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): June 16, 2017

 

 

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-36087 90-0893251
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification Number)

 

Pier 1, Bay 3  

San Francisco, CA 94111  

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)  

(415) 283-4000  

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  

Not Applicable  

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

 

 

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Amended and Restated Pattern Development 1.0 Purchase Rights Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017, Pattern Energy Group Inc. (the “ Company ”, “ we ” or “ us” ) entered into the Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement (the “ A&R 1.0 PRA ”) that amends and restates that certain Purchase Rights Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2013, by and among Pattern Energy Group LP (“ Pattern Development 1.0 ”), the Company, Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP (solely with respect to Article IV therein) and Pattern Energy GP LLC (the “ Original 1.0 PRA ), which was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36087) filed on October 2, 2013 (the “ Original 1.0 PRA 8-K ”) and is incorporated by reference herein .

 

The A&R 1.0 PRA modifies certain terms of the Original 1.0 PRA by, among other things, (a) expanding our first offer rights with respect to power generation or transmission facilities or projects that Pattern Development 1.0 decides to sell (other than certain projects that have been designated for transfer to Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (“ Pattern Development 2.0 ” and together with Pattern Development 1.0, “ Pattern Development ”)) (which we refer to as our “ 1.0 Project Rights ”) by allowing us to submit a Final Rights Project Offer (as defined therein) in the event Pattern Development 1.0 rejects a First Rights Project Offer (as defined therein) or we decline to submit a First Rights Project Offer; (b) allowing us to assign our right to submit a Final Rights Project Offer to Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“ PSP Investments ”) as contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement (as defined below); (c) amending the term of our 1.0 Project Rights so that such rights survive until either (i) we deliver to Pattern Development 1.0 three First Rights Project Declinations (as defined therein) with respect to operational or construction-ready projects (other than the Conejo Project (as defined therein)) for which no Final Rights Project Offer is made or (ii) Pattern Development 1.0 is wound up in accordance with its governing documents; (d) specifying that, if Pattern Development 1.0 rejects our offer to acquire a project, such project can only be sold to a third party at a price that, in addition to being greater than or equal to 105% of our offer price (which was an existing requirement under the Original 1.0 PRA), is also greater than the Final Offer Price (as defined therein), if any and (e) setting forth a form of Purchase and Sale Agreement for acquisitions of projects pursuant to the A&R 1.0 PRA.

 

The A&R 1.0 PRA was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the A&R 1.0 PRA is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing descriptions of the Original 1.0 PRA and the A&R 1.0 PRA do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Original 1.0 PRA 8-K and Exhibit 10.1 hereto, respectively.

 

Amended and Restated Pattern Development 2.0 Purchase Rights Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017, we entered into the Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement (the “ A&R 2.0 PRA ” and together with the A&R 1.0 PRA, the “ A&R PRAs ”) that amends and restates that certain Purchase Rights Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2016, by and among Pattern Development 2.0, the Company, Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP (“ PEGH 2 ”) (solely with respect to Article III therein) and Pattern Energy Group Holdings GP 2 LLC (the “ Original 2.0 PRA ”), which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36087) filed on December 14, 2016 (the “ Original 2.0 PRA 8-K ”) and is incorporated by reference herein .

 

The A&R 2.0 PRA modifies certain terms of the Original 2.0 PRA by, among other things, (a) expanding our first offer rights with respect to power generation, storage or transmission facilities or projects that Pattern Development 2.0 decides to sell (which we refer to as our “ 2.0 Project Rights ” and, together with the 1.0 Project Rights, the “ Project Rights ”) by allowing us to submit a Final Rights Project Offer (as defined therein) in the event Pattern Development 2.0 rejects a First Rights Project Offer (as defined therein) or we decline to submit a First Rights Project Offer; (b) allowing us to assign our right to submit a Final Rights Project Offer to PSP Investments as contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement; (c) modifying Pattern Development 2.0’s right to transfer a project to, and PEGH 2’s or Pattern Development 2.0’s, as applicable, right to transfer a material portion of the equity interests or all or substantially all of the assets of Pattern Development 2.0 (a “ PEG 2.0 Interest ”) to a third party if Pattern Development 2.0 or PEGH 2, as applicable, rejects our offer to acquire the applicable project or PEG 2.0

 

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Interest, by, among other things, (i) increasing the “clearing price” at which the project or PEG 2.0 Interest can be sold to 110% (as opposed to 105%) of the applicable Project Offer Price or PEG 2 LP Offer Price (as such terms are defined therein), (ii) in the case of a project, requiring that it be sold at a price greater than 100% of the Final Offer Price (as defined therein), if any and (iii) obligating Pattern Development 2.0 or PEGH 2, as applicable, to, subject to certain exceptions, sell the applicable project or PEG 2.0 Interest to us at a price equal to 96% of the Project Offer Price or PEG 2 LP Offer Price, as applicable, if Pattern Development 2.0 or PEGH 2, as applicable, does not enter into a definitive agreement to sell such project or PEG 2.0 Interest to a third party at a price equal to or greater than the clearing price within six months following its rejection of our offer (or does not consummate such transaction within twelve months following its rejection of our offer); (d) amending the term of our 2.0 Project Rights so that such rights survive until Pattern Development 2.0 is wound up in accordance with its governing documents; (e) giving us the right to acquire any Early Stage Project or Mid-Stage Project (as such terms are defined therein) that is abandoned by Pattern Development 2.0 at a price equal to Pattern Development 2.0’s cost basis in such project (as well as, in the case of a Mid-Stage Project, an earn-out payment to be paid to Pattern Development 2.0 if we subsequently sell such project to a third party) and requiring that Pattern Development 2.0 promptly sell (subject to our 2.0 Project Rights) any Advanced Project (as defined therein) that it abandons; (f) setting forth a form of Purchase and Sale Agreement for acquisitions of projects pursuant to the A&R 2.0 PRA and (g) providing us the option, if Pattern Development 2.0 rejects a development project that is offered for sale by a third party, to acquire such project directly from such third party.

 

The A&R 2.0 PRA was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the A&R 2.0 PRA is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing descriptions of the Original 2.0 PRA and the A&R 2.0 PRA do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Original 2.0 PRA 8-K and Exhibit 10.2 hereto, respectively.

 

Second Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017 , we entered into the Second Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement, by and among Pattern Development 1.0, the Company and Pattern Development 2.0 (the “ Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement ”), which further amends and restates the Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2016, by and among Pattern Development 1.0, the Company and Pattern Development 2.0 (the “ Original Non-Competition Agreement ”), which was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36087) filed on December 14, 2016 (the “ Original Non-Competition Agreement 8-K ”) and is incorporated by reference herein. The Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement, among other things, grants Pattern Development 2.0 the exclusive right to pursue all power generation, storage or transmission development projects in the US, Canada and Mexico that have not completed construction, other than (a) development activities related to the expansion, improvement, enhancement, or protection of an existing power generation, transmission or storage facility that we may, directly or indirectly, manage or majority own from time to time; (b) continued development by Pattern Development 1.0 of projects not transferred to Pattern Development 2.0; (c) development projects acquired by us or PSP Investments pursuant to the A&R PRAs and (d) projects that have achieved or issued, or are likely to achieve or issue within thirty days of closing an acquisition of such project, readiness for construction financing or issuance of full notice to proceed. The Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement does not restrict us from acquiring any company or business that is principally engaged in the business of owning and operating renewable energy facilities. However, if we desire to purchase a portfolio of projects that contains a mix of development, construction and/or operating projects, we are required to reasonably cooperate with Pattern Development 2.0 to divide such portfolio so that Pattern Development 2.0 may acquire the development projects in such portfolio and we may acquire the construction and operating projects in such portfolio. At any time that Tokyo, Japan-based Green Power Investment Corporation (“ Green Power ”) is majority owned by either us, Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0, the Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement grants such majority owner exclusive development rights over power generation, storage or transmission projects in Japan (subject to the same exceptions set forth above in clauses (a) through (d) and the above provisions regarding operating businesses and the division of project portfolios). Pattern Development 1.0 currently owns a majority interest in Green Power.

