_____] [D.I. ____], including all exhibits and schedules thereto, as approved pursuant to the EFH Disclosure Statement Order.
92.          “EFH Disclosure Statement Order” means the Order (A) Approving the EFH/EFIH Disclosure Statement, (B) Establishing the Voting Record Date, Voting Deadline, and Other Dates, (C) Approving Procedures for Soliciting, Receiving, and Tabulating Votes on the Plan and for Filing Objections to the Plan, and (D) Approving the Manner and Forms of Notice and Other Related Documents [D.I. ____].

 
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93.          “EFH Effective Date” means, with respect to the Plan, the date after the EFH Confirmation Date selected by (a) the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, including, in the case of any Conflict Matter between any Debtors, each Debtor acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Director or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor and (b) the Plan Sponsor, on which: (i) no stay of the EFH Confirmation Order is in effect; and (ii) all conditions precedent to the EFH Effective Date specified in Article IX.B have been satisfied or waived (in accordance with Article IX.C).
94.          “EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool” means (a) EFH Corp. Cash after payment in full of all Allowed Administrative Claims against the EFH Debtors, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Allowed Cure Claims with respect to Assumed Executory Contracts and Leases assumed by Reorganized EFH on the EFH Effective Date (or pursuant to a separate Bankruptcy Court order), all Allowed Priority Tax Claims against the EFH Debtors, all Allowed Class A1 Claims and Allowed Class A2 Claims, and (b) any Cash remaining in the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account after payment in full of all Allowed Claims against EFIH Debtors; provided, however that, consistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Tax Contingency Disclosure, adjustments to the form of consideration included in the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool shall be made, including the issuance of Rollover Trust Certificates (with a corresponding adjustment to the Cash deposited to the EFH Cash Account or the Cash Deposit Amount, such that the overall purchase price paid by the Plan Sponsor and overall stakeholder recovery remains unchanged on an overall basis, and with such additional details to be set forth in the Tax Contingency Disclosure; provided, further, however that, in all circumstances, each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Classes A4-A11 shall receive its Pro Rata share of at least the value of EFH Corp. Cash, less such amounts necessary to satisfy all Allowed EFH Administrative Claims, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Allowed Cure Claims with respect to Assumed Executory Contracts and Leases assumed by Reorganized EFH on the EFH Effective Date (or pursuant to a separate Bankruptcy Court order), all Allowed Priority Claims, and all Allowed Claims in Classes A1 and A2 in full; provided, further, that the Holders of Allowed EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims shall receive Cash on account of their Claims (including any TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions distributed to such Holders of EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims).
95.          “EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account” means, collectively, one or more interest-bearing escrow accounts (set forth in one or more segregated accounts) collectively consisting of (a) the Cash Deposit Amount, (b) the EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount, (c) the EFH Cash Account (subject to adjustment as described in the Tax Contingency Disclosure ), including the Cash distributed to satisfy Allowed EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims, (d) the Cash on hand at the EFIH Debtors as of the EFH Effective Date, including the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool (subject to the adjustments described in the Tax Contingency Disclosure ), and (e) any other amounts to be funded into the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account pursuant to the terms of the Plan, Merger Agreement, or the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order, provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Plan Sponsor, the EFH/EFIH Debtors, nor Reorganized EFH or Reorganized EFIH shall have any obligation to fund any amounts other than as set forth in the Merger Agreement, as applicable, which accounts shall be administered by the EFH Plan Administrator Board. The EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account shall include a general escrow account into which the Cash Deposit Amount shall be funded.       
96.          “EFH/EFIH Committee” means the statutory committee of unsecured creditors of EFH Corp., EFIH, EFIH Finance, and EECI, Inc., appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code by the U.S. Trustee on October 27, 2014, the membership of which may be reconstituted from time to time.
97.          “EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement” means the Settlement & Support Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, by and among EFH Corp., EFIH, EFIH Finance, EEC Holdings, Inc., EECI, Inc., LSGT Gas Company LLC, LSGT SACROC, Inc., TCEH, the EFH/EFIH Committee, the EFH Notes Trustee, the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors, the Original Plan Sponsors, and the TCEH Committee, as approved under the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement Order.    
98.          “EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement Order” means the Order Approving Settlement Among Debtors, EFH Committee, EFH Notes Trustee, and Certain Other Parties [D.I. 7143], entered by the Bankruptcy Court on November 25, 2015.

 
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99.          “EFH/EFIH Committee Standing Motion” means the Motion of the EFH Official Committee for Entry of an Order Granting Derivative Standing and Authority to Prosecute and Settle Claims on Behalf of the Luminant Debtors’ Estates [D.I. 3605].
100.          “EFH/EFIH Debtors” means, collectively: (a) the EFH Debtors; and (b) the EFIH Debtors, as listed on Exhibit A to the Plan.
101.          “EFH/EFIH Plan Supporters” means, collectively: (a) the Plan Sponsor; and (b) excluding the EFH/EFIH Debtors, any party that may become party to a plan support agreement with the EFH Debtors and/or EFIH Debtors related to the transactions contemplated herein.
102.          “EFH Group” means the “affiliated group” (within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code), and any consolidated, combined, aggregate, or unitary group under state or local law, of which EFH Corp. is the common parent.
103.          “EFH LBO Note Claims” means, collectively: (a) the EFH LBO Note Primary Claims; and (b) the EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims.
104.          “EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claim” means any Claim against EFIH derived from or based upon the EFH LBO Notes.
105.          “EFH LBO Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated October 31, 2007, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, EFCH and EFIH as guarantors, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
106.          “EFH LBO Note Primary Claim” means any Claim against EFH Corp. derived from or based upon the EFH LBO Notes.
107.          “EFH LBO Notes” means, collectively: (a) the 10.875% senior notes due November 1, 2017; and (b) the 11.25%/12.00% toggle notes due November 1, 2017, each issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH LBO Note Indenture.
108.          “EFH Legacy Note Claims” means, collectively: (a) the EFH Legacy Series P Claims; (b) the EFH Legacy Series Q Claims; and (c) the EFH Legacy Series R Claims.
109.          “EFH Legacy Note Indentures” means, collectively: (a) the EFH Legacy Series P Indenture; (b) the EFH Legacy Series Q Indenture; (c) the EFH Legacy Series R Indenture; and (d) the EFH Legacy Series R First Supplemental Indenture.
110.          “EFH Legacy Notes” means, collectively: (a) the EFH Legacy Series P Notes; (b) the EFH Legacy Series Q Notes; and (c) the EFH Legacy Series R Notes.
111.          “EFH Legacy Series P Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the EFH Legacy Series P Notes, excluding any Claims derived from or based upon EFH Legacy Series P Notes held by EFIH (if any).
112.          “EFH Legacy Series P Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated November 1, 2004, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
113.          “EFH Legacy Series P Notes” means the 5.55% Series P Senior Notes due November 15, 2014, issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH Legacy Series P Indenture and related officer’s certificate.
114.          “EFH Legacy Series Q Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the EFH Legacy Series Q Notes, excluding any Claims derived from or based upon EFH Legacy Series Q Notes held by EFIH (if any).

 
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115.          “EFH Legacy Series Q Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated November 1, 2004, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
116.          “EFH Legacy Series Q Notes” means the 6.50% Series Q Senior Notes due November 15, 2024, issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH Legacy Series Q Indenture and related officer’s certificate.
117.          “EFH Legacy Series R Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the EFH Legacy Series R Notes, excluding any Claims derived from or based upon EFH Legacy Series R Notes held by EFIH (if any).
118.          “EFH Legacy Series R First Supplemental Indenture” means that certain Supplemental Indenture, dated December 5, 2012, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
119.          “EFH Legacy Series R Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated November 1, 2004, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Notes Trustee.
120.          “EFH Legacy Series R Notes” means the 6.55% Series R Senior Notes due November 15, 2034, issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH Legacy Series R Indenture and related officer’s certificate.
121.          “EFH Merger” means that certain merger on the EFH Effective Date of EFH Merger Sub with and into Reorganized EFH with Reorganized EFH continuing as the surviving entity.
122.          “EFH Merger Sub” means Power Play Merger Sub, Inc. a Delaware corporation wholly owned by Intermediary HoldCo, and with whom Reorganized EFH will merge.
123.          “EFH Non-Debtors” means, collectively: (a) TXU Europe Limited; (b) TXU Eastern Finance (A) Ltd; (c) TXU Eastern Finance (B) Ltd; (d) TXU Finance (No. 2) Limited; (e) TXU Eastern Funding Company; (f) TXU Acquisitions Limited; (g) Humphreys & Glasgow Limited; (h) EFH Vermont Insurance Company; and (i) any other non-U.S., non-Debtor Entities.
124.          “EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claim” means any Claim against the EFH Debtors derived from or based upon an EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plan.
125.          “EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Plan” means either: (a) a non-contributory, non-qualified pension plan that provides retirement benefits to participants whose tax‑qualified pension benefits are limited due to restrictions under the Internal Revenue Code and/or deferrals to other benefit programs; and/or (b) a contributory, non-qualified defined contribution plan that permits participants to voluntarily defer a portion of their base salary and/or annual incentive plan bonuses.
126.          “EFH Note Indentures” means, collectively: (a) the EFH Legacy Note Indentures; (b) the EFH LBO Note Indenture; and (c) the EFH Unexchanged Notes Indentures.
127.          “EFH Notes Trustee” collectively means AST&T, in its capacity as successor trustee to BNYMTC under the EFH Note Indentures.
128.          “EFH Notes Trustee Substantial Contribution Ruling” means the ruling by the Bankruptcy Court made on the record at the February 17, 2017 hearing to confirm the NextEra Plan that, as of such date, the EFH Notes Trustee made a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with sections 503(b)(3)(D), 503(b)(4), and 503(b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code and is entitled to reasonable fees and expenses incurred between the Petition Date and February 17, 2017, subject to agreed-upon review and approval procedures.
129.      “EFH Plan Administrator Board” shall be a one- or two-member board of directors comprised of a person or persons to be identified in the Plan Supplement as determined by the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors in their sole and absolute discretion, which board shall be appointed on or after the EFH Effective Date and tasked with directing the Disbursing Agent with respect to Cash distributions made on account of Allowed Claims asserted against the EFH

 
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Debtors and EFIH Debtors and shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be authorized to direct the Disbursing Agent with respect to any Cash distributions made on account of Allowed Claims asserted against the TCEH Debtors or EFH Shared Services Debtors, if any.
130.          “EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account” means an escrow account established and funded pursuant to Article II.A.2(b) of the Plan for Professional Fee Claims estimated pursuant to Article II.A.2(c) of the Plan to be allocated to the EFH Debtors or the Reorganized EFH Debtors pursuant to Article II.A.2(d) of the Plan.
131.          “EFH Professional Fee Reserve Amount” means the total amount of Professional Fee Claims estimated to be allocated to the EFH Debtors or the Reorganized EFH Debtors in accordance with Article II.A.2(c) of the Plan.
132.          “EFH Series N Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the EFH Series N Notes.
133.          “EFH Series N Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated July 3, 2003, by and among EFH Corp., as issuer, and the EFH Series N Notes Trustee.
134.          “EFH Series N Notes” means the floating rate convertible notes due 2033 issued by EFH Corp. pursuant to the EFH Series N Note Indenture.
135.          “EFH Series N Notes Trustee” means BNYMTC, in its capacity under the EFH Series N Notes.
136.          “EFH Shared Services Debtors” means, collectively: (a) EFH Corporate Services; (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.; (m) TXU Electric Company, Inc.; (n) Brighten Energy LLC; and (o) Brighten Holdings LLC.
137.          “EFH Swap Claim” means any Claim against EFH Corp. derived from or based upon the EFH Swaps.
138.          “EFH Swaps” means those certain swaps entered into by EFH Corp. on an unsecured basis.
139.          “EFH Unexchanged Notes Indentures” means, collectively: (a) the EFH 2019 Note Indenture; and (b) the EFH 2020 Note Indenture.
140.          “EFH Unexchanged Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the EFH Unexchanged Notes.
141.          “EFH Unexchanged Notes” means, collectively: (a) the EFH 2019 Notes; and (b) the EFH 2020 Notes.
142.          “EFIH” means Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
143.          “EFIH Cash” means the Cash on hand at EFIH as of the EFH Effective Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the funding of the Cash Deposit Amount and the EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount.
144.          “EFIH Collateral Trust Agreement” means the collateral trust agreement by and between EFIH, Delaware Trust Company, as successor collateral trustee to BNY, and the other Secured Debt Representatives from time to time party thereto, dated as of November 16, 2009.

 
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145.          “EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claim” means any Claim by an EFIH Debtor against another EFIH Debtor.
146.          “EFIH Debtors” means, collectively: (a) EFIH; and (b) EFIH Finance.
147.          “EFIH DIP Secured Cash Management Obligations” means the “Secured Cash Management Obligations,” as defined in the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order.
148.          “EFIH DIP Secured Hedge Obligations” means the “Secured Hedge Obligations” as defined in the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order.
149.          “EFIH Finance” means EFIH Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation.
150.          “EFIH First Lien 6.875% Notes” means the EFIH First Lien Notes that bear interest (because of an increase in the rate of 50 basis points due to the EFIH Debtors’ failure to register them) under the applicable agreements at a rate of 7.375% per annum (CUSIPs 29269Q AE7 & U29197).
151.          “EFIH First Lien 10.0% Notes” means the EFIH First Lien Notes that bear interest under the applicable agreements at a rate of 10.000% per annum (CUSIP 29269QAA5).
152.          “EFIH First Lien 10.5% Notes” means the EFIH First Lien Notes that bear interest (because of an increase in the rate of 50 basis points due to the EFIH Debtors’ failure to register them) under the applicable agreements at a rate of 10.500% per annum (CUSIPs 29269QAK3 & U29197AG2).
153.          “EFIH First Lien 2017 Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated August 14, 2012, by and among the EFIH Debtors, as issuers, and the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee.
154.          “EFIH First Lien 2017 Notes” means the 6.875% senior secured notes due August 15, 2017, issued by the EFIH Debtors pursuant to the EFIH First Lien 2017 Note Indenture.
155.          “EFIH First Lien 2020 Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated August 17, 2010, by and among the EFIH Debtors, as issuers, and the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee.
156.          “EFIH First Lien 2020 Notes” means the 10.0% senior secured notes due December 1, 2020, issued by the EFIH Debtors pursuant to the EFIH First Lien 2020 Note Indenture.
157.          “EFIH First Lien DIP Agreements” means, collectively, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement.
158.          “EFIH First Lien DIP Facilities” means, collectively, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Facility and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility.
159.          “EFIH First Lien DIP Orders” means, collectively, the Original EFIH First Lien Final DIP Order and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Order.
160.          “EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount” means the “DIP Repayment,” as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement, which shall be an amount in Cash sufficient to repay all outstanding Allowed 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims in accordance with Article II.B of the Plan.
161.          “EFIH First Lien Intercreditor Action” means the pending appeal by the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee against the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee for turnover and other relief (Delaware Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee v. Computershare Trust Company, N.A., et al., No. 16-cv-461 (D. Del.)).

 
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162.          “EFIH First Lien Note Claim” means any Secured Claim derived from or based upon the EFIH First Lien Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Claim by a Holder of an EFIH First Lien Note Claim or the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee based upon or under the EFIH Collateral Trust Agreement).
163.          “EFIH First Lien Note Indentures” means, collectively: (a) the EFIH First Lien 2017 Note Indenture; and (b) the EFIH First Lien 2020 Note Indenture.
164.          “EFIH First Lien Notes” means, collectively: (a) the EFIH First Lien 2017 Notes; and (b) the EFIH First Lien 2020 Notes (and the EFIH First Lien 2017 Note Indenture and the EFIH First Lien 2020 Note Indenture).
165.          “EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee” means Delaware Trust Company, as successor indenture trustee to BNY.
166.          “EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fees and Indemnification Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
167.          “EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve” means the “EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve” as defined in the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
168.          “EFIH First Lien Principal Settlement” means that certain settlement approved by the EFIH First Lien Principal Settlement Order.
169.          “EFIH First Lien Principal Settlement Order” means the Order Approving EFIH First Lien Settlement [D.I. 858].
170.      “EFIH Professional Fee Escrow Account” means an escrow account established and funded pursuant to Article II.A.2(b) of the Plan for Professional Fee Claims estimated pursuant to Article II.A.2(c) of the Plan to be allocated to the EFIH Debtors or the Reorganized EFIH Debtors pursuant to Article II.A.2(d) of the Plan.
171.          “EFIH Professional Fee Reserve Amount” means the total amount of Professional Fee Claims estimated to be allocated to the EFIH Debtors or the Reorganized EFIH Debtors in accordance with Article II.A.2(c) of the Plan.
172.          “EFIH Second Lien Note Claim” means any Secured Claim derived from or based upon the EFIH Second Lien Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Claim by a Holder of an EFIH Second Lien Note Claim or the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee based upon or under the EFIH Collateral Trust Agreement).
173.          “EFIH Second Lien Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated April 25, 2011, by and among the EFIH Debtors, as issuers, and the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee.
174.          “EFIH Second Lien Notes” means, collectively: (a) the 11.0% senior secured second lien notes due October 1, 2021; and (b) the 11.75% senior secured second lien notes due March 1, 2022, issued by the EFIH Debtors pursuant to the EFIH Second Lien Note Indenture (and the EFIH Second Lien Note Indenture).
175.          “EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee” means Computershare Trust, as successor indenture trustee to BNY.
176.          “EFIH Second Lien Partial Repayment” means the partial repayment of EFIH Second Lien Notes, in the amount of up to $750 million, effectuated pursuant to the Order (A) Authorizing Partial Repayment of EFIH Second Lien Notes; (B) Approving EFIH DIP Consent; and (C) Authorizing Consent Fee [D.I. 3855].
177.          “EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fees and Indemnification Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in the EFIH Settlement Agreement.

 
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178.          “EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve” means the “EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve” as defined in the EFIH Settlement Agreement.    
179.          “EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order” means the Order Approving the EFIH Settlement Between the Debtors, Certain Holders of EFIH First Lien Note Claims, Certain Holders of EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, and Certain Holders of EFIH Unsecured Note Claims [D.I. 11048]. With respect to the EFIH First Lien Settlement (as defined in the EFIH Settlement Agreement), the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order shall refer to the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the EFIH First Lien Settlement. With respect to the EFIH Second Lien Settlement (as defined in the EFIH Settlement Agreement), the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order shall refer to the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the EFIH Second Lien Settlement. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Plan Sponsor, EFH Merger Sub, or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall have or incur any liability pursuant to the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order, and any payment obligations of such parties shall be strictly as provided in the Merger Agreement.
180.          “EFIH Senior Toggle Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated December 5, 2012, by and among the EFIH Debtors, as issuers, and the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee.
181.          “EFIH Senior Toggle Notes” means the 11.25%/12.25% senior unsecured notes due December 1, 2018, issued by the EFIH Debtors pursuant to the EFIH Senior Toggle Note Indenture.
182.          “EFIH Settlement Agreement” means that certain settlement agreement approved pursuant to the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order by and among the EFH/EFIH Debtors, the Supporting EFIH Unsecured Creditors, the Supporting EFIH First Lien Creditors, and the Supporting EFIH Second Lien Creditors (each as defined therein).
183.          “EFIH Unexchanged Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated November 16, 2009, by and among the EFIH Debtors, as issuers, and the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee.
184.          “EFIH Unexchanged Notes” means the 9.75% unsecured notes due October 15, 2019, issued by the EFIH Debtors pursuant to the EFIH Unexchanged Note Indenture.
185.          “EFIH Unsecured Creditor Plan Support Agreement” means that certain plan support agreement entered into on January 2, 2017 and, amended or modified on January 19, 2017, by and among the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee, the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee, and certain holders or investment advisors or managers of discretionary accounts of such beneficial holders that hold, or direct the vote of, EFIH Unsecured Note Claims, and terminated on July 8, 2017 [D.I. 11435].
186.          “EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool” means (a) the EFIH Cash, after giving effect to all other transactions and distributions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to occur on, before, or after the EFH Effective Date and the satisfaction in full of all Allowed 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, Allowed Claims in Classes B1, B2, B3, and B4 (including the funding of the EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve and the EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve), Allowed General Administrative Claims against the EFIH Debtors, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Allowed Cure Claims with respect to Assumed Executory Contracts and Leases which Reorganized EFIH will assume on the EFH Effective Date (or pursuant to separate Bankruptcy Court order), Allowed Priority Tax Claims (if any), and Allowed Professional Fee Claims allocated to the EFIH Debtors (including the funding of the EFIH Professional Fee Reserve, in accordance with the Plan and Confirmation Order) and (b) any other amounts that Holders of Claims entitled to distributions from the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool are entitled to receive under the Plan, and as expressly provided in the Plan, the Merger Agreement, and the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order, if any; provided , however that, consistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement, adjustments to the form of consideration included in the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool shall be made, including the issuance of Rollover Trust Certificates, if any (with a corresponding adjustment to the Cash Deposit Amount, such that the overall purchase price paid or contributed by the Plan Sponsor

 
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and overall stakeholder recovery remains unchanged on an aggregate basis, and with such additional details to be set forth in the Tax Contingency Disclosure).
187.      “EFIH Unsecured Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the EFIH Unsecured Notes.
188.          “EFIH Unsecured Note Indentures” means, collectively: (a) the EFIH Senior Toggle Note Indenture; and (b) the EFIH Unexchanged Note Indenture.
189.          “EFIH Unsecured Notes” means, collectively: (a) the EFIH Senior Toggle Notes; and (b) the EFIH Unexchanged Notes.
190.          “EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee” means UMB Bank, N.A., as successor trustee to BNY.
191.          “EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee Fees and Expenses” means the fees and expenses of the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee incurred as of the EFH Effective Date.
192.          “Entity” has the meaning set forth in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.
193.          “Environmental Action” means the pending case of United States v. Luminant Generation Company LLC, et al., 3:13-cv-3236-K (N.D. Tex.).
194.          “Environmental Law” means all federal, state and local statutes, regulations, ordinances and similar provisions having the force or effect of law, all judicial and administrative orders, agreements and determinations and all common law concerning pollution or protection of the environment, or environmental impacts on human health and safety, including, without limitation, the Atomic Energy Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; and any state or local equivalents.    
195.      “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 as amended, (2006 V. Supp. 2011), and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
196.          “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for the Debtor in its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.
197.          “Exculpated Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Committees and each of their respective members; and (c) with respect to each of the foregoing, such Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Entity’s and its current and former Affiliates’ current and former equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such.
198.          “Executory Contract” means a contract to which one or more of the Debtors is a party and that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
199.          “Exit Facilities” means (i) the Exit Term Loan Facility and (ii) the Exit Revolving Facility.
200.          “Exit Facility Agreement” means one or more credit agreements governing the Exit Facilities, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 
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201.      “Exit Facility Documents” means all loan and security documents relating to the Exit Facilities, including the Exit Facility Agreement, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
202.      “Exit Term Loan Facility” means a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3 billion, which will be entered into by Reorganized EFH on the EFH Effective Date pursuant to the Exit Facility Agreement.
203.      “Exit Revolving Facility” means a senior secured revolving loan facility with permitted borrowings up to $120 million, which will be entered into by Reorganized EFH on the EFH Effective Date pursuant to the Exit Facility Agreement.
204.          “Federal Judgment Rate” means the rate of interest calculated pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1961, which shall be a rate equal to the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as of the Petition Date, which rate was 0.11%, compounded annually.
205.          “Fee Committee” means that certain fee review committee appointed pursuant to the Stipulation and Consent Order Appointing a Fee Committee [D.I. 1891].
206.          “File,” “Filed,” or “Filing” means file, filed, or a filing in the Chapter 11 Cases with the Bankruptcy Court or its authorized designee in the Chapter 11 Cases, including with respect to a Proof of Claim or Proof of Interest, the Claims and Noticing Agent.
207.          “Final Order” means (a) an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, as entered on the docket in any Chapter 11 Case (or any related adversary proceeding or contested matter) or the docket of any other court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) an order or judgment of any other court having jurisdiction over any appeal from (or petition seeking certiorari or other review of) any order or judgment entered by the Bankruptcy Court (or any other court of competent jurisdiction, including in an appeal taken) in any Chapter 11 Case (or any related adversary proceeding or contested matter), in each case that has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which the time to appeal, or seek certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired according to applicable law and no appeal or petition for certiorari or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be timely Filed has been withdrawn or resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment was appealed or from which certiorari was sought or the new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order, or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice; provided, however, that the possibility a motion under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules or the Local Bankruptcy Rules of the Bankruptcy Court, may be filed relating to such order shall not prevent such order from being a Final Order.
208.          “General Administrative Claim” means any Administrative Claim, other than a Professional Fee Claim.
209.          “General Unsecured Claim Against EFCH” means any Unsecured Claim against EFCH that is not otherwise paid in full pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the EFCH 2037 Note Claims, but excluding: (a) Administrative Claims against EFCH; (b) Priority Tax Claims against EFCH; (c) Intercompany Claims against EFCH; (d) Other Priority Claims against EFCH; and (e) TCEH DIP Claim.
210.          “General Unsecured Claim Against EFH Corp.” means any Unsecured Claim against EFH Corp. that is not otherwise paid in full pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the EFH Series N Note Claims, but excluding: (a) Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors; (b) EFH Legacy Note Claims; (c) EFH Unexchanged Note Claims; (d) EFH LBO Note Primary Claims; (e) EFH Swap Claims; (f) EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims; (g) the TCEH Settlement Claim; (h) Administrative Claims against EFH Corp.; (i) Priority Tax Claims against EFH Corp.; (j) Intercompany Claims against EFH Corp.; (k) Other Priority Claims against EFH Corp.; and (l) 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.

 
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211.          “General Unsecured Claim Against the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp . ” means any Unsecured Claim against one or more of the EFH Debtors (other than EFH Corp.) that is not otherwise paid in full pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, but excluding: (a) Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors; (b) EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims; (c) Administrative Claims against the EFH Debtors other than EFH Corp.; (d) Priority Tax Claims against the EFH Debtors other than EFH Corp.; (e) Intercompany Claims against the EFH Debtors other than EFH Corp.; (f) Other Priority Claims against the EFH Debtors other than EFH Corp.; and (g) 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.
212.           “General Unsecured Claim Against the EFH Shared Services Debtors” means any Unsecured Claim against one or more of the EFH Shared Services Debtors that is not otherwise paid in full pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, excluding: (a) Administrative Claims against the EFH Shared Services Debtors; (b) Priority Tax Claims against the EFH Shared Services Debtors; (c) Intercompany Claims against the EFH Shared Services Debtors; (d) Other Priority Claims against the EFH Shared Services Debtors; and (e) TCEH DIP Claim.
213.          “General Unsecured Claim Against the EFIH Debtors” means any Unsecured Claim against one or more of the EFIH Debtors that is not otherwise paid in full pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the EFIH Unsecured Note Claims and any Unsecured Claims derived from or based upon the EFIH First Lien Notes or EFIH Second Lien Notes, but excluding: (a) EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims; (b) Administrative Claims against the EFIH Debtors; (c) Priority Tax Claims against the EFIH Debtors; (d) Intercompany Claims against the EFIH Debtors; (e) Other Priority Claims against the EFIH Debtors; and (f) 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.
214.          “General Unsecured Claim Against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH” means any Unsecured Claim against one or more of the TCEH Debtors other than EFCH that is not otherwise paid in full pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the TCEH Debtors, but excluding: (a) TCEH Unsecured Debt Claims; (b) Administrative Claims against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH; (c) Priority Tax Claims against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH; (d) Intercompany Claims against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH; (e) Other Priority Claims against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH; and (f) TCEH DIP Claim.
215.          “Governmental Unit” has the meaning set forth in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code.
216.          “Holder” means an Entity holding a Claim or an Interest, as applicable.
217.          “Impaired” means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.
218.          “Incremental Amendment Agreement” means that certain Incremental Amendment No. 1, dated as January 4, 2013, by and among the Incremental 2012 Term Lenders (as defined therein), EFCH, TCEH, the Credit Parties (as defined therein) party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent.
219.          “Indemnification Obligations” means each of the Debtors’ indemnification obligations in place as of the EFH Effective Date, whether in the bylaws, certificates of incorporation or formation, limited liability company agreements, other organizational or formation documents, board resolutions, management or indemnification agreements, or employment or other contracts, for their current and former directors, officers, managers, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, and other professionals and agents of the Debtors, as applicable.
220.      “Indenture Trustees” means, collectively: (a) the EFH Notes Trustee; (b) the EFCH 2037 Notes Trustee; (c) the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee; (d) the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee; (e) the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee; (f) the TCEH First Lien Notes Trustee; (g) the TCEH Second Lien Notes Trustee; (h) the TCEH Unsecured Notes Trustee; (i) the PCRB Trustee; (j) the EFH Series N Notes Trustee; and (k) the TCEH Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent.
221.      “Initial Plan” means the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code [D.I. 4142], dated April 14, 2015.

 
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222.      “Insurance Policies” means any insurance policies, insurance settlement agreements, coverage-in-place agreements, or other agreements relating to the provision of insurance entered into by or issued to or for the benefit of any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors or their predecessors.
223.      “Intercompany Claim” means a Claim or Cause of Action by EFH Corp. or any Entity that is, or was as of the Petition Date, a direct or indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp. against EFH Corp. or any Entity that is, or was as of the Petition Date, a direct or indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp.
224.      “Interest” means any equity security (as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) in any Debtor and any other rights, options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights, restricted stock units, redemption rights, repurchase rights, convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities or other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to, or whose value is related to, any such interest or other ownership interest in any Entity.
225.      “Interim Compensation Order” means the Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Professionals [D.I. 2066].
226.      “Intermediary HoldCo” means Power Play HoldCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which directly owns 100% of the equity interests of EFH Merger Sub.
227.      “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
228.      “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
229.      “IRS Submissions” means all submissions to the IRS in connection with the Private Letter Ruling and the request for the Supplemental Ruling.
230.      “Judicial Code” means title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001.
231.      “Legacy General Unsecured Claim Against the EFH Debtors” means any Claim against the EFH Debtors derived from or based upon liabilities based on asbestos or, to the extent set forth in the Merger Agreement, qualified post-employment benefits relating to discontinued operations of the EFH Debtors.
232.      “Liability Management Program” means the various transactions, including debt buybacks, new debt issuances, debt exchanges, debt payoffs, intercompany debt forgiveness, dividends, and maturity extensions, by EFH Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and restructuring of such Entities’ debt obligations completed before the Petition Date, as described in the 2009-2013 SEC filings of EFH Corp., EFIH, EFIH Finance, and TCEH.
233.      “Lien” has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.
234.      “Litigation Letters” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH Committee Litigation Letters; and (b) the TCEH Unsecured Group Litigation Letter.
235.      “Luminant” means Luminant Holding Company LLC and its direct and indirect Debtor subsidiaries.
236.      “Luminant Makewhole Settlement” means those transactions in settlement of Luminant’s obligations to Oncor under the Tax and Interest Makewhole Agreements, by which EFIH purchased Luminant’s obligations from Oncor in August 2012, and Luminant paid EFIH the same respective amount in September 2012.
237.      “Makewhole Claim” means any Claim, whether secured or unsecured, derived from or based upon makewhole, applicable premium, redemption premium, or other similar payment provisions provided for by the applicable indenture or other agreement calculated as of the EFH Effective Date (or in the case of the EFIH First Lien Notes, the closing date of the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Facility, and in the case of EFIH Second Lien Notes, the closing date of the EFIH Second Lien Partial Repayment, with respect to the amount repaid at such time) or any other

 
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alleged premiums, fees, or Claims relating to the repayment of the principal balance of any notes, including any Claims for damages, or other relief arising from the repayment, prior to the respective stated maturity or call date, of the principal balance of any notes or any denial of any right to rescind any acceleration of such notes.
238.      “Management Agreement” means that certain management agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and among EFH Corp., TEF, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., TPG Capital, L.P., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Lehman Brothers Inc.
239.      “Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 21, 2017, by and among Parent, EFH Merger Sub, EFIH, and EFH Corp., as may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance therewith, including all exhibits and schedules attached thereto, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.    
240.      “Merger Closing” means “Closing,” as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement.
241.      “Merger Closing Date” means “Closing Date” as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement.
242.      “Merger Effective Time” means “Effective Time,” as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement.
243.      “NEE Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 29, 2016, by and among NextEra, Merger Sub, EFH Corp., and EFIH, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 18, 2016, including all exhibits and schedules attached thereto.    
244.      “NEE Merger Sub” means “Merger Sub” as defined in the NEE Merger Agreement.
245.      “NEE Plan Support Agreement” means that certain Alternative E-Side Restructuring Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2016, by and among NextEra, the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, and certain Holders of Claims Against the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, as amended on September 19, 2016.
246.      “NEE PSA Order” means the Order (A) Authorizing Entry Into the Merger Agreement, (B) Approving the Termination Fee, and (C) Authorizing Entry Into and Performance Under the Plan Support Agreement [D.I. 9584], entered by the Bankruptcy Court on September 19, 2016.
247.      “New Boards” means the board of directors or managers of New HoldCo, Intermediary HoldCo, Reorganized EFH and Reorganized EFIH, as applicable, on and after the EFH Effective Date.
248.      “New HoldCo” means Power Play BidCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which directly owns 100% of the equity interest of Intermediary HoldCo.
249.      “New HoldCo Class A Units” means the Class A Units representing the limited liability company interests in New HoldCo to be issued to the Rollover Trust on the EFH Effective Date.
250.      “New HoldCo Class B Units” means the Class B Units representing the limited liability company interests in New HoldCo to be issued to the Non-Rollover Trust on the EFH Effective Date.
251.      “New HoldCo Class C Units” means the Class C Units representing the limited liability company interests in New HoldCo to be issued to the Plan Sponsor on the EFH Effective Date.
252.      “New HoldCo Equity Interests” means the New HoldCo Class A Units, the New HoldCo Class B Units, and the New HoldCo Class C Units.
253.      “New HoldCo LLC Agreement” means the limited liability company agreement of New HoldCo, the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.