 

The Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement shall terminate (a) with respect to Pattern Development 1.0, upon the termination of our collective purchase rights under the A&R 1.0 PRA and (b) with respect to Pattern Development 2.0, upon the termination of our collective purchase rights under the A&R 2.0 PRA or the earlier

 

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wind-up of Pattern Development 2.0 or the valid rejection by Pattern Development 2.0 of three or more First Rights Project Offers (as defined in the A&R 2.0 PRA) representing a cumulative net capacity of at least 600 megawatts.

 

The Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Original Non-Competition Agreement and the Second A&R Non-Competition Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Original Non-Competition Agreement 8-K and Exhibit 10.3 hereto, respectively.

 

Amended and Restated Multilateral Management Services Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017, we entered into the Amended and Restated Multilateral Management Services Agreement (the “ A&R MMSA ”) that amended and restated that certain Multilateral Management Services Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2016, by and among the Company, Pattern Development 1.0 and Pattern Development 2.0 (the “ Original MMSA ”), which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36087) filed on December 14, 2016 (the “ Original MMSA 8-K ”) and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The A&R MMSA amends certain provisions of the Original MMSA in order to, among other things, (a) allow Pattern Development 2.0 to, in the event of a failure by the service provider to provide adequate resources and services as set forth therein, (i) in the case of a failure by Pattern Development 1.0, take over the performance of the management services contemplated to be performed by Pattern Development 1.0 thereby, (ii) cause the service provider to hire additional development personnel, (iii) in the case of a failure by us, suspend us from taking on certain further developments or (iv) initiate a wind down of Pattern Development 2.0; (b) allow Pattern Development 2.0 to effect a PEG 2 Transition (as defined therein) (whereby Pattern Development 2.0 can cause Pattern Development 1.0 to cause its employees to become employees of Pattern Development 2.0), provided that Pattern Development 2.0 shall not exercise such right if we have provided Pattern Development 2.0 with written notice that we intend to effect a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration (as defined therein and described below) within six months, (c) amend the circumstances in which we can effect a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration (whereby we can cause Pattern Development 1.0 to cause its employees to become our employees) by removing the December 31, 2017 expiration date for such right and instead allowing us to effect a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration after the earliest to occur of (x) the date that Pattern Development 1.0 provides us with written notice that it will complete a wind-down within six months, (y) June 16, 2020 and (z) a PEG 1 Services Failure (as defined therein) ; (d) allow us to effect a PEG 2 Employee Reintegration (as defined therein) (whereby we can require Pattern Development 2.0 to cause its employees to become our employees) at any time after the earliest to occur of (A) the date Pattern Development 2.0 notifies Pattern Development 1.0 it will exercise its right to cause a PEG 2 Transition (as described above) but before such PEG 2 Transition occurs, (B) June 16, 2020, (C) a PEG 2 Services Failure (as defined therein) and (D) the initiation of a wind-up of Pattern Development 2.0 ; (e) provide us the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to provide services pursuant to the MOMAs and PAAs (each as defined therein) for projects developed by Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0 and (f) amend the term of the agreement such that the A&R MMSA survives, with respect to each of Pattern Development 1.0 and Pattern Development 2.0, until a wind-up of the applicable entity pursuant to its governing documents, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the A&R MMSA.

 

The A&R MMSA was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the A&R MMSA is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Original MMSA and A&R MMSA do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Original MMSA 8-K and Exhibit 10.4 hereto, respectively.

 

Investment in PEGH 2

 

On June 16, 2017, we entered into the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PEGH 2, dated as of June 16, 2017, by and among PEGH 2, the Class A Limited Partners set forth therein and the

 

 

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Class B Limited Partners set forth therein (the “ A&R PEGH 2 LPA ”). Pattern Development 2.0 is a wholly owned subsidiary of PEGH 2. In July 2017, PEGH 2 is expected to receive funds pursuant to a capital call under the A&R PEGH 2 LPA (the “ Initial PEGH 2 Capital Call ”) from new limited partners (including us) in PEGH 2 (the “ New PEGH 2 Investors ”) to, among other things, (a) redeem approximately 49% of the total ownership interests held by existing limited partners in PEGH 2 (the “ Legacy PEGH 2 Investors ”), (b) acquire certain development assets from Pattern Development 1.0, and (c) provide working capital for general business purposes. After the funding of the Initial PEGH2 Capital Call (in which only the New PEGH 2 Investors will participate) and the consummation of the foregoing redemption of the Legacy PEGH 2 Investors’ ownership interests, the Legacy PEGH 2 Investors will hold approximately 31% of the total ownership interests in PEGH 2 (with the remaining approximately 69% of the total ownership interests in PEGH 2 being held by the New PEGH 2 Investors). In connection with the Initial PEGH2 Capital Call, we anticipate making an initial capital contribution to PEGH 2 of approximately $60,000,000 (equating to approximately 29% of the total Initial PEGH 2 Capital Call), in exchange for an approximately 20% ownership interest in PEGH 2 (equating to approximately 29% of the 69% ownership interest in PEGH 2 held by the New PEGH 2 Investors immediately after the Initial PEGH 2 Capital Call). Under the A&R PEGH 2 LPA, we have also committed to contribute up to an additional approximately $240,000,000 to PEGH 2 in one or more subsequent rounds of financing, which could result in our ownership interest in PEGH 2 increasing to up to approximately 29%. If we do not participate in such subsequent rounds of financing, our ownership interest in PEGH 2 may be diluted on a pro rata basis based on fair market value. We also have certain rights under the A&R PEGH 2 LPA to cause the dissolution of PEGH 2, including (a) at any time following the fifth anniversary of the date PEGH 2 issues its first capital call on or after June 16, 2017 and (b) at any time following PEGH 2’s board of directors’ rejection of three or more of our First Rights Project Offers or First Rights PEG 2 LP Offers (each as defined in the A&R 2.0 PRA) representing a cumulative net capacity of at least 600 megawatts.

 

The entry into the A&R PEGH 2 LPA was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the A&R PEGH 2 LPA is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the A&R PEGH 2 LPA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Joint Venture Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017, we entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (the “ Joint Venture Agreement ”) with PSP Investments, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) PSP Investments will have the right to co-invest up to an aggregate amount of approximately $500,000,000 (the “ PSP Investments Co-Investment Amount ”) alongside us in energy projects we may acquire pursuant to our rights under the A&R PRAs (with PSP Investments acquiring, at its election on a project-by-project basis, either (x) 30% or (y) a greater percentage that we may elect to offer to PSP Investments, of our combined ownership interest in such project); (b) PSP Investments will reasonably cooperate with us to complete third party acquisitions and to arrange for or provide bridge loans and construction financing for certain projects that PSP Investments will invest in alongside us (although PSP Investments has no commitment to provide any such financing) and (c) we may add a person that has been designated by PSP Investments to our Board of Directors promptly following the PSP Compliance Date (as defined therein). The purchase price paid by PSP Investments under each of the Meikle PSA, the MSM PSA and the PH2 PSA (each defined below) will be applied towards the PSP Investments Co-Investment Amount. Under the Joint Venture Agreement we have also agreed to, in certain limited circumstances, allow PSP Investments to cause the early termination of contracts between PEGI and a jointly owned project, including the Sponsor Services Agreement (defined below) and the applicable MOMAs and PAAs (as defined therein) and have waived any early termination fees in those circumstances. In connection with the Joint Venture Agreement and the PEGI Share Acquisition (defined below), PSP Investments also agreed to a customary “standstill” for a period of twelve months.

 

The Joint Venture Agreement was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the Joint Venture Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Joint Venture Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Sponsor Services Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017 , we entered into a Sponsor Services Agreement with PSP Investments (the “ Sponsor Services Agreement ”), pursuant to which we will provide certain mutually agreed services to PSP Investments and its affiliates with respect to the administration of the joint ownership of the project companies that PSP Investments invests in alongside us pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement in exchange for certain fees set forth in the Sponsor Services Agreement.

 

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The Sponsor Services Agreement was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the Sponsor Services Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.7 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Sponsor Services Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Meikle and MSM Purchase and Sale Agreements

 

On June 16, 2017, we entered into (a) a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “ Meikle PSA ”) by and among the Company, Vertuous Energy Canada Inc. (“ Vertuous Canada ”) (a wholly owned subsidiary of PSP Investments) and Pattern Development 1.0 and (b) a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “ MSM PSA ”) by and among the Company, Vertuous Canada and Pattern Development 1.0.

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Meikle PSA, at the closing (a) we (or one of our wholly owned subsidiaries) will purchase from affiliates of Pattern Development 1.0 a 50.99% limited partner interest in Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership (the “ Meikle Project Company ”) and 70% of the issued and outstanding shares of Meikle Wind Energy Corp. (“ Meikle Corp ”) (which holds a 0.02% general partner interest in the Meikle Project Company) in exchange for aggregate consideration of CAD $85,425,000 (subject to certain adjustments) and (b) Vertuous Canada will purchase from affiliates of Pattern Development 1.0 a 48.99% limited partner interest in the Meikle Project Company and 30% of the issued and outstanding shares of Meikle Corp in exchange for aggregate consideration of CAD $82,075,000 (subject to certain adjustments) .  The Meikle Project Company operates the approximately 179 megawatt wind farm located in the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada, which achieved commercial operations in the first quarter of 2017.  Immediately after the closing, our owned capacity with respect to the wind farm will be approximately 91 megawatts.

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the MSM PSA, at the closing (a) we (or one of our wholly owned subsidiaries) will purchase from affiliates of Pattern Development 1.0 (i) a 50.99% limited partner interest in a newly-formed limited partnership (“ New MSM LP Holdco ”) (which, following closing, will hold 100% of the economic interests in Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm LP (the “ MSM Project Company ”)), (ii) 70% of the issued and outstanding shares of Pattern MSM GP Holdings Inc. (“ MSM Corp ”) (which, following the closing, will hold a 0.02% general partner interest in New MSM LP Holdco) and (iii) a 70% interest in Pattern Development MSM Management ULC (“ MSM ULC ”), in exchange for aggregate consideration of CAD $53,040,000 (subject to certain adjustments) and (b) Vertuous Canada will purchase from affiliates of Pattern Development 1.0 (i) a 48.99% limited partner interest in New MSM LP Holdco, (ii) 30% of the issued and outstanding shares of MSM Corp and (iii) a 30% interest in MSM ULC, in exchange for aggregate consideration of CAD $50,960,000 (subject to certain adjustments).  The MSM Project Company operates the approximately 143 megawatt wind farm located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region south of Québec City, Canada, which is expected to achieve commercial operation in late 2017.  Immediately after the closing, our owned capacity with respect to the wind farm will be approximately 73 megawatts.

 

The parties’ obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Meikle PSA and the MSM PSA, respectively, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of various customary conditions, including, among others (a) approval under the Competition Act (Canada) and of the counterparties to power purchase agreements to which the Meikle Project Company and the MSM Project Company are parties, (b) no violation of governmental rules, and no order of any court or administrative agency being in effect which restrains or prohibits the transactions contemplated thereby and (c) subject to certain exceptions, the accuracy of the representations of the parties set forth therein.

 

Each of the Meikle PSA and the MSM PSA, respectively, includes customary representations by the parties thereto, including as to due authorization, non-contravention, governmental consents and approvals, enforceability, ownership and title, no litigation or adverse claims, tax matters and with respect to the underlying wind farm.  Each of the Meikle PSA and the MSM PSA, respectively, provides for customary indemnification by the parties thereto for breaches of representations or covenants, which indemnification is subject to customary limitations including, among other things, a cap and time limits.

 

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Each of the Meikle PSA and the MSM PSA, respectively, was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the Meikle PSA is attached as Exhibit 10.8 hereto and is incorporated by reference, and a copy of the MSM PSA is attached as Exhibit 10.9 hereto and is incorporated by reference.  The foregoing description of each of the Meikle PSA and the MSM PSA, respectively, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable exhibit.

 

PH2 Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

On June 16, 2017, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “ PH2 PSA ”) with Vertuous Energy LLC (“ Vertuous ”) (a wholly owned subsidiary of PSP Investments).

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the PH2 PSA, at the closing, we (or one or more of our affiliates) will sell to Vertuous a 98% membership interest in a newly-formed limited liability company that will hold 50% of the Class B membership interests in Panhandle Wind Holdings 2 LLC (“ PH2 Holdings ”) (which holds 100% of the membership interests in Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC (the “ PH2 Project Company ”)) for consideration of $58,800,000 (subject to certain adjustments).  The PH2 Project Company operates the approximately 182 megawatt wind farm located in Carson County, Texas, which achieved commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2014.  Immediately after the closing, our owned capacity with respect to the wind farm will be approximately 75 megawatts.

 

The parties’ obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the PH2 PSA are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of various customary conditions, including, among others (a) approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the holders of the Class A membership interests in PH2 Holdings, (b) no violation of governmental rules, and no order of any court or administrative agency being in effect which restrains or prohibits the transactions contemplated thereby and (c) subject to certain exceptions, the accuracy of the representations of the parties set forth therein.

 

The PH2 PSA includes customary representations by the parties thereto, including as to due authorization, non-contravention, governmental consents and approvals, enforceability, ownership and title, no litigation or adverse claims, tax matters and with respect to the underlying wind farm.  The PH2 PSA provides for customary indemnification by the parties thereto for breaches of representations or covenants, which indemnification is subject to customary limitations including, among other things, a cap and time limits.

 

The PH2 PSA was recommended by the Conflicts Committee of our Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, for approval by our Board of Directors, and was subsequently approved by our Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the PH2 PSA is attached as Exhibit 10.10 hereto and is incorporated by reference.  The foregoing description of the PH2 PSA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

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

 

During the course of planning and structuring the transactions contemplated by the agreements described in Item 1.01, in light of the additional workload required by each of Michael J. Lyon and Esben W. Pedersen, who serve as the Company’s chief financial officer and chief investment officer, respectively, the Nominating, Governance, and Compensation Committee and our Board of Directors initiated a review of such officers’ compensation arrangements. Such review considered the following factors:

 

· A consideration of the base salaries of Mr. Lyon and Mr. Pedersen compared to persons holding comparable positions at the Company’s peers;

 

· The leadership efforts and additional workload placed upon Mr. Lyon and Mr. Pedersen in connection with the planning, structuring, negotiation, and execution of the agreements described under Item 1.01 and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; and

 

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· A desire to continue to motivate and retain Mr. Lyon and Mr. Pedersen.