 
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254.      “New Organizational Documents” means such certificates or articles of incorporation of formation, by-laws, limited liability company agreements, trust agreements, or other applicable formation documents of each of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, New HoldCo, Intermediary HoldCo, EFH Merger Sub, the Rollover Trust, and the Non-Rollover Trust, as applicable, the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement, and all of which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Plan Sponsor.
255.          “NextEra” means “Plan Sponsor” as defined in the NEE Merger Agreement.
256.      “NextEra Plan” means the Eighth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as it Applies to the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors [D.I. 10859].
257.      “Non-EFH Debtor Intercompany Claim” means any Claim, other than the TCEH Settlement Claim, by any Entity that is, or was as of the Petition Date, a direct or indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp. (other than an EFH Debtor) against an EFH Debtor, including any Claims derived from or based upon EFH Legacy Notes held by EFIH.
258.      “Non-EFH Shared Services Debtor Intercompany Claim” means any Claim by EFH. Corp. or any Entity that is, or was as of the Petition Date, a direct or indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp. (other than an EFH Shared Services Debtor) against an EFH Shared Services Debtor.
259.      “Non-EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claim” means any Claim by EFH Corp. or any Entity that is, or was as of the Petition Date, a direct or indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp. (other than an EFIH Debtor) against an EFIH Debtor.
260.      “Non-TCEH Debtor Intercompany Claim” means any Claim by EFH Corp. or any Entity that is, or was as of the Petition Date, a direct or indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp. (other than a TCEH Debtor) against a TCEH Debtor, including any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH Credit Agreement, the TCEH First Lien Notes, or TCEH Unsecured Notes held by EFH Corp. and EFIH.
261.      “Non-Rollover Trust” means that certain Trust established under the laws of Delaware and governed under that certain Non-Rollover Trust Agreement.
262.      “Non-Rollover Trust Agreement” means that certain declaration of trust to be entered into on the EFH Effective Date by and between the Non-Rollover Trustee and Non-Rollover Trust Investors.
263.      “Non-Rollover Trust Certificates” means certificates evidencing beneficial interests in the Non-Rollover Trust, which may be in book-entry form.
264.      “Non-Rollover Trust Investors” means, collectively, the persons that hold Non-Rollover Trust Certificates.
265.      “Non-Rollover Trust Trustee” means the Trustee of the Non-Rollover Trust.
266.      “Oncor” means Oncor Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
267.      “Oncor Electric” means Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
268.      “Oncor Holdings” means Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
269.      “Oncor Letter Agreement” means that certain letter agreement to be entered into contemporaneously with the Merger Agreement, by and among Parent, EFH Merger Sub, Oncor Electric, and Oncor Holdings, pursuant to which, among other things, each of Oncor Electric and Oncor Holdings will agree to take and not to take certain

 
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actions in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
270.      “Oncor Management” means Oncor Management Investment LLC.
271.      “Oncor Tax Sharing Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2008, by and among EFH Corp., Oncor Holdings, Oncor Electric, TTI, and Oncor Management, which was assumed by EFH Corp. pursuant to the Order Approving Assumption of Oncor Tax Sharing Agreement Prior to Plan Effective Date, entered by the Bankruptcy Court on March 13, 2017 [D.I. 10998].
272.      “Ordinary Course Professional Order” means the Order Authorizing the Retention and Compensation of Certain Professionals Utilized in the Ordinary Course of Business [D.I. 765].
273.      “Original Confirmed Plan” means the Sixth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [D.I. 7235].
274.      “Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Facility.
275.      “Original EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement” means that certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor‑in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time, by and among EFIH, EFIH Finance, the banks, financial institutions, and other lenders from time to time party thereto, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto, collectively with the “EFIH First Lien DIP Documents” (as such is defined in the Original EFIH First Lien Final DIP Order).
276.      “Original EFIH First Lien DIP Facility” means the EFIH Debtors’ $5.4 billion debtor-in-possession financing facility, as approved on a final basis pursuant to the Original EFIH First Lien Final DIP Order.
277.      “Original EFIH First Lien Final DIP Order” means the Final Order (A) Approving Postpetition Financing For Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc., (B) Granting Liens and Providing Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims, (C) Approving the Use of Cash Collateral by Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc., (D) Authorizing the EFIH First Lien Repayment, (E) Authorizing Issuance of Roll-Up Debt to the Extent Authorized by the Settlement Orders, and (F) Modifying the Automatic Stay [D.I. 859], as amended by the Amended Final Order (A) Approving Postpetition Financing for Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc., (B) Granting Liens and Providing Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims, (C) Approving the Use of Cash Collateral by Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc., (D) Authorizing the EFIH First Lien Repayment, (E) Authorizing Issuance of Roll-Up Debt to the Extent Authorized by the Settlement Orders, and (F) Modifying the Automatic Stay [D.I. 3856].
278.      “Original Plan Sponsors” means “Plan Sponsors,” as such term was defined in the Original Confirmed Plan.
279.      “Other Priority Claims” means any Claim, other than an Administrative Claim, a 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claim, or a Priority Tax Claim, entitled to priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
280.      “Other Secured Claim Against the EFH Debtors” means any Secured Claim against any of the EFH Debtors, excluding 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.
281.      “Other Secured Claim Against the EFIH Debtors” means any Secured Claim against any of the EFIH Debtors, excluding: (a) EFIH First Lien Note Claims, if any; (b) EFIH Second Lien Note Claims; and (c) 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.

 
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282.      “OV2” means Ovation Acquisition II, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
283.      “Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
284.      “Parent Disclosure Letter” means Parent Disclosure Letter as such term is defined in the NEE Merger Agreement.
285.      “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a wholly-owned United States government corporation, and an agency of the United States created by ERISA.
286.      “PCRB Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the PCRBs, excluding the Repurchased PCRBs, including any Claims and Causes of Action held by the PCRB Trustee, including for fees and expenses, related to the PCRBs.
287.      “PCRBs” means the pollution control revenue refunding bonds and pollution control revenue bonds outstanding from time to time, including: (a) 7.70% Fixed Series 1999C due March 1, 2032; (b) 7.70% Fixed Series 1999A due April 1, 2033; (c) 6.30% Fixed Series 2003B due July 1, 2032; (d) 6.75% Fixed Series 2003C due October 1, 2038; (e) 5.40% Fixed Series 2003D due October 1, 2029; (f) 5.40% Fixed Series 1994A due May 1, 2029; (g) 5.00% Fixed Series 2006 due March 1, 2041; (h) 8.25% Fixed Series 2001A Due October 1, 2030; (i) 8/25% Fixed Series 2001D-1 due May 1, 2033; (j) 6.45% Fixed Series 2000A due June 1, 2021; (k) 5.80% Fixed Series 2003A due July 1, 2022; (l) 6.15% Fixed Series 2003B due August 1, 2022; (m) 5.20% Fixed Series 2001C due May 1, 2028; (n) 6.25% Fixed Series 2000A due May 1, 2028; (o) Series 1994B due May 1, 2029 (variable rate); (p) Series 1995A due April 1, 2030 (variable rate); (q) Series 1995B due June 1, 2030 (variable rate); (r) Series 2001B due May 1, 2029 (variable rate); (s) Series 2001C due May 1, 2036 (15% ceiling); (t) Floating Taxable Series 2001I due December 1, 2036; (u) Floating Series 2002A due May 1, 2037; (v) Series 2003A due April 1, 2038 (15% ceiling); (w) Series 1999B due September 1, 2034 (15% ceiling); (x) Floating Series 2001D-2 due May 1, 2033; (y) Series 2001A due May 1, 2022 (15% ceiling); (z) Series 2001B due May 1, 2030 (15% ceiling); and (aa) Series 2001A due May 1, 2027 (variable rate), to which, among others, the PCRB Trustee is party.
288.      “PCRB Trustee” means BNYM, as indenture trustee for the PCRBs.
289.      “Pension Plans” means the two single-employer defined benefit plans insured by the PBGC and covered by Title IV of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1301-1461, including (a) the plan sponsored by EFH Corp., and (b) the plan sponsored by Oncor Electric.
290.      “Periodic Distribution Date” means, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the first Business Day that is 120 days after the EFH Effective Date, and, for the first year thereafter, the first Business Day that is 120 days after the immediately preceding Periodic Distribution Date. After one year following the EFH Effective Date, the Periodic Distribution Date will occur on the first Business Day that is 180 days after the immediately preceding Periodic Distribution Date, unless and until otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court.
291.      “Petition Date” means April 29, 2014, the date on which the Debtors commenced the Chapter 11 Cases.
292.      “PIK Settlement” means the transactions contemplated by the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Plan Support Agreement.
293.      “Plan” means this First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, and the EFH/EFIH Debtors, Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, including the Plan Supplement.
294.      “Plan Sponsor” means Sempra Energy unless and until such time as the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms and without consummation of the EFH Merger . For the avoidance of doubt, upon the termination of the Merger Agreement, any consent rights of the Plan Sponsor set forth in this Plan shall be inoperative.

 
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295.      “Plan Sponsor Equity Investment” means the equity investment by the Plan Sponsor in an amount up to $6.45 billion pursuant to, and/or in accordance with, the Merger Agreement in exchange for the New HoldCo Class C Units.     
296.      “Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules, and exhibits to the Plan to be Filed by the Debtors no later than 14 days before the Confirmation Hearing or such later date as may be approved by the Bankruptcy Court on notice to parties in interest, as may be further amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, subject to the consent of the Plan Sponsor, in advance of the EFH Confirmation Hearing, and additional documents Filed with the Bankruptcy Court before the Confirmation Hearing as amendments to the Plan Supplement, comprised of, among other documents, the following, if any and as applicable: (a) New Organizational Documents; (b) the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; (c) the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; (d) a list of retained Causes of Action; (e) the identity of the members of the New Boards, the boards of the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust, the Rollover Trust Trustee, the Non-Rollover Trust Trustee, management for the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, and members of the EFH Plan Administrator Board; (f) the Merger Agreement; (g) the Tax Matters Agreement; (h) the Oncor Letter Agreement; (i) the Separation Agreement; (j) the Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement; (k) the Transition Services Agreement; (l) the Tax Contingency Disclosure, as applicable; (m) the details on each category of the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account (as set forth herein); (n) New Holdco LLC Agreement; (o) the Rollover Trust Agreement; (p) the Non-Rollover Trust Agreement; and (q) the Exit Facility Agreement. Any reference to the Plan Supplement in the Plan shall include each of the documents identified above as (a) through (q), as applicable. The documents that comprise the Plan Supplement shall be: (i) subject to any consent or consultation rights provided hereunder and thereunder, including as provided in the definitions of the relevant documents; and (ii) in form and substance reasonably acceptable (or, to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or thereunder, including as provided in the applicable definitions of the applicable documents, acceptable) to the Plan Sponsor and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent. The Parties entitled to amend the documents contained in the Plan Supplement shall be entitled to amend such documents in accordance with their respective terms and Article X of the Plan through and including the EFH Effective Date. The Plan Supplement shall include all the amendments thereto, subject to the consent of the Plan Sponsor as set forth in the Plan.
297.           “Plan Support Agreement” means that certain Plan Support Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2015 (as amended on September 11, 2015, October 27, 2015, and November 12, 2015, and as may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance therewith), by and among the EFH/EFIH Debtors, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors, the Original Plan Sponsors, the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors, the TCEH First Lien Agent, the TCEH Supporting Second Lien Creditors, the TCEH Committee, and certain other Entities, including all exhibits and schedules attached thereto.
298.          “Priority Tax Claim” means the Claims of Governmental Units of the type specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
299.          “Private Letter Ruling” means the private letter ruling issued by the IRS to EFH Corp. on July 28, 2016.
300.          “Pro Rata” means the proportion that the amount of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in that Class, or the proportion of the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in a particular Class and other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery as such Claim or Interest under the Plan; provided, however, that “Pro Rata” with respect to the EFIH First Lien Note Claims shall mean Pro Rata within each of the EFIH First Lien 10.0% Notes, the EFIH First Lien 10.5% Notes, and the EFIH First Lien 6.875% Notes in accordance with the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
301.          “Professional” means an Entity, excluding those Entities entitled to compensation pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professional Order: (a) retained  pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order in accordance with sections 327, 363, or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the EFH Effective Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however,

 
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that each of the professionals employed by the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent shall not be “Professionals” for the purposes of the Plan.
302.          “Professional Fee Claims” means all Administrative Claims for the compensation of Professionals and the reimbursement of expenses incurred by such Professionals through and including the EFH Effective Date to the extent such fees and expenses have not been paid pursuant to the Interim Compensation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent the Bankruptcy Court denies or reduces by a Final Order any amount of a Professional’s requested fees and expenses, then the amount by which such fees or expenses are reduced or denied shall reduce the applicable Professional Fee Claim.
303.      “Professional Fee Escrow Account” means the TCEH Professional Fee Escrow Account, the EFIH Professional Fee Escrow Account, and the EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account, as applicable.
304.      “Professional Fee Escrow Agents” means each escrow agent for the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account appointed pursuant Article II.A.2(b) of the Plan and the escrow agreements entered into pursuant thereto.
305.      “Proof of Claim” means a proof of Claim Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.
306.      “Proof of Interest” means a proof of Interest Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.
307.      “PUC” means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
308.      “PUC Approval” means “PUCT Approval,” as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement.
309.      “Redemption Date” means June 19, 2014, the date on which the EFIH Debtors redeemed the EFIH First Lien Notes.
310.      “Refinanced TCEH DIP Agent” means Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Refinanced TCEH DIP Facility.
311.      “Refinanced TCEH DIP Facility” means the TCEH Debtors’ debtor-in-possession financing facility, as approved on a final basis pursuant to the Final Order (A) Approving Postpetition Financing For Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC and Certain of Its Debtor Affiliates, (B) Granting Liens and Providing Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims, and (C) Modifying the Automatic Stay [D.I. 856], as refinanced pursuant to the TCEH DIP Order.
312.      “Reinstate,” “Reinstated,” or “Reinstatement” means with respect to Claims and Interests, that the Claim or Interest shall be rendered Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.
313.      “Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases” means those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases rejected by Reorganized EFH and Reorganized EFIH, as set forth on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List.
314.      “    Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List” means the list of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases rejected under the Plan, as determined by the Plan Sponsor, in its sole discretion, the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
315.      “Released Parties” means, collectively, and in each case only in its capacity as such: (a) the EFH/EFIH Plan Supporters; (b) EFH Merger Sub; (c) Intermediary HoldCo; (d) Parent; (e) the Plan Sponsor; (f) the Backstop Parties; (g) Holders of TCEH First Lien Claims; (h) Holders of TCEH Second Lien Note Claims; (i) Holders of TCEH Unsecured Note Claims; (j) Holders of EFH Legacy Note Claims; (k) Holders of EFH Unexchanged Note Claims; (l) Holders of EFH LBO Note Primary Claims; (m) Holders of EFIH Unsecured Note Claims; (n) Holders of EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims; (o) the DIP Lenders; (p) the TCEH First Lien Agent; (q) the Indenture Trustees; (r) the Dealer Managers; (s) TEF; (t) Texas Holdings; (u) Oncor; (v) funds and accounts managed or advised by Kohlberg Kravis

 
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Roberts & Co., L.P., TPG Capital, L.P. or Goldman, Sachs & Co. that hold direct or indirect interests in Texas Holdings, TEF, or EFH Corp.; (w) the Committees and each of their respective members; (x) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH; (y) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against EFCH; (z) Holders of Claims derived from or based on the EFIH First Lien Notes; (aa) Holders of Claims derived from or based on the EFIH Second Lien Notes; (bb) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors; (cc) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Corp.; (dd) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.; (ee) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Shared Services Debtors; (ff) the Original Plan Sponsors; (gg) OV2; (hh) with respect to each of the Debtors (including, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors), the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, the Reorganized TCEH Debtors, and the Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors, and each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (a) through (hh), such Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and their current and former Affiliates’ current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and former equity holders, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such; and (ii) the DTC; provided , however , that any Holder of a Claim or Interest that opts out of the releases contained in the Plan shall not be a “Released Party.”
316.      “Releasing Parties” means, collectively, and in each case only in its capacity as such: (a) the EFH/EFIH Plan Supporters; (b) EFH Merger Sub; (c) Intermediary HoldCo; (d) Parent; (e) the Plan Sponsor; (f) the Backstop Parties; (g) Holders of TCEH First Lien Claims; (h) Holders of TCEH Second Lien Note Claims; (i) Holders of TCEH Unsecured Note Claims; (j) Holders of EFH Legacy Note Claims; (k) Holders of EFH Unexchanged Note Claims; (l) Holders of EFH LBO Note Primary Claims; (m) Holders of EFIH Unsecured Note Claims; (n) Holders of EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims; (o) the DIP Lenders; (p) the TCEH First Lien Agent; (q) the Indenture Trustees; (r) the Dealer Managers; (s) TEF; (t) Texas Holdings; (u) Oncor; (v) funds and accounts managed or advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., TPG Capital, L.P. or Goldman, Sachs & Co. that hold direct or indirect interests in Texas Holdings, TEF, or EFH Corp.; (w) the Committees and each of their respective members; (x) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the TCEH Debtors Other Than EFCH; (y) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against EFCH; (z) Holders of EFIH First Lien Note Claims; (aa) Holders of EFIH Second Lien Note Claims; (bb) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors; (cc) Holders of General Unsecured Claims against EFH Corp.; (dd) Holders of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.; (ee) Holders of General Unsecured Claims against the EFH Shared Services Debtors; (ff) all Holders of Claims and Interests that are deemed to accept the Plan; (gg) all Holders of Claims and Interests who vote to accept the Plan; (hh) all Holders in voting Classes who abstain from voting on the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases provided by the Plan; (ii) the Original Plan Sponsors; (jj) OV2; (kk) with respect to each of the Debtors (and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and the EFH Shared Services Debtors), the Reorganized TCEH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors, and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, and each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (a) through (kk), such Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and their current and former Affiliates’ current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and former equity holders, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such; and (ll) all Holders of Claims and Interests, solely with respect to releases of all Holders of Interests in EFH Corp. and their current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and their Affiliates’ current and former equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and their current and former officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such.
317.      “Reorganized EFH” means EFH Corp. on and after the EFH Effective Date, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, unless otherwise indicated in the Plan.
318.      “Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors” shall mean, as applicable, the Reorganized EFIH Debtors and the Reorganized EFH Debtors.

 
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319.      “Reorganized EFH Common Stock” means the single share of Reorganized EFH common stock issued to Intermediary HoldCo at the Merger Effective Time.
320.      “Reorganized EFH Debtors” means the EFH Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the EFH Effective Date.
321.      “Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors” means the EFH Shared Services Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under the TCEH Plan, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the TCEH Effective Date.
322.      “Reorganized EFIH” means EFIH, or any successor thereto by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on and after the EFH Effective Date.
323.      “Reorganized EFIH Debtors” means the EFIH Debtors as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan on or after the EFH Effective Date.
324.      “Reorganized EFIH Membership Interests” means the new membership interests in Reorganized EFIH, if any, to be issued on the EFH Effective Date.
325.      “Reorganized TCEH” means TCEH, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on and after the TCEH Effective Date.
326.      “Reorganized TCEH Debtors” means the TCEH Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under the TCEH Plan, or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the TCEH Effective Date.
327.      “Repurchased PCRBs” means the PCRBs repurchased by TCEH and held in a custody account.
328.      “Restructuring Transactions” means those mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, arrangements, continuances, restructurings, transfers, conversions, dispositions, liquidations, dissolutions, or other corporate transactions that the Debtors and the Plan Sponsor reasonably determine to be necessary or desirable to implement the Plan, the Merger, and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
329.      “Rollover Trust Certificates” means certificates evidencing beneficial interests in the Rollover Trust, which may be in book-entry form; provided , that the value of Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date shall not exceed $2.5 billion in the aggregate, unless otherwise agreed by the Plan Sponsor in its sole discretion; provided , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, that the Plan Sponsor shall have the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which Entities may participate in the Rollover Trust Investment Election, which determination shall be made no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the EFH Effective Date.
330.      “Rollover Trust Investment Election” means the election by a Holder of an Allowed EFIH Second Lien Note Claim to receive Rollover Trust Certificates in lieu of Cash with respect to all or a portion of its Allowed EFIH Second Lien Note Claims (to the extent not previously paid pursuant to separate Order of the Bankruptcy Court); provided , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, that the Plan Sponsor shall have the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which Entities may participate in the Rollover Trust Investment Election, which determination shall be made no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the EFH Effective Date.
331.      “Rollover Trust” means that certain Trust established under the laws of Delaware and governed under that certain Rollover Trust Agreement.
332.      “Rollover Trust Agreement” means that certain declaration of trust to be entered into on the EFH Effective Date by and between the Rollover Trustee and Holders of Rollover Trust Certificates.
333.      “Rollover Trust Participants” means, collectively, the persons that hold Rollover Trust Certificates.
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335.      “Schedules” means the schedules of assets and liabilities, schedules of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, and statement of financial affairs Filed by the Debtors pursuant to section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code, the official bankruptcy forms, and the Bankruptcy Rules.
336.      “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
337.      “Secured” means when referring to a Claim: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate has an interest, which Lien is valid, perfected, and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, or that is subject to setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such property or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; or (b) Allowed pursuant to the Plan or separate order of the Bankruptcy Court as a secured claim.
338.      “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a–77aa, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.
339.      “Security” or “Securities” has the meaning set forth in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act.
340.      “Separation Agreement” means an agreement entered into on the TCEH Effective Date to, among other things, effectuate the Spin-Off or the Taxable Separation and address the transfer by the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors of certain assets, liabilities, and equity interests related to the TCEH Debtors’ operations, including with respect to the EFH Shared Services Debtors, by and among Reorganized TCEH, OpCo and EFH Corp., in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties thereto.
341.      “Settlement” means the compromise and settlement by and among the parties to the Settlement Agreement, including the Debtors and their respective Estates, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors and their respective Estates, of (a) all Non-EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims, Non-EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims, Non-TCEH Debtor Intercompany Claims, and the TCEH Settlement Claim, other than ordinary course Debtor Intercompany Claims incurred pursuant to, and in accordance with, Paragraph 10 of the Cash Management Order, (b) claims and Causes of Action against Holders of TCEH First Lien Claims and the TCEH First Lien Agent, (c) claims and Causes of Action against the Holders of EFH Interests and certain related Entities, and (d) claims and Causes of Action against any of the Debtors’, and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors’ and EFH Shared Services Debtors’ directors, managers, officers, and other related Entities, as set forth in the Settlement Agreement.
342.      “Settlement Agreement” means that certain Settlement Agreement by and among the Debtors, and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and the EFH Shared Services Debtors, and certain Holders of Claims and Interests, as approved in the Settlement Order.
343.      “Settlement Order” means the Order Granting the Motion of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., to Approve a Settlement of Litigation Claims and Authorize the Debtors to Enter into and Perform Under the Settlement Agreement [D.I. 7243].
344.      “Shared Services” means those shared services provided to EFH Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including by or through EFH Corporate Services and/or pursuant to any service-level agreement or shared services agreements.
345.      “Standing Motions” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH Committee Standing Motion; (b) the TCEH Unsecured Group Standing Motion; and (c) the EFH/EFIH Committee Standing Motion.
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347.      “Supporting EFIH First Lien Creditors” means the holders or investment advisors or managers of discretionary funds or accounts of beneficial holders that hold, or direct the vote of, Claims against the EFIH Debtors under the EFIH First Lien Notes (solely in such capacity) that are party or that become party to the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
348.      “Supporting EFIH Second Lien Creditors” means the holders or investment advisors or managers of discretionary funds or accounts of beneficial holders that hold, or direct the vote of, Claims against the EFIH Debtors under the EFIH Second Lien Notes (solely in such capacity) that are party or that become party to the EFIH Settlement Agreement.
349.      “Tax and Interest Makewhole Agreements” means, collectively: (a) that certain Tax Make-Whole Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2002, by and among Oncor Electric and TXU Generation Company LP; (b) that certain Interest Make-Whole Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2002, by and among Oncor Electric and TXU Generation Company LP; and (c) that certain Interest Make Whole Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2004, by and among TXU Electric Delivery Company and TXU Generation Company LP.
350.      “Tax Contingency Adjustment” means the downward adjustment to the amount of Rollover Trust Certificates available with respect to the Rollover Trust Investment Election, whereby the Rollover Trust Certificates available with respect to the Rollover Trust Investment Election shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the amount of Rollover Trust Certificates required to be issued to the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool and/or the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool, if any, pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
351.      “Tax Contingency Disclosure” means the disclosure to be included in the Plan Supplement regarding adjustments, if any, being made to the form of consideration in the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool or the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Agreement; provided , however , that (a) any adjustments in the form of consideration shall be subject to the limitations in Section 1.8 of the Merger Agreement and any schedules or exhibits thereto, and (b) in the event such consideration takes the form of Rollover Trust Certificates, such Rollover Trust Certificates shall only be issued to Holders of Allowed Unsecured Claims against EFH Corp. or Holders of Allowed Class B5 Claims or Allowed Class B6 Claims, with any other Holders of Claims receiving payment in Cash pursuant to the terms of the Plan.    
352.      “Taxing Units” means Somervell County, Somervell County Water Improvement District, Glen Rose ISD, Somervell Hospital District, Nolan County, Wes Texas Groundwater, Nolan County Hospital District, Sweetwater ISD, City of Sweetwater, and Blackwell ISD.
353.      “Tax Matters Agreement” means the tax matters agreement entered into on the TCEH Effective Date by and among EFH Corp., Reorganized TCEH, EFIH, EFIH Finance, and Merger Sub, effective upon the Distribution, which shall govern the rights and obligations of each party with respect to certain tax matters; provided, that such agreement shall be amended to reflect the appropriate parties thereunder under this Plan; provided, further, that no other modifications to such agreement shall be made unless agreed to by the Debtors, the Plan Sponsor, and Reorganized TCEH.
354.      “Tax Sharing Agreements” means, collectively: (a) the Competitive Tax Sharing Agreement; (b) any formal or informal, written or unwritten tax sharing agreement among substantially the same parties that are parties to the Competitive Tax Sharing Agreement; and (c) the Oncor Tax Sharing Agreement.
355.      “TCEH” means Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
356.      “TCEH 2012 Incremental Term Loans” means the TCEH First Lien Claims deemed to have been incurred pursuant to Section 1 of the Incremental Amendment Agreement.

 
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357.      “TCEH 2015 Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated as of October 31, 2007, by and among TCEH and TCEH Finance, Inc., as the issuers; EFCH and certain TCEH subsidiaries as guarantors; and the TCEH Unsecured Notes Trustee.
358.      “TCEH Committee” means the statutory committee of unsecured creditors of the TCEH Debtors and EFH Corporate Services appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code by the U.S. Trustee on May 13, 2014, the membership of which may be reconstituted from time to time.
359.      “TCEH Committee Litigation Letters” means those certain letters, dated as of March 31, 2015 and April 30, 2015, from the TCEH Committee to the Debtors and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors, identifying alleged Claims and Causes of Action that the TCEH Committee may seek standing to pursue.
360.      “TCEH Committee Standing Motion” means the Motion of Official Committee of TCEH Unsecured Creditors for Entry of an Order Granting Exclusive Standing and Authority to Commence, Prosecute, and Settle Certain Claims for Declaratory Judgment, Avoidance and Recovery of Liens, Security Interests, Obligations, Fees, and Interest Payments, and Disallowance of Claims [D.I. 3593].
361.      “TCEH Confirmation Order” means 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 as it Applies to the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors [D.I. 9421].
362.      “TCEH Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, as amended, by and among TCEH, as borrower, EFCH and certain TCEH subsidiaries, as guarantors, the lending institutions party from time to time thereto, the TCEH First Lien Agent, and the other parties thereto.
363.      “TCEH Credit Agreement Claim” means any Claims derived from or based upon the TCEH Credit Agreement, including the term loan, revolver, letter of credit, and commodity collateral posting facilities, and guaranty Claims with respect to EFCH.     
364.      “TCEH Credit Amendment” means that certain Amendment No. 2 to the TCEH Credit Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2011, among TCEH, as borrower, EFCH, the undersigned lenders party to the TCEH Credit Agreement, Citibank, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as amendment arrangers.
365.      “TCEH Debtor Intercompany Claim” means, collectively: (a) any Claim by a TCEH Debtor against another TCEH Debtor; and (b) any Claim derived from or based upon the Repurchased PCRBs.
366.      “TCEH Debtors” means, collectively: (a) EFCH; (b) TCEH; and (c) TCEH’s directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A to the TCEH Plan.
367.      “TCEH DIP Agent” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, or its duly appointed successor, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for the TCEH DIP Facility.
368.      “TCEH DIP Claim” means any Claim held by the TCEH DIP Agent or TCEH DIP Lenders arising under or related to the TCEH DIP Facility, including all principal, interest, default interest, commitment fees, exit fees, expenses, costs, and other charges provided for thereunder.
369.      “TCEH DIP Credit Agreement” means the Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2016, as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time, among EFCH, TCEH, the banks, financial institutions, and other lenders from time to time party thereto, the TCEH DIP Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto, collectively with the “DIP Documents,” as defined in the TCEH DIP Order.

 
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370.      “TCEH DIP Facility” means the TCEH Debtors’ $4.25 billion senior secured superpriority debtor-in-possession financing facility, as evidenced by the TCEH DIP Credit Agreement and approved pursuant to the TCEH DIP Order.
371.      “TCEH DIP L/C” means any letter of credit issued under the TCEH DIP Credit Agreement.
372.      “TCEH DIP L/C Issuer” means the issuer of a TCEH DIP L/C.
373.      “TCEH DIP Lenders” means the TCEH DIP Agent, the TCEH DIP L/C Issuers, and the banks, financial institutions, and other lenders party to the TCEH DIP Credit Agreement from time to time.
374.      “TCEH DIP Order” means the Amended Order (A) Approving Postpetition Financing For Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC and Certain of Its Debtor Affiliates, (B) Granting Liens and Providing Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims, (C) Authorizing Refinancing of Secured Post-Petition Debt, and (D) Modifying the Automatic Stay [D.I. 8831].
375.      “TCEH Disclosure Statement” means the Third Amended Disclosure Statement for the Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as it Applies to the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors, dated June 16, 2016 [D.I. 8747].
376.      “TCEH Effective Date” means October 3, 2016.
377.      “TCEH Finance” means TCEH Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
378.      “TCEH First Lien Ad Hoc Committee” means the ad hoc committee of certain unaffiliated Holders of TCEH First Lien Claims that is represented by, inter alia, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Millstein & Co., L.P.
379.      “TCEH First Lien Administrative Agent” means Wilmington Trust, N.A., solely in its capacity as successor administrative agent to Citibank, N.A. under the TCEH Credit Agreement.
380.      “TCEH First Lien Agent” means, collectively, the TCEH First Lien Administrative Agent and the TCEH First Lien Collateral Agent and, where applicable, the former administrative agent, the former swingline lender, each former revolving letter of credit issuer, each former and current deposit letter of credit issuer, and the former collateral agent under the TCEH Credit Agreement.
381.      “TCEH First Lien Claims” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH Credit Agreement Claims; (b) the TCEH First Lien Note Claims; (c) the TCEH First Lien Interest Rate Swap Claims; and (d) the TCEH First Lien Commodity Hedge Claims.
382.      “TCEH First Lien Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, N.A., solely in its capacity as successor collateral agent to Citibank, N.A. under the TCEH First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
383.      “TCEH First Lien Commodity Hedge Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH First Lien Commodity Hedges.
384.      “TCEH First Lien Commodity Hedges” means the commodity hedges entered into by TCEH and secured by a first lien on the same collateral as the TCEH Credit Agreement Claims and the TCEH First Lien Note Claims.    
385.      “TCEH First Lien Deficiency Claim” means any TCEH First Lien Claim that is not a TCEH First Lien Secured Claim.