 

After consideration, a determination was made to make the following adjustments for each of Mr. Lyon and Mr. Pedersen effective and contingent upon the execution of the agreements described under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

· An increase in base salary to $330,000 per annum;

 

· A special one-time award of vested restricted shares amounting to $250,000 to be issued under the Company’s Equity Incentive Award Plan. The number of shares is determined based upon the Company’s trailing 20 trading day volume weighted average share price for the period ending on and including one trading day prior to the execution of the agreements described under Item 1.01; and

 

· A special one-time cash bonus of $250,000.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On June 19, 2017, we issued a press release and made available supplemental slides. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and a copy of the supplemental slides is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 hereto) is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Share Purchase Agreement and Assignment of Registration Rights

 

On June 16, 2017, PSP Investments acquired 8.7 million shares, or approximately 9.9%, of the Company’s outstanding Class A common stock from Pattern Development Finance Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pattern Development 1.0 (the “ PEGI Share Acquisition ”). In connection with the PEGI Share Acquisition, Pattern Development 1.0 assigned to PSP Investments its existing piggyback registration rights with respect to such shares under the Registration Rights Agreement between Pattern Development 1.0 and the Company, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36087) filed on October 2, 2013 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Expanded Identified Right of First Offer Projects

 

Pattern Development has expanded its pipeline to 10 GW of development projects, which are subject to our Project Rights.

 

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From Pattern Development’s expanded pipeline, an additional 275 MW of owned capacity has been added to the identified right of first offer list as of June 16, 2017, for a total of 910 MW.

 

Since its initial public offering, we have purchased, or agreed to purchase, 1,358 MW from Pattern Development 1.0 and in aggregate grown the identified right of first offer list from 746 MW to more than 2 GW (including projects that have already been acquired). Below is the current updated list of the identified right of first offer projects owned by Pattern Development that we expect to acquire from Pattern Development 1.0 and Pattern Development 2.0, as applicable, in connection with our Project Rights:

 

                        Capacity (MW)
Identified
ROFO Projects
  Status   Location   Construction
Start (1)
  Commercial
Operations  (2)
  Contract
Type
  Rated (3)   Pattern
Development-
Owned (4)
Pattern Development 1.0 Projects
Kanagi Solar   Operational   Japan   2014   2016   PPA   14   6
Futtsu Solar   Operational   Japan   2014   2016   PPA   42   19
Conejo Solar (5)   Operational   Chile   2015   2016   PPA   104   104
Belle River   In construction   Ontario   2016   2017   PPA   100   43
Ohorayama   In construction   Japan   2016   2018   PPA   33   31
North Kent   In construction   Ontario   2017   2018   PPA   100   35
Henvey Inlet   Late stage development   Ontario   2017   2018   PPA   300   150
Tsugaru   Late stage development   Japan   2017   2020   PPA   122   91
El Cabo   Late stage   U.S.   2016   2017   PPA   298   125
Sumita   Late stage   Japan   2019   2021   PPA   100   50
Pattern Development 2.0 Projects
Crazy Mountain   Late stage   U.S.   2018   2018   PPA   80   68
Grady   Late stage development   New Mexico   2018   2019   PPA   220   188
                        1,513   910
                               
(1) Represents year of actual or anticipated commencement of construction.

 

(2) Represents year of actual or anticipated commencement of commercial operations.

 

(3) Rated capacity represents the maximum electricity generating capacity of a project in MW. As a result of wind and other conditions, a project or a turbine will not operate at its rated capacity at all times and the amount of electricity generated will be less than its rated capacity. The amount of electricity generated may vary based on a variety of factors.

 

(4) Pattern Development-Owned capacity represents the maximum, or rated, electricity generating capacity of the project in MW multiplied by Pattern Development 1.0’s or Pattern Development 2.0’s percentage ownership interest in the distributable cash flow of the project.

 

(5) From time to time, we conduct strategic reviews of our markets. We have been conducting a strategic review of the market, growth, and opportunities in Chile. In the event we believe we can utilize funds that have already been invested in Chile or funds that might otherwise be invested in Chile in a more productive manner elsewhere that could generate a higher return on investment, we may decide to exit Chile for other opportunities with greater potential. In addition, Pattern Development 1.0 is also concurrently exploring strategic alternatives for its assets in Chile.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number Description
   
10.1 Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement by and among Pattern Development 1.0, the Company, Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP (solely with respect to Article IV therein) and Pattern Energy GP LLC, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.2 Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement by and among Pattern Development 2.0, the Company, Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP (solely with respect to Article III therein) and Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.3 Second Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement by and among Pattern Development 1.0, the Company and Pattern Development 2.0, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.4 Amended and Restated Multilateral Management Services Agreement among by and among the Company, Pattern Development 1.0 and Pattern Development 2.0, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.5 Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of PEGH 2, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.6 Joint Venture Agreement between PSP Investments and the Company, dated as of June 16, 2017

 

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10.7 Sponsor Services Agreement between the Company and PSP Investments, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.8 Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among the Company, Vertuous Canada and Pattern Development 1.0, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.9 Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among the Company, Vertuous Canada and Pattern Development 1.0, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
10.10 Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among Vertuous and the Company, dated as of June 16, 2017
   
99.1 Press Release issued by the Company, dated June 19, 2017.
   
99.2 Supplemental slides, dated June 19, 2017.
   

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Dated: June 16, 2017

 

  PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Esben Pedersen
    Name: Esben Pedersen
    Title: Chief Investment Officer

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

PURCHASE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP,

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

AND

 

(SOLELY WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE IV)

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS LP

 

AND

 

PATTERN ENERGY GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Article I. DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.1. Definitions   1
Article II. [Intentionally Omitted]   4
Article III. PROJECT PURCHASE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER   4
Section 3.1. Project Purchase Right of First Offer   4
Section 3.2. Procedures for Rights of First Offer   5
Section 3.3. Term of the Project Purchase Right of First Offer   7
Article IV. PEG LP PURCHASE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER   7
Section 4.1. PEG LP Purchase Right of First Offer   7
Section 4.2. Procedures for Rights of First Offer.   7
Section 4.3. Term of the PEG LP Purchase Right of First Offer   8
Article V. MISCELLANEOUS   8
Section 5.1. Choice of Law; Submission To Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial   8
Section 5.2. Enforcement   9
Section 5.3. Notice   9
Section 5.4. Entire Agreement   9
Section 5.5. Waiver; Effect of Waiver or Consent   9
Section 5.6. Amendment or Modification   10
Section 5.7. Assignment   10
Section 5.8. Counterparts   10
Section 5.9. Severability   10
Section 5.10. Rules of Construction   10
Section 5.11. Further Assurances   10
Section 5.12. Laws and Regulations   11
Section 5.13. No Third Party Beneficiaries   11

Exhibit A: Form of Purchase and Sale Agreement
Exhibit B: Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP Designated Projects

 

 
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
PURCHASE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into on, and effective as of June 16, 2017, among Pattern Energy Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEG LP ”), Pattern Energy Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PEG Inc. ”) and, solely with respect to Article IV , Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and Pattern Energy GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together, the “ PEG LP Partners ”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

1.                   The Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article III , with respect to PEG Inc.’s right of first offer relating to power projects sold by PEG LP.

 

2.                   The Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article IV , with respect to PEG Inc.’s right of first offer relating to a sale of PEG LP or all or substantially all of PEG LP’s assets.

 

3.                   The Parties previously entered into the Purchase Rights Agreement, effective as of October 2, 2013 (the “ Initial Agreement ”), and desire to amend the Initial Agreement in its entirety.

 

In consideration of the premises and the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby amend and restate the Initial Agreement in its entirety and further agree as follows:

 

Article I.
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.           Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the Person in question. 

 

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement, as it may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with Section 5.6 hereof.

 

Applicable Law ” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule, ordinance, Order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration, or interpretative or advisory opinion or letter, of a Governmental Authority having valid jurisdiction.

 

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Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Toronto, Ontario or New York, NY are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close. Any event the scheduled occurrence of which would fall on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deferred until the next succeeding Business Day.

 

Conejo Project ” means the approximately 122MW capacity solar project located in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile that is owned by PEG LP as of the date hereof.

 

Construction-Ready Project ” means any Project that (i) is (A) ready to close construction financing with commercial financing parties or (B) ready to, or has, issued a full notice to proceed under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract; or (ii) (x) has all material project agreements required to construct, operate and maintain the Project (including an interconnection agreement and a long-term power sales agreement at pricing that supports the closing of financing for construction of the Project), (y) has all requisite real estate rights and (z) has obtained all governmental approvals required for that stage of construction and such governmental approvals are in full force and effect.

 

Control ” or “ Controlled ” 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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Equity Interests ” means all shares, capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interests, membership interests, units, participations, distribution rights or similar equity interests issued by any Person, however designated.

 

Final Offer Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Final Project Offeror ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(c) .

 

Final Rights Acceptance Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Final Rights Offer Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Final Rights Project Offer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

First Rights Acceptance Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

First Rights Offer Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

First Rights PEG LP Offer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(b) .

 

First Rights Project Declination ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

First Rights Project Offer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Governmental Authority ” means:

 

(i) any government, whether national, federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local (whether administrative, legislative, executive or otherwise);

 

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(ii) any agency, authority, ministry, department, regulatory body, court, central bank, bureau, board or other instrumentality having legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, prosecutorial or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government;

 

(iii) any court, commission, individual, arbitrator, arbitration panel or other body having adjudicative, regulatory, judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative or similar functions; and

 

(iv) any other body or entity created under the authority of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of any of the foregoing, including any stock or other securities exchange or professional association.

 

Initial Agreement ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

Operational Project ” means any Project that has: (i) achieved commercial operations in accordance with the terms of its applicable construction agreement, power sales agreement or interconnection agreement, as the case may be; and (ii) generated operating revenue from the sale of electricity or transmission services under its applicable power sales agreement or transmission services agreement.

 

Order ” means any order, directive, judgment, decree, injunction, decision, ruling, award or writ of any Governmental Authority.

 

Parties ” means the parties to this Agreement and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

PEG Inc. ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG Inc. Entities ” means PEG Inc. and any Person Controlled by PEG Inc.

 

PEG LP ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG LP Entities ” means PEG LP and its Subsidiaries, and any other Person Controlled, directly or indirectly, by PEG LP, in each case, other than the PEG Inc. Entities.

 

PEG LP Interests ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(a) .

 

PEG LP Offer Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(b) .

 

PEG LP Partners ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG LP Transfer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.1 .

 

Permitted Assignee ” means Public Sector Pension Investment Board, an entity having its registered office at 1250 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Suite 1400, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 5E9, Canada, or any of its Affiliates.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, unincorporated organization or any other entity.

 

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Project ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.1 .

 

Project Offer Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Project Transfer Notice ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a) .

 

Subject Project Interest ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a) .

 

Subsidiary ” or “ Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (a) beneficially owns, either directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such entity, (ii) the total combined Equity Interests, or (iii) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership; or (b) otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body.

 

Third Party Advisor ” means an investment banking firm or other expert advisor, in each case, mutually agreed upon by PEG Inc. and PEG LP.

 

Transfer ” means any direct or indirect transfer, assignment, sale or other disposition, whether through the direct or indirect transfer, assignment, sale or other disposition of Equity Interests or assets, by merger or otherwise; provided , however , that such term shall not include: (a) transfers, assignments, sales or other dispositions from a PEG LP Entity to another PEG LP Entity; (b) grants of security interests in or mortgages or liens in favor of a bona fide third party lender in the business of providing debt financing; or (c) transfers, assignments, sales or other dispositions as part of a transaction with a tax equity counterparty (other than PEG LP, PEG Inc. or their respective Affiliates), such as sale-leaseback transactions or partnership flip transactions (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any transfer of the interest retained by the PEG LP Entity that entered into such tax equity financing).

 

Transferee ” means the recipient of a Transfer.

 

Article II.
[Intentionally Omitted]

 

Article III.
PROJECT PURCHASE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER

 

Section 3.1.           Project Purchase Right of First Offer . For the term set forth in Section 3.3 , PEG LP hereby grants PEG Inc. a right of first offer on any proposed Transfer by any PEG LP Entity of all or any portion of such PEG LP Entity’s ownership interest in any power generation or transmission facility or project now or hereafter owned in whole or in part by any PEG LP Entity in any stage, including in development, construction or commercial operation (each a “ Project ”) (other than any such facility or project that has been designated, as of the date hereof, to be transferred to Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP or its Subsidiaries, a list of which is set forth as Exhibit B ), in accordance with Section 3.2 . PEG LP will take all actions necessary to cause such right of first offer to be exercisable in accordance with this Article III ,

 

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including by causing each PEG LP Entity to take any actions necessary to facilitate and enforce such exercise and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Article III .

 

Section 3.2.           Procedures for Rights of First Offer .

 

(a)                 In the event that any PEG LP Entity proposes to Transfer all or any portion of its ownership interest in any Project, PEG LP shall give PEG Inc. written notice within a commercially reasonable amount of time (that is intended to be sufficiently early to permit the Parties to exercise their rights set forth in this Section 3.2 ) setting forth the details of the proposed Transfer, including a description of the Project (including the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of the project contracts and other material information with respect to the Project that an acquiror thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess such Project), the interest to be Transferred (the “ Subject Project Interest ”) and any other material terms of the proposed Transfer reasonably known or anticipated by PEG LP (a “ Project Transfer Notice ”).