 
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386.      “TCEH First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, as amended and restated from time to time, by and among TCEH, EFCH, the TCEH First Lien Agent, and the other parties thereto.
387.      “TCEH First Lien Interest Rate Swap Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH First Lien Interest Rate Swaps.
388.      “TCEH First Lien Interest Rate Swaps” means the interest rate swaps entered into by TCEH and secured by a first lien on the same collateral as the TCEH Credit Agreement Claims and the TCEH First Lien Note Claims.
389.      “TCEH First Lien Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH First Lien Notes, excluding any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH First Lien Notes held by EFH Corp.
390.      “TCEH First Lien Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated April 19, 2011, among TCEH and TCEH Finance, as issuers, EFCH and certain of TCEH’s subsidiaries, as guarantors, and the TCEH First Lien Notes Trustee.
391.      “TCEH First Lien Notes” means the 11.50% fixed senior secured notes due October 1, 2020, issued by TCEH and TCEH Finance pursuant to the TCEH First Lien Note Indenture.
392.      “TCEH First Lien Notes Trustee” means Delaware Trust Company, as successor trustee to BNY.
393.      “TCEH First Lien Secured Claim” means any TCEH First Lien Claim that is Secured.
394.      “TCEH Intercompany Notes” means, collectively: (a) that certain intercompany promissory note for principal and interest payments, dated as of October 10, 2007, as amended and restated, by and among EFH Corp., as maker, and TCEH, as payee; (b) that certain intercompany promissory note for SG&A, dated as of October 10, 2007, as amended and restated, by and among EFH Corp., as maker, and TCEH, as payee; and (c) that certain intercompany promissory note, dated as of February 22, 2010, as amended and restated, by and among TCEH, as maker, and EFH Corp., as payee.
395.      “TCEH Plan” means the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [D.I. 9321] confirmed pursuant to the TCEH Confirmation Order.    
396.      “TCEH Second Lien Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH Second Lien Notes.
397.      “TCEH Second Lien Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated October 6, 2010, by and among TCEH and TCEH Finance, as issuers, EFCH and certain of TCEH’s subsidiaries, as guarantors, the TCEH Second Lien Notes Trustee, and the TCEH Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent.
398.      “TCEH Second Lien Notes” means the 15.0% fixed senior secured second lien notes and the 15.0% fixed senior secured second lien notes, Series B, due April 1, 2021, issued by TCEH and TCEH Finance pursuant to the TCEH Second Lien Note Indenture.
399.      “TCEH Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent” means BNYMTC, as collateral agent.
400.      “TCEH Second Lien Notes Trustee” means Wilmington Savings Fund Society, as successor trustee to BNY.
401.      “TCEH Senior Toggle Notes” means the 10.50%/11.25% senior toggle notes due November 1, 2016, issued by TCEH and TCEH Finance pursuant to the TCEH Senior Toggle Note Indenture.

 
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402.      “TCEH Senior Toggle Note Indenture” means that certain Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, dated December 6, 2007, by and among TCEH and TCEH Finance, Inc., as issuers, EFCH and certain TCEH subsidiaries, as guarantors, and the TCEH Unsecured Notes Trustee.
403.      “TCEH Settlement Claim” means the Unsecured Claim of TCEH against EFH Corp. Allowed in the amount of $700 million pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.
404.      “TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions” means the recovery, proceeds, or distributions, if any, that TCEH receives on account of the TCEH Settlement Claim and that it is required to assign or otherwise turn over to Holders of EFH Beneficiary Claims pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 4 of the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement. The TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $37.8 million.
405.      “TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors” means those Holders of TCEH First Lien Claims that are members of the TCEH First Lien Ad Hoc Committee and that are parties to the Plan Support Agreement (which shall not include the TCEH First Lien Agent).
406.      “TCEH Supporting Second Lien Creditors” means those Holders of TCEH Second Lien Note Claims party to the Plan Support Agreement.
407.      “TCEH Supporting Unsecured Creditors” means those Holders of TCEH Unsecured Note Claims party to the Plan Support Agreement.
408.      “TCEH Unsecured Ad Hoc Group” means that certain Ad Hoc Group of TCEH Unsecured Noteholders made up of Holders of TCEH Unsecured Notes.
409.      “TCEH Unsecured Debt Claims” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH First Lien Deficiency Claims; (b) the TCEH Second Lien Note Claims; (c) the TCEH Unsecured Note Claims; and (d) the PCRB Claims.
410.      “TCEH Unsecured Group Litigation Letter” means that certain letter, dated as of April 30, 2015, from the TCEH Unsecured Ad Hoc Group to the Debtors, and, prior to the TCEH Effective Date, the TCEH Debtors and EFH Shared Services Debtors, identifying Claims and Causes of Action that the TCEH Unsecured Ad Hoc Group may seek standing to pursue.
411.      “TCEH Unsecured Group Standing Motion” means the Motion of the Ad Hoc Group of TCEH Unsecured Noteholders for Entry of an Order Granting Standing and Authority to Commence, Prosecute, and Settle Certain Claims for Declaratory Judgment, Avoidance and Recovery of Liens, Security Interests, Obligations, Fees, and Interest Payments, and Disallowance of Claims [D.I. 3603].
412.      “TCEH Unsecured Note Claim” means any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH Unsecured Notes, excluding any Claim derived from or based upon the TCEH Unsecured Notes held by EFH Corp. or EFIH.
413.      “TCEH Unsecured Notes” means, collectively: (a) the TCEH 2015 Notes; and (b) the TCEH Senior Toggle Notes.
414.      “TCEH Unsecured Notes Trustee” means Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as successor trustee to BNY.
415.      “TEF” means Texas Energy Future Capital Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Texas Holdings.
416.      “Terminated Restructuring Support Agreement” means that certain Restructuring Support and Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2014, by and among EFH Corp., EFIH, EFH Corporate Services, EFIH Finance,

 
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the TCEH Debtors, and certain Holders of Claims and Interests, including all exhibits and schedules attached thereto, and terminated as of July 24, 2014 [D.I. 1697].
417.      “Texas Holdings” means Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership, a Texas limited partnership, which holds substantially all of the outstanding Interests in EFH Corp.
418.      “Transaction Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Merger Agreement; (b) the Tax Matters Agreement; (c) the Transition Services Agreement; (d) the Separation Agreement; (d) the Amended and Restated Split Participant Agreement; and (e) related agreements and commitment letters.
419.      “Transition Services Agreement” means the transition services agreement entered into between Reorganized TCEH and EFH Corp. on or before the TCEH Effective Date, and any modification or amendment thereto, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each of the parties thereto and the Plan Sponsor, addressing the Shared Services and any other transition services reasonably necessary to the continued operation of Reorganized EFIH, Reorganized EFH (or EFH Corp., as applicable), and Oncor, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
420.      “TTI” means Texas Transmission Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
421.      “Unexpired Lease” means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
422.      “Unimpaired” means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is unimpaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.
423.      “U.S.” means the United States of America.
424.      “U.S. Trustee” means the Office of the U.S. Trustee for Region 3.
425.      “Unsecured Claim” means any Claim that is not a Secured Claim.
426.      “Voting Indication” means “Voting Indication” as such term is defined in the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement.
B.
Rules of Interpretation.
For the purposes of the Plan:
(1) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender;
(2) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; provided that no document shall be deemed to be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms if any variation from such terms has any substantive legal or economic effect on any party;
(3) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to an existing document, schedule, or exhibit, whether or not Filed, having been Filed or to be Filed shall mean that document, schedule, or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified, or supplemented; provided that any such amendment, modification, or supplement is made in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the terms governing any applicable document, schedule, or exhibit, including any consent right in favor of the Plan Sponsor, the EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors or the Reorganized EFIH Debtors.

 
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(4) any reference to an Entity as a Holder of a Claim or Interest includes that Entity’s successors and assigns;
(5) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” are references to Articles hereof or hereto;
(6) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to exhibits are references to exhibits in the Plan Supplement;
(7) unless otherwise specified, the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto” refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of the Plan;
(8) subject to the provisions of any contract, certificate of incorporation, or similar formation document or agreement, by-law, instrument, release, or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, the rights and obligations arising pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with the applicable federal law, including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules;
(9) captions and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of the Plan;
(10) unless otherwise specified herein, the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply;
(11) any term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as the case may be;
(12) all references to docket numbers of documents Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases are references to the docket numbers under the Bankruptcy Court’s Case Management and Electronic Case Filing system;
(13) all references to statutes, regulations, orders, rules of courts, and the like shall mean as amended from time to time, and as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, unless otherwise stated;
(14) any immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors in such a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Plan all without further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity; provided, however , that no effectuating provision shall be immaterial or deemed immaterial if it has any substantive legal or economic effect on any party;
(15) except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan to the contrary, references in the Plan to the Debtors or to the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall mean the Debtors and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.
C.
Computation of Time.
Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein. If the date on which a transaction may occur pursuant to the Plan shall occur on a day that is not a Business Day, then such transaction shall instead occur on the next succeeding Business Day. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Merger Agreement or the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order, as applicable, any action to be taken on the EFH Effective Date may be taken on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the EFH Effective Date.
D.
Governing Law.
Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws, shall govern the rights, obligations, construction, and implementation of the Plan, any agreements, documents, instruments, or contracts executed or entered into in connection with the Plan (except as otherwise set forth

 
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in those agreements, in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control); provided , however , that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation or formation of the relevant Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.
E.
Reference to Monetary Figures.
All references in the Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the U.S., unless otherwise expressly provided.
ARTICLE II.     
ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, DIP CLAIMS, AND PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS
In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims, 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests.
A.
Administrative Claims.
1.      General Administrative Claims.
Except as specified in this Article II, unless the Holder of an Allowed General Administrative Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, agree to less favorable treatment, each Holder of an Allowed General Administrative Claim will receive, in full satisfaction of its General Administrative Claim, Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed General Administrative Claim either: (a) on the EFH Effective Date; (b) if the General Administrative Claim is not Allowed as of the EFH Effective Date, 60 days after the date on which an order allowing such General Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable; or (c) if the Allowed General Administrative Claim is based on a liability incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of their business after the Petition Date, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the particular transaction or agreement giving rise to such Allowed General Administrative Claim, without any further action by the Holders of such Allowed General Administrative Claim, and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
Requests for payment of General Administrative Claims must be Filed and served on the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, no later than the Administrative Claims Bar Date applicable to the Debtor against whom the General Administrative Claim is asserted pursuant to the procedures specified in the EFH Confirmation Order and the notice of the EFH Effective Date. Holders of General Administrative Claims that are required to File and serve a request for payment of such General Administrative Claims by the Administrative Claims Bar Date that do not File and serve such a request by the Administrative Claims Bar Date shall be forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from asserting such General Administrative Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, or their respective property and such General Administrative Claims shall be deemed forever discharged and released as of the EFH Effective Date. Any requests for payment of General Administrative Claims that are not properly Filed and served by the Administrative Claims Bar Date shall not appear on the Claims Register and shall be disallowed automatically without the need for further action by the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors or further order of the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent this Article II.A.1 conflicts with Article XII.C of the Plan with respect to fees and expenses payable under section 1930(a) of the Judicial Code, including fees and expenses payable to the U.S. Trustee, Article XII.C of the Plan shall govern.
2.      Professional Compensation.
(a)
Final Fee Applications.
All final requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims, including the Professional Fee Claims incurred during the period from the Petition Date through the EFH Effective Date, must be Filed and served on the Debtors, or Reorganized Debtors, and, with respect to fees incurred for the benefit of the EFH/EFIH Debtors, the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, no later than the Administrative Claims Bar Date. All such final requests will be

 
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subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court after notice and a hearing in accordance with the procedures established by the Bankruptcy Code and prior orders of the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases, including the Interim Compensation Order, and once approved by the Bankruptcy Court, promptly paid from the Professional Fee Escrow Account up to its full Allowed amount.
(b)
Professional Fee Escrow Accounts.
On the EFH Effective Date, the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors shall establish and fund the EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account and the EFIH Professional Fee Escrow Account, respectively, with Cash equal to the EFH Professional Fee Reserve Amount and the EFIH Professional Fee Reserve Amount, respectively.
Upon the establishment of the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account, the EFIH Debtors and the EFH Debtors shall select a Professional Fee Escrow Agent for the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account to administer payments to and from such Professional Fee Escrow Account in accordance with the Plan and shall enter into escrow agreements providing for administration of such payments in accordance with the Plan.
The Professional Fee Escrow Accounts shall be maintained in trust solely for the Professionals. Such funds shall not be considered property of the Estates of the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors (except to the extent any excess funds are distributed to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and solely after such distribution to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account). The amount of Professional Fee Claims owing to the Professionals shall be paid in Cash to such Professionals from the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account when such Professional Fee Claims are Allowed by a Final Order.
(c)
Professional Fee Reserve Amount.
Professionals shall estimate their unpaid Professional Fee Claims and other unpaid fees and expenses incurred in rendering services to the Debtors before and as of the EFH Effective Date and shall deliver such estimate to the Debtors no later than five days before the EFH Effective Date; provided , however , that such estimate shall not be deemed to limit the amount of the fees and expenses that are the subject of the Professional’s final request for payment of Filed Professional Fee Claims. If a Professional does not provide an estimate, the Debtors may estimate the unpaid and unbilled fees and expenses of such Professional.
The total amount estimated pursuant to this section shall: (a) as estimated to be allocated to the EFH Debtors or the Reorganized EFH Debtors in accordance with Article II.A.2(d) of the Plan, comprise the EFH Professional Fee Reserve Amount; and (b) as estimated to be allocated to the EFIH Debtors or the Reorganized EFIH Debtors in accordance with Article II.A.2(d) of the Plan, comprise the EFIH Professional Fee Reserve Amount.
(d)
Allocation of Professional Fee Claims.
Allowed Direct Professional Fee Claims shall be allocated to, and paid from, the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account. Allowed Collective Professional Fee Claims shall be allocated to, and paid from, the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account in the same proportion that the amount of Allowed Direct Professional Fee Claims incurred by such Professional for such Debtor bears to the total amount of Allowed Direct Professional Fee Claims incurred by such Professional for all of the Debtors. For the avoidance of doubt, all Professional Fee Claims against any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors that accrue prior to the EFH Effective Date are subject to final approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
(e)
Post-Effective Date Fees and Expenses.
When all Allowed amounts owing to Professionals have been paid in full from the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account, any remaining amount in such Professional Fee Escrow Account shall be disbursed as follows without any further action or order of the Bankruptcy Court: (a) from the EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account, to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, on account of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; and (b) from

 
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the EFIH Professional Fee Escrow Account, to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, on account of the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool.
If the amount in any Professional Fee Escrow Account is insufficient to fund payment in full of all Allowed amounts owing to Professionals, the deficiency shall be promptly funded to the applicable Professional Fee Escrow Account as follows without any further action or order of the Bankruptcy Court: (a) as to the EFH Debtors, from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, on account of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; and (b) as to the EFIH Debtors, from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, on account of the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool.
Upon the EFH Effective Date and the TCEH Effective Date, as applicable, any requirement that Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331, 363, and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may employ and pay any Professional in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided, however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Reorganized EFH Debtors and the Reorganized EFIH Debtors shall not be liable or otherwise responsible for the payment of any Professional Fee Claims.
B.
2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.
The 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims shall be Allowed in the full amount due and owing under the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement, including all principal, accrued and accruing postpetition interest, costs, fees, and expenses. On the EFH Effective Date, except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of, each Allowed 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claim, each such Holder shall receive payment in full in Cash by or on behalf of EFIH on the EFH Effective Date; provided , that the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Contingent Obligations (including any and all expense reimbursement obligations of the EFIH Debtors that are contingent as of the EFH Effective Date) shall survive the EFH Effective Date (i) on an unsecured basis and shall be paid by the EFH Plan Administrator Board from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account as and when due under the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement and (ii) in an amount not to exceed $10 million, in the aggregate. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Reorganized TCEH Debtors or Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors shall be obligated in any respect with respect to any 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims.
C.
Priority Tax Claims.
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code and, for the avoidance of doubt, Holders of Allowed Priority Tax Claims will receive interest on such Allowed Priority Tax Claims after the EFH Effective Date in accordance with sections 511 and 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, all payments in respect of Allowed Priority Tax Claims asserted against the EFH Debtors or EFIH Debtors (if any) shall be made by the EFH Plan Administrator Board solely from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account.
ARTICLE III.     
CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
A.
Classification of Claims and Interests.
Claims and Interests, except for Administrative Claims, 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, and Priority Tax Claims, are classified in the Classes set forth in this Article III. A Claim or Interest is classified in a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any portion of the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such other Classes. A Claim or Interest also is classified in a particular Class for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in that Class and has not been paid,

 
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released, or otherwise satisfied before the applicable Effective Date. The Debtors reserve the right to assert that the treatment provided to Holders of Claims and Interests pursuant to Article III.B of the Plan renders such Holders Unimpaired.
1.      Class Identification for the EFH Debtors.
The Plan constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each EFH Debtor, each of which shall include the classifications set forth below. Subject to Article III.D of the Plan, to the extent that a Class contains Claims or Interests only with respect to one or more particular EFH Debtors, such Class applies solely to such EFH Debtor.
The following chart represents the classification of Claims and Interests for each EFH Debtor pursuant to the Plan.
Class
Claims and Interests
Status
Voting Rights
Class A1
Other Secured Claims Against the EFH Debtors
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class A2
Other Priority Claims Against the EFH Debtors
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class A3
Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class A4
EFH Legacy Note Claims
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A5
EFH Unexchanged Note Claims
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A6
EFH LBO Note Primary Claims
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A7
EFH Swap Claims
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A8
EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A9
General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Corp.
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A10
General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A11
TCEH Settlement Claim
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class A12
EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims
Unimpaired/
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept or Reject)
Class A13
Non-EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)
Class A14
Interests in EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.
Unimpaired/
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept or Reject)
Class A15
Interests in EFH Corp.
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)
2.      Class Identification for the EFIH Debtors.
The Plan constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each EFIH Debtor, each of which shall include the classifications set forth below. Subject to Article III.D of the Plan, to the extent that a Class contains Claims or Interests only with respect to one or more particular EFIH Debtors, such Class applies solely such EFIH Debtor.
The following chart represents the classification of Claims and Interests for each EFIH Debtor pursuant to the Plan.

 
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Class
Claims and Interests
Status
Voting Rights
Class B1
Other Secured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class B2
Other Priority Claims Against the EFIH Debtors
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class B3
EFIH First Lien Note Claims
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class B4
EFIH Second Lien Note Claims
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class B5
EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class B6
General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors
Impaired
Entitled to Vote
Class B7
EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims
Unimpaired/
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept or Reject)
Class B8
Non-EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)
Class B9
Interest in EFIH
Unimpaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept)
Class B10
Interests in EFIH Finance
Impaired
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject)
B.
Treatment of Claims and Interests.
To the extent a Class contains Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests with respect to any Debtor, the classification of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests is specified below.
1.      Class A1 - Other Secured Claims Against the EFH Debtors.
(a)
Classification : Class A1 consists of Other Secured Claims Against the EFH Debtors.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A1, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A1, each such Holder shall receive, at the option of the applicable EFH Debtor(s) with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, either:
(i)
payment in full in Cash and payment of any interest required under section 506(b) and section 1129(b)(2)(i)(II) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(ii)
delivery of collateral securing any such Claim and payment of any interest required under section 506(b) and section 1129(b)(2)(i)(II) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(iii)
Reinstatement of such Claim; or
(iv)
other treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(c)
Voting: Class A1 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class A1 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
2.      Class A2 - Other Priority Claims Against the EFH Debtors.
(a)
Classification : Class A2 consists of Other Priority Claims Against the EFH Debtors.
(b)
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less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A2, each such Holder shall receive, at the option of the applicable EFH Debtor(s) with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, either:
(i)
payment in full in Cash; or
(ii)
other treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(c)
Voting : Class A2 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class A2 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
3.      Class A3 - Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors.
(a)
Classification : Class A3 consists of Legacy General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A3, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A3, each such Holder shall receive Reinstatement of such Claim on the EFH Effective Date.
(c)
Voting: Class A3 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class A3 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
4.      Class A4 - EFH Legacy Note Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A4 consists of EFH Legacy Note Claims.
(b)
Allowance : Unless otherwise separately agreed by the Debtors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and a Holder of a Class A4 Claim, as Class A4 Claims, the EFH Legacy Note Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the principal amount outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid prepetition interest, under the EFH Legacy Note Indentures; (ii) the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH Legacy Notes Indentures that are Allowed pursuant to the EFH Notes Trustee Substantial Contribution Ruling; and (iii) the amount of any other Claims (but in any case excluding any postpetition interest or Makewhole Claims) under the EFH Legacy Notes or EFH Legacy Note Indentures, if and to the extent such Claims are Allowed before the EFH Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, including, if Allowed before the EFH Effective Date, the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH Legacy Notes Indentures incurred after February 17, 2017).

 
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(c)
Treatment: Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A4, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A4, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool.
(d)
Voting: Class A4 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A4 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
5.      Class A5 - EFH Unexchanged Note Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A5 consists of EFH Unexchanged Note Claims.
(b)
Allowance : Unless otherwise separately agreed by the Debtors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, and a Holder of a Class A5 Claim, as Class A5 Claims, the EFH Unexchanged Note Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the principal amount outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid prepetition interest, under the EFH 2019 Note Indenture and EFH 2020 Note Indenture, as applicable; (ii) the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH Unexchanged Notes Indentures that are Allowed pursuant to the EFH Notes Trustee Substantial Contribution Ruling; and (iii) the amount of any other Claims (but in any case excluding any postpetition interest or Makewhole Claims) under the EFH Unexchanged Notes or EFH Unexchanged Notes Indentures, if and to the extent such Claims are Allowed, whether Allowed before, on, or after the EFH Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, including, if Allowed before the EFH Effective Date, the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH Unexchanged Notes Indentures incurred after February 17, 2017).
(c)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), of an Allowed Claim in Class A5 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A5, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim:
(i)
its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; and
(ii)
if the Class A5 Claims constitute EFH Beneficiary Claims, and solely to the extent of any portion of its Allowed Claim that is not paid in full pursuant to the preceding clause, its Pro Rata share of up to $5.8 million of the TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions, if any.
(d)
Voting: Class A5 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A5 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan; provided , however , that Class A5 must vote consistent with the Voting Indication to receive distributions, if any, under clause (c)(ii) above.
6.      Class A6 - EFH LBO Note Primary Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A6 consists of EFH LBO Note Primary Claims.
(b)
Allowance : Unless otherwise separately agreed by the Debtors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, and a Holder of a Class A6 Claim, as Class A6 Claims, the EFH LBO Note

 
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Primary Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the principal amount outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid prepetition interest, under the EFH LBO Note Indenture; (ii) the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH LBO Notes Indenture that are Allowed pursuant to the EFH Notes Trustee Substantial Contribution Ruling; and (iii)  the amount of any other Claims (but in any case excluding any postpetition interest or Makewhole Claims) under the EFH LBO Notes or EFH LBO Note Indenture, if and to the extent such Claims are Allowed before the EFH Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, including, if Allowed before the EFH Effective Date, the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH LBO Notes Indenture incurred after February 17, 2017).
(c)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A6, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A6, each such Holder shall receive, up to Allowed amount of its Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; provided , however , that in no event shall a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A6 receive more than a single satisfaction of such Allowed Claim, including any recovery received on account of an Allowed Claim in Class B5.
(d)
Voting: Class A6 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A6 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
7.      Class A7 - EFH Swap Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A7 consists of EFH Swap Claims.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A7, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A7, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool.
(c)
Voting: Class A7 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A7 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
8.      Class A8 - EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A8 consists of EFH Non-Qualified Benefit Claims.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A8, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A8, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim:
(i)
its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; and
(ii)
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clause, its Pro Rata share of up to $30 million in Cash on account of the TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions, if any.
(c)
Voting: Class A8 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A8 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan; provided , however , that Class A8 must vote consistent with the Voting Indication to receive distributions, if any, under clause (b)(ii) above.
9.      Class A9 - General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Corp.
(a)
Classification : Class A9 consists of General Unsecured Claims Against EFH Corp.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A9, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A9, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim:
(i)
its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; and
(ii)
if the Class A9 Claims constitute EFH Beneficiary Claims, and solely to the extent of any portion of its Allowed Claim that is not paid in full pursuant to the preceding clause, its Pro Rata share of up to $2 million of the TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions, if any.
(c)
Voting: Class A9 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of allowed Claims in Class A9 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan; provided , however , that Class A9 must vote consistent with the Voting Indication to receive distributions, if any, under clause (b)(ii) above.
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(a)
Classification : Class A10 consists of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A10, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A10, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool.
(c)
Voting: Class A10 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A10 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
11.      Class A11 - TCEH Settlement Claim.
(a)
Classification : Class A11 consists of the TCEH Settlement Claim.
(b)
Allowance : Unless otherwise separately agreed by the Debtors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors, the TCEH Settlement Claim is Allowed in the amount of $700 million.
(c)
Treatment : Except to the extent that the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agree to a less favorable treatment of the TCEH Settlement Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for the TCEH Settlement Claim, each of the Holders of Allowed TCEH First Lien Secured Claims shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of the TCEH Settlement Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of EFH Corp. Claims) of the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool less any TCEH Settlement Claim Turnover Distributions. For purposes of the foregoing, the Holders of the Allowed TCEH First Lien Secured Claims are creditors of EFH Corp. in respect of the TCEH Settlement Claims, and recoveries on account of such Claims shall be distributed directly to the Holders of Allowed TCEH First Lien Secured Claims, as set forth in Article III.B.29 of the TCEH Plan.  Upon the EFH Effective Date, Reorganized TCEH shall be deemed to not have control, possession, title, or ownership of the TCEH Settlement Claims or any recovery on account thereof.
(d)
Voting: Class A11 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, the TCEH Supporting First Lien Creditors are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan on behalf of TCEH.
12.      Class A12 - EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A12 consists of EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(b)
Treatment : EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims shall be, at the option of the EFH Debtors with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, either:
(i)
Reinstated; or
(ii)
canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Claims;
provided , however , that Class A12 Claims of EFH Corp., LSGT Gas Company LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holdings, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc. against one or more of EFH

 
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Corp., LSGT Gas Company LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holdings, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc. shall be Reinstated.
(c)
Voting : Holders of Claims in Class A12 are conclusively deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) or section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, respectively. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
13.      Class A13 - Non-EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class A13 consists of Non-EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(b)
Treatment : Non-EFH Debtor Intercompany Claims shall be canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Claims.
(c)
Voting : Class A13 is Impaired under the Plan.  Holders of Claims in Class A13 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
14.      Class A14 - Interests in the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.
(a)
Classification : Class A14 consists of Interests in the EFH Debtors Other Than EFH Corp.
(b)
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(i)
Reinstated; or
(ii)
canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Interests;
provided , however , that Interests in Debtors LSGT Gas Company LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holdings, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc. shall be Reinstated.
(c)
Voting : Holders of Interests in Class A14 are conclusively deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) or section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, respectively. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
15.      Class A15 - Interests in EFH Corp.
(a)
Classification : Class A15 consists of Interests in EFH Corp.
(b)
Treatment : Interests in EFH Corp. shall be canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Interests.
(c)
Voting : Class A15 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Interests in Class A15 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
16.      Class B1 - Other Secured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors.
(a)
Classification : Class B1 consists of Other Secured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors.
(b)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B1, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B1, each such Holder shall receive, at the option of the applicable EFIH Debtor(s) with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, either:
(i)
payment in full in Cash;
(ii)
delivery of collateral securing any such Claim and payment of any interest required under section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(iii)
Reinstatement of such Claim; or
(iv)
other treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(c)
Voting: Class B1 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class B1 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
17.      Class B2 - Other Priority Claims Against the EFIH Debtors.
(a)
Classification : Class B2 consists of Other Priority Claims Against the EFIH Debtors.
(b)
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less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B2, each such Holder shall receive, at the option of the applicable EFIH Debtor(s) with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, either:
(i)
payment in full in Cash; or
(ii)
other treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(c)
Voting : Class B2 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class B2 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
18.      Class B3 - EFIH First Lien Note Claims.
(a)
Classification: Class B3 consists of EFIH First Lien Note Claims, if any.
(b)
Allowance : As Class B3 Claims, the EFIH First Lien Note Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims.
(c)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B3, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, each such Holder shall receive up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, payment in full in Cash (to the extent not previously paid pursuant to separate Order of the Bankruptcy Court). On the EFH Effective Date, the EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Claims Reserve shall be funded, which reserve shall be treated in accordance with the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order. As set forth in Article VIII.B, the Liens securing the EFIH First Lien Note Claims shall be released upon satisfaction of all Allowed EFIH First Lien Note Claims (and, with respect to the EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fees and Indemnification Claims, the funding of the EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Claims Reserve).
(d)
Voting : Class B3 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B3 are deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
19.      Class B4 - EFIH Second Lien Note Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class B4 consists of EFIH Second Lien Note Claims.
(b)
Allowance : Unless otherwise separately agreed by the Debtors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, and a Holder of a Class B4 Claim, as Class B4 Claims, the EFIH Second Lien Note Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims.
(c)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B4, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, each such Holder shall receive up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, payment in full in Cash (to the extent not previously paid pursuant to separate Order of the Bankruptcy Court); provided that each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B4 may make the Rollover Trust Investment Election, whereby