 

(b)                Within 20 calendar days after delivery of a Project Transfer Notice (a “ First Rights Offer Period ”), PEG Inc. shall either: (i) deliver a written offer to PEG LP to purchase the Subject Project Interest setting forth PEG Inc.’s offer price (a “ Project Offer Price ”) and other material terms and conditions on which PEG Inc. proposes to purchase such Subject Project Interest (a “ First Rights Project Offer ”) or (ii) deliver a written notice to PEG LP that PEG Inc. will not make a First Rights Project Offer in response to the Project Transfer Notice (a “ First Rights Project Declination ”). Unless a First Rights Project Offer is rejected pursuant to written notice from PEG LP delivered to PEG Inc. within five (5) Business Days following the delivery of a First Rights Project Offer (the “ First Rights Acceptance Period ”), such First Rights Project Offer shall be deemed to have been accepted by PEG LP, and PEG Inc. shall have the right to acquire the Subject Project Interest, and PEG LP shall transfer the Subject Project Interest to PEG Inc., on the terms set forth in such First Rights Project Offer, and subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties based on the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(c)                 In the event that (A) PEG LP rejects a First Rights Project Offer by delivering notice thereof to PEG Inc. before the expiration of the First Rights Acceptance Period or (B) other than with respect to the Conejo Project, PEG Inc. fails to deliver either a First Rights Project Offer or a First Rights Project Declination or delivers a First Rights Project Declination, in each case before the expiration of the First Rights Offer Period, PEG Inc. or its Permitted Assignee (a “ Final Project Offeror ”) shall have an additional opportunity, exercisable within the thirty (30) calendar day period following, in the case of (A), the date that the rejection of the First Rights Project Offer is delivered to PEG Inc. or, in the case of (B), the expiration of the First Rights Offer Period or earlier delivery of a First Rights Project Declination to PEG LP (a “ Final Rights Offer Period ”), to deliver a written offer to PEG LP to purchase the Subject Project Interest setting forth such Final Project Offeror’s offer price (a “ Final Offer Price ”) and other material terms and conditions on which such Final Project Offeror proposes to purchase such Subject Project Interest (a “ Final Rights Project Offer ”). Unless a Final Rights Project Offer is rejected pursuant to written notice from PEG LP delivered to such Final Project Offeror and PEG Inc. within five (5) Business days following the delivery of a Final Rights Offer to PEG LP (the “ Final Rights Acceptance Period ”), such Final Rights Project Offer shall be deemed to have been accepted by PEG LP, such Final Project Offeror shall have the right to acquire the Subject

 

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Project Interest, and PEG LP shall transfer the Subject Project Interest to such Final Project Offeror, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Final Rights Project Offer, and subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties based on the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(d)                In the event that (i) PEG LP validly rejects a Final Rights Project Offer, (ii) PEG LP validly rejects a First Rights Project Offer and PEG Inc. or its Permitted Assignee thereafter fails to deliver a Final Rights Project Offer, (iii) other than with respect to the Conejo Project, PEG Inc. delivers a First Rights Project Declination and PEG Inc. or its Permitted Assignee thereafter fails to deliver a Final Rights Project Offer or (iv) with respect to the Conejo Project, PEG Inc. fails to deliver either a First Rights Project Offer or a First Rights Project Declination or delivers a First Rights Project Declination, in each case as provided in Section 3.2(b) or 3.2(c), as applicable, PEG LP shall, subject to the restrictions in this Section 3.2(d) , be entitled to Transfer the applicable Subject Project Interest to any Person; provided , however , that PEG LP shall not provide any material information with respect to the applicable Subject Project Interest to any actual or potential Transferee of such Subject Project Interest that was not provided to PEG Inc. together with the Project Transfer Notice. In the event that PEG Inc. has previously delivered a First Rights Project Offer in respect of the Subject Project Interest which offer was rejected by PEG LP, PEG LP shall only be permitted to Transfer the Subject Project Interest to a party other than PEG Inc. (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Final Project Offeror that is not PEG Inc.) and to enter into a definitive agreement to so Transfer the Subject Project Interest with such party (A) during the nine month period following the earlier of (x) the expiration of the Final Rights Acceptance Period and (y) PEG LP’s receipt of notice that no Final Project Offeror will submit a Final Rights Project Offer, (B) at a price greater than or equal to 105% of the applicable Project Offer Price; provided that if such party is a tax exempt Canadian Crown Corporation and as a result of such status the proceeds received by PEG LP will be subject to incremental tax or tax withholding, for purposes of this clause (B) the price paid will be deemed decreased by the amount of such incremental tax or tax withholding; and (C) on other terms and conditions that are not materially less favorable to PEG LP than the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights Project Offer. Furthermore, in the event that PEG LP validly rejects a Final Rights Project Offer, PEG LP shall only be permitted to Transfer the Subject Project Interest to a party other than PEG Inc. or a Permitted Transferee at a price greater than 100% of the Final Offer Price. If PEG LP does not so consummate the Transfer of the Subject Project Interest within such nine month period, the terms of this Section 3.2 shall apply anew with respect to any Transfer of such Subject Project Interest.

 

(e)                 PEG Inc. shall be entitled to assign from time to time, without the prior consent of PEG LP, its rights to (i) submit a Final Rights Project Offer described in Section 3.2(c) and (ii) acquire all or any portion of a Subject Project Interest under Section 3.2(b) and Section 3.2(c) , in each case to any Permitted Assignee.

 

Section 3.3.           Term of the Project Purchase Right of First Offer . Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 , including the obligations and rights of PEG LP and PEG Inc. thereunder, shall survive until the earlier to occur of: (a) any time following PEG Inc.’s delivery to PEG LP of three (3) First Rights Project Declinations in accordance with Section 3.2 with respect to an Operational Project or Construction-Ready Project that is not the Conejo Project (for the avoidance of doubt, any such project must have been an Operational Project or Construction-Ready Project when the

 

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related Project Transfer Notice was delivered to PEG Inc.) for which no Final Rights Project Offer is made and (b) the wind-up of PEG LP in accordance with the terms of its governing documents; provided , that notwithstanding any termination or expiration of Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 , if any First Rights Project Offer or Final Rights Project Offer shall have been delivered prior to such termination or expiration, the obligations and rights of the Parties with respect to the Subject Project Interest subject thereto shall survive until the applicable terms of Section 3.2 with respect thereto have been complied with and performed in full.

 

Article IV.
PEG LP PURCHASE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER

 

Section 4.1.           PEG LP Purchase Right of First Offer . For the term set forth in Section 4.3 , PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners hereby grant PEG Inc. a right of first offer on any proposed Transfer of any material portion of the Equity Interests or all or substantially all of the assets of PEG LP in accordance with Section 4.2 . PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners will take all actions necessary to cause such right of first offer to be exercisable in accordance with this Article IV , including by causing each PEG LP Entity to take any actions necessary to facilitate and enforce such exercise and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Article IV . The Parties will reasonably cooperate in determining the scope of any proposed Transfer that PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners consider to be an immaterial portion of Equity Interests of PEG LP with a view of not circumventing the purpose of this Article IV .

 

Section 4.2.           Procedures for Rights of First Offer.

 

(a)                 In the event that the PEG LP Partners or PEG LP propose to Transfer any material portion of the Equity Interests or all or substantially all of the assets of PEG LP, PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners shall give PEG Inc. written notice setting forth the details of the proposed Transfer, including a description of PEG LP's assets (including, with respect to each of PEG LP’s Projects, the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of any project contracts and other material information with respect to PEG LP and the Projects that an acquiror thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess PEG LP and such Projects), the Equity Interests or assets to be Transferred (in each case, the “ PEG LP Interests ”) and any other material terms of the proposed Transfer reasonably known or anticipated by PEG LP or the PEG LP Partners (a “ PEG LP Transfer Notice ”).

 

(b)                Within 45 calendar days after delivery of a PEG LP Transfer Notice, PEG Inc. shall either: (i) deliver a written offer to PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners to purchase the PEG LP Interests setting forth PEG Inc.’s offer price (a “ PEG LP Offer Price ”) and other material terms and conditions on which PEG Inc. proposes to purchase the PEG LP Interests (a “ First Rights PEG LP Offer ”) or (ii) deliver a written notice to PEG LP that PEG Inc. will not make a First Rights PEG LP Offer in response to the PEG LP Transfer Notice (a “ First Rights PEG LP Declination ”). Unless a First Rights PEG LP Offer is rejected pursuant to written notice from PEG LP delivered to PEG Inc. within 30 calendar days of PEG Inc.’s delivery of a First Rights PEG LP Offer, such First Rights PEG LP Offer shall be deemed to have been accepted by PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners, and PEG Inc. shall have the right to acquire the PEG LP Interests, and PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners shall transfer the PEG LP Interests to PEG Inc., on the

 

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terms set forth in First Rights PEG LP Offer, and subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties.