 
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such Holder may elect to receive Rollover Trust Certificates in lieu of Cash with respect to all or a portion of its Allowed Claim in Class B4, and the amount of Cash such Holder would have received will be reduced dollar for dollar by the value of Rollover Trust Certificates it receives; provided , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, that the Plan Sponsor shall have the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which Entities may participate in the Rollover Trust Investment Election, which determination shall be made no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the EFH Effective Date.
The aggregate value of Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date shall not exceed $2.5 billion (unless otherwise agreed by the Plan Sponsor in its sole discretion), and shall be subject to reduction by the Tax Contingency Adjustment, if any. If the Rollover Trust Investment Election is made with respect to Allowed Claims in Class B4 in an aggregate amount greater than $2.5 billion (or such other amount as agreed to by the Plan Sponsor in its sole discretion, subject to the Tax Contingency Adjustment), then Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B4 who make the Rollover Trust Investment Election shall receive their pro rata share of Rollover Trust Certificates available for distribution to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B4 based on the amount of such Holder’s Allowed Claims in Class B4 for which it made the Rollover Trust Investment Election bears to the aggregate amount of all Allowed Claims in Class B4 for which the Rollover Trust Investment Election was made.
On the EFH Effective Date, the EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Claims Reserve shall be funded, which reserve shall be treated in accordance with the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order. As set forth in Article VIII.B, the Liens securing the EFIH Second Lien Note Claims shall be released upon satisfaction of all Allowed EFIH Second Lien Note Claims (and, with respect to the EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fees and Indemnification Claims, the funding of the EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Claims Reserve).
(d)
Voting : Class B4 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B4 are deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
20.      Class B5 - EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class B5 consists of EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims.
(b)
Allowance : Unless otherwise separately agreed by the Debtors, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, and a Holder of a Class B5 Claim, as Class B5 Claims, the EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the sum of: (i) the principal amount outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid prepetition interest, under the EFH LBO Note Indenture; and (ii) the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH LBO Notes Indenture that are Allowed pursuant to the EFH Notes Trustee Substantial Contribution Ruling; and (iii)  the amount of any other Claims (but in any case excluding any Makewhole Claims) under the EFH LBO Notes or EFH LBO Note Indentures, if and to the extent such Claims are Allowed, whether Allowed before, on or after the EFH Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, including, if Allowed before the EFH Effective Date, the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses provided for under the EFH LBO Notes Indenture incurred after February 17, 2017).
(c)
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release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B5, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of Allowed EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims and Allowed General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors) of the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool; provided , however , that in no event shall a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B5 receive more than a single satisfaction of such Allowed Claim, including any recovery received on account of an Allowed Claim in Class A6.
(d)
Voting: Class B5 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B5 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
21.      Class B6 - General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors.
(a)
Classification : Class B6 consists of General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors.
(b)
Allowance : As Class B6 Claims, the EFIH Unsecured Note Claims are Allowed in an amount equal to the Allowed EFIH General Unsecured Claim.
(c)
Treatment : Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B6, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B6, each such Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, its Pro Rata share (calculated based on the aggregate amount of Allowed EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims and Allowed General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors) of the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool.
(d)
Voting: Class B6 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B6 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
22.      Class B7 - EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class B7 consists of EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(b)
Treatment : EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims shall be, at the option of the EFIH Debtors with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, either:
(i)
Reinstated; or
(ii)
canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Claims.
(c)
Voting : Holders of Claims in Class B7 are conclusively deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) or section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, respectively. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
23.      Class B8 - Non-EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(a)
Classification : Class B8 consists of Non-EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims.
(b)
Treatment : Non-EFIH Debtor Intercompany Claims shall be canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Claims.
(c)
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Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
24.      Class B9 - Interest in EFIH.
(a)
Classification : Class B9 consists of the Interest in EFIH.
(b)
Treatment : The Interest in EFIH shall be Reinstated.
(c)
Voting : Class B9 is Unimpaired under the Plan. The Holder of the Interest in Class B9 is conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holder is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
25.      Class B10 - Interests in EFIH Finance.
(a)
Classification : Class B10 consists of Interests in EFIH Finance.
(b)
Treatment : Interests in EFIH Finance shall be canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Interests.
(c)
Voting : Class B10 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Interests in Class B10 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
C.
Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, nothing under the Plan shall affect the Debtors’ rights in respect of any Unimpaired Claims, including all rights in respect of legal and equitable defenses to or setoffs or recoupments against any such Unimpaired Claims.
D.      Elimination of Vacant Classes.
Any Class of Claims or Interests that, as of the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing, does not have at least one Holder of a Claim or Interest that is Allowed in an amount greater than zero for voting purposes pursuant to the EFH Disclosure Statement Order shall be considered vacant, deemed eliminated from the Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Plan, and disregarded for purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to that Class.
E.
Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of the Plan by one or more of the Classes entitled to vote pursuant to Article III.B of the Plan. The Debtors shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any rejecting Class of Claims or Interests.
F.
Controversy Concerning Impairment.
If a controversy arises as to whether any Claims or Interests, or any Class of Claims or Interests, are Impaired, the Bankruptcy Court shall, after notice and a hearing, determine such controversy on or before the EFH Confirmation Date.
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The allowance, classification, and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests and the respective distributions and treatments under the Plan take into account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual, legal, and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise. Pursuant to section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors reserve the right to re-classify any Allowed Claim in accordance with any contractual, legal, or equitable subordination relating thereto.
ARTICLE IV.     
MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
A.
General Settlement of Claims and Interests.
Pursuant to section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, and in consideration for the classification, distributions, releases, and other benefits provided under the Plan, upon the EFH Effective Date, the provisions of the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims and Interests and controversies resolved pursuant to the Plan. Subject to Article VI of the Plan, all distributions made to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests in any Class are intended to be and shall be final.
B.
Restructuring Transactions.
1.      Restructuring Transactions.
On the EFH Effective Date, the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, will effectuate the Restructuring Transactions, and will take any actions as may be necessary or advisable to effect a corporate restructuring of their respective businesses or a corporate restructuring of the overall corporate structure of the Debtors, to the extent provided herein or in the Transaction Agreements. The actions to implement the Restructuring Transactions may include: (a) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements, including Transaction Agreements, or other documents of merger, amalgamation, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, arrangement, continuance, dissolution, sale, purchase, or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable Entities may agree; (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt, or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having other terms for which the applicable Entities agree; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, formation, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion, amalgamation, arrangement, continuance, dissolution, or other organizational documents pursuant to applicable state law; and (d) all other actions that the applicable Entities determine to be necessary or advisable, including making filings or recordings that may be required by law in connection with the Plan, in each case with the consent of (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to, the Plan Sponsor if related to or affecting any EFH Debtor, any Reorganized EFH Debtor, any EFIH Debtor, any Reorganized EFIH Debtor, the Plan Sponsor, or any pre-EFH Merger Affiliate of the Plan Sponsor.
The EFH Confirmation Order shall and shall be deemed to, pursuant to both section 1123 and section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, authorize, among other things, all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan, including the Restructuring Transactions.
2.      The Plan Sponsor Equity Investment.
On the EFH Effective Date, the Plan Sponsor shall consummate the Plan Sponsor Equity Investment in exchange for the New HoldCo Class C Units.
3.      Issuance of Reorganized EFH Common Stock and New HoldCo Equity Interests.
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New HoldCo shall be authorized to issue New HoldCo Equity Interests to the persons who will be Rollover Trust Participants, the Rollover Trust, the Non-Rollover Trust (as applicable), and the Plan Sponsor. Reorganized EFH, Intermediary HoldCo, and New HoldCo, respectively, shall issue all securities, instruments, certificates, and other documents required to be issued with respect thereto, and such issuances made pursuant to the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
4.      The Issuance of Rollover Trust Certificates and the Non-Rollover Trust Certificates.
On the EFH Effective Date, the Rollover Trust will be formed pursuant to the Rollover Trust Agreement, and in consideration for the Rollover Trust Investment Elections, payments received by the Backstop Parties, and, as applicable, satisfaction of certain Allowed Unsecured Claims against EFH Corp. and Allowed Class B5 Claims or Allowed Class B6 Claims, New HoldCo shall or shall be deemed to issue to persons who will be Rollover Trust Participants the New HoldCo Class A Units, and such persons shall or shall be to deemed to contemporaneously contribute such New HoldCo Class A Units to the Rollover Trust in return for Rollover Trust Certificates, and the Rollover Trust shall issue such Rollover Trust Certificates required to be issued under the Plan and the Backstop Commitment Agreement; provided, that the value of the Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date shall not exceed $2.5 billion, unless otherwise agreed by the Plan Sponsor in its sole discretion.
On the EFH Effective Date, if the value of Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date are less than $2.5 billion (or such other amount as agreed to by the Plan Sponsor in its sole discretion, the Non-Rollover Trust will be formed pursuant to the Non-Rollover Trust Agreement, and in consideration for the purchase price paid by the Non-Rollover Trust Investors, New HoldCo shall issue the New HoldCo Class B Units to the Non-Rollover Trust, and the Non-Rollover Trust shall issue the Non-Rollover Trust Certificates to the Non-Rollover Trust Investors; provided that the value of Non-Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date shall not exceed $2.5 billion in the aggregate less the value of Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date (such that the aggregate value of the Rollover Trust Certificates and Non-Rollover Trust Certificates issued on the EFH Effective Date shall not exceed $2.5 billion, in the aggregate); provided , further that the Plan Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, increase the $2.5 billion aggregate value limitation in respect of the Rollover Trust Certificates and/or Non-Rollover Trust Certificates to be issued on the EFH Effective Date. The Rollover Trust Certificates and Non-Rollover Trust Certificates issued pursuant to the Plan shall be, to the extent applicable, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
The Plan Sponsor Equity Investment and Cash received from the Backstop Parties and Non-Rollover Trust Investors, as applicable, shall be contributed to Intermediary HoldCo and then to EFH Merger Sub to enable EFH Merger Sub to pay the Cash Deposit Amount as set forth below.
5.      EFH Merger, Merger Consideration, and Other Plan Sponsor Payments.
The EFH Merger shall be effectuated and funded as follows at the Merger Effective Time in accordance with the Merger Agreement:
(a)
EFH Merger Sub will merge with and into Reorganized EFH, with Reorganized EFH—as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermediary HoldCo, which, in turn, will be a wholly owned subsidiary of New HoldCo—being the surviving entity resulting from the EFH Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and pursuant to the Plan and the applicable provisions of Chapter 10 of the Texas Business Organizations Code and the General Corporate Law of the State of Delaware. Pursuant to the EFH Merger, Reorganized EFH, as the surviving entity, shall retain all assets and liabilities of EFH Corp. except (a) the EFH Corp. Cash transferred to the Plan Administrator Board for deposit into the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time pursuant to Article IV.B.4(h) and (b) such claims and liabilities that are discharged and released by operation of the Plan on the EFH Effective Date.  Each share in EFH Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective

 
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Time shall be converted into and become one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of Reorganized EFH, as the surviving entity.
(b)
The Reorganized EFH Common Stock shall be issued to Intermediary HoldCo.
(c)
At the Merger Closing, EFH Merger Sub will deliver the Cash Deposit Amount and EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the EFH Plan Administrator Board .
(d)
Subject to the Tax Contingency Disclosure and Section 1.8 of the Merger Agreement, EFIH will deposit Cash on hand at EFIH as of the EFH Effective Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds into the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account.
(e)
EFIH shall use the EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount to fund payment in full of the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent.
(f)
Subject to the Tax Contingency Disclosure and Section 1.8 of the Merger Agreement, EFH Merger Sub will deposit the EFH Corp. Cash into the EFH Cash Account by wire transfer of immediately available funds into the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account.
(g)
The EFH Plan Administrator Board shall fund the Cash payments of the outstanding Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims and Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims (to the extent such holders of Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims did not make the Rollover Trust Investment Election) from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account (but excluding the EFH Cash Account) on the EFH Effective Date pursuant to the Settlement Order, including the EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve and the EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve (each in accordance with the Settlement Order); provided , however , that immediately upon the satisfaction of the outstanding Allowed EFIH First Lien Note Claims and Allowed EFIH Second Lien Note Claims (and funding of applicable reserves pursuant to the Settlement Order), the Liens securing the EFIH First Lien Note Claims and EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, as applicable, will be released.
6.      Dissolution and Liquidation of Certain Subsidiaries of EFH Corp.
On or before the EFH Effective Date and before the Merger Effective Time, all EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, excluding: (a) EFH Corp.; (b) EFIH; (c) LSGT Gas Company LLC; (d) EECI, Inc., (e) EEC Holdings, Inc.; and (f) LSGT SACROC, Inc., not already disposed of, wound down, or liquidated in accordance with applicable law shall be deemed dissolved without any further court or corporate action, including the filing of any documents with the Secretary of State for any state in which any such subsidiary is incorporated or any other jurisdiction. On the EFH Effective Date, equity interests in EFH Non-Debtors shall be abandoned pursuant to section 554 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , however , that equity interests in EFH Non-Debtor EFH Vermont Insurance Company shall not be abandoned and shall remain outstanding after the EFH Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, none of (i) the Plan Sponsor; (ii) EFH Merger Sub; (iii) the EFH Debtors; (iv) the Reorganized EFH Debtors; (v) EFIH; (vi) Reorganized EFIH; (vii) Oncor Holdings; (viii) Oncor Electric; (ix) any other entity acquired, directly or indirectly, by the Plan Sponsor pursuant to the terms of, or as a result of, the Plan, the Merger Agreement, or any related agreement, or (x) with respect to each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (i) through (ix), such Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and their current and former Affiliates’ current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and former equity holders, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such, shall have or incur any liability whatsoever in connection with or as a result of the wind-down, disposition, or liquidation of any entity, or the abandonment of the equity interests in any entity, in accordance with the terms of this Article IV.B.5.

 
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EFCH and TCEH shall be liquidated no later than immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time and, if not liquidated, shall be deemed dissolved immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time without any further court or corporate action, including the filing of any documents with the Secretary of State for any state in which either such Entity is incorporated or any other jurisdiction.
7.      Implementation of the TCEH Settlement.
The TCEH Settlement Claim is in consideration for the terms and conditions embodied in the Plan and the Settlement Agreement, as applicable, including settlement of any prepetition Claim or Cause of Action of the TCEH Debtors against the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, Oncor, the Holders of Interests in EFH Corp., or their Affiliates, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, approved by the Bankruptcy Court .
C.
Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions.
The Reorganized EFH Debtors and the Reorganized EFIH Debtors shall fund distributions under the Plan, as applicable, with: (1) EFH Corp. Cash and EFIH Cash, in each case subject to the Tax Contingency Disclosure ; (2) the Cash Deposit Amount (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement); (3) Rollover Trust Certificates, including, if necessary, in accordance with the terms of the Tax Contingency Disclosure; and (4) the proceeds of the Exit Term Loan Facility . Each distribution and issuance referred to in Article VI of the Plan shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth herein applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the instruments or other documents evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions shall bind each Entity receiving such distribution or issuance. The issuance of certain securities in connection with the Plan, including the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, the New HoldCo Equity Interests, the Rollover Trust Certificates, and the Non-Rollover Trust Certificates, will be exempt from SEC registration to the fullest extent permitted by law.
1.      Reorganized EFH Common Stock.
At the Merger Effective Time, Reorganized EFH shall be authorized to issue the Reorganized EFH Common Stock to Intermediary HoldCo.
Reorganized EFH shall issue all securities, instruments, certificates, and other documents required to be issued with respect to the Reorganized EFH Common Stock in respect of Reorganized EFH or its subsidiaries. The share of Reorganized EFH Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
2.      Cash on Hand at EFH Corp. and EFIH.
Subject to the Tax Contingency Disclosure (and Section 1.8 of the Merger Agreement), Reorganized EFH and Reorganized EFIH shall, through the Disbursing Agent, use EFH Corp. Cash and EFIH Cash (as applicable) to fund distributions to certain Holders of Allowed Claims against the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors in accordance with the Plan and the Merger Agreement.
3.      Cash Deposit Amount.
The EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors shall use the Cash Deposit Amount to fund any initial distributions in accordance with the Plan, the Settlement Order, and the EFH Confirmation Order. The EFH Plan Administrator Board shall use any remaining Cash Deposit Amount to fund the payment of certain fees and distributions to certain Holders of Claims against the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors in accordance with the Plan. The Cash Deposit Amount shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement.
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On the EFH Effective Date, Reorganized EFH will enter into the Exit Facilities and incur the debt obligations in accordance with the Exit Facility Agreement. On the EFH Effective Date and without further notice to or order or other approval of the Bankruptcy Court, act or action under applicable law, regulation, order or rule or the vote, consent, authorization, or approval of any person or entity, except for the EFH Confirmation Order and as otherwise required by the applicable Exit Facility Documents, Reorganized EFH shall, and is authorized to, enter into and perform and to execute and deliver the Exit Facility Agreement and other Exit Facility Documents with respect to such Exit Facilities and to use the funds for distributions under the Plan, ongoing business operations, and working capital needs.
Without limiting the foregoing, Reorganized EFH shall pay, as and when due, all fees and expenses and other amounts provided under the Exit Facility Documents. Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed (a) approval of the Exit Facilities, and all transactions contemplated thereby, and all actions to be taken, undertakings to be made, and obligations to be incurred by Reorganized EFH in connection therewith, including the payment of all fees, indemnities, and expenses provided for by the Exit Facility Documents, and (b) authorization to enter into and perform under the Exit Facility Documents. The Exit Facility Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of Reorganized EFH, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the Exit Facility Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, are reasonable, shall not be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever, and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable non-bankruptcy law.
On the EFH Effective Date, all of the Liens and security interests to be granted in accordance with the Exit Facility Documents (w) shall be deemed to be approved, (x) shall be legal, binding, and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the collateral granted thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Exit Facility Documents, (y) shall be deemed perfected on the EFH Effective Date, subject only to such Liens and security interests as may be permitted under the Exit Facility Documents, and (z) shall not be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (including equitable subordination) for any purposes whatsoever and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances, or other voidable transfers under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable non-bankruptcy law.
Reorganized EFH and the persons and entities granted such Liens and security interests are authorized to make all filings and recordings and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such liens and security interests under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and the Confirmation Order (it being understood that perfection shall occur automatically by virtue of the entry of the Confirmation Order) and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens and security interests to third parties. To the extent that any Holder of a Secured Claim that has been satisfied or discharged in full pursuant to the Plan, or any agent for such Holder, has filed or recorded publicly any Liens and/or security interests to secure such Holder’s Secured Claim, then as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps requested by the EFH/EFIH Debtors, or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors or any administrative agent under the Exit Financing Documents that are necessary to cancel and/or extinguish such publicly-filed Liens and/or security interests, in each case all costs and expenses in connection therewith to be paid by the EFH/EFIH Debtors, or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Court shall have no jurisdiction over any matters first arising under the Exit Facility Documents after the EFH Effective Date.
5.      EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount.
The EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors shall use the funds contributed by the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate thereof for the EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount to repay all outstanding 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims. The Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate thereof may transfer the EFIH First Lien DIP Repayment Amount directly to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent.

 
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6.      Rollover Trust Certificates.
On the EFH Effective Date, the Rollover Trustee, pursuant to the terms of the Rollover Trust Agreement, shall issue Rollover Trust Certificates: (a) to holders of Allowed EFIH Second Lien Note Claims who make the Rollover Trust Investment Election in lieu of Cash with respect to all or a portion of their Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims, (b) to the Backstop Parties, and (c) if necessary to obtain one or more of the required Supplemental Rulings, to holders of Claims entitled to a distribution from the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool or the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and Tax Contingency Disclosure; provided , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, that the Plan Sponsor shall have the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which Entities may participate in the Rollover Trust Investment Election, which determination shall be made no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the EFH Effective Date.
The Rollover Trust Certificates will be issued pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and will be freely tradable from issuance, subject to any securities laws restrictions and restrictions intended to prevent the Rollover Trust from being required to become a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”).
D.
Intercompany Account Settlement.
The Debtors and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, including, in the case of any Conflict Matter between any Debtors, each Debtor acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Director or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor, subject to the consent of the Plan Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), shall be entitled to transfer funds between and among themselves as they determine to be necessary or advisable to enable the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors to satisfy their obligations under the Plan; provided , however , that the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors shall not transfer funds to a Debtor that is not an EFH Debtor or an EFIH Debtor, respectively, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in the Plan. Except as set forth herein, any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and settled in accordance with the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors’ historical intercompany account settlement practices and shall not violate the terms of the Plan. The transfer of funds between the Debtors and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, and Oncor shall continue to be governed by the Oncor Tax Sharing Agreement.
The allocations between the EFH Debtors on the one hand and the EFIH Debtors on the other hand of any liabilities of any of the EFH Debtors or the EFIH Debtors (or both) for any Administrative Claims or for satisfaction of liabilities to be paid or assumed under the Plan on the EFH Effective Date will either be determined (a) pursuant to a settlement reached between each of the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors, each Debtor acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Directors or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor, with the details of such settlement to be included in the EFH Disclosure Statement by the date of the Hearing to consider approval of the EFH Disclosure Statement or (b) in such amounts as the Bankruptcy Court determines by Final Order (collectively, the “ Allocations ”).
Nothing in this Plan shall release or discharge any claim by the EFH Debtors against the EFIH Debtors or any claim by the EFIH Debtors against the EFH Debtors as a result of the Allocations, provided, however, that any payment to satisfy any such allocation shall be made only from the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool or the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool, as the case may be, and shall not affect in any way any amounts owing under the Merger Agreement.
E.
Corporate Existence.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Merger Agreement, including as set forth in Article IV.B.5, each Debtor shall continue to exist after the EFH Effective Date as a separate corporate Entity, limited liability company, partnership, or other form, as the case may be, with all the powers of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other form, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated or formed and pursuant to the respective certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other formation documents) in effect before the EFH Effective Date, except to the extent such certificate of incorporation and by-laws

 
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(or other formation documents) are amended under the Plan or otherwise (consistent with the Merger Agreement, as applicable), and to the extent such documents are amended, such documents are deemed to be amended  pursuant to the Plan and require no further action or approval (other than any requisite filings required under applicable state or federal law).
F.
Vesting of Assets in the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on the EFH Effective Date, all property in each Estate, all Causes of Action, and any property acquired by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan shall vest in each applicable Reorganized Debtor or the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges, Interests, or other encumbrances. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on and after the EFH Effective Date, each of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors may operate their business and may use, acquire, or dispose of property and compromise or settle any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.
G.
Cancelation of Existing Securities and Agreements.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, on and after the EFH Effective Date, all notes, instruments, certificates, agreements, indentures, mortgages, security documents, and other documents evidencing Claims or Interests, including Other Secured Claims, EFIH First Lien Note Claims, EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, EFIH Unsecured Note Claims, EFH Legacy Note Claims, EFH LBO Note Primary Claims, EFH LBO Note Guaranty Claims, EFH Unexchanged Note Claims, EFH Swap Claims, EFH Series N Note Claims, and 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, shall be deemed canceled, surrendered, and discharged without any need for further action or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or a Holder to take further action with respect to any note(s) or security and the obligations of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, thereunder or in any way related thereto shall be deemed satisfied in full and discharged, and the Indenture Trustees, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent shall be released from all duties thereunder; provided, however , that (a) Interests in Debtors EFIH, LSGT Gas Company, LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holding, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc. shall be Reinstated; and (b) notwithstanding Confirmation or Consummation, any such indenture or agreement that governs the rights of the Holder of a Claim shall, subject to the terms of the Plan and, if applicable, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, continue in effect solely for purposes of: (1) allowing Holders of Allowed Claims to receive distributions under the Plan and, as to the EFIH First Lien Note Claims and EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, under EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order; (2) allowing the Indenture Trustees or such other Disbursing Agent pursuant to the EFH Confirmation Order to make the distributions in accordance with the Plan (if any), as applicable, and, as to the EFIH First Lien Note Claims and EFIH Second Lien Note Claims under the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order; (3) preserving any rights of the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, or the Indenture Trustees to payment of fees, expenses, and indemnification obligations as against any money or property distributable to the relevant Holders under, as applicable, the Plan, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement, the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Credit Agreement, the EFH Note Indentures, the EFH Series N Note Indenture, the EFIH First Lien Note Indentures, the EFIH Second Lien Note Indenture, and the EFIH Unsecured Note Indentures, including any rights to priority of payment and/or to exercise charging liens, and, as to the EFIH First Lien Note Claims and EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, under the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order; (4) allowing the Indenture Trustees, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent to enforce any obligations owed to each of them under the Plan; and (5) allowing the Indenture Trustees, the Original EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, and the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent to appear in the Chapter 11 Cases or any proceeding in which they are or may become a party; provided, further, however , that, without prejudice to the right of any Holder of an Allowed Claim to the rights of such party to receive distributions under the Plan or the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the preceding proviso shall not affect the discharge of Claims or Interests pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the EFH Confirmation Order, or the Plan, or result in any expense or liability to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Article IV.G, (x) the cancelation and discharge of the EFIH First Lien Note Indentures, the EFIH Second Lien Note Indenture, and the EFIH Collateral Trust Agreement, and all other notes, instruments, certificates, agreements, mortgages, security documents, and other documents evidencing any Claims or rights under the EFIH First Lien Notes or the EFIH Second Lien Notes shall be limited solely to the Debtors and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and shall not affect the rights of the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee or Holders of the EFIH First Lien Note Claims vis-à-

 
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vis any other party, including the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee and Holders of the EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, or vice versa; and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, the EFIH First Lien Note Indentures, the EFIH Second Lien Note Indenture, the EFIH Collateral Trust Agreement, and all other notes, instruments, certificates, agreements, mortgages, security documents, and other documents evidencing any Claims or rights under the EFIH First Lien Notes or the EFIH Second Lien Notes shall remain in effect (and the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee and the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee shall remain as trustee, and registrar) for the purposes set forth in (1)-(5) of this section, as applicable.
H.
Corporate Action.
On the EFH Effective Date, as applicable, all actions contemplated under the Plan with respect to the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, shall be deemed authorized and approved in all respects, including: (1) implementation of the Restructuring Transactions, including execution of the Transaction Agreements and consummation of the EFH Merger; (2) selection of the directors and officers for the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors; (3) issuance and distribution of the Reorganized EFH Common Stock; and (4) all other actions contemplated under the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the Tax Contingency Disclosure (whether to occur before, on, or after the EFH Effective Date). All matters provided for herein involving the corporate structure of the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, and any corporate action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect as of the EFH Effective Date, without any requirement of further action by the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, or their respective security holders, directors, managers, or officers. On or before the EFH Effective Date, the appropriate officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall be authorized and, as applicable, directed to issue, execute, and deliver the agreements, documents, securities, and instruments, and take such actions, contemplated under the Plan (or necessary or desirable to effect the transactions contemplated under the Plan) in the name of and on behalf of the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, including the Reorganized EFH Common Stock and the Merger Agreement, as applicable, and any and all other agreements, documents, securities, and instruments relating to the foregoing, and all such documents shall be deemed ratified. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Article IV.H shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.
I.
New Organizational Documents.
The New Organizational Documents for the Rollover Trust, New HoldCo, Intermediary HoldCo and the Reorganized EFH shall be consistent with the Tax Matters Agreement and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to EFH Corp. and the Plan Sponsor.
On the EFH Effective Date, each of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust will file its New Organizational Documents with the applicable Secretaries of State and/or other applicable authorities in its respective state of incorporation or formation in accordance with the applicable laws of the respective state of incorporation or formation. Pursuant to section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, the New Organizational Documents will prohibit the issuance of non-voting equity securities. After the EFH Effective Date, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, New HoldCo, Intermediary HoldCo, the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust may amend and restate their respective New Organizational Documents and other constituent documents as permitted by the laws of their respective state of incorporation and its respective New Organizational Documents.
J.
Directors and Officers of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors.
As of the EFH Effective Date, the term of the current members of the board of directors of the applicable Debtors shall expire, and the initial boards of directors and officers of each of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall be appointed in accordance with the respective New Organizational Documents.
On and after the EFH Effective Date, the initial New Boards shall consist of eight (8) directors, four (4) of which shall be selected by the Parent and four (4) of which shall be selected by the Rollover Trustee, and the Non-Rollover Trustee proportionally based on the number of New HoldCo Class A Units and New HoldCo Class B Units held by the Rollover Trust and the Non-Rollover Trust, respectively. If the Non-Rollover Trust is not formed on the

 
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EFH Effective Date, four (4) directors shall be selected by Parent and four (4) directors shall be selected by the Rollover Trustee.
The Rollover Trustee and the Non-Rollover Trustee, pursuant to and in accordance with the Rollover Trust Agreement and the Non-Rollover Trust Agreement, respectively, will each be governed by a board of three (3) members, all of which shall be “independent” within the meaning of the rules of the New York Stock Exchange.
Pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors will disclose in the Plan Supplement the identity and affiliations of any person proposed to serve on the initial board of directors or be an officer of each of New HoldCo, Intermediary HoldCo and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors. To the extent any such director or officer is an “insider” under the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors also will disclose the nature of any compensation to be paid to such director or officer.
K.
Section 1146 Exemption.
Pursuant to, and to the fullest extent permitted by, section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfers of property pursuant to, in contemplation of, or in connection with, the Plan, including, but not limited to: (1) the Restructuring Transactions; (2) the Reorganized EFH Common Stock; (3) the New HoldCo Equity Interests, (4) the Rollover Trust Certificates; (5) the Non-Rollover Trust Certificates; (6) the assignment or surrender of any lease or sublease; and (7) the delivery of any deed or other instrument or transfer order, in furtherance of, or in connection with the Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, or assignments executed in connection with any disposition or transfer of assets contemplated under the Plan, shall not be subject to any document recording tax, stamp tax, conveyance fee, intangibles or similar tax, mortgage tax, stamp act, real estate transfer, mortgage recording tax, or other similar tax, and upon entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents shall forgo the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax, recordation fee, or governmental assessment.
L.
Director, Officer, Manager, and Employee Liability Insurance.
On or before the EFH Effective Date, the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, on behalf of the Reorganized EFH Debtors and Reorganized EFIH, shall obtain liability insurance policy coverage for the benefit of the EFH Debtors’ and EFIH Debtors’ respective current and former directors, managers, officers, and employees in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, and shall thereafter maintain such insurance policy coverage to the extent provided by, and subject to the limitations of, the Merger Agreement. To the extent (a) Reorganized TCEH paid any costs or premiums associated with such liability insurance policy coverage and (b) the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFIH Debtors, or any successor-in-interest to any of the foregoing receive any rebates or other amounts from the applicable insurance policy providers in connection with such liability insurance policy coverage, the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Debtors, and such successor-in-interest, as applicable, shall reimburse such amounts to Reorganized TCEH pursuant to the EFH Confirmation Order.
M.
Preservation of Causes of Action.
In accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, but subject to Article VIII of the Plan, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, consistent with the Plan and the Merger Agreement, shall retain and may enforce all rights to commence and pursue any and all Causes of Action belonging to their Estates, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, including any actions specifically enumerated in the Plan Supplement, and the EFH Plan Administrator Board’s and Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute, or settle such Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the applicable Effective Date, other than: (i) the Causes of Action released by the Debtors pursuant to the releases and exculpations contained in the Plan, including in Article VIII, which shall be deemed released and waived by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors as of the EFH Effective Date; (ii) all Causes of Action that arise under sections 544, 547, 548, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code and state fraudulent conveyance law; and (iii) the Causes of Action released by the Debtors pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.

 
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The Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and the EFH Plan Administrator Board, consistent with the Plan and the Merger Agreement, may pursue such Causes of Action, as appropriate, in accordance with the best interests of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors. No Entity may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the EFH Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against it as any indication that the Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, or the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against it. Unless any Causes of Action against an Entity are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised, or settled herein or in a Bankruptcy Court order, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable, or otherwise), or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after, or as a consequence of Confirmation or Consummation.
The Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, consistent with the Plan and the Merger Agreement, reserve and shall retain the Causes of Action notwithstanding the rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease during the Chapter 11 Cases or pursuant to the Plan. In accordance with section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, any Causes of Action that a Debtor may hold against any Entity shall vest in the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, consistent with the Plan and the Merger Agreement. The EFH Plan Administrator Board, on behalf of the EFH and EFIH Debtors, shall have the exclusive right, authority, and discretion to determine and to initiate, file, prosecute, enforce, abandon, settle, compromise, release, withdraw, or litigate to judgment any such Causes of Action and to decline to do any of the foregoing without the consent or approval of any third party or further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, unless such Cause of Action was otherwise transferred to the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
N.
Payment of Certain Fees.
Without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, the EFH Plan Administrator Board shall pay from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account on the EFH Effective Date any reasonable and documented unpaid fees and expenses incurred on or before the EFH Effective Date by professionals payable under the Merger Agreement.
1.      EFH Notes Trustee’s Fees and Expenses.
The EFH Plan Administrator Board shall pay from the EFH Cash Account the EFH Notes Trustee’s reasonable and documented fees and expenses (a) incurred between the Petition Date and February 17, 2017 that are Allowed pursuant to the EFH Notes Trustee Substantial Contribution Ruling, which is incorporated herein, and (b) incurred after February 17, 2017, to the extent such fees and expenses are payable as an Administrative Claim pursuant to any finding by the Bankruptcy Court that (i) the EFH Notes Trustee has made, in accordance with sections 503(b)(3)(D), 503(b)(4), and 503(b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases, or (ii) such fees and expenses are otherwise payable as an Administrative Expense. In each case of subclause (a) and (b) above, the payment of such fees and expenses shall be subject to the review and approval procedures set forth below; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, such fees and expenses shall not be included in the amount of any Allowed Claims under the EFH Notes Indentures:
The EFH Notes Trustee shall submit to the the Debtors a short-form invoice setting forth the amounts of fees and expenses payable to it or its professionals (each, a “ Requesting Party ”) pursuant to this Article IV.N.1 and the period(s) during which such amounts were incurred. No later than the later of (a) five business days after the Debtors’ receipt of each such short-form invoice or (b) the EFH Effective Date, the Debtors shall pay to the applicable Requesting Party 80% of the requested fees and 100% of the requested expenses, which amounts shall be subject to disgorgement if and to the extent the Bankruptcy Court determines that such requested fees and expenses are not reasonable. Within 45 days of receipt of payment, the applicable Requesting Party shall submit full invoices and LEDES data (a “ Fee Request ”) to the Debtors, the U.S. Trustee, and the the Fee Committee appointed in these Chapter 11 Cases (the

 
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Fee Committee ”) in LEDES format (or, in the absence thereof, such other format as is mutually agreed among the applicable Requesting Party, the Debtors, the U.S. Trustee, and the Fee Committee).
Following the Fee Committee’s receipt of a Fee Request, within reasonable time periods, to be determined either by the Fee Committee and the relevant professionals or by the Bankruptcy Court:
the Fee Committee shall send a confidential letter to the applicable Requesting Party regarding the Fee Committee’s initial report and recommendation with respect to the applicable Fee Request;
the Fee Committee shall file with the Bankruptcy Court a final report and recommendation (“ Fee Committee Recommendation ”) with respect to such Fee Request and (b) the U.S. Trustee shall file with the Bankruptcy Court any objection or comments it may have with respect to such Fee Request (“ U.S. Trustee Objection ”);
the applicable Requesting Party may file with the Bankruptcy Court a response (“ Fee Response ”) to such Fee Committee Recommendation or U.S. Trustee Objection; and
the Bankruptcy Court shall consider each Fee Request at the next omnibus hearing or at a scheduled Fee Committee hearing on Retained Professional fee applications.
No later than the later of (a) the EFH Effective Date and (b) 10 days following the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling with respect to a Fee Request, the EFH Plan Administrator Board shall pay any unpaid amounts with respect to such Fee Request as ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, or the Requesting Party shall disgorge to the applicable Reorganized Debtor such amounts ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, as applicable.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Requesting Parties and the Fee Requests shall not be required to comply with (a) the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware or other orders in these Chapter 11 Cases with respect to fee applications, including the Stipulation and Order Appointing a Fee Committee [D.I. 1896] or (b) Appendix B Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed Under United States Code by Attorneys in Larger Chapter 11 Cases, 78 Fed. Reg. No 116, page 36248 (June 17, 2013).
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prejudice the EFH Notes Trustee’s exercise of its charging lien under the EFH Notes Indentures for fees and expenses provided for under the EFH Notes Indenture for any amouns due but not paid.
2.      EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee’s Charging Lien.
For the avoidance of doubt, and as set forth in Article III.B.21, Class B6 Claims—General Unsecured Claims Against the EFIH Debtors—are Allowed in an amount equal to the Allowed EFIH General Unsecured Claim; provided , however , that , (a) nothing herein shall prejudice the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee’s exercise of its charging lien under the EFIH Unsecured Notes Indentures; and (b) solely in the event there are sufficient amounts in the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account to provide a 100% recovery to Holders of Allowed Class B5 Claims and Holders of Allowed Class B6 Claims (on account of the Allowed EFIH General Unsecured Claim), after first satisfying (a) the Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims and Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims in full, in Cash; and (b) other Administrative Claims of the EFIH Debtors (including the EFH Professional Fee Account); then, in addition to the Allowed EFIH General Unsecured Claim, the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee shall be entitled to seek payment of all or a portion of the reasonable, documented, and unpaid EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee Fees and Expenses, which fees and expenses application shall be subject to the review and approval procedures set forth in the Plan Supplement.
O.
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Nothing in the Chapter 11 Cases, the EFH Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the EFH Confirmation Order, or any other document filed in the Chapter 11 Cases shall be construed to discharge, release, limit, or relieve any individual from any claim by the PBGC or the Pension Plans for breach of any fiduciary duty under ERISA, including prohibited transactions, with respect to the Pension Plans, subject to any and all applicable rights and defenses of such parties, which are expressly preserved. The PBGC and the Pension Plans shall not be enjoined or precluded from enforcing such fiduciary duty or related liability by any of the provisions of the EFH Disclosure Statement, Plan, Confirmation Order, Bankruptcy Code, or other document filed in the Chapter 11 Cases. For the avoidance of doubt, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall not be released from any liability or obligation under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and any other applicable law relating to or arising from the Pension Plans.
ARTICLE V.     
TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES
A.
Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.
As of the EFH Effective Date, except as otherwise provided herein or in the EFH Confirmation Order, all Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases of the EFH Debtors or the EFIH Debtors including the Rejected Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, not previously assumed or rejected pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the TCEH Confirmation Order or the EFH Confirmation Order, are hereby rejected, in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, other than those Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that are: (1) identified on the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; (2) the subject of a motion to assume Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that is pending on the EFH Confirmation Date; or (3) subject to a motion to reject an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to which the requested effective date of such rejection is after the EFH Effective Date; provided that each of (1), (2) and (3) must be in form and substance acceptable to the Plan Sponsor with respect to any pleading filed after the date the Merger Agreement is executed. Entry of the EFH Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy Court shall constitute approval of such rejections and the assignments and/or assumptions of the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases listed on the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code. Any motions to assume Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases of the EFH Debtors or EFIH Debtors pending on the EFH Effective Date shall be subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court on or after the EFH Effective Date by a Final Order. Each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease assumed pursuant to this Article V.A or by any order of the Bankruptcy Court, which has not been assigned to a third party before the EFH Confirmation Date, shall revest in and be fully enforceable by Reorganized EFH or Reorganized EFIH, as applicable, or their successors in accordance with its terms, except as such terms are modified by the Plan or any order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption under applicable federal law. The Plan Sponsor, Reorganized EFH, and Reorganized EFIH, as applicable, reserve the right to alter, amend, modify, or supplement the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List and the schedules of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with respect to EFH, Reorganized EFH, EFIH, and Reorganized EFIH at any time through and including 45 days after the EFH Effective Date, without incurrence of any penalty or changing the priority or security of any Claim as a result of such treatment change. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, and the Separation Agreement, to the extent in the form attached to the Merger Agreement or as amended or modified in accordance with their respective terms and with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, shall be Assumed Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.
B.
Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.
Unless otherwise provided by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, all Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases pursuant to the Plan or Confirmation Order, if any, must be Filed and actually received by the Claims and Noticing Agent before the deadline provided in the notice of rejection, which the Debtors will send to the applicable third parties at least 14 days before the applicable Confirmation Hearing. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not Filed within such time will be automatically disallowed, forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, the Estates, or their property without the need for any objection by the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors or further notice to, or action, order, or

 
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approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, and any Claim arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged, notwithstanding anything in the Schedules or a Proof of Claim to the contrary. All Allowed Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases shall be classified as General Unsecured Claims against the applicable Debtor and shall be treated in accordance with the Plan, unless a different security or priority is otherwise asserted in such Proof of Claim and Allowed in accordance with Article VII of the Plan.
C.
Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.
Any monetary defaults under each Assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be satisfied, pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by payment of the default amount in Cash on the EFH Effective Date (and, with respect to Assumed Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases of the EFH Debtors or EFIH Debtors, by the EFH Debtors or the EFIH Debtors, as applicable, and, for the avoidance of doubt, not the Reorganized EFH Debtors or the Reorganized EFIH Debtors), subject to the limitation described below, or on such other terms as the parties to such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases may otherwise agree. In the event of a dispute regarding (1) the amount of any payments to cure such a default, (2) the ability of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors or any assignee to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed, or (3) any other matter pertaining to assumption, the cure payments required by section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be made following the entry of a Final Order resolving the dispute and approving the assumption. At least 14 days before the applicable Confirmation Hearing, the Debtors will provide for notices of proposed assumption and proposed cure amounts to be sent to applicable third parties and for procedures for objecting thereto and resolution of disputes by the Bankruptcy Court. Any objection by a counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to a proposed assumption or related cure amount must be Filed, served, and actually received by the Debtors before the objection deadline provided in the notice of proposed assumption and cure amount and in no event later than seven (7) days prior to the EFH Confirmation Hearing. Any counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that fails to object timely to the proposed assumption or cure amount is deemed to have consented to such assumption or proposed cure amount.
Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Claims or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy-related defaults, arising under any Assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time before the EFH Effective Date of assumption. Any Proofs of Claim Filed with respect to an Assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed disallowed and expunged, without further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court .
D.
Preexisting Obligations to the Debtors under Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.
Rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise shall not constitute a termination of preexisting obligations owed by the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease counterparty or counterparties to the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, under such Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases.
E.
Indemnification Obligations.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, from and after the EFH Effective Date, each Indemnification Obligation of any EFH Debtor or EFIH Debtor shall be treated in accordance with Section 6.8 of the Merger Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing shall impair the ability of Reorganized EFH or Reorganized EFIH, as applicable, to modify indemnification obligations (whether in the bylaws, certificates or incorporate or formation, limited liability company agreements, other organizational or formation documents, board resolutions, indemnification agreements, employment contracts, or otherwise) for acts or omissions arising after the EFH Effective Date.
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Each of the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ Insurance Policies is treated as an Executory Contract under the Plan. Notwithstanding Article V.A of the Plan, except to the extent that the Plan Sponsor elects, in its sole discretion, to list an Insurance Policy (or Insurance Policies) on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, as of the EFH Effective Date, the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, as applicable, shall hereby have assumed all Insurance Policies and any agreements, documents, and instruments relating to coverage of all insured Claims against the EFH Debtors or EFIH Debtors, as applicable, including the Split Policies (as defined in the Separation Agreement), and such Insurance Policies shall not be impaired in any way by the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order, but rather will remain valid and enforceable against the Reorganized EFH Debtors or Reorganized EFIH Debtors, as applicable, in accordance with their terms.
G.
Modifications, Amendments, Supplements, Restatements, or Other Agreements.
Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed shall include all modifications, amendments, supplements, or restatements, thereto or thereof, if any, including all easements, licenses, permits, rights, privileges, immunities, options, rights of first refusal, and any other interests, unless any of the foregoing agreements have been previously rejected or repudiated or is rejected or repudiated under the Plan.
Modifications, amendments, supplements, and restatements to prepetition Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been executed by the Debtors during the Chapter 11 Cases shall not be deemed to alter the prepetition nature of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, or the validity, priority, or amount of any Claims that may arise in connection therewith.
H.
Reservation of Rights.
Neither the exclusion nor inclusion of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List or the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, nor anything contained in the Plan, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, shall have 30 days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter its treatment of such contract or lease.
I.
Nonoccurrence of Effective Date.
In the event that the EFH Effective Date does not occur with respect to a Debtor, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases with respect to such Debtor pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless such deadline(s) have expired.
J.
Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date.
Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Assumed Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, will be performed by the applicable Debtor or the applicable Reorganized Debtor liable thereunder in the ordinary course of their business. Accordingly, any such contracts and leases (including any Assumed Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases) that have not been rejected as of the date of the EFH Confirmation Date shall survive and remain unaffected by entry of the EFH Confirmation Order.
ARTICLE VI.     
PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS
A.
Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed.
Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, on the EFH Effective Date (or if a Claim or Interest is not an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest on the EFH Effective Date, on the date that such Claim or Interest becomes an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), each Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed

 
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Interest shall receive the full amount of the distributions that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests in the applicable Class. In the event that any payment or act under the Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date. If and to the extent that there are Disputed Claims or Disputed Interests, distributions on account of any such Disputed Claims or Disputed Interests shall be made pursuant to the provisions set forth in Article VII of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including with respect to the Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims and Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims) Holders of Claims and Interests shall not be entitled to interest, dividends, or accruals on the distributions provided for in the Plan, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the EFH Effective Date.
Holders of Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims, and Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims, as applicable, shall receive distribution on account of such Claims on the EFH Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable after the EFH Effective Date, on the terms set forth in the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order. Holders of Allowed 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims shall receive distribution on account of such Claims on the EFH Effective Date in accordance with Article II.B of the Plan.
After payment in full, in Cash, is made to the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee and the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee pursuant to the terms of the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order, Holders of Allowed Class B5 and Allowed Class B6 Claims may receive a distribution on the EFH Effective Date from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account (excluding the EFH Cash Account).    The actual size of the distribution to be issued on the EFH Effective Date or such later date, as applicable, cannot be determined with finality at this time and is dependent on, among other factors, (a) the payment of all Professional Fee Claims from the EFIH Professional Fee Escrow Account and the refund of amounts remaining in such account, if any, to the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account, (b) the payment of the reasonable and documented fees and expenses allowed under the EFIH Unsecured Notes Indenture (which fees and expenses, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be included in the amount of any Allowed Claims under the EFIH Unsecured Notes Indenture), and (c) ensuring sufficient reserves are in place to fund (1) General Administrative Claims Against the EFIH Debtors, and Priority Tax Claims Against the EFIH Debtors, and (2) the costs of winding down the EFIH Debtors. 
Except as set forth in this Article VI.A of the Plan, no distributions shall otherwise be made to Holders of Claims against the EFH Debtors or the EFIH Debtors, until the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors have made determinations with respect to factors (a)-(c) in the above paragraph of this Article VI.A.
Any Makewhole Claim against an EFH Debtor or an EFIH Debtor that is not based on or derived from the EFIH First Lien Notes or EFIH Second Lien Notes that becomes Allowed, whether before, on, or after the EFH Effective Date, shall receive treatment set forth in its respective class set forth in Article III.B of the Plan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Merger Agreement, related agreements, or otherwise (including any provision anywhere that also include the words “notwithstanding anything to the contrary” or any similar reference) none of (i) the Plan Sponsor; (ii) EFH Merger Sub; (iii) the EFH Debtors; (iv) the Reorganized EFH Debtors; (v) EFIH; (vi) Reorganized EFIH; (vii) Oncor Holdings; (viii) Oncor Electric; (ix) any other entity acquired, directly or indirectly, by the Plan Sponsor pursuant to the terms of, or as a result of, the Plan, the Merger Agreement, or any related agreement, or (x) with respect to each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (i) through (ix), such Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and their current and former Affiliates’ current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and former equity holders, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such, shall have or incur any liability whatsoever in connection with or as a result of any Makewhole Claim being Allowed. Nothing in this paragraph impairs, modifies, or otherwise affects the ability of Holders of Allowed Claims to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan and the EFH Confirmation Order on account of such Allowed Claims.

 
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Under no circumstances can the EFIH First Lien Notes Trustee, the EFIH Second Lien Notes Trustee, the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee, or any Holder of a Claim against the EFIH Debtors access the EFH Cash Account.
B.
Rights and Powers of EFH Plan Administrator Board.
The EFH Plan Administrator Board shall be authorized to direct the Disbursing Agent to make distributions from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests against the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors on the EFH Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, in accordance with the Plan and to exercise such other powers as may be vested in the EFH Plan Administrator Board by order of the Bankruptcy Court,  pursuant to the Plan, or as deemed by the EFH Plan Administrator Board to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions of the Plan. The EFH Plan Administrator Board shall not be required to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of its duties unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court.
The EFH Plan Administrator Board may, but is not required to, establish governance and organizational documents before or after the EFH Effective Date (but to the extent such governance and organizational documents are established before the EFH Effective Date, they will be filed with the Bankruptcy Court). Any Holder of a Claim or Interest seeking to compel the EFH Plan Administrator Board to make distributions from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account shall seek relief from the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the District of Delaware, and any other applicable rules or procedures. The EFH Plan Administrator Board or its professionals on behalf of the EFH Plan Administrator Board shall keep an accounting of distributions made from, and funds contributed to, the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account that sets forth whether such distributions or contributions, as applicable, were made for the benefit of the EFH Debtors or their creditors, on the one hand, or the EFIH Debtors on the other hand. Such accounting will be shared with the professionals for the Holders of Claims and Interests Against the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, including the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee and the advisors to the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee, on a professionals’ eyes only basis (except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court).
C.
Disbursing Agent.
All distributions under the Plan shall be made to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests by the Disbursing Agent (including at the direction of the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable) on the applicable Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, in accordance with the Plan. The Disbursing Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of its duties unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court.
D.
Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent.
1.      Powers of the Disbursing Agent.
The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to: (a) effect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments, and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereby, including making distributions from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account at the direction of the EFH Plan Administrator Board; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions of the Plan.
2.      Expenses Incurred On or After the EFH Effective Date.
Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent in performing its duties under the Plan on or after the EFH Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) made by the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account. For the avoidance of doubt, only the reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent for distributions related to Claims

 
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against the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors (rather than distributions related to Claims against the TCEH Debtors and the EFH Shared Services Debtors) shall be compensable from the EFH/EFIH Cash Distribution Account.
E.
Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions.
1.      Record Date for Distribution.
On the Distribution Record Date, the Claims Register shall be closed and any party responsible for making distributions shall be authorized and entitled to recognize only those record Holders listed on the Claims Register as of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date.
2.      Delivery of Distributions in General.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall make distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests as of the Distribution Record Date at the address for each such Holder as indicated on the Debtors’ records as of the date of any such distribution; provided , however , that the Distribution Record Date shall not apply to publicly-traded Securities. The manner of such distributions shall be determined at the discretion of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, and the address for each Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest shall be deemed to be the address set forth in any Proof of Claim or Interest Filed by that Holder.
3.      Delivery of Distributions on DIP Claims.
All distributions on account of 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims shall be made to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, who shall be deemed to be the Holder of the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, as applicable, for purposes of distributions to be made hereunder. As soon as practicable following compliance with the requirements set forth in this Article VI, the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent shall arrange to deliver or direct the delivery of such distributions to or on behalf of the Holders of the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims in accordance with the terms of the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility, as applicable, subject to any modifications to such distributions in accordance with the terms of the Plan; provided, however , that the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent shall retain all rights as administrative agent and collateral agent under the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility in connection with the delivery of distributions to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Lenders. The 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent shall not have any liability to any person with respect to distributions made or directed to be made by such 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent.
4.      Rules Governing Fractional Share Distributions.
The Merger Agreement shall control the issuance of fractional shares.
5.      Minimum Distribution.
No Cash payment of less than $50.00 shall be made to a Holder of an Allowed Claim on account of such Allowed Claim.
6.      Undeliverable Distributions and Unclaimed Property.
In the event that any distribution to any Holder is returned as undeliverable, no distribution to such Holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent has determined the then-current address of such Holder, at which time such distribution shall be made to such Holder without interest; provided , however , that such distributions shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code at the expiration of one year from the applicable Distribution Date. After such date, all unclaimed property or interests in property shall revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor(s) automatically and without need for a further order by the Bankruptcy Court (notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property laws to the contrary), and the claim of any Holder to such property shall be fully discharged, released, and forever barred.
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Unless as otherwise set forth herein, all distributions of Cash and Rollover Trust Certificates to the Holders of Allowed Claims under the Plan shall be made by the Disbursing Agent on behalf of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, the Plan Sponsor, and EFH Merger Sub. At the option of the Disbursing Agent, any Cash payment to be made under the Plan may be made by check or wire transfer or as otherwise required or provided in applicable agreements. All Cash distributions to be made hereunder to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent on account of the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims shall be made by wire transfer.
G.
SEC Registration/Exemption.
Each of the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, New HoldCo Equity Interests, Rollover Trust Certificates, and Non-Rollover Trust Certificates is or may be a “security,” as defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act, section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code, and applicable state securities laws. 
Pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, the issuance of the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, the New HoldCo Equity Interests, and the Rollover Trust Certificates is exempt from, among other things, the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and any other applicable U.S. state or local law requiring registration before the offering, issuance, distribution, or sale of such securities.  Each of the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, the New HoldCo Equity Interests, and the Rollover Trust Certificates issued under the Plan (a) is not a “restricted security” as defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, and (b) is freely tradable and transferable by any initial recipient thereof that (i) at the time of transfer, is not an “affiliate” of the Reorganized TCEH, Reorganized EFH, Reorganized EFIH, the Plan Sponsor, or EFH Merger Sub, as the case may be, as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act and has not been such an “affiliate” within 90 days of such transfer, and (ii) is not an entity that is an “underwriter” as defined in subsection (b) of section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. 
Any securities issued to the Non-Rollover Trust Investors will be issued without registration in reliance upon the exemption set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and will be “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
If the EFH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool or the EFIH Unsecured Creditor Recovery Pool includes Rollover Trust Certificates (as will be set forth in the Tax Contingency Disclosure, as applicable), such Rollover Trust Certificates may be issued without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption set forth in section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code for the offer or sale under a chapter 11 plan of a security of a successor to the debtor if such securities are offered or sold in exchange for a claim against, or an interest in, such debtor. The EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors, with the support of the Plan Sponsor, will seek to obtain a ruling from the Bankruptcy Court in the EFH Confirmation Order that the section 1145(a)(1) exemption applies to such Rollover Trust Certificates issued under the Plan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, no entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the DTC) may require a legal opinion regarding the validity of any transaction contemplated by the Plan, including, for the avoidance of doubt, whether the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, the New HoldCo Equity Interests, and the Rollover Trust Certificates are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services.
H.
Compliance with Tax Requirements.
In connection with the Plan, the applicable Reorganized Debtor(s) shall comply with all tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on them by any Governmental Unit with respect to distributions pursuant to the Plan. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and the Disbursing Agent, as applicable, shall be authorized to take all actions necessary to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including liquidating a portion of the distribution to be made under the Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding taxes, withholding distributions pending receipt of information necessary to facilitate such distributions, and establishing any other mechanisms they believe are reasonable and appropriate to comply with such requirements. The Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors reserve the right to allocate all distributions made under the

 
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Plan in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support, and other spousal awards, liens, and encumbrances.
I.
No Postpetition or Default Interest on Claims.
Unless otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order, and notwithstanding any documents that govern the Debtors’ prepetition funded indebtedness to the contrary, (1) postpetition and/or default interest shall not accrue or be paid on any Claims and (2) no Holder of a Claim shall be entitled to: (a) interest accruing on or after the Petition Date on any such Claim; or (b) interest at the contract default rate, as applicable.
J.
Setoffs and Recoupment.
The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may, but shall not be required to, setoff against or recoup any payments or distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan in respect of any Claims of any nature whatsoever that the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors may have against the claimant, but neither the failure to do so nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors of any such claim it may have against the Holder of such Claim.
K.
No Double Payment of Claims.
To the extent that a Claim is Allowed against more than one Debtor’s Estate, there shall be only a single recovery on account of that Allowed Claim, but the Holder of an Allowed Claim against more than one Debtor may recover distributions from all co-obligor Debtors’ Estates until the Holder has received payment in full on the Allowed Claims. No Holder of an Allowed Claim shall be entitled to receive more than payment in full of its Allowed Claim, and each Claim shall be administered and treated in the manner provided by the Plan only until payment in full on that Allowed Claim.
L.
Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties.
1.      Claims Paid by Third Parties.
The Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, shall reduce a Claim, and such Claim shall be disallowed without a Claims objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, to the extent that the Holder of such Claim receives payment on account of such Claim from a party that is not a Debtor or a Reorganized Debtor (other than the Disbursing Agent). Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, to the extent a Holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim and receives payment from a party that is not a Debtor or a Reorganized Debtor on account of such Claim, such Holder shall, within 14 days of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the applicable Reorganized Debtor, to the extent the Holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan. The failure of such Holder to timely repay or return such distribution shall result in the Holder owing the applicable Reorganized Debtor annualized interest at the Federal Judgment Rate on such amount owed for each Business Day after the 14-day period specified above until the amount is repaid.
2.      Claims Payable by Third Parties.
No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of an Allowed Claim that is payable pursuant to one of the Debtors’ insurance policies until the Holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to such insurance policy. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full or in part a Claim (if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, the applicable portion of such Claim may be expunged without a Claims objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable insurance policy. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any Entity may hold against any other Entity, including insurers under any policies of insurance, nor shall anything contained herein (a) constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any rights or defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers, or (b) establish, determine, or otherwise imply any liability or obligation, including any coverage obligation, of any insurer.
ARTICLE VII.     
PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CONTINGENT,
UNLIQUIDATED, AND DISPUTED CLAIMS
A.
Allowance of Claims.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, after the EFH Effective Date, each of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall have and retain any and all rights and defenses such Debtor had with respect to any Claim immediately before the EFH Effective Date. This Article VII of the Plan shall not apply to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims, which Claims shall be Allowed in full and shall not be subject to any avoidance, reductions, set off, offset, recharacterization, subordination (whether equitable, contractual, or otherwise), counterclaims, cross-claims, defenses, disallowance, impairment, objection, or any other challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any person or entity.
Except as specifically provided as Allowed Claims pursuant to Article III.B of the Plan or otherwise objected to by the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan shall serve as the Debtors’ objection to all other EFH LBO Note Claims, and EFH Legacy Note Claims under the respective indentures. If the Bankruptcy Court sustains the Debtors’ objection to these Claims, the EFH Confirmation Order shall disallow such Claims. The Holders of such Claims may respond to the Debtors’ objection to such Claims by filing an objection to the Plan.
B.
Claims Administration Responsibilities.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, after the EFH Effective Date, the applicable Reorganized Debtor(s) or the EFH Plan Administrator Board, as applicable, shall have the sole authority: (1) to File, withdraw, or litigate to judgment, objections to Claims; (2) to settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without any further notice to or action, order, or approval by the Bankruptcy Court; and (3) to administer and adjust the Claims Register to reflect any such settlements or compromises without any further notice to or action, order, or approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
Except with respect to Claims and Causes of Action released by the Debtors pursuant to the releases and exculpations contained in the Plan, including in Article VIII, if one or more Entities have sought and obtained standing to prosecute a Cause of Action on behalf of one or more of the Debtors’ Estates and such Entities are prosecuting such Causes of Actions as of the EFH Effective Date, then such Entities will have the sole authority, solely with respect to such Causes of Action, to File, withdraw, litigate to judgment, settle, compromise, or take any other actions in respect of such Causes of Action.
C.
Estimation of Claims .
Before or after the EFH Effective Date, the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor with respect to any Disputed Claim against any EFH Debtor or any EFIH Debtor, may (but are not required to) at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim that is contingent or unliquidated pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for any reason, regardless of whether any party previously has objected to such Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any such Claim, including during the litigation of any objection to any Claim or during the appeal relating to such objection. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, a Claim that has been expunged from the Claims Register, but that either is subject to appeal or has not been the subject

 
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of a Final Order, shall be deemed to be estimated at zero dollars, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any contingent or unliquidated Claim, that estimated amount shall constitute a maximum limitation on such Claim for all purposes under the Plan (including for purposes of distributions), and the relevant Reorganized Debtor may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim.
D.
Adjustment to Claims without Objection.
Any Claim that has been paid or satisfied (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by being Reinstated) or any Claim that has been amended or superseded, may be adjusted or expunged on the Claims Register by the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors without a Claims objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
E.
Time to File Objections to Claims or Interests.
Any objections to Claims or Interests shall be Filed on or before the Claims Objection Deadline.
F.
Disallowance of Claims.
Any Claims held by Entities from which the Bankruptcy Court has determined that property is recoverable under section 542, 543, 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or that is a transferee of a transfer that the Bankruptcy Court has determined is avoidable under section 522(f), 522(h), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be deemed disallowed pursuant to section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and Holders of such Claims may not receive any distributions on account of such Claims until such time as such Causes of Action against that Entity have been settled or a Bankruptcy Court order with respect thereto has been entered and the full amount of such obligation to the Debtors has been paid or turned over in full. All Proofs of Claim Filed on account of an Indemnification Obligation shall be deemed satisfied and expunged from the Claims Register as of the EFH Effective Date to the extent such Indemnification Obligation is assumed (or honored or reaffirmed, as the case may be) pursuant to the Plan, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. All Proofs of Claim Filed on account of an employee benefit shall be deemed satisfied and expunged from the Claims Register as of the EFH Effective Date to the extent the Reorganized Entities elect to honor such employee benefit, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
Except as provided herein or otherwise agreed, any and all Proofs of Claim Filed after the Bar Date shall be deemed disallowed and expunged as of the EFH Effective Date without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, and Holders of such Claims may not receive any distributions on account of such Claims, unless on or before the Confirmation Hearing such late Claim has been deemed timely Filed by a Final Order.
G.
Amendments to Proofs of Claim.
On or after the EFH Effective Date, a Proof of Claim or Interest may not be Filed or amended without the prior authorization of the Bankruptcy Court or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, and any such new or amended Proof of Claim or Interest Filed shall be deemed disallowed in full and expunged without any further action.
H.
Reimbursement or Contribution.
If the Bankruptcy Court disallows a Claim for reimbursement or contribution of an Entity pursuant to section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, then to the extent that such Claim is contingent as of the time of allowance or disallowance, such Claim shall be forever disallowed and expunged notwithstanding section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless before the EFH Confirmation Date: (1) such Claim has been adjudicated as non‑contingent; or (2) the relevant Holder of a Claim has Filed a non-contingent Proof of Claim on account of such Claim and a Final Order has been entered before the EFH Confirmation Date determining such Claim as no longer contingent.