 

(c)                 In the event that PEG Inc. delivers a First Rights PEG LP Declination as provided in Section 4.2(b) above, or PEG LP validly rejects a First Rights PEG LP Offer by delivering notice of the same as provided in Section 4.2(b) above, PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners shall be free to Transfer the PEG LP Interests to any Person within nine months of the date that the First Rights PEG LP Declination or the notice of rejection (as applicable) was delivered; provided , however , that in the event that PEG Inc. had previously delivered a First Rights PEG LP Offer that was rejected by PEG LP, PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners shall only be permitted to Transfer the PEG LP Interests to a party other than PEG Inc. during such nine month period at a price greater than or equal to 105% of the applicable PEG LP Offer Price and on other terms and conditions that are not materially less favorable to PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners than the terms and conditions set forth in any applicable First Rights PEG LP Offer; provided , further , that PEG LP and the PEG LP Partners may not provide any material information with respect to PEG LP, its assets or the PEG LP Interests to any actual or potential Transferee of the PEG LP Interests that was not provided to PEG Inc. together with the PEG LP Transfer Notice. If PEG LP does not so consummate the Transfer of the PEG LP Interests within such nine month period, the terms of this Section 4.2 shall apply anew with respect to any Transfer of the PEG LP Interests.

 

Section 4.3.           Term of the PEG LP Purchase Right of First Offer . Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 , including the obligations and rights of PEG LP, the PEG LP Partners and PEG Inc. thereunder, shall survive until the earlier of: (a) the acquisition of the PEG LP Interests by PEG Inc. pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 ; and (b) the termination of the rights and obligations in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 pursuant to Section 3.3 .

 

Article V.
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.1.           Choice of Law; Submission To Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, excluding any conflict-of-laws rule or principle that might refer the governance or the construction of this Agreement to the law of another jurisdiction irrespective of the choice of laws principles. Except as may otherwise expressly be set forth in any purchase and sale agreement entered into between or among the Parties or their Affiliates in connection with the exercise of the purchase rights set forth in Article III and Article IV , and subject to Section 5.2 , each of the Parties hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New York, New York in connection with any claim, suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any dealings between them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the relationship that is being established. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY DEALINGS

 

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BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.

 

Section 5.2.           Enforcement .  Each Party agrees and acknowledges that the other Parties do not have an adequate remedy at law for the breach by any such Party of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and that any breach by any such Party of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement would result in irreparable injury to each other Party. Each Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement (including costs of enforcement) and to exercise any and all other rights existing in its favor. The Parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that each Party may, in its sole discretion, apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for, and shall be entitled to specific performance or injunctive relief (without posting a bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent any violation or threatened violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.3.           Notice .  All notices, requests or consents provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by depositing the same in the mail, addressed to the Person to be notified, postpaid, and registered or certified with return receipt requested or by delivering such notice in person or by private-courier, prepaid, or by telecopier to such party.  Notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be effective upon actual receipt.  Couriered notices shall be deemed delivered on the date the courier represents that delivery will occur.  Notice given by telecopier shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the recipient’s normal business hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day after receipt if not received during the recipient’s normal business hours.  All notices to be sent to a Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be sent to or made at the address set forth below such Party’s signature to this Agreement, or at such other address as such Party may stipulate to the other Parties in the manner provided in this Section 5.3 .

 

Section 5.4.           Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties relating to the matters contained herein, superseding all prior contracts or agreements, whether oral or written, relating to the matters contained herein.

 

Section 5.5.           Waiver; Effect of Waiver or Consent .  Any Party hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other Party hereto or (b) waive compliance with any agreement or condition of any other Party contained herein.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument duly executed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.  No waiver or consent, express or implied, by any Party of or to any breach or default by any Person in the performance by such Person of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver or consent of or to any other breach or default in the performance by such Person of the same or any other obligations of such Person hereunder.  Failure on the part of a Party to complain of any act of any Person or to declare any Person in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of its rights hereunder until the applicable statute of limitations period has run.

 

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Section 5.6.           Amendment or Modification .  This Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time only by the written agreement of all the Parties hereto.

 

Section 5.7.           Assignment . No Party shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other Parties hereto, except that PEG Inc. shall be enabled to assign its rights hereunder to an Affiliate that agrees to be bound to the terms hereof; provided , however , that PEG Inc. may assign its rights to a Permitted Assignee to the extent expressly provided in Section 3.2(e) ; provided, further, that subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding on the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 5.8.           Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatory parties had signed the same document.  All counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.9.           Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 5.10.       Rules of Construction .  Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (b) references to the terms Article, Section, paragraph, and Schedule are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs, and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (c) the word “including” and words of similar import shall mean “including, without limitation,” (d) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions, (e) the headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement and (f) this Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

 

Section 5.11.       Further Assurances .  In connection with this Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each signatory party hereto agrees to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement and all such transactions.

 

Section 5.12.       Laws and Regulations .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no party to this Agreement shall be required to take any act, or fail to take any act, under this Agreement if the effect thereof would be to cause such party to be in violation of any Applicable Law.

 

Section 5.13.       Third Party Beneficiaries .  Each Final Project Offeror and, solely to the extent of the applicable assignment, each Permitted Assignee (if any) shall be a beneficiary of

 

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this Agreement, entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement are enforceable solely by the Parties and, solely to the extent of the applicable assignment, each Permitted Assignee (if any), and no other Person, including any limited partner, member or equity holder of the Parties, shall have the right, separate and apart from the Parties, as applicable, to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to compel any Party to this Agreement to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on, and effective as of, the date hereof.

 

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort  
        Name: Daniel M. Elkort  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.  
             
             
      By: /s/ Esben Pedersen  
        Name: Esben Pedersen  
        Title: Chief Investment Officer  
             

 

 

 

 
 

Solely with Respect to Article IV :

 

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort  
        Name: Daniel M. Elkort  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GP LLC  
             
             
      By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort  
        Name: Daniel M. Elkort  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

 

 
 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

[Attached]

 

 
 

Exhibit B

 

Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP Designated Projects

 

1. Guadalupe Wind

2. Buenos Aires Wind

3. Tuli Energy

4. Helios Generation

5. San Matias Wind

6. White Valley Wind

7. North Kent Wind 2

8. Incubator projects in Mexico

9. Incubator projects in Canada

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP ,

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

AND (SOLELY WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE III),

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 LP

 

AND

 

PATTERN ENERGY GP 2 LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
PURCHASE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into on, and effective as of June 16, 2017, among Pattern Energy Group 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEG 2 LP ”), Pattern Energy Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PEG Inc. ”) and, solely with respect to Article III , Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEGH 2 ”), and Pattern Energy GP 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ PEGH 2 GP ” and together with PEGH 2, the “ PEGH 2 Partners ”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

1.         The Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article II , with respect to PEG Inc.’s right of first offer relating to projects sold by PEG 2 LP.

 

2.         The Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article III , with respect to PEG Inc.’s right of first offer relating to a sale of PEG 2 LP or all or substantially all of PEG 2 LP’s assets.

 

3.       The Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article IV, with respect to PEG Inc.’s rights relating to unfunded and abandoned projects of PEG 2 LP.

 

4.       The Parties entered into the Purchase Rights Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2016 (the “ Initial Agreement ”), and desire to amend and restate the Initial Agreement to further provide for their rights and obligations as described herein.

 

   In consideration of the premises and the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby amend and restate the Initial Agreement in its entirety and further agree as follows:

 

Article I.
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1             Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Advanced Project ” means, as of any date, any Project that (i) is not an Early Stage Project or a Mid Stage Project, or (ii) is an Early Stage Project or a Mid Stage Project that is a Construction-Ready Project.

 

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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the Person in question.

 

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement, as it may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with Section 6.6 hereof.

 

Applicable Law ” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule, ordinance, Order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration, or interpretative or advisory opinion or letter, of a Governmental Authority having valid jurisdiction.

 

Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Toronto, Ontario or New York, NY are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close. Any event the scheduled occurrence of which would fall on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deferred until the next succeeding Business Day.

 

COD ” means the date on which an independent engineer certifies that a Project becomes an Operational Project.

 

Construction-Ready Project ” means any Project that (i) is (A) ready to close construction financing with commercial financing parties or (B) ready to, or has, issued a full notice to proceed under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract; or (ii) (x) has all material project agreements required to construct, operate and maintain the Project (including an interconnection agreement and a long-term power sales agreement at pricing that supports the closing of financing for construction of the Project), (y) has all requisite real estate rights and (z) has obtained all governmental approvals required for that stage of construction and such governmental approvals are in full force and effect.

 

Control ” or “ Controlled ” 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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Early Stage Information Notice ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.1(a) .

 

Early Stage Project ” means, as of any date, any Project for which the aggregate investment amount in such Project as of such date (including, without limitation, any acquisition costs, overhead, development costs, and letters of credit exposure) is $5 million or less.

 

Equity Interests ” means all shares, capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interests, membership interests, units, participations, distribution rights or similar equity interests issued by any Person, however designated.

 

Final Offer Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

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Final Project Offeror ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(d) .

 

Final Rights Acceptance Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

Final Rights Offer Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

" First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer " has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Final Rights Project Offer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

First Rights Acceptance Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

First Rights Offer Period ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

First Rights Project Declination ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

First Rights Project Offer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

Governmental Authority ” means:

 

(i) any government, whether national, federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local (whether administrative, legislative, executive or otherwise);

 

(ii) any agency, authority, ministry, department, regulatory body, court, central bank, bureau, board or other instrumentality having legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, prosecutorial or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government;

 

(iii) any court, commission, individual, arbitrator, arbitration panel or other body having adjudicative, regulatory, judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative or similar functions; and

 

(iv) any other body or entity created under the authority of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of any of the foregoing, including any stock or other securities exchange or professional association.

 

Initial Agreement ” is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.

 

Mid Stage Project ” means, as of any date, any Project for which the aggregate investment amount as of such date (including, without limitation, any acquisition costs, overhead, development costs, and letters of credit exposure) is greater than $5 million but less than $25 million.

 

Mid Stage Project Exit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b) .

 

Offer Rejection Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d) .

 

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Operational Project ” means any Project that has: (i) achieved commercial operations in accordance with the terms of its applicable construction agreement, power sales agreement or interconnection agreement, as the case may be; and (ii) generated operating revenue from the sale of electricity or transmission services under its applicable power sales agreement or transmission services agreement.

 

Order ” means any order, directive, judgment, decree, injunction, decision, ruling, award or writ of any Governmental Authority.

 

Parties ” means the parties to this Agreement and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

PEGH 2 ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEGH 2 Board ” means the Board of Directors of PEGH 2.

 

PEGH 2 GP ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEGH LP Partners ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEGH 2 Project Percentage ” means, with respect to a Project, the amount of equity funded by PEGH 2 in such Project, divided by the total amount of equity funded by both PEGH 2 and PEG Inc., in the aggregate, in such Project.

 

PEG Inc. ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG Inc. Entities ” means PEG Inc. and any Person Controlled by PEG Inc.

 

PEG 2 LP ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG 2 LPA ” means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PEG 2 LP, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

PEG 2 LP Entities ” means PEG 2 LP and its Subsidiaries, and any other Person Controlled, directly or indirectly, by PEG 2 LP, in each case, other than the PEG Inc. Entities.

 

PEG 2 LP Offer Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

PEG 2 LP Transfer Notice ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a) .

 

Permitted Assignee ” means Public Sector Pension Investment Board, an entity having its registered office at 1250 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Suite 1400, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 5E9, Canada, or any of its Affiliates.

 

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Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, unincorporated organization or any other entity.

 

Project ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1 .

 

Project Offer Price ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(b) .

 

Project Transfer Notice ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(a) .

 

Subject Project Interest ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(a) .

 

Subsidiary ” or “ Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (a) beneficially owns, either directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such entity, (ii) the total combined Equity Interests, or (iii) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership; or (b) otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body.

 

Transfer ” means any direct or indirect transfer, assignment, sale or other disposition, whether through the direct or indirect transfer, assignment, sale or other disposition of Equity Interests or assets, by merger or otherwise; provided , however , that such term shall not include: (a) transfers, assignments, sales or other dispositions from a PEG 2 LP Entity to another PEG 2 LP Entity; (b) grants of security interests in or mortgages or liens in favor of a bona fide third party lender in the business of providing debt financing; or (c) transfers, assignments, sales or other dispositions as part of a transaction with a tax equity counterparty (other than PEG 2 LP, PEG Inc. or their respective Affiliates), such as sale-leaseback transactions or partnership flip transactions (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any transfer of the interest retained by the PEG 2 LP Entity that entered into such tax equity financing).

 

Transferee ” means the recipient of a Transfer.

 

Updated Portfolio Description ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(c) .

 

Updated Project Description ” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.2(d) .

 

Wind-Up Pipeline Project ” means a Project that is not a Wind-Up ROFO Project.

 

Wind-Up ROFO Project ” means a Project that has advanced to a point where, as of such date of determination, a reasonable person would conclude that the Project will likely be a Construction-Ready Project within twelve months.

 

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Article II.
PROJECT PURCHASE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER

 

Section 2.1             Project Purchase Right of First Offer . For the term set forth in Section 2.3 , PEG 2 LP hereby grants PEG Inc. a right of first offer on any proposed Transfer by any PEG 2 LP Entity of all or any portion of such PEG 2 LP Entity’s ownership interest in any power generation, storage or transmission facility or project now or hereafter owned in whole or in part by any PEG 2 LP Entity in any stage, including in development, construction or commercial operation (each a “ Project ”), in accordance with Section 2.2 . PEG 2 LP will take all actions necessary to cause such right of first offer to be exercisable in accordance with this Article II , including by causing each PEG 2 LP Entity to take any actions necessary to facilitate and enforce such exercise and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Article II .

 

Section 2.2             Procedures for Rights of First Offer .

 

(a)                 In the event that any PEG 2 LP Entity proposes to Transfer all or any portion of its ownership interest in any Project, PEG 2 LP shall give PEG Inc. written notice within a commercially reasonable amount of time (that is intended to be sufficiently early to permit the Parties to exercise their rights set forth in this Section 2.2 ) setting forth the details of the proposed Transfer, including a description of the Project (