 
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I.
No Distributions Pending Allowance.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, if an objection to a Claim or portion thereof is Filed as set forth in Article VII.A and Article VII.B of the Plan, no payment or distribution provided under the Plan shall be made on account of such Disputed Claim or portion thereof unless and until such Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.
J.
Distributions After Allowance.
To the extent that a Disputed Claim ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim, distributions (if any) shall be made to the Holder of such Allowed Claim in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, as soon as practicable after the date that the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Disbursing Agent shall provide to the Holder of such Claim the distribution (if any) to which such Holder is entitled under the Plan as of the EFH Effective Date, less any previous distribution (if any) that was made on account of the undisputed portion of such Claim, without any interest, dividends, or accruals to be paid on account of such Claim unless required under such order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court.
ARTICLE VIII.     
SETTLEMENT, RELEASE, INJUNCTION, AND RELATED PROVISIONS
A.
Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests.
Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, the distributions, rights, and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in complete satisfaction, discharge, and release, effective as of the EFH Effective Date, of Claims (including any Intercompany Claims resolved or compromised after the EFH Effective Date by the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors), Interests, and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date and any Administrative Claims, including without limitation any claims by NextEra Energy arising directly or indirectly from its post-petition agreements with the Debtors, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against, and Interests in, the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the EFH Effective Date, any liability (including withdrawal liability) to the extent such Claims or Interests relate to services performed by employees of the Debtors before the EFH Effective Date and that arise from a termination of employment, any contingent or non‑contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the EFH Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim based upon such debt or right is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such debt, right, or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the Holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan. Any default or “event of default” by the Debtors or Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed immediately before or on account of the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured (and no longer continuing) as of the EFH Effective Date. The EFH Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the EFH Effective Date occurring.
B.
Release of Liens.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan and except for (a) any Other Secured Claim Against the EFH Debtors that the EFH Debtors elect to Reinstate in accordance with Article III.B.1 (subject to the consent of the Plan Sponsor) and, with respect to any Allowed Other Secured Claim Against the EFH Debtors asserted by the Taxing Units that the EFH Debtors shall Reinstate on the EFH Effective Date until such Allowed Other Secured Claim Against the EFH Debtors is satisfied in the full Allowed amount, and (b) any Other Secured Claim Against the EFIH Debtors that the EFIH Debtors elect to Reinstate in accordance with Article III.B.16 (subject to the consent of the Plan Sponsor), on the EFH Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other

 
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security interests shall revert to the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors and their successors and assigns, in each case, without any further approval or order of the Bankruptcy Court and without any action or Filing being required to be made by the Debtors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Liens on the collateral securing the EFIH First Lien Note Claims and EFIH Second Lien Note Claims, as applicable, will be released on the EFH Effective Date following payment in full in Cash of the Allowed EFIH First Lien Claims and Allowed EFIH Second Lien Claims accrued as of such payment date and the funding of the EFIH First Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve and the EFIH Second Lien Post-Effective Date Fee and Indemnification Reserve (each as applicable and as defined in the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order). For the avoidance of doubt, solely for purposes of determining whether any such Claims are Secured Claims entitled to treatment as Class B3 or Class B4 Claims (rather than Unsecured Claims entitled to treatment as Class B5 Claims and Class B6 Claims), the secured status of such Claims shall be determined as if such Liens had not been released on the EFH Effective Date and remained in effect to the same extent they did immediately before the EFH Effective Date .
To the extent that any Holder of a Secured Claim that has been satisfied or discharged in full pursuant to the Plan (or any agent for such Holder) has filed or recorded publicly any Liens and/or security interests to secure such Holder’s Secured Claim, as soon as reasonably practicable on or after the EFH Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps reasonably requested by the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors that are reasonably necessary or desirable to record or effectuate the cancellation and/or extinguishment of such Liens and/or security interests, including the making of any applicable filings or recordings, and the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall be entitled to make any such filings or recordings on such Holder’s behalf.
C.
Releases by the Debtors.
In addition to any release provided in the Settlement Order, pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, for good and valuable consideration, on and after the EFH Effective Date, each Released Party is deemed released and discharged by the Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, and their Estates from any and all Claims and Causes of Action, including Claims and Causes of Action identified, claimed, or released in the Standing Motions, the Litigation Letters, or the Disinterested Directors Settlement, as well as all other Claims and Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims asserted on behalf of the Debtors, that the Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, or their Estates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the Holder of any Claim or Interest, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the management, ownership or operation thereof), the Debtors’ in-or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions (including dividends paid), transactions pursuant and/or related to the Master Separation Agreement dated December 12, 2001, the TCEH Credit Agreement, the TCEH First Lien Notes, the Cash Collateral Order (and any payments or transfers in connection therewith), the TCEH First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Liability Management Program, the Tax Sharing Agreements, the 2007 Acquisition, the Management Agreement, the 2009 amendment to the TCEH Credit Agreement, the 2011 Amend and Extend Transactions, the 2005 Oncor Transfer, the 2013 Revolver Extension, the Luminant Makewhole Settlement, the Tax and Interest Makewhole Agreements, the TCEH Intercompany Notes, the Shared Services, any preference or avoidance claim pursuant to sections 544, 547, 548, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or Filing of the Terminated Restructuring Support Agreement, the Plan Support Agreement, the NEE Plan Support Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the EFIH First Lien Principal Settlement, the Original Confirmed Plan, the NextEra Plan, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document (including providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion) created or entered into in connection with the Plan Support Agreement, the NEE Plan Support Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the PIK Settlement (whether terminated pursuant to its terms or otherwise) and any direction taken by the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee in connection therewith (prior to the date of termination), the Terminated Restructuring Support Agreement, the EFH Disclosure Statement, the TCEH Disclosure Statement, the Plan,

 
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the Transaction Agreements, the DIP Facilities, the Chapter 11 Cases, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of Securities   pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan, the Transaction Agreements, or any other related agreement, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the EFH Effective Date related or relating to the foregoing . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any post-EFH Effective Date obligations of any party or Entity under the Plan, any Restructuring Transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ rights arising under any Assumed Executory Contracts and Leases assumed by Reorganized EFH or Reorganized EFIH on the EFH Effective Date (or pursuant to a separate Bankruptcy Court order). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, the TCEH Settlement Claim shall be treated, released, and discharged on the EFH Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the claims and Causes of Action set forth in Section 6.12 of the parent disclosure letter delivered in connection with the NEE Merger Agreement shall not be released; provided, however , that such Claims and Causes of Action shall be subject to treatment pursuant to the Plan and shall be discharged as set forth in Article VIII.A hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the EFH Debtors, Reorganized EFH Debtors, EFIH Debtors, and Reorganized EFIH Debtors shall provide the release set forth in this Article VIII.C as of the EFH Effective Date; provided , however , that the releases provided by the EFH Debtors and Reorganized EFH Debtors on the one hand, to the EFIH Debtors and Reorganized EFIH Debtors on the other hand, (or vice versa) shall be subject to the satisfaction of any order that becomes a Final Order prior to the EFH Effective Date regarding allocations of (a) any Cash amounts owed by the EFH Debtors to the EFIH Debtors or (b) any Cash amounts owed by the EFIH Debtors to the EFH Debtors.
D.
Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, as of the EFH Effective Date, each Releasing Party is deemed to have released and discharged each Debtor, Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtor, and Released Party from any and all Claims and Causes of Action, including Claims and Causes of Action identified, claimed, or released in the Standing Motions, the Litigation Letters, or the Disinterested Directors Settlement, as well as all other Claims and Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, asserted on behalf of the Debtors, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the management, ownership or operation thereof), the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions (including dividends paid), transactions pursuant and/or related to the Master Separation Agreement dated December 12, 2001, the TCEH Credit Agreement, the TCEH First Lien Notes, the Cash Collateral Order (and any payments or transfers in connection therewith), the TCEH First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Liability Management Program, the Tax Sharing Agreements, the 2007 Acquisition, the Management Agreement, the 2009 amendment to the TCEH Credit Agreement, the 2011 Amend and Extend Transactions, the 2005 Oncor Transfer, the 2013 Revolver Extension, the Luminant Makewhole Settlement, the Tax and Interest Makewhole Agreements, the TCEH Intercompany Notes, the Shared Services, any preference or avoidance claim pursuant to sections 544, 547, 548, and 549 of the Bankruptcy Code, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or Filing of the Terminated Restructuring Support Agreement, the Plan Support Agreement, the NEE Plan Support Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the EFIH First Lien Principal Settlement, the Original Confirmed Plan, the NextEra Plan, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document (including providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion) created or entered into in connection with the Plan Support Agreement, the NEE Plan Support Agreement, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement, the PIK Settlement (whether terminated pursuant to its terms or otherwise) and any direction taken by the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee in connection therewith (prior to termination), the Terminated Restructuring Support Agreement, the EFH Disclosure Statement, the TCEH Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Transaction Agreements, the DIP Facilities, the Chapter 11 Cases, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of

 
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Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of Securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan, the Transaction Agreements, or any other related agreement, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the EFH Effective Date related or relating to the foregoing . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release (i) any post-EFH Effective Date obligations of any party or Entity under the Plan, (ii) any Restructuring Transaction, (iii) any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan, and (iv) the claims and Causes of Action set forth in Section 6.12 of the parent disclosure letter delivered in connection with the NEE Merger Agreement; provided, however , that such claims and Causes of Action set forth in Section 6.12 of such parent disclosure letter delivered in connection with the NEE Merger Agreement shall be subject to treatment pursuant to the Plan and shall be discharged as set forth in Article VIII.A hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any claims or Causes of Action against one or more of NextEra and its current and former subsidiaries (the “ NEE Released Parties ”) relating to the pursuit of approval of the transactions contemplated in the Original Confirmed Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, claims or Causes of Action regarding the effect of the filing of Docket No. 7028 on approval of the transactions contemplated in the Original Confirmed Plan) or claims or Causes of Action that may be brought by one or more of the NEE Released Parties against any party who brings a claim or Cause of Action against the NEE Released Parties relating to the pursuit of approval of the transactions contemplated in the Original Confirmed Plan; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, that any releases set forth above solely to the extent applicable pursuant to the terms set forth above, shall apply to the NEE Released Parties’ current and former directors, managers, officers, individual equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, the TCEH Settlement Claim shall be treated, released, and discharged on the EFH Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Releasing Parties provided the release set forth in this Article VIII.D for all Claims and Causes of Action that relate to the TCEH Debtors, Reorganized TCEH Debtors, EFH Shared Services Debtors, Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors, or any non-Debtor Affiliate to be transferred to the Reorganized TCEH Debtors, including EFH Properties Company, as of the TCEH Effective Date; and (ii) the Releasing Parties shall provide the release set forth in this Article VIII.D for all Claims and Causes of Action that relate to the EFH Debtors, Reorganized EFH Debtors, EFIH Debtors, or Reorganized EFIH Debtors as of the EFH Effective Date; provided that any and all Intercompany Claims (other than the TCEH Settlement Claim) held by or held against the TCEH Debtors, Reorganized TCEH Debtors, EFH Shared Services Debtors, Reorganized EFH Shared Services Debtors, or any non-Debtor Affiliate to be transferred to the Reorganized TCEH Debtors, including EFH Properties Company, were released as of the TCEH Effective Date.
E.
Exculpation.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur liability for, and each Exculpated Party is hereby released and exculpated from, any Cause of Action for any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, Filing, or termination of the Terminated Restructuring Support Agreement and related prepetition transactions, the EFH Disclosure Statement, the TCEH Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Support Agreement, the NEE Plan Support Agreement, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement, the Original Confirmed Plan, the NextEra Plan, the Transaction Agreements, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document (including providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Exculpated Party on the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion) created or entered into in connection with the EFH Disclosure Statement, the TCEH Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Original Confirmed Plan, the NextEra Plan, the Plan Support Agreement, the NEE Plan Support Agreement, the EFIH Settlement Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement, the Transaction Agreements, or the DIP Facilities, the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of Securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan, the

 
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Transaction Agreements, or any other related agreement, except for claims related to any act or omission that is determined in a final order to have constituted actual fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence, but in all respects such Entities shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Exculpated Parties have, and upon completion of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable laws with regard to the solicitation of, and distribution of, consideration pursuant to the Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Exculpated Parties that include or are related to the EFH Debtors, Reorganized EFH Debtors, EFIH Debtors, and Reorganized EFIH Debtors shall receive the exculpation set forth in this Article VIII.E as of the EFH Effective Date.
F.
Injunction.
In addition to any injunction provided in the Settlement Order, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or for obligations issued or required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order, all Entities that have held, hold, or may hold Claims or Interests that have been released pursuant to Article VIII.C or Article VIII.D of the Plan, shall be discharged pursuant to Article VIII.A of the Plan, or are subject to exculpation pursuant to Article VIII.E of the Plan, are permanently enjoined, from and after the EFH Effective Date, from taking any of the following actions against, as applicable, the Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, or the Released Parties: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such claims or interests; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting, or recovering by any manner or means any judgment, award, decree, or order against such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such claims or interests; (iii) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any lien or encumbrance of any kind against such Entities or the property or the estates of such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such claims or interests; (iv) asserting any right of setoff, subrogation, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due from such Entities or against the property of such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such claims or interests unless such Entity has timely asserted such setoff right in a document Filed with the Bankruptcy Court explicitly preserving such setoff, and notwithstanding an indication of a claim or interest or otherwise that such Entity asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of setoff pursuant to applicable law or otherwise; and (v) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such claims or interests released or settled pursuant to the Plan, including those related to the PIK Settlement (whether terminated pursuant to its terms or otherwise) and any direction taken by the EFIH Unsecured Notes Trustee in connection therewith (prior to the date of termination). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Plan shall not enjoin any party from pursuing the claims and Causes of Action set forth in Section 6.12 of the parent disclosure letter delivered in connection with the NEE Merger Agreement; provided, however , that such Claims and Causes of Action shall be subject to treatment pursuant to the Plan and shall be discharged as set forth in Article VIII.A hereof.
G.
Liabilities to, and Rights of, Governmental Units.
Nothing in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order shall release, discharge, or preclude the enforcement of:  (i) any liability to a Governmental Unit that is not a Claim; (ii) any Claim of a Governmental Unit arising on or after the EFH Effective Date, other than taxes determined under the prompt determination procedure in section 505 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable; (iii) any liability to a Governmental Unit on the part of any Entity other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors; or (iv) any valid right of setoff or recoupment by any Governmental Unit.
H.
Environmental Law Matters.
Nothing in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order shall release, discharge, or preclude the enforcement of (or preclude, release, defeat, or limit the defense under non-bankruptcy law of): (i) any liability under Environmental Law to a Governmental Unit that is not a Claim; (ii) any Claim under Environmental Law of a Governmental Unit arising on or after the EFH Effective Date; (iii) any liability under Environmental Law to a Governmental Unit on the

 
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part of any Entity to the extent of such Entity’s liability under non-bankruptcy law on account of its status as owner or operator of such property after the EFH Effective Date; (iv) any liability to a Governmental Unit on the part of any Entity other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors; or (v) any valid right of setoff or recoupment by any Governmental Unit. All parties’ rights and defenses under Environmental Law with respect to (i) through (v) above are fully preserved. For the avoidance of doubt, the United States is not a Releasing Party under the Plan.
Nothing in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order shall enjoin or otherwise bar any Governmental Unit from asserting or enforcing, outside this Court, any liability described in the preceding paragraph. Nothing in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order authorizes: (i) the transfer or assignment of any governmental license, permit, registration, authorization, or approval, or (ii) the discontinuation of any obligation thereunder, without compliance with all applicable legal requirements under Environmental Law.   The Bankruptcy Court retains jurisdiction, but not exclusive jurisdiction, to determine whether environmental liabilities asserted by any Governmental Unit are discharged or otherwise barred by the EFH Confirmation Order or the Plan, or the Bankruptcy Code.
For the avoidance of doubt, all Claims under Environmental Law arising before the EFH Effective Date, including penalty claims for days of violation prior to the EFH Effective Date, shall be subject to Article VIII of the Plan and treated in accordance with the Plan in all respects and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article XI of the Plan in relation to the allowance or disallowance of any Claim under Environmental Law arising before the EFH Effective Date.
Without limiting the Bankruptcy Court’s jurisdiction as set forth above, nothing in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order shall divest or limit the jurisdiction of other tribunals over the Environmental Action, and upon the EFH Effective Date of the Plan, the Environmental Action shall survive the Chapter 11 Cases and may be adjudicated in the court or tribunal in which such Environmental Action is currently pending; provided , further , however , any judgment for a Claim in the Environmental Action arising before the EFH Effective Date shall be treated in accordance with the Plan in all respects; provided , further , however , that nothing in the Plan shall preclude, release, defeat, or limit any grounds for asserting or opposing an alleged defense or affirmative defense under non-bankruptcy law in the Environmental Action based on any change in ownership, and all such grounds for asserting or opposing such defenses and affirmative defenses under non-bankruptcy law are expressly preserved. With respect to the Environmental Action, this Article VIII.H does not alter any rights or defenses under non-bankruptcy law arising as a result of any changes of ownership provided in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order. The Governmental Units reserve all rights as to whether there are any such rights or defenses.
I.
Protections Against Discriminatory Treatment.
Consistent with section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, all Entities, including Governmental Units, shall not discriminate against the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors or deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license, permit, charter, franchise, or other similar grant to, condition such a grant to, discriminate with respect to such a grant against, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, or another Entity with whom the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors have been associated, solely because each Debtor has been a debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, has been insolvent before the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases (or during the Chapter 11 Cases but before the Debtors are granted or denied a discharge), or has not paid a debt that is dischargeable in the Chapter 11 Cases.
J.
Recoupment.
In no event shall any Holder of Claims or Interests be entitled to recoup any Claim against any claim, right, or Cause of Action of the Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, unless such Holder actually has performed such recoupment and provided notice thereof in writing to the Debtors on or before the EFH Confirmation Date, notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or Proof of Interest or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of recoupment.
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On and after the EFH Effective Date, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors may maintain documents in accordance with their standard document retention policy, as may be altered, amended, modified, or supplemented by the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors.
ARTICLE IX.     
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION
AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN
A.
Conditions Precedent to Confirmation of a Plan as to the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors.
It shall be a condition to Confirmation of the Plan that the following shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article IX.C of the Plan:
1.      the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the EFH Disclosure Statement Order and the EFH Confirmation Order in a manner consistent in all material respects with the Plan, the Settlement Order, and the Merger Agreement, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, and the Plan Sponsor;
2.      the Settlement Order shall remain in full force and effect; and
3.      the EFH Confirmation Order shall, among other things:
(a)
authorize the EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, and the Reorganized EFIH Debtors to take all actions necessary to enter into, implement, and consummate the contracts, instruments, releases, leases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan, including the Restructuring Transactions and the Transaction Agreements;

 
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(b)
decree that the provisions of the EFH Confirmation Order and the Plan are nonseverable and mutually dependent;
(c)
authorize the EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, and the Reorganized EFIH Debtors, as applicable/necessary, to: (i) implement the Restructuring Transactions; (ii) issue and distribute, as applicable, the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, New HoldCo Equity Interests, Rollover Trust Certificates, and Non-Rollover Trust Certificates pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code or other exemption from such registration or pursuant to one or more registration statements; (iii) make all distributions and issuances as required under the Plan, including Cash, the Reorganized EFH Common Stock, New HoldCo Equity Interests, Rollover Trust Certificates, and Non-Rollover Trust Certificates in accordance with the Plan, Merger Agreement, and Tax Contingency Disclosure, if any; and (iv) enter into any agreements, transactions, and sales of property as set forth in the Plan Supplement;
(d)
provide that, pursuant to section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, the assignment or surrender of any lease or sublease, and the delivery of any deed or other instrument or transfer order in furtherance of, or in connection with, any transfers of property pursuant to the Plan, including any deeds, mortgages, security interest filings, bills of sale, or assignments executed in connection with any disposition or transfer of assets contemplated under the Plan shall not be subject to any document recording tax, stamp tax, conveyance fee, intangibles or similar tax, mortgage tax, stamp act, real estate transfer tax, mortgage recording tax, or other similar tax, and upon entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents shall forgo the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax, recordation fee, or governmental assessment; and
(e)
provide that, from and after the EFH Effective Date, the Reorganized EFH Debtors and Reorganized EFIH Debtors shall have no liabilities other than those liabilities expressly set forth in the Plan.
B.
Conditions Precedent to the EFH Effective Date.
It shall be a condition to the EFH Effective Date that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions of Article IX.C of the Plan:
1.      the EFH Confirmation Order shall (a) have been duly entered in form and substance acceptable to the EFH Debtors, EFIH Debtors, and the Plan Sponsor, (b) reasonably acceptable to the other EFH/EFIH Plan Supporters, if any, and (c) shall be consistent in all material respects with the TCEH Confirmation Order;
2.      the Settlement Order shall remain in full force and effect;
3.      the final version of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, and all of the schedules, documents, and exhibits contained therein shall have been Filed in a manner consistent in all material respects with the Plan, the Transaction Agreements, the Plan Support Agreement, and the Settlement Order, and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the EFH Debtors, EFIH Debtors, and the EFH/EFIH Plan Supporters;
4.      the EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account and EFIH Professional Fee Escrow Account shall have been funded in accordance with Article II.A.2(b);
5.      (i) no Debtor shall have taken any action that results in an ownership change of EFH Corp. within the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code (including by treating the equity interests of EFH Corp. as becoming worthless within the meaning of Section 382(g)(4)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code); and (ii) Texas Holdings shall not have (A) taken any action that results in an ownership change of EFH Corp. within the meaning of Section

 
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382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code (including by treating the equity interests of EFH Corp. as becoming worthless within the meaning of Section 382(g)(4)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code and thereby resulting in an ownership change of EFH Corp. within the meaning of Section 382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code); (B) knowingly permitted any person (other than Texas Holdings) to own directly, indirectly or constructively (by operation of Section 318 as modified by Section 382(l)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code) 50% or more of the equity interests of EFH Corp. during the three-year period ending on the EFH Effective Date; or (C) changed its taxable year to be other than the calendar year;
6.      the EFH Debtors and EFIH Debtors shall have obtained all authorizations, consents, regulatory approvals, rulings, or documents that are necessary to implement and effectuate the Restructuring Transactions with respect to the EFH/EFIH Debtors, including the EFH Merger, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including from the PUC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Federal Communications Commission, as applicable, consistent in all material respects with the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;
7.      all conditions to the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied or shall have been waived by the party entitled to waive them, and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements shall be completed, including that Reorganized EFH shall have entered into the Exit Facility Documents, and all conditions precedent to the consummation or effectiveness of the Exit Facilities shall have been waived or satisfied in accordance with the terms thereof, and any funding contemplated to be made on the Effective Date shall have been made in accordance with the applicable Exit Facility Documents;
8.      the Restructuring Transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all conditions to and transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement), shall have been consummated in form and manner reasonably acceptable to the EFH Debtors, the EFIH Debtors, and the Plan Sponsor, and consistent in all material respects with the Plan and the Transaction Agreements;
9.      immediately prior to consummation of the EFH Merger, all assets of Reorganized EFH and each subsidiary of Reorganized EFH shall be free and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances and other interests and Reorganized EFH and each subsidiary of Reorganized EFH shall have no liabilities except for (a) liabilities permitted under Section 7.1(e) of the Merger Agreement and (b) obligations owed to the Plan Sponsor (or any pre-Merger Affiliate of the Plan Sponsor) expressly contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
10.      the Private Letter Ruling remains in full force and effect and has not been revoked or withdrawn; and
11.      the consummation of the EFH Merger shall not be in violation of the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement.    
C.
Waiver of Conditions.
The conditions to Confirmation and the EFH Effective Date set forth in Article IX.A, Article IX.B.1, Article IX.B.2, Article IX.B.7, Article IX.B.8, Article IX.B.9, Article IX.B.10, and Article IX.B.11 may be waived subject to the consent of each of (a) the EFH Debtors, (b) the EFIH Debtors, and (c) the Plan Sponsor, including, in the case of any Conflict Matter between any Debtors, each Debtor acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Director or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor; provided that the condition precedent to the EFH Effective Date set forth in Article IX.B.1(c) shall not be waived without the consent of Reorganized TCEH. The conditions to the EFH Effective Date set forth in Article IX.B.4 may be waived by the EFH Debtors (with respect to funding of the EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account) and the EFIH Debtors (with respect to funding of the EFH Professional Fee Escrow Account) in such Debtors’ sole and absolute discretion. The conditions to the EFH Effective Date set forth in Article IX.B.5 may be waived by the Plan Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. The conditions to the EFH Effective Date set forth in Article IX.B.3 and Article IX.B.6 may not be waived pursuant to this Article IX.C, but may only be waived pursuant to waiver rights expressly provided therein, if any.
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Unless extended by the Debtors, including, in the case of any Conflict Matter between any Debtors, each Debtor acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Director or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor, if the EFH Effective Date does not occur before one year following Confirmation, with respect to a particular Debtor, then, as to such particular Debtor: (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan, assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected under the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of such Debtor or any other Entity; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking of any sort by such Debtor or any other Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Settlement embodied in the Settlement Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the failure of Confirmation or Consummation to occur with respect to any or all Debtors shall not affect the Settlement or any provisions of the Settlement Agreement and (ii) if the Spin-Off is effectuated, the Approval Order shall remain in full force and effect and the failure of Confirmation or Consummation to occur with respect to any Debtor (other than a TCEH Debtor) shall not affect the Approval Order or the Tax Matters Agreement.
E.
Certain IRS Matters.
Nothing in the Plan (or subsequently amended Plan) or Confirmation Order shall affect the rights of the IRS or United States to assess or collect a tax arising on or after the EFH Confirmation Date against Reorganized EFH, any member of its consolidated group, and/or any successor entities as permitted under applicable law.
ARTICLE X.     
MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN
A.
Modification and Amendments.
Subject to the Plan Support Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Plan Sponsor’s consent (as described below), each of the Debtors, including, in the case of any Conflict Matter between any Debtors, each Debtor acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Director or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor, reserves the right to modify the Plan, one or more times, before Confirmation, whether such modification is material or immaterial, and to seek Confirmation consistent with the Bankruptcy Code. Subject to certain restrictions and requirements set forth in section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, each of the Debtors, including, in the case of any Conflict Matter between any Debtors, each of the Debtors acting at the direction of its respective Disinterested Director or Manager and without the consent of any other Debtor, expressly reserves its respective rights to alter, amend, or modify the Plan, one or more times, after Confirmation and, to the extent necessary, may initiate proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to so alter, amend, or modify the Plan, or remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan, the EFH Disclosure Statement, or the EFH Confirmation Order, including with respect to such modifications. Any alteration, amendment, or modification to the Plan shall be in accordance with the Merger Agreement, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to (i) the Plan Sponsor (it being understood that it shall be reasonable for the Plan Sponsor to deem unacceptable any alteration, amendment, or modification that (1) results in the imposition or reinstatement of any Claim against or Interest in the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFIH Debtors, the Plan Sponsor, or any Affiliate of the Plan Sponsor or (2) alters any consent right in favor of the Reorganized EFH Debtors, the Reorganized EFIH Debtors, the Plan Sponsor, or any Affiliate of the Plan Sponsor, and (ii) solely with respect to the repayment of the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Facility, acceptable to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent. The Debtors may not amend the Plan in a manner inconsistent with the EFH/EFIH Committee Settlement without the prior consent of the EFH/EFIH Committee and the EFH Notes Trustee.
B.
Effect of Confirmation on Modifications.
Entry of a Confirmation Order shall mean that each alteration, amendment, or modification to the Plan since the solicitation thereof are approved pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and do not require additional disclosure or resolicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019; provided , however , that each alteration, amendment, or modification shall be made in accordance with Article X.A of the Plan.

 
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C.
Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan.
Each EFH Debtor and EFIH Debtor reserves the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan as it applies to the EFH Debtors and the EFIH Debtors only to the extent permitted by the terms of the Merger Agreement.
If any of the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation or Consummation does not occur, then: (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all respects as to such Debtors; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan (other than the Settlement embodied in the Settlement Agreement), assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effected under the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed null and void as to such Debtors; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action as to such Debtors; (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of such Debtor or any other Entity; or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking of any sort by such Debtor or any other Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Settlement embodied in the Settlement Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the failure of Confirmation or Consummation to occur with respect to any or all Debtors shall not affect the Settlement or any provisions of the Settlement Agreement and (ii) the Approval Order (and the agreements authorized thereby) shall remain in full force and effect and the failure of Confirmation or Consummation to occur with respect to any Debtor shall not affect the Approval Order or the Tax Matters Agreement.
ARTICLE XI.     
RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
Notwithstanding the entry of the EFH Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date, on and after the EFH Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction (subject to any withdrawal of the reference of any proceeding by the district court or any appeal of any order, judgment, or decree of the Bankruptcy Court) over all matters arising out of, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code to the extent provided under applicable law, including jurisdiction to:
1.      allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate, or establish the priority, Secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim or Interest, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the Secured or unsecured status, priority, amount, or allowance of Claims or Interests;
1.      approve any settlement of Claims to the extent one or more parties seeks Bankruptcy Court approval of such settlement of Claims;
2.      hear and determine matters related to the EFIH First Lien DIP Facilities and the EFIH First Lien DIP Orders;
3.      decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, of any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;
4.      resolve any matters related to: (a) the assumption, assumption and assignment, or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which a Debtor is party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable and to hear, determine, and, if necessary, liquidate, any Claims arising therefrom, including Cure Claims pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; (c) the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors’ amending, modifying, or supplementing, after the EFH Effective Date, pursuant to Article V of the Plan, any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases to the Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Lease List, Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List , or otherwise; and (d) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired;

 
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5.      adjudicate, decide, or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters, and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the EFH Effective Date;
6.      adjudicate, decide, or resolve any and all matters related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;
7.      enter and implement such orders as may be necessary to execute, implement, or consummate the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan or the EFH Disclosure Statement, including injunctions or other actions as may be necessary to restrain interference by an Entity with Consummation or enforcement of the Plan;
8.      enter and enforce any order for the sale of property pursuant to sections 363, 1123, or 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;
9.      adjudicate, decide, or resolve any and all matters related to the Restructuring Transactions, including the Tax Matters Agreement;
10.      grant any consensual request to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code;
11.      resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, Causes of Action, or any other matters that may arise in connection with the Consummation, interpretation, or enforcement of the Plan, the EFH Disclosure Statement, the EFH Confirmation Order, or the Restructuring Transactions, or any Entity’s obligations incurred in connection with the foregoing, including disputes arising under agreements, documents, or instruments executed in connection with the Plan, the EFH Disclosure Statement, the EFH Confirmation Order, or the Restructuring Transactions;
12.      resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action with respect to the releases, injunctions, and other provisions contained in Article VIII of the Plan and enter such orders as may be necessary to implement such releases, injunctions, and other provisions;
13.      resolve any cases, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action relating to the distribution or the repayment or return of distributions and the recovery of additional amounts owed by the Holder of a Claim for amounts not timely repaid pursuant to Article VI.L.1 of the Plan;
14.      enter and implement such orders as are necessary if the EFH Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked, or vacated;
15.      enter an order or decree concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases;
16.      consider any modifications of the Plan, to cure any defect or omission, or to reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the EFH Confirmation Order;
17.      hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any request made under section 505 of the Bankruptcy Code for the expedited determination of any unpaid liability of a Debtor for any tax incurred during the administration of the Chapter 11 Cases, including any tax liability arising from or relating to the Restructuring Transactions, for tax periods ending after the Petition Date and through the closing of the Chapter 11 Cases;
18.      except as otherwise limited herein, recover all assets of the Debtors and property of the Estates, wherever located;
19.      enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court; and
20.      hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code.

 
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ARTICLE XII.     
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
A.
Immediate Binding Effect.
Subject to Article IX.B of the Plan, as applicable, and notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), or 7062 or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date, the terms of the Plan shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the applicable Debtors, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, and any and all applicable Holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims or Interests are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges, exculpations, and injunctions described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors. Nothing in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order affects the DIP Lenders’ rights or interests provided under the DIP Facilities, the DIP Agreements, or the DIP Orders, including with respect to (1) any waivers or releases contained therein or (2) the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent’s rights to exercise event of default remedies (including after the EFH Confirmation Date and before the EFH Effective Date), until the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Claims are satisfied in full.
B.
Additional Documents.
On or before the EFH Effective Date, the Debtors may File with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan, in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The Debtors or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, and all Holders of Claims and Interests receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute, and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan.
C.
Payment of Statutory Fees.
All fees payable pursuant to section 1930(a) of the Judicial Code, including fees and expenses payable to the U.S. Trustee, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court at a hearing pursuant to section 1128 of the Bankruptcy Code, will be paid by each of the applicable Reorganized Debtors (or the Disbursing Agent on behalf of each of the applicable Reorganized Debtors) for each quarter (including any fraction thereof) until the applicable Chapter 11 Case of such Reorganized Debtors is converted, dismissed, or closed, whichever occurs first. All such fees due and payable prior to the EFH Effective Date shall be paid by the Debtors on the EFH Effective Date. After the EFH Effective Date, the Disbursing Agent or the applicable Reorganized Debtor shall pay any and all such fees when due and payable, and shall file with the Bankruptcy Court quarterly reports in a form reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee, until the earliest of the date on which the applicable Chapter 11 Case of the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors is converted, dismissed, or closed.
D.
Statutory Committee and Cessation of Fee and Expense Payment.
On the EFH Effective Date, any statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to the EFH Debtors or the EFIH Debtors (including the EFH/EFIH Committee) shall dissolve; provided , however , that following the EFH Effective Date, the EFH/EFIH Committee shall continue in existence and have standing and a right to be heard for the following limited purposes: (i) Claims and/or applications, and any relief related thereto, for compensation by professionals and requests for allowance of Administrative Claims for substantial contribution pursuant to section 503(b)(3)(D) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (ii) appeals of the EFH Confirmation Order as to which the EFH/EFIH Committee or TCEH Committee, as applicable, is a party. Upon dissolution of the EFH/EFIH Committee, the members thereof and their respective officers, employees, counsel, advisors, and agents shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases. The Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors shall no longer be responsible for paying any fees or expenses incurred by the members of or advisors to any statutory committees after the EFH Effective Date, except for the limited purposes identified above.
E.
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Except as expressly set forth in the Plan, the Plan shall have no force or effect unless the Bankruptcy Court shall enter the EFH Confirmation Order. None of the Filing of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan, or the taking of any action by any Debtor or other Entity with respect to the Plan, the EFH Disclosure Statement, or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor or any other Entity with respect to the Holders of Claims or Interests prior to the EFH Effective Date.
F.
Successors and Assigns.
The rights, benefits, and obligations of any Entity named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of any heir, executor, administrator, successor, assign, affiliate, officer, director, manager, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries, or guardian, if any, of each Entity.
G.
Notices.
All notices, requests, and demands to be effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission) and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when actually delivered or, in the case of notice by facsimile transmission, when received and telephonically confirmed, addressed as follows:
1.      if to the Debtors, to:
Energy Future Holdings Corp.
1601 Bryan Street,
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: Andrew Wright
Email address: andrew.wright@energyfutureholdings.com
with copies to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
Attention: Edward O. Sassower, P.C., and Aparna Yenamandra
E-mail addresses: edward.sassower@kirkland.com and Aparna.yenamandra@kirkland.com
--and--

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
Attention: James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C., Marc Kieselstein, P.C., and Chad J. Husnick, P.C.
E-mail addresses: james.sprayregen@kirkland.com, marc.kieselstein@kirkland.com, and chad.husnick@kirkland.com

--and--

Proskauer Rose LLP
Three First National Plaza
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3800
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Facsimile: (312) 962-3551
Attention: Jeff J. Marwil, Mark. K. Thomas, and Peter J. Young

 
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E-mail addresses: jmarwil@proskauer.com, mthomas@proskauer.com, and pyoung@proskauer.com

--and--

Cravath Swaine and Moore LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile: (212) 474-3700
Attention: Michael Paskin
E-mail address: mpaskin@cravath.com

--and--

Jenner & Block LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Facsimile: (212) 891-1699
Attention: Richard Levin
E-mail address: rlevin@jenner.com
 
2.      if to the 2017 EFIH First Lien DIP Agent, to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Fredric Sosnick and Ned S. Schodek
E-mail addresses: fsosnick@shearman.com and ned.schodek@shearman.com

3.      if to the Plan Sponsor, to:
Sempra Energy488 8 th Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
Attention: Martha B. Wyrsch, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
E-mail address: mwyrsch@sempra.com
--and--
White & Case LLP
Southeast Financial Center
200 South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900
Miami, Florida 33131
Attention: Thomas E Lauria and Matthew C. Brown
E-mail addresses: tlauria@whitecase.com and mbrown@whitecase.com


After the EFH Effective Date, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors have authority to send a notice to Entities that to continue to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such Entity must File a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002. After the EFH Effective Date, the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors are authorized to limit the list of Entities receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Entities who have Filed such renewed requests.
H.
Term of Injunctions or Stays.

 
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Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, and extant on the EFH Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the EFH Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the EFH Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
I.
Entire Agreement.
Except as otherwise indicated, the Plan supersedes all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings, and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Plan.
J.
Exhibits.
All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. After the exhibits and documents are Filed, copies of such exhibits and documents shall be available upon written request to the Debtors’ counsel at the address above or by downloading such exhibits and documents from the Debtors’ restructuring website at http://www.efhcaseinfo.com or the Bankruptcy Court’s website at www.deb.uscourts.gov.
K.
Nonseverability of Plan Provisions.
If, before Confirmation, any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted; provided that in no event shall the Plan Sponsor be required to consummate any of the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Merger Closing unless the conditions to the Plan Sponsor’s consummation of such transactions shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration, or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration, or interpretation. The EFH Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is: (1) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms; (2) integral to the Plan and may not be deleted or modified without the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ consent, as applicable; and (3) nonseverable and mutually dependent.
L.
Votes Solicited in Good Faith.
Upon entry of the EFH Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, shareholders, officers, directors, managers, employees, advisors, and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale, and purchase of Securities offered and sold under the Plan and any previous plan, and, therefore, neither any of such parties or individuals or the Reorganized EFH/EFIH Debtors will have any liability for the violation of any applicable law (including the Securities Act), rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of the Securities offered and sold under the Plan and any previous plan.
M.
Waiver or Estoppel.
Each Holder of a Claim or Interest shall be deemed to have waived any right to assert any argument, including the right to argue that its Claim or Interest should be Allowed in a certain amount, in a certain priority, Secured or not subordinated by virtue of an agreement made with the Debtors or their counsel, or any other Entity, if such agreement was not disclosed in the Plan, the EFH Disclosure Statement, or papers Filed before the EFH Confirmation Date.

 
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N.
Conflicts.
Except as set forth in the Plan, to the extent that any provision of the EFH Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Merger Agreement, or any agreement or order (other than the EFH Confirmation Order) referenced in the Plan (or any exhibits, schedules, appendices, supplements, or amendments to any of the foregoing), conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any provision of the Plan, the Plan shall govern and control; provided , however , with respect to any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and the EFH Confirmation Order, the EFH Confirmation Order shall govern; provided further, however , that in no event shall the Plan Sponsor be required to consummate any of the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Merger Closing unless the conditions to the Plan Sponsor’s consummation of such transactions shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

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Dated: August 21, 2017
Respectfully submitted,
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
EFIH FINANCE INC.
ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.
ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC
GENERATION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
LSGT GAS COMPANY LLC
LSGT SACROC, INC.
NCA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
TXU RECEIVABLES COMPANY



By: /s/         

Name: Anthony Horton
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EFH Corp., and EFIH    

 
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Prepared by:
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
Edward O. Sassower, P.C. (admitted
pro hac vice )
Stephen E. Hessler (admitted pro hac vice )
Brian E. Schartz (admitted pro hac vice )
Aparna Yenamandra (admitted pro hac vice )
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 446‑4800 (telephone)

--and--

James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice )
Marc Kieselstein, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice )
Chad J. Husnick, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice )
Steven N. Serajeddini (admitted pro hac vice )
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois 60654
(312) 862-2000 (telephone)

--and--

RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
Mark D. Collins (No. 2981)
Daniel J. DeFranceschi (No. 2732)
Jason M. Madron (No. 4431)
920 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302) 651-7700 (telephone)

Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

--and--

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
Jeff J. Marwil (admitted pro hac vice )
Mark K. Thomas (admitted pro hac vice )
Peter J. Young (admitted pro hac vice )
Three First National Plaza
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3800
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 962-3550 (telephone)

Co-Counsel to the Debtor Energy Future Holdings Corp.

--and--

CRAVATH, SWAINE AND MOORE LLP
Michael Paskin (admitted pro hac vice )
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
(212) 474-1000 (telephone)

 
 
 






JENNER & BLOCK LLP
Richard Levin (admitted pro hac vice )
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 891-1600 (telephone)

Co-Counsel to the Debtor Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC


 
 
 






EXHIBIT A

EFH/EFIH Debtors

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
EFIH Finance Inc.
Energy Future Holdings Corp.
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC
Generation Development Company LLC
LSGT Gas Company LLC
LSGT SACROC, Inc.
NCA Development Company LLC
TXU Receivables Company


 
 
 




Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
THIS PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES OR A SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OF A CHAPTER 11 PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1125 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ANY SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND/OR PROVISIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT SHALL BE AN ADMISSION OF FACT OR LIABILITY.
PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This PLAN SUPPORT AGREEMENT (including all exhibits attached hereto, as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of August 21, 2017, by and among the following parties to the extent they have executed and delivered signature pages hereto (each a “ Party ,” and collectively, the “ Parties ”):
(i)
Sempra Energy, a California corporation (“ Sempra ”), solely in its capacity as the Plan Sponsor;
(ii)
the undersigned beneficial holders or investment advisors or managers of discretionary accounts of such beneficial holders that hold, or direct the vote of, Claims against the EFH/EFIH Debtors (collectively with their affiliates, the “ Supporting Creditors ”);
(iii)
Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (“ EFH Corp. ”);
(iv)
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“ EFIH ”), a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EFH Corp.;
(v)
EFIH Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EFIH; (“ EFIH Finance ,” and together with EFIH, the “ EFIH Debtors ”);
(vi)
each of EFH Corp.’s other direct and indirect subsidiaries listed on the signature pages hereto (each of the foregoing entities identified in subclauses (i) through (iv) an “ EFH/EFIH Debtor ” and, collectively, the “ EFH/EFIH Debtors ”); and
(vii)
each transferee who becomes a Permitted Transferee (as defined below) in accordance with Section 4.04 of this Agreement (each of the foregoing, a “ Party ” and, collectively, the “ Parties ”)
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , on April 29, 2014, 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 , EFIH owns 100% of Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC, which owns approximately 80.03% of the equity interests in Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (“ Oncor ”);
WHEREAS , on July 7, 2017, the Debtors filed in the Chapter 11 Cases the Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al ., pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 11426] (the “ BHE Plan ”), related disclosure statement [Docket No. 11427] (the “ BHE Disclosure Statement ”), and related scheduling motion;
WHEREAS , on July 7, 2017, the EFH/EFIH Debtors filed a motion for approval of a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ BHE Merger Agreement ”) by and between EFIH, EFH Corp., Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“ BHE ”), O.E., Merger Sub Inc., O.E. Merger Sub II, LLC, and O.E. Merger Sub III, LLC [Docket No. 11430];
WHEREAS on July 28, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order establishing certain dates, deadlines, and protocols related to approval of the BHE Plan and the Disclosure Statement [D.I. 11628] (the “ Scheduling Order ”);
WHEREAS , on August 10, 2017, Sempra, EFH Corp. and EFIH entered into a confidentiality agreement (the “ Sempra/EFH/EFIH NDA ”) that provides that Sempra may not enter into an exclusive arrangement with any creditor of EFH Corp. or EFIH (including with respect to voting on a plan of reorganization) without the consent of EFH Corp. and EFIH;
WHEREAS , on August 16, 2017, certain Supporting Creditors filed with the Bankruptcy Court the Notice of Disapproval of the BHE Merger Agreement and Rejection of the BHE Plan [Docket No. 11764], pursuant to which such Supporting Creditors indicated that they held Claims against the EFH/EFIH Debtors in amounts sufficient to prevent confirmation of the BHE Plan;
WHEREAS , on August 21, 2017, EFH Corp., EFIH, Sempra Energy, a California corporation (“ Sempra ”), and Power Play Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware incorporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Sempra (“ Merger Sub ”) entered into that certain Merger Agreement (such agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, the “ Sempra Merger Agreement ”), which contemplates those certain merger transactions as described in the Merger Agreement (the “ Merger ”);
WHEREAS in connection with the Merger Agreement, the EFH/EFIH Debtors and Sempra have negotiated the terms of an amended Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A , which shall amend and superseded the BHE Plan (the “ Plan ”);
WHEREAS , the Parties have engaged in arms’-length, good faith negotiations among each other regarding the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Plan and have agreed to take certain actions in support of the Merger Agreement and the Plan on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS , the Parties will negotiate in good faith certain further modifications to the Scheduling Order to reflect the terms of the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS , the Parties intend to file with the Bankruptcy Court an amended version of the BHE Disclosure Statement related to the Plan, which shall amend and supersede the BHE Disclosure Statement (together with all exhibits and schedules related thereto, the “ Disclosure Statement ”) that incorporates the terms and conditions set forth herein and the Sempra Merger Agreement;




WHEREAS , each EFH/EFIH Debtor and each Supporting Creditor, in exercising its respective business judgment, has determined that the Sempra Merger Agreement provides appropriate value to creditors and increases certainty of execution;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
Section 1. Exhibits Incorporated by Reference .
Each of the exhibits attached hereto is expressly incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement, and all references to this Agreement shall include the exhibits. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.
Section 2.      Agreement Effective Date .
This Agreement shall be effective and binding on each Party upon the execution and delivery to the other Parties of a duly executed signature page to this Agreement (whether such execution or delivery occurs before or after the filing of this Agreement with the Bankruptcy Court); provided , however , this Agreement shall not be binding on any Party unless and until the other Parties have executed and delivered to the other Parties duly executed signature pages to this Agreement (which signature pages from the EFH/EFIH Debtors shall constitute the written consent required under the Sempra/EFH/EFIH NDA); provided further , however , that with respect to the EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, this Agreement shall be effective and binding only upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the PSA and Merger Approval Order (as defined below).
Section 3.      Definitive Documentation .
The definitive documents and agreements governing the Plan and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “ Restructuring Documents ”) shall include:
(a)      the motion to approve (i) the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ entry into, and performance under, this Agreement, and (ii) the Sempra Merger Agreement, related agreements, and the terms thereof, including, among other things, (x) the Termination Fee (as set forth and defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) in favor of Sempra, and (y) the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ performance of their obligations thereunder (the foregoing (i) and (ii), collectively, the “ PSA and Merger Approval Motion ”) 1 ;
(b)      the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the PSA and Merger Approval Motion (the “ PSA and Merger Approval Order ”);
(c)      the motion seeking to modify the relief in the Scheduling Order and the order approving such motion (the “ Amended Scheduling Motion ” and the “ Amended Scheduling Order ”);
                                              
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For the avoidance of doubt, the EFH/EFIH Debtors may seek to file an amendment to the motion to approve the BHE Merger Agreement rather than a new motion and any such agreement shall be considered the PSA and Merger Agreement Motion.





(d)      the Plan and each document or agreement otherwise contemplated in connection with consummation of the Plan, including Exit Facility Agreement, the Backstop Agreement (as applicable), any organizational documents, management services agreements, shareholder and member-related agreements or other related documents contemplated by the foregoing;
(e)      the Disclosure Statement and the other solicitation materials in respect of the Plan (collectively, the “ Solicitation Materials ”), and the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Solicitation Materials as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “ Disclosure Statement Order ”);
(f)      the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan and authorizing all of the transactions and agreements contemplated by the Plan with respect to the EFH/EFIH Debtors (the “ Confirmation Order ”), which order shall provide that Sempra is a good faith purchaser within the meaning of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code, and is entitled to the protections afforded to good faith purchasers to the fullest extent permitted under the Bankruptcy Code; and
(g)      all other documents that will comprise supplements to the Plan (including the Plan Supplement (as defined in the Plan)).
Each Party acknowledges and agrees that certain of the Restructuring Documents remain subject to negotiation and completion and shall, upon completion, contain terms, conditions, representations, warranties, and covenants consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Sempra Merger Agreement, and the Plan, and shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each of the Parties. Notwithstanding the forgoing, so long as the Restructuring Documents and any amendments thereto do not (a) adversely affect the rights of the Supporting Creditors with respect to (i) the amount or form of the consideration they entitled to receive under the Plan (“ Plan Consideration ”) (except to the extent the form of consideration is modified pursuant to Section 1.8 of the Sempra Merger Agreement), or (ii) the timing of receipt of such Plan Consideration, (b) reduce the amount of the aggregate consideration payable by Sempra pursuant to the Sempra Merger Agreement below $9.45 billion; (c) impose any additional material obligation or eliminate or further restrict any right of such Supporting Creditor relative to this Agreement, such Restructuring Documents shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Supporting Creditors. Each Party agrees that it shall act in good faith and use and undertake all commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate and finalize the terms of the Restructuring Documents that are not finalized as of the date hereof.
Section 4.      Commitments Regarding the Plan .
4.01.      Commitments of the Supporting Creditors .
(a)      For so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with Section 8 hereof, each Supporting Creditor agrees that:
(i)      subject to receipt of the Disclosure Statement and the related Solicitation Materials, in each case, approved by the Bankruptcy Court as containing “adequate information” as such term is defined in section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, it shall:
(A)      to the extent it is permitted to vote to accept or reject the Plan, vote each and every Claim now owned or that it hereafter acquires to accept the Plan by timely delivering its duly executed and completed ballot(s) accepting the Plan;




(B)      to the extent it is permitted to elect whether to opt out of the releases set forth in the Plan, elect not to opt out of the releases set forth in the Plan, by timely delivering its duly executed and completed ballot(s) indicating such election;
(C)      to the extent it is permitted to elect to receive Rollover Trust Certificates under the Plan, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Sempra, elect not to receive such Rollover Trust Certificates; and
(D)      not change or withdraw (or cause to be changed or withdrawn) any such vote or election described in the foregoing (A), (B), or (C);
(ii)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate the Restructuring Documents in good faith and to take such actions as are reasonably requested by the EFH/EFIH Debtors or Sempra, as applicable, as the EFH/EFIH Debtors or as Sempra in good faith deems reasonable and appropriate to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring Documents as soon as reasonably practicable;
(iii)      it shall, as may be reasonably requested by the EFH/EFIH Debtors and/or Sempra, use reasonable best efforts to assist in obtaining (1) entry of the Disclosure Statement Order approving the Disclosure Statement, the PSA and Merger Approval Order, the Amended Scheduling Order, and the Confirmation Order, and (2) consummation of the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement, including within the timeframes contemplated in this Agreement;
(iv)      it shall support the Sempra Transaction and take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the EFH/EFIH Debtors and Sempra to authorize and direct a vote on or execute any document necessary to consent to and support the Sempra Transaction, and not directly or indirectly, or encourage any other entity to directly or indirectly: (A) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action or any inaction to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, consummation, or amendment (whether before or after confirmation) of the Plan; (B) propose, file, support, vote for, or take any other action in furtherance of any other proposal described in Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by making or supporting any filings with the Bankruptcy Court or any regulatory agency, including the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and FERC, or by entering into any agreement or making or supporting any filing, press release, press report or comparable public statement, with respect to any other proposal described in Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement; or (C) exercise any right or remedy for the enforcement, collection, or recovery of any claim against the EFH/EFIH Debtors (or any direct or indirect subsidiaries of EFH Corp. that are not party to this Agreement) other than as expressly permitted by the Plan, the Sempra Merger Agreement, and the EFIH Secureds Settlement Approval Order; provided, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, such Supporting Creditors may file with the Bankruptcy Court all documents necessary to obtain approval of this Agreement and entry of the PSA and Merger Approval Order.
(v)      it shall, solely as may be reasonably requested by the EFH/EFIH Debtors and Sempra, (A) use commercially reasonable efforts to support Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors (or other relevant party) in obtaining required regulatory and/or third-party approvals (including from the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and FERC, as applicable), and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to assist in obtaining (1) Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring Documents and confirmation of the Plan, and (2) entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement, the PSA and Merger Approval Order, and the Confirmation Order, and any other order of the Bankruptcy Court (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) reasonably necessary to consummate the Plan and all other transactions




contemplated by this Agreement (as it relates to the EFH/EFIH Debtors) in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement; and
(vi)      it shall not direct any administrative agent, collateral agent, or indenture trustee (as applicable) to take any action inconsistent with such Supporting Creditor’s obligations under this Agreement, and if any applicable administrative agent, collateral agent, or indenture trustee takes any action inconsistent with a Supporting Creditor’s obligations under this Agreement, such Supporting Creditor shall promptly direct such administrative agent, collateral agent, or indenture trustee to cease and refrain from taking any such action (but shall have no duty hereunder to indemnify any such trustee or agent); and
(vii)      it shall make commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the support of other Holders of EFIH unsecured note claims to this Agreement.
(b)      The foregoing clause (a) of Section 4.01 will not limit any of the following rights of each Supporting Creditor:
(i)      to appear and participate as a party in interest in any matter to be adjudicated in the Chapter 11 Cases, and to file any pleadings or documents in connection therewith, so long as such appearances or filings, and the positions advocated in connection therewith, do not violate the terms of this Agreement and are not inconsistent with, and do not violate the terms of, the Plan or the Sempra Merger Agreement, or any other Restructuring Document under which it is bound; or
(ii)      to exercise any right, remedy, power or defense under any applicable credit agreement, indenture, other loan agreement or applicable law that does not violate the terms of this Agreement and is not inconsistent with, and does not violate the terms of, the Plan or the Sempra Merger Agreement, or any other Restructuring Document under which it is bound.
(iii)      to enter into, maintain or continue discussions or negotiations with respect to Backup Plan Proposals (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) or otherwise cooperate with or assist or participate in, or facilitate any such inquiries, proposals discussions or negotiations, or to adopt or enter into a definitive agreement with respect to (publicly or otherwise) any such Backup Plan Proposal; provided , however , that each Supporting Creditor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep confidential any solicitation, negotiation, facilitation, and documentation by such Supporting Creditor of a Backup Proposal and shall enter into a confidentiality agreement with any counterparty to any agreement regarding support for and/or financing of a Backup Plan Proposal, which confidentiality agreement provides that the existence and material terms of such Backup Plan shall be kept confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed, except in each case to the extent required by applicable law or pursuant to such confidentiality agreements (including any “cleansing” provisions set forth in such confidentiality agreements) as determined by such party in its sole and absolute discretion.
4.02.      Commitments of Sempra .
(a)      For so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with Section 8, Sempra agrees that:
(i)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate the Restructuring Documents in good faith and to take such actions as are reasonably requested by the EFH/EFIH Debtors, as the EFH/EFIH Debtors in good faith deem reasonable and appropriate to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring Documents as soon as reasonably practicable;




(ii)      it shall use reasonable best efforts to assist in obtaining (A) entry of the Disclosure Statement Order approving the Disclosure Statement, the PSA and Merger Approval Order, the Amended Scheduling Order, and the Confirmation Order, and (B) consummation of the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement, including within the timeframes contemplated in this Agreement; provided , however , that Sempra agrees that the Debtors will not commence the Plan confirmation hearing unless and until PUCT Approval (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) has been obtained.
(iii)      it shall support the Sempra Transaction and take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the other Parties to authorize and direct a vote on or execute any document necessary to consent to and support the Sempra Transaction, and not directly or indirectly, or encourage any other entity to directly or indirectly: (A) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action or any inaction to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, consummation, or amendment (whether before or after confirmation) of the Plan; (B) propose, file, support, vote for, or take any other action in furtherance of any other proposal described in Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by making or supporting any filings with the Bankruptcy Court or any regulatory agency, including the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and FERC, or by entering into any agreement or making or supporting any filing, press release, press report or comparable public statement, with respect to any other proposal described in Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement; or (C) exercise any right or remedy for the enforcement, collection, or recovery of any claim against the EFH/EFIH Debtors (or any direct or indirect subsidiaries of EFH Corp. that are not party to this Agreement) other than as expressly permitted by the Plan and the Sempra Merger Agreement; provided, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, Sempra may file with the Bankruptcy Court all documents necessary to obtain approval of this Agreement and entry of the PSA and Merger Approval Order. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.02(a)(iii) to the contrary, neither Sempra nor any of its Affiliates shall be prohibited or restricted from taking any actions that they determine in their reasonable discretion are necessary or appropriate, including intervening in any proceeding before or making or supporting any filings with the PUCT, in order (x) to preserve and protect their business, operations, goodwill or assets or (y) based on the advice of counsel, to fulfill the contractual, legal, or other duties and obligations any such Person has in respect of any such business, operations, goodwill, or assets; and
(iv)      it shall (A) use reasonable best efforts to obtain required regulatory and/or third-party approvals (including from the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and FERC, as applicable), and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to assist in obtaining (1) Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring and confirmation of the Plan, and (2) entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement, the PSA and Merger Approval Order, the Amended Scheduling Order, and the Confirmation Order, and any other order of the Bankruptcy Court (whether temporary, preliminary, or permanent) reasonably necessary to consummate the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (as it relates to the EFH/EFIH Debtors) in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement.
(b)      The foregoing clause (a) of Section 4.02 will not limit any of the following rights of Sempra:
(i)      to appear and participate as a party in interest in any matter to be adjudicated in the Chapter 11 Cases, and to file any pleadings or documents in connection therewith, so long as such appearances or filings, and the positions advocated in connection therewith, do not violate the terms of this Agreement and are not inconsistent with, and do not violate the terms of, the Plan or the Sempra Merger Agreement; or




(ii)      to exercise any right, remedy, power or defense under any applicable credit agreement, indenture, other loan agreement or applicable law that does not violate the terms of this Agreement and is not inconsistent with, and does not violate the terms of the Plan or the Sempra Merger Agreement.
4.03.      Commitments of the EFH/EFIH Debtors .
(a)      Each EFH/EFIH Debtor agrees, for so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with Section 8, that:
(i)      it shall use commercially reasonable efforts, jointly with the other EFH/EFIH Debtors, to file the PSA and Merger Approval Motion with the Bankruptcy Court on or before five (5) business days after the EFH/EFIH Debtors have executed this Agreement, which motion, for the avoidance of doubt, shall attach a copy of this Agreement and all exhibits thereto, including the Plan and the fully-executed Sempra Merger Agreement, and which motion, for the avoidance of doubt, shall seek approval of, among other things, the Termination Fee (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) in favor of Sempra pursuant to the terms of the Sempra Merger Agreement;
(ii)      it shall file the Plan jointly with the other EFH/EFIH Debtors, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than August 28, 2017 (or such other date as mutually agreed to between Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors)—which Plan shall amend and supersede the BHE Plan on the terms set forth herein—and, contemporaneously therewith, the Disclosure Statement;
(iii)      it shall negotiate the Restructuring Documents and take such actions as the EFH/EFIH Debtors in good faith deem reasonable and appropriate to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval of the Restructuring Documents, as necessary, as soon as reasonably practicable;
(iv)      it shall support and take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to obtain entry of (A) the PSA and Merger Approval Order as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than September 30, 2017, provided that , for purposes of this Section 4.03(a)(iv), entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ entry into and performance under this Agreement and the Sempra Merger Agreement, (B) an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than September 30, 2017, provided that , for purposes of this Section 4.03(a)(iv), entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the Disclosure Statement as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (C) the Confirmation Order, as soon as reasonably practicable following PUCT Approval (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) but not later than 30 days after obtaining PUCT Approval;
(v)      it shall support and take all steps reasonably necessary to consummate as soon as possible, and in any event by 240 days following execution of the Sempra Merger Agreement (the “ Initial Drop-Dead Date ”), the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and on terms consistent with this Agreement;
(vi)      it shall withdraw (or amend to reflect the Sempra Transaction, as applicable) any filing made with any court or regulatory body (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and the FERC, as applicable) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BHE Merger Agreement or the BHE Plan as soon as reasonably practicable;




(vii)      it shall execute and deliver any other agreements required to effectuate and consummate the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(viii)      without prejudice to its rights under Section 8.03(j) herein and Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement, to the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the entry of the PSA and Merger Approval Order or consummation of the Plan, support and take all steps reasonably necessary and desirable to address any such impediment;
(ix)      it shall take all steps reasonably necessary to obtain required regulatory and/or third-party approvals for the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including from the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and the FERC, as applicable);
(x)      it shall not withdraw any filing made with any court or regulatory body in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Plan or the Sempra Merger Agreement without the prior written consent of Sempra, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed;
(xi)      without prejudice to its rights under Section 8.03(j) herein and Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement, it shall make commercially reasonable efforts to actively oppose and object to the efforts of any person or entity seeking to object to, delay, impede, or take any other action to interfere with the acceptance, implementation, or consummation of the Sempra Merger Agreement and the Plan (including, if applicable, the filing of timely objections or written responses in the Chapter 11 Cases) to the extent such opposition or objection is reasonably necessary or desirable to facilitate consummation of the Sempra Transaction and/or the Plan;
(xii)      it shall not assume or reject any executory contract or unexpired lease to which it is a party pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code without the prior written consent of Sempra, except as otherwise required by the Plan;
(xiii)      it shall not establish any additional Supplemental Bar Dates (as defined in that Order (A) Setting Supplemental Bar Date for Ninety Subsequently Identified Parties, (B) Approving Notice Thereof, and (C) Establishing Related Procedures [Docket No. 8507]);
(xiv)      except as permitted by Section 6.2(a) of the Sempra Merger Agreement, it shall not directly or indirectly, or encourage any other entity to directly or indirectly, (a) object to, delay, impede, or take any other action or any inaction that would interfere with the acceptance, implementation, consummation, or amendment of the Sempra Transaction and/or the Plan; or (b) propose, file, support, vote for, or take any other action in furtherance of any other proposal described in Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement or competing plan of reorganization, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by making or supporting any filings with the Bankruptcy Court or any regulatory agency, including the PUCT, the IRS, the FCC, and FERC, or by entering into any agreement or making or supporting any filing, press release, press report, or comparable public statement, with respect to any other proposal described in Section 6.2 of the Sempra Merger Agreement;
(xv)      to the extent any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors has any right to vote or direct the vote of any Claim, such EFH/EFIH Debtor shall vote or direct such vote in favor of the Plan;
(xvi)      to the extent permitted under applicable law, legal process, and the Sempra Merger Agreement, it shall inform counsel to Sempra and each Supporting Creditor as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of: (A) any event or circumstance that has occurred, or that is reasonably likely to occur (and if it did so occur), that would permit any Party to terminate, or would result in the termination




of, this Agreement; (B) any matter or circumstance which it knows, or suspects is likely, to be a material impediment to the implementation or consummation of the Sempra Transaction (including, without limitation, the likelihood of the EFH/EFIH Debtors to be unable to comply with the milestones set forth herein) and/or the Plan; (C) a breach of this Agreement (including a breach by any Party) and (D) any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by it under this Agreement which is or proves to have been materially incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed to be made;
(xvii)      until such time this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Section 8, it shall request a finding in the Confirmation Order under Section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, supporting the payment of the fees and expenses (including but not limited to fees and expenses of legal counsel, financial advisors, consultants, and rating agencies) of the Supporting Creditors incurred in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases (collectively, the “ Supporting Creditor Fees ”) as an allowed Administrative Claim against EFIH under the Plan in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35 million; provided , that , failure to obtain this relief or failure to obtain this relief on terms acceptable to the Supporting Creditors shall not affect the Supporting Creditors’ obligations under this Agreement, and the Supporting Creditors will continue to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, whether or not the Bankruptcy Court grants the Debtors’ requested relief; and
(xviii)      it shall notify and update tax counsel to the Supporting Creditors of any substantive communications with the IRS, shall consult in good faith with tax counsel to the Supporting Creditors as to the appropriate approach to take, and shall provide to tax counsel to the Supporting Creditors any written communication and where practicable, the opportunity to comment on such written communication, regarding the Supplemental IRS Submissions (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and restructuring transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization.  The Debtors, Sempra, and Supporting Creditors agree to cooperate and use their reasonable best efforts to assist in obtaining the rulings requested in the Supplemental Ruling Requests (as defined in the Merger Agreement), including providing such appropriate information and representations as the IRS shall reasonably require in connection with the Supplemental Rulings ( as defined in the Merger Agreement) or any restructuring transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and by the Plan of Reorganization; and
(xix)      it shall use its reasonable best efforts with respect to the Supplemental Ruling Request to obtain the Supplemental Rulings in a form that minimizes the amount of stock consideration (if any) to be received by the Supporting Creditors pursuant to Section 1.8 of the Merger Agreement.
(b)      The foregoing sub-clause (a) of this Section 4.03 will not limit any of the following EFH/EFIH Debtors’ rights:
(i)      to appear and participate as parties-in-interest in any matter to be adjudicated in the Chapter 11 Cases, and to file any pleadings or documents in connection therewith, so long as such appearances or filings, and the positions advocated in connection therewith, do not violate and are not inconsistent with the other terms of this Agreement and are not inconsistent with, and do not violate the terms of, the Sempra Merger Agreement or the Plan;
(ii)      to exercise any right, remedy, power, or defense under any applicable credit agreement, indenture, other loan document or applicable law that does not violate and is not inconsistent with the other terms of this Agreement, and is not inconsistent with, and does not violate the terms of, the Plan or the Sempra Merger Agreement; or
(iii)      the rights set forth in Section 6.2(a) and (g) of the Sempra Merger Agreement, including but not limited to, the ability to discuss, negotiate and approve Backup Plan Proposals (as defined




in the Sempra Merger Agreement) with the Supporting Creditors and other third parties, in accordance with the terms of the Sempra Merger Agreement.
(c)      For the avoidance of doubt, the EFH/EFIH Debtors shall have no obligations under this Agreement to support, and reserve all of their rights to object to and otherwise litigate in connection with, any disclosure statement, plan of reorganization, or other restructuring document for the EFH/EFIH Debtors that is not filed by the EFH/EFIH Debtors.
(d)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, until entry of the Confirmation Order, (i) the board of directors, the board of managers, or any such similar governing body of any EFH/EFIH Debtor shall be permitted to take (or permitted to refrain from taking) any action with respect to the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement to the extent such board of directors, board of managers, or such similar governing body determines, after consultation with its independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that taking such action, or refraining from taking such action, as applicable, is necessary to comply with its applicable fiduciary duties, provided that , the rights set forth in this clause (d) shall not be available to EFH Corp. or EFIH if a material breach of Section 6.2(a) of the Sempra Merger Agreement by EFH Corp. or EFIH has provided the sole basis for such determination, and (ii) the officers and employees of each EFH/EFIH Debtor shall not be required to take (or refrain from taking) any actions inconsistent with applicable law.
4.04.      Transfer of Claims .
(a)      For so long as this Agreement has not been terminated pursuant to Section 8 as to any Supporting Creditor in respect of any of the Supporting Creditor Claims, that Supporting Creditor, as applicable, shall not sell, use, pledge, assign, transfer, permit the participation in, or otherwise dispose of (each, a “ Transfer ”) any ownership (including any beneficial ownership) in any of its Claims, unless the intended transferee executes and delivers to Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors an executed transfer agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors (a “ Transfer Agreement ”) before such Transfer is effective (it being understood that any Transfer shall not be effective until notification of such Transfer and a copy of the executed Transfer Agreement is provided to counsel to Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors, on the terms set forth herein); and after giving effect to such Transfer, and assuming the Plan and the transactions contemplated therein will be consummated immediately upon such Transfer, none of (i) the intended transferee, (ii) the intended transferee’s affiliates, (iii) any unaffiliated third-party in which the intended transferee has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership, and/or (iv) any group of persons acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-6(c)(4) (provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-6(c)(4)(ii), none of the Supporting Creditors will be treated as acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement as a result of its being a Party or participating in the Plan and the transactions contemplated therein), will have beneficial ownership of, in the aggregate, fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests in Reorganized EFH.
(b)      A transferee that satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 4.04(a) shall be a “Permitted Transferee,” and such Transfer, a “Permitted Transfer”.
(c)      Other than pursuant to Section 4.04(a) and Section 5.01(b), this Agreement shall in no way be construed to preclude the Supporting Creditors from acquiring additional Claims; provided , however , that if a Supporting Creditor acquires additional Claims after the date hereof, (i) such Supporting Creditor shall promptly notify Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors, as applicable, of such acquisition, including the amount of such acquisition, and (ii) such additional Claims shall automatically and immediately upon acquisition




by such Supporting Creditor be deemed to be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (regardless of when or whether notice of such acquisition is given to Sempra and/or the EFH/EFIH Debtors).
(d)      This Section 4.04 shall not impose any obligation on any EFH/EFIH Debtor to issue any “cleansing letter” or otherwise publicly disclose information for the purpose of enabling any Supporting Creditor to Transfer any of its Claims. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any of the Parties have entered into separate confidentiality agreements with other Parties (each such confidentiality agreement, a “ Confidentiality Agreement ”), the terms of such Confidentiality Agreements shall continue to apply and remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms.
(e)      Any Transfer made in violation of this Section 4.04 shall be void ab initio. Any Supporting Creditor that effectuates a Permitted Transfer to a Permitted Transferee shall have no liability under this Agreement arising from or related to the failure of the Permitted Transferee to comply with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 5.      Representations, Warranties, and Covenants .
5.01.      Supporting Creditor Representations, Warranties, and Covenants . Each Supporting Creditor, severally, and not jointly, represents, warrants, and covenants to each other Party that:
(a)      it is, as of the date such Supporting Creditor executes this Agreement, the beneficial owner (including pursuant to any swap, repurchase or derivative transaction) of a Claim(s) in the so indicated Class(es) and face amount on such Supporting Creditor’s signature block to this Agreement, or is the nominee, investment manager, or advisor for beneficial holders of such Claim(s), and of no other Claim or Interest in such Class or Classes;
(b)      it will not beneficially or legally own, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, any unaffiliated third parties in which it may hold a direct or indirect beneficial interest, or as part of any group of persons acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement as described in Treasury Regulation 1.355-6(c)(4) ( provided , however , that for the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-6(c)(4)(ii), none of the Supporting Creditors will be treated as acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement as a result of it being a Party (or its owning, directly or indirectly, of an interest in a Party) or participating in the Plan and the other Restructuring Transactions, assuming the Plan and the Restructuring Transactions are consummated), in the aggregate, fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests in Reorganized EFH;
(c)      it has the requisite power and authority to act on behalf of, vote and consent to matters concerning its Claims and, with respect to any Claim beneficially held through any swap, repurchase or derivative transaction, it has the right (i) to demand the counterparty thereof to retransfer such Claim to the applicable Supporting Creditor and/or (ii) to instruct (directly or indirectly) the counterparty thereof with respect to the exercise of any voting right or other direction that may be made on account of such Claim;
(d)      its Claims are free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim, equity, option, proxy, voting restriction, right of first refusal, or other limitation on disposition, transfer, or encumbrances of any kind, that would adversely affect in any way such Supporting Creditor’s ability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement at the time such obligations are required to be performed;
(e)      it is (i) a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (ii) an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), (iii) a Regulation S non-U.S. person, or (iv) the foreign equivalent of (i) or (ii) above; and




(f)      any securities of any EFH/EFIH Debtor acquired by a Supporting Creditor in connection with the Plan will have been acquired for investment and not with a view to distribution or resale in violation of the Securities Act.
5.02.      Mutual Representations, Warranties, and Covenants . Each Party, severally, and not jointly, represents, warrants, and covenants to each other Party that:
(a)      Enforceability . It is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and this Agreement is a legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable laws relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, or liquidation, or otherwise limiting creditors’ rights generally, or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, and, in the case of the EFH/EFIH Debtors, entry of the PSA and Merger Approval Order.
(b)      No Consent or Approval . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto), any Restructuring Document, or the Bankruptcy Code, no consent or approval is required by any other person or entity in order for it to effectuate the transactions contemplated by, and perform the respective obligations under, this Agreement.
(c)      Power and Authority . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) or the Bankruptcy Code, it has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter into, execute, and deliver this Agreement and to effectuate the transactions contemplated by, and perform the respective obligations under, this Agreement.
(d)      Governmental Consents . Subject to necessary Bankruptcy Court approval and/or regulatory approvals associated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Bankruptcy Court approval and/or regulatory approval for any Restructuring Document, the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement does not, and shall not, require any registration or filing with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state, or other governmental authority or regulatory body.
(e)      No Conflicts . Subject to necessary Bankruptcy Court approval and/or regulatory approvals associated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Bankruptcy Court approval and/or regulatory approval for any Restructuring Document, the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement, does not and shall not violate any provision of law, rules or regulations applicable to it in any material respect. Moreover, the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement does not and shall not: (i) violate its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or other organizational documents; or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any contractual obligation to which it is a party, which conflict, breach, or default, would have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION HEREIN, THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE AN OFFER WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES OR SOLICITATION OF VOTES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1125 AND 1126 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE OR OTHERWISE, AND ANY SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND PROVISIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. THE RELEVANT PARTIES WILL NOT SOLICIT ACCEPTANCES OF THE




PLAN, AS APPLICABLE, FROM THE RELEVANT PARTIES IN ANY MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THE BANKRUPTCY CODE OR APPLICABLE NON-BANKRUPTCY LAW.
Section 7.      Certain Additional Chapter 11 Matters .
7.01.      For so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with Section 8, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (a) provide to counsel for the other Parties draft copies of all material motions, pleadings, and other documents that such Party intends to file with any court or regulatory body (including the Bankruptcy Court, the PUCT, the FCC, and FERC, but excluding the IRS) relating to the Sempra Merger Agreement or the Plan, as it relates, directly or indirectly, to the EFH/EFIH Debtors, or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement at least three (3) business days before the date on which such Party intends to file any such document; provided, however , that the Parties shall provide to counsel for the other Parties draft copies of the proposed PSA and Merger Approval Order, and proposed Confirmation Order, at least five (5) business days before the date on which such Party intends to file any such document; provided further, however , that Parties acknowledge such three (3) or five (5) business day periods, as applicable, may not be reasonably practicable in all cases and that in such cases the filing Party shall provide as much advance notice as is reasonably practicable; and (b) incorporate all reasonably requested comments, modifications, or amendments of the other Parties in any such motion, pleading, or other document; provided further, however , that the Confirmation Order shall be in a form and substance acceptable to Sempra, and the Confirmation Order shall not be, in any respect that is materially adverse to Sempra, altered, amended, modified or supplemented without the consent of Sempra; provided further, however , that no Supporting Creditor shall make any filings with any regulatory body related to the Sempra Transaction (including the PUCT, the FCC, and FERC) unless required by applicable law, rule or regulation or requested to do so in writing by Sempra or the EFH/EFIH Debtors.
7.02.      For so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with Section 8, each Party and its Representatives shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) consult in advance with the other Parties to the extent reasonably practicable, with respect to statements anticipated to be made on the record in any court (including the Bankruptcy Court) or before any regulatory body in connection with the Plan or the Sempra Transaction; and (b) consider in good faith all reasonably requested comments, modifications, or amendments of the other Parties; provided , however , that no Supporting Creditor shall make any statements before any regulatory body related to the Plan or the Sempra Transaction (including the PUCT, the FCC, and FERC) unless required by applicable law, rule or regulation (in which case such Supporting Creditor shall provide Sempra and the EFH/EFIH Debtors with prior notice) or requested to do so in writing by Sempra or the EFH/EFIH Debtors.
7.03.      In the event that any order of any court (including the Bankruptcy Court) or regulatory body (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) reasonably necessary to consummate the Plan and all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is appealed or a stay pending appeal is sought, the Parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to oppose the appeal or the stay pending appeal and seek the dismissal of any appeal.
7.04.      To the extent Elliot Management Corporation (“ Elliott ”) has previously identified potential new money equity investors that could participate in an Equity Financing (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement), Elliott may identify such potential investors to Sempra and Sempra will consider the potential inclusion in the Equity Financing of such investors identified by Elliott (which investors shall not include Elliott or any of its affiliates, representatives or portfolio companies) in an amount not to exceed $1.1 billion; provided, that Sempra shall have sole and absolute discretion to determine the sources of its Equity Financing and the allocation of investments among all such sources and may choose not to include any potential investors




for any reason or no reason; provided, further that neither Elliot nor any of its affiliates, representatives or portfolio companies shall be entitled to any fees or expenses with respect to the inclusion or potential inclusion of any such investors in any Equity Financing.
7.05.      No Party shall, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, request or apply for an order of the Bankruptcy Court (and, to the extent reasonably requested by Sempra prior to the entry of such order by the Bankruptcy Court, each EFH/EFIH Debtor will use commercially reasonable efforts to challenge any such request or application before the Bankruptcy Court) ordering the substantive consolidation of the Chapter 11 estates of any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors, with respect to each EFH/EFIH Debtor, until such time as such EFH/EFIH Debtor has lawfully terminated this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
7.06.      Pursuant to the Plan, Sempra has the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which Entities may participate in the Rollover Trust Investment Election.  If Sempra is required to cause Rollover Trust Certificates to be issued pursuant to Section 1.8(b)(i) of the Sempra Merger Agreement, then Sempra shall not permit any Entities to make the Rollover Trust Investment Election without the consent of the Supporting Creditors and the EFH/EFIH Debtors.
7.07.      In the event that a Supporting Creditor receives, pursuant to the operation of the Plan and Section 1.8 of the Sempra Merger Agreement, Rollover Trust Certificates representing an interest in Class A Units of New HoldCo, and such underlying Class A Units are subject to any put or call rights relating to such Class A Units, the determination of fair market value of such Class A Units shall be valued based on the fair market value of a like number of the Class C Units of New HoldCo (i.e. the same Class of Units issued to Sempra pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Sempra Merger Agreement), and without regard to any minority discount or other illiquidity discount.
Section 8.      Termination Events .
8.01.      Sempra Termination Events . Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall automatically terminate as between all Parties, without further action by Sempra, following the delivery to the other Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof by Sempra, in the exercise of its sole discretion, upon the occurrence of or any time after any of the following events has occurred and is continuing;
(a)      the Plan shall not have been filed by August 28, 2017; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (a) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(b)      the PSA and Merger Approval Order shall not have been entered by September 30, 2017; provided, however, that, entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ entry into and performance under this Agreement and the Sempra Merger Agreement; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (b) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(c)      the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Disclosure Statement Order by September 30, 2017; provided, however, that, entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the Disclosure Statement as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, further, however , that the




termination right in this clause (c) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(d)      the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Confirmation Order on or before the date that is 30 days after PUCT Approval (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) has been obtained; provided that entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve confirmation of the Plan; provided, further , however, that the termination right in this clause (d) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(e)      the Plan shall not have become effective by the Initial Drop-Dead Date; provided, however, that if as of the Initial Drop-Dead Date, all conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan as it relates to the EFH/EFIH Debtors have been satisfied, other than those conditions that by their nature will be satisfied at closing and any other condition relating to entry of the Confirmation Order (on account of entry of the PUCT Approval Order being a precondition to entry of the Confirmation Order); the governmental approvals required under the Sempra Merger Agreement from the FERC or the PUCT, or the Private Letter Ruling (if applicable), and such approval or Private Letter Ruling is still capable of being obtained within ninety (90) days, the right to terminate under this Section 8.02(e) shall be extended until the Final Drop Dead Date;
(f)      a condition to the occurrence of the Effective Date, as defined and set forth in the Plan, or to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Sempra Merger Agreement, that either (i) cannot be waived or (ii) can be waived and is not timely waived by the entity or entities entitled to waive it, becomes incapable of being satisfied; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (f) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(g)      the termination of the Sempra Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms;
(h)      all conditions to the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date (as defined and set forth in the Plan) have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature or the terms of the Sempra Merger Agreement or the Plan are to be satisfied on the Effective Date) but the Plan is not consummated, due solely to some action by any EFH/EFIH Debtor that is not contemplated by the Sempra Merger Agreement or the Plan or inaction by any EFH/EFIH Debtor (under circumstances where action by such EFH/EFIH Debtor is required by the Sempra Merger Agreement or Plan), by the date that is thirty (30) days after the date upon which the last condition to the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date (as defined in the Plan) has been satisfied or waived;
(i)      amendment or modification of the Plan in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement and materially adverse to Sempra; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (i) shall not be available if Sempra directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such an amendment or modification of the Plan; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (i) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(j)      the material breach by any of the other Parties of any of the commitments, representations, warranties, or covenants of such breaching Party as set forth in this Agreement or the Sempra Merger Agreement, that would have a material adverse effect on the Plan and the transactions contemplated by this




Agreement; provided, however , that if such breach is capable of being cured, such breaching Party or Parties shall have ten (10) business days after receiving such notice to cure any such breach;
(k)      the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order permanently restraining, enjoining, rendering illegal, or otherwise prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (k) shall not be available if Sempra (i) did not use its reasonable best efforts to contest such injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order prior to its becoming final and non-appealable, or (ii) directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order; provided, further, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties shall have thirty (30) business days after issuance of such a final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order to obtain relief that would allow consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement before the termination right in this clause (k) becomes effective;
(l)      an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth in section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee shall have been appointed in one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (l) shall not be available if Sempra directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for the appointment of such an examiner or a trustee; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (l) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(m)      any EFH/EFIH Debtor files any motion or pleading with the Bankruptcy Court that is materially and adversely inconsistent with this Agreement and such motion or pleading has not been withdrawn or is not otherwise denied by the Bankruptcy Court within ten (10) business days of receipt of notice by any EFH/EFIH Debtor that such motion or pleading is inconsistent with this Agreement;
(n)      the entry of a ruling or order by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court with appropriate jurisdiction which, in each case, would have the effect of preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a manner consistent with this Agreement; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (n) shall not be available if Sempra directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a ruling or order by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court; provided, further, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties shall have thirty (30) business days after issuance of such a ruling or order to obtain relief that would allow consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement before the termination right in this clause (n) becomes effective; or
(o)      the conversion or dismissal of one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases (other than LSGT Gas Company LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holdings, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc.); provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (o) shall not be available if Sempra directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a conversion or dismissal of the Chapter 11 Cases; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (o) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof.
8.02.      Supporting Creditor Termination Events . Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall automatically terminate as between a Supporting Creditor and all other Parties, without




further action by such Supporting Creditor, following the delivery to the other Parties by such Supporting Creditor of a written notice in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof, in the exercise of its sole discretion, upon the occurrence of or any time after any of the following events has occurred and is continuing:
(a)      the Plan shall not have been filed by August 28, 2017; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (b) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(b)      the PSA and Merger Approval Order shall not have been entered by September 30, 2017; provided , however , that entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the EFH/EFIH Debtors’ entry into performance under this Agreement and the Sempra Merger Agreement; provided , further , however , that the termination right in this clause (c) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(c)      the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Disclosure Statement Order by September 30, 2017; provided , however , that entry of such order shall be deemed to occur upon an oral indication by the Bankruptcy Court that it is approving or will approve the Disclosure Statement as containing “adequate information” as required by section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , further , however , that the termination right in this clause (d) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(d)      the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Confirmation Order on or before the day that is 30 days after PUCT Approval (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) has been obtained; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (e) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(e)      the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Merger Agreement shall not have been consummated on or before the Termination Date set forth in the Sempra Merger Agreement, provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (h) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(f)      amendment or modification of the Plan or Sempra Merger Agreement in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement and materially adverse to the Supporting Creditors (it being understood that (a) any amendment or modification to any provisions that relate to treatment of the Supporting Creditor’s Claims (as defined in the Plan) made without the consent of the Supporting Creditors affected by any such amendment or modification or (b) any reduction in the amount of the aggregate consideration payable by Sempra pursuant to the Sempra Merger Agreement below $9.45 billion, will be considered materially adverse to the Supporting Creditors); provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (i) shall not be available if any Supporting Creditor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such an amendment or modification of the Plan; provided further , however , that the termination right in this clause (a) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by the Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof
(g)      the material breach by the EFH/EFIH Debtors or Sempra of any of the commitments, representations, warranties, or covenants of such breaching Party as set forth in this Agreement or the Sempra




Merger Agreement, that would have a material adverse effect on the Plan and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however , that if such breach is capable of being cured, such breaching Party or Parties shall have ten (10) business days after receiving such notice to cure any such breach;
(h)      either of the PSA and Merger Approval Order or the Confirmation Order is reversed, dismissed, vacated or materially amended, after entry, in a manner that would materially adversely affect any provisions that relate to treatment of the Supporting Creditors’ Claims;
(i)      the termination of the Sempra Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms;
(j)      the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order permanently restraining, enjoining, rendering illegal, or otherwise prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (e) shall not be available if such Supporting Creditor (i) did not use its reasonable best efforts to contest such injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order prior to its becoming final and non-appealable, or (ii) directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order; provided, further, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties shall have thirty (30) business days after issuance of such a final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order to obtain relief that would allow consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement before the termination right in this clause (e) becomes effective;
(k)      an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth in section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee shall have been appointed in one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (f) shall not be available if such Supporting Creditor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for the appointment of such an examiner or a trustee; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (f) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(l)      Sempra or any EFH/EFIH Debtor files any motion or pleading with the Bankruptcy Court that is materially and adversely inconsistent with this Agreement and such motion or pleading has not been withdrawn or is not otherwise denied by the Bankruptcy Court within ten (10) business days of receipt of notice by any EFH/EFIH Debtor that such motion or pleading is inconsistent with this Agreement;
(m)      the application for the PUCT Approval (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) shall not have been filed on or prior to the date that is forty five days from the execution of the Sempra Merger Agreement (or such other date requested or required by the PUCT); provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (m) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by such Supporting Creditor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(n)      if the PUCT issues an order either denying the approval sought in the PUCT Filing (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement) or imposing a Burdensome Condition (which has not been accepted by Sempra) and, within 30 days following the issuance of such order, such order has not been vacated or materially modified such that upon such vacation or modification, the PUCT Approval has been obtained;




(o)      the entry of a ruling or order by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court or governmental authority with appropriate jurisdiction which, in each case, would have the effect of preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a manner consistent with this Agreement; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (m) shall not be available if such Supporting Creditor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a ruling or order by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court; provided, further, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties shall have thirty (30) business days after issuance of such a ruling or order to obtain relief that would allow consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement before the termination right in this clause (m) becomes effective; or
(p)      the conversion or dismissal of one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases (other than LSGT Gas Company LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holdings, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc.); provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (i) shall not be available if such Supporting Creditor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a conversion or dismissal of the Chapter 11 Cases; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (i) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by Sempra to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof.
8.03.      EFH/EFIH Debtor Termination Events . Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall automatically terminate as between all Parties, without further action by the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor (as defined below), following the delivery to the other Parties of a written notice in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof by such Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor (a “ Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor ”), in the exercise of its discretion, upon the occurrence of or any time after any of the following events has occurred and is continuing:
(a)      a condition to the occurrence of the Effective Date, as defined and set forth in the Plan, or to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Sempra Merger Agreement, that either (i) cannot be waived or (ii) can be waived and is not timely waived by the entity or entities entitled to waive it, becomes incapable of being satisfied; provided , however , that the termination right in this clause (a) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(b)      the termination of the Sempra Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms;
(c)      the material breach by Sempra of any of the commitments, representations, warranties, or covenants of Sempra, as set forth in this Agreement and the Sempra Merger Agreement, that would have a material adverse effect on the Plan and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however , if such breach is capable of being cured, Sempra shall have fifteen (10) business days after receiving such notice to cure any such breach;
(d)      the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order permanently restraining, enjoining, rendering illegal, or otherwise prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however, that the termination right in this clause (d) shall not be available if the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor (i) did not use its reasonable best efforts to contest such injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order prior to its becoming final and non-appealable, or (ii) directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order; provided, further, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties shall have




thirty (30) business days after issuance of such a final and non-appealable injunction, judgment, decree, charge, ruling, or order to obtain relief that would allow consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement before the termination right in this clause (d) becomes effective;
(e)      an examiner with expanded powers beyond those set forth in section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee shall have been appointed in one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to any of the EFH/EFIH Debtors; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (e) shall not be available if the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for the appointment of such an examiner or a trustee; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (e) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(f)      the entry of a ruling or order by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court with appropriate jurisdiction that, in each case, would have the effect of preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a manner consistent with this Agreement; provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (f) shall not be available if the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a ruling or order by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court; provided, further, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties shall have thirty (30) business days after issuance of such a ruling or order to obtain relief that would allow consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement before the termination right in this clause (f) becomes effective;
(g)      the conversion or dismissal of one or more of the Chapter 11 Cases (other than LSGT Gas Company LLC, EECI, Inc., EEC Holdings, Inc., and LSGT SACROC, Inc.); provided, however , that the termination right in this clause (g) shall not be available if the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor directly or indirectly supported, or encouraged any other entity to directly or indirectly support, any request for such a conversion or dismissal of the Chapter 11 Cases; provided, further, however , that the termination right in this clause (g) shall become effective five (5) business days after delivery of a written notice by the Terminating EFH/EFIH Debtor to the other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10 hereof;
(h)      all conditions to the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date (as defined and set forth in the Plan) have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions which by their nature will be satisfied on the EFH Effective Date) but the Plan is not consummated, due solely to some action by Sempra or the Supporting Creditors that is not contemplated by the Sempra Merger Agreement or Plan or inaction by Sempra or the Supporting Creditors (under circumstances where action by Sempra is required by the Sempra Merger Agreement or Plan), by the date that is thirty (30) days after the date upon which the last condition to the occurrence of the EFH Effective Date has been satisfied or waived; provided, however, that the EFH/EFIH Debtors hereby agree not to terminate the Sempra Merger Agreement during such thirty (30) day period;
(i)      the Plan shall not have become effective by the Initial Drop-Dead Date; provided, however, that if as of the Initial Drop-Dead Date, all conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan as it relates to the EFH/EFIH Debtors have been satisfied, other than (A) those conditions, which by their nature, will be satisfied at closing; (B) than any condition relating to entry of the Confirmation Order (on account of entry of the PUCT Approval Order being a precondition to entry of the Confirmation Order) and (C) the governmental approvals required under the Sempra Merger Agreement from the FERC or the PUCT, or the Private Letter Ruling (if applicable), and such approval or Private Letter Ruling is still capable of being




obtained within ninety (90) days, the right to terminate under this Section 8.01 shall be extended for ninety (90) days for the purpose of continuing to pursue such approval or Private Letter Ruling, unless the parties to the Sempra Merger Agreement agree otherwise in writing (such date, the “ Final Drop-Dead Date ”);
(j)      Sempra files any motion or pleading with the Bankruptcy Court that is inconsistent with this Agreement in any respect that is material and adverse to the EFH/EFIH Debtors and such motion or pleading has not been withdrawn or is not otherwise denied by the Bankruptcy Court within ten (10) business days of receipt of notice by Sempra that such motion or pleading is inconsistent with this Agreement; or
(k)      until entry of the Confirmation Order, the board of directors, the board of managers, or any such similar governing body of any EFH/EFIH Debtor determines, after consultation with its independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and based on the advice of such counsel, that proceeding with the Plan and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement would be inconsistent with its applicable fiduciary duties; provided that , a material breach of EFH Corp.’s or EFIH’s obligations under Section 6.2(a) of the Sempra Merger Agreement has not provided the basis for such determination.
8.04.      Mutual Termination . This Agreement, and the obligations of all Parties hereunder, may be terminated, upon written notice to all other Parties in accordance with Section 10.10, by mutual agreement among all of the following: (a) Sempra; (b) each Supporting Creditor; and (c) each of the EFH/EFIH Debtors party hereto.
8.05.      Termination Upon Completion of the Sempra Transaction . This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the occurrence of the Effective Time (as defined in the Sempra Merger Agreement), without any further required action or notice.
8.06.      Limitation on Termination . The Parties acknowledge and agree that a Party’s ability to terminate this Agreement shall only be available for so long as the event, condition or circumstance giving rise to such termination right is continuing at the time of such termination.
8.07.      Effect of Termination . No Party may terminate this Agreement if such Party failed to perform or comply in all material respects with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and such failure to perform or comply caused, or resulted in, the occurrence of one or more termination events specified herein. The date on which termination of this Agreement is effective in accordance with Section 8 shall be referred to as an “ Agreement Termination Date .” Upon the occurrence of an Agreement Termination Date, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (a) this Agreement shall be of no further force and effect, and (b) each Party shall be released from its commitments, undertakings, and agreements under this Agreement and shall have the rights that it would have had, had it not entered into this Agreement, and shall be entitled to take all actions, whether with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise, that it would have been entitled to take had it not entered into this Agreement; provided, however , that this Section 8.07, Section 10.04, Section 10.05, Section 10.07, Section 10.09, Section 10.11 and Section 10.13 shall survive termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit any of the Parties from contesting whether any such termination is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing herein is intended to, or does, in any manner waive, limit, impair, or restrict any right of any Party, or the ability of any Party to protect and preserve its rights, remedies, and interests, including its claims against any EFH/EFIH Debtor or any other Party. Nothing in this Section 8.07 shall restrict any EFH/EFIH Debtor’s right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.03(j).




In addition, and for the avoidance of doubt, the termination rights and effect of termination provided for under this Section 8 apply only to this Agreement (without reference to the exhibits). The applicable termination rights and effect of termination of other agreements between or among any of the Parties, including those attached to this Agreement as exhibits, are governed according to the respective terms and conditions of such agreements.
Section 9.      Amendments . This Agreement may not be modified, amended, or supplemented in any manner except in writing signed by (i) Sempra, (ii) each of the EFH/EFIH Debtors, and (iii) the Supporting Creditors. Any proposed modification, amendment, or supplement that is not approved by the requisite Parties as set forth above shall be ineffective and void ab initio . For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations and requirements for amendment, modification, or supplementation provided for in this Section 9 apply only to this Agreement (without references to the exhibits). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the applicable limitations and requirements to modify, amend, supplement, or waive any provision of other agreements between or among any of the Parties, including those attached to this Agreement as exhibits, are governed according to the respective terms and conditions of such agreements.
Section 10.      Miscellaneous .
10.01.      Further Assurances . Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, the Parties agree to execute and deliver such other instruments and perform such acts, in addition to the matters herein specified, as may be reasonably appropriate or necessary, or as may be required by order of the Bankruptcy Court, from time to time, to effectuate the Plan and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10.02.      Complete Agreement . This Agreement (including any exhibits or schedules hereto including as actually executed) and the other agreements named herein constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and cancel, merge and supersede 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 Parties make any other representations or warranties, and each Party hereby disclaims any other representations or warranties, express or implied, or as to the accuracy or completeness of any other information, made by, or made available by, itself or any of its representatives, with respect to, or in connection with, the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the other or the other’s representatives of any documentation or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing.
10.03.      Headings . The headings of all sections of this Agreement are inserted solely for the convenience of reference and are not a part of and are not intended to govern, limit, or aid in the construction or interpretation of any term or provision hereof.
10.04.      GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; SELECTION OF FORUM . THIS AGREEMENT 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, 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 (THE “ CHOSEN COURTS ”) IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN THE CHOSEN COURTS AND (III) AGREES NOT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY OTHER COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT (SUBJECT TO ANY APPEALS THEREFROM) IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT IN THE CHOSEN COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 10.04. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE CHOSEN COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.10. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
10.05.      WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY . EACH PARTY HERETO 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 (A) 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, (B) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.05.
10.06.      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.
10.07.      Interpretation and Rules of Construction . This Agreement is the product of negotiations among the Parties, and in the enforcement or interpretation hereof, is to be interpreted in a neutral manner, and any presumption with regard to interpretation for or against any Party by reason of that Party having drafted or caused to be drafted this Agreement, or any portion hereof, shall not be effective in regard to the interpretation hereof. The Parties were each represented by counsel during the negotiations and drafting of




this Agreement and continue to be represented by counsel. In addition, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code.
10.08.      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, as applicable. There are no third party beneficiaries under this Agreement, and, except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, the rights or obligations of any Party under this Agreement may not be assigned, delegated, or transferred to any other person or entity.
10.09.      Independent Due Diligence and Decision Making . Each of Sempra, each EFH/EFIH Debtor, and the Supporting Creditors hereby confirms that it is (a) a sophisticated party with respect to the matters that are the subject of this Agreement, (b) has had the opportunity to be represented and advised by legal counsel in connection with this Agreement and acknowledges and agrees that it voluntarily and of its own choice and not under coercion or duress enters into this Agreement, (c) has adequate information concerning the matters that are the subject of this Agreement, and (d) has independently and without reliance upon any other Party hereto, or any of their affiliates, or any officer, employee, agent or representative thereof, and based on such information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, except that it has relied upon each other Party’s express representations, warranties, and covenants in this Agreement.
10.10.      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):
(a)      if to the EFH/EFIH Debtors, to:
Energy Future Holdings Corp.
1601 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: Andrew Wright
E-mail addresses:
andrew.wright@energyfutureholdings.com
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
Attention: Edward O. Sassower, P.C. and Aparna Yenamandra
E-mail addresses: edward.sassower@kirkland.com, aparna.yenamandra@kirkland.com
--and--
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
Attention: James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C., Marc Kieselstein, P.C., Chad J. Husnick, P.C.
E-mail addresses: james.sprayregen@kirkland.com, marc.kieselstein@kirkland.com,
chad.husnick@kirkland.com




--and--
Proskauer Rose LLP
Three First National Plaza
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3800
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Facsimile: (312) 962-3551
Attention: Mark. K. Thomas, and Peter J. Young
E-mail addresses: mthomas@proskauer.com, pyoung@proskauer.com
--and--
Cravath Swaine and Moore LLP Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile: (212) 474-3700
Attention: Philip Gelston
E-mail address: pgelston@cravath.com
--and--
Jenner & Block LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Facsimile: (212) 891-1699
Attention: Richard Levin
E-mail address: rlevin@jenner.com
(b)      if to Sempra, to:
Sempra Energy
488 8th Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
Attention: Martha B. Wyrsch, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
E-mail address: mwyrsch@sempra.com

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

White & Case LLP
Southeast Financial Center, Suite 4900
200 South Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida 33131
Attention: Thomas E Lauria and Matthew C. Brown
E-mail addresses: tlauria@whitecase.com and mbrown@whitecase.com

(c)      if to the Supporting Creditors, to:
Elliott Management Corporation
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019




Attention: Dave Miller and Jeff Rosenbaum
E-mail addresses: dmiller@elliottmgmt.com and jrosenbaum@elliottmgmt.com

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
Attention: Andrew G. Devore
E-mail addresses: andrew.devore@ropesgray.com

--and--
Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-8704
Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
Attention: Keith H. Wofford and Gregg M. Galardi
E-mail addresses: keith.wofford@ropesgray.com, gregg.galardi@ropesgray.com

or such other address as may have been furnished by a Party to each of the other Parties by notice given in accordance with the requirements set forth above. Any notice given by delivery, mail, or courier shall be effective when received.
10.11.      Waiver . If the Plan is not consummated, or if this Agreement is terminated for any reason, the Parties fully reserve any and all of their rights, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and any other applicable rules of evidence, this Agreement and all negotiations relating hereto shall not be admissible into evidence in any proceeding other than a proceeding to enforce its terms or to pursue the consummation of the Plan.
10.12.      Specific Performance . It is understood and agreed by the Parties that money damages would be an insufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by any Party, that such breach would represent irreparable harm, and that each non-breaching Party shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof and injunctive or other equitable relief (without the posting of any bond and without proof of actual damages), including an order of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction requiring any Party to comply promptly with any of its obligations hereunder, which remedy of specific performance shall be the Parties’ sole and exclusive remedies for any breach of the terms of this Agreement.
10.13.      Several, Not Joint, Claims . The agreements, representations, warranties, and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement are, in all respects, several and not joint.
10.14.      Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the essential terms and conditions of this Agreement are fulfilled to the extent possible.




10.15.      Remedies Cumulative . All rights, powers, and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise of any right, power, or remedy thereof by any Party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power, or remedy by such Party.


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





SEMPRA ENERGY
/s/ J. Walker Martin            
Name: J. Walker Martin
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.
By: Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P., its general partner
   By: Braxton Associates, Inc., its general partner  

/s/ Elliot Greenberg          
Name: Elliot Greenberg
Title: Vice President
ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
By: Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc., its attorney-in-fact
/s/ Elliot Greenberg
Name: Elliot Greenberg
Title: Vice President

THE LIVERPOOL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Liverpool Associates Ltd., its general partner
/s/ Elliot Greenberg
Name: Elliot Greenberg
Title: Vice President

GATWICK SECURITIES LLC
/s/ Elliot Greenberg
Name: Elliot Greenberg
Title: Vice President


Aggregate Principal Amount and Classes of Claims which the Supporting Creditor, or funds or accounts managed or advised by the Supporting Creditor or any of its affiliates, hold as legal or beneficial owner (including pursuant to any swap or derivative transactions):
EFH/EFIH Debtor Claims
Amount
EFIH Senior Toggle Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFIH Unexchanged Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH 2019 Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH 2020 Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH Series P Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH Series Q Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH Series R Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH LBO Senior Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]
EFH LBO Toggle Note Claims (if any)
[REDACTED]






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
EFIH Finance Inc.
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC
Generation Development Company LLC
LSGT Gas Company LLC
LSGT SACROC, Inc.
NCA Development Company LLC
TXU Receivables Company
/s/ Andrew M. Wright            
Name: Andrew M. Wright
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

ENERGY FUTURE INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY LLC

/s/ Andrew M. Wright            
Name: Andrew M. Wright
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EFIH FINANCE, INC.

/s/ Andrew M. Wright            
Name: Andrew M. Wright
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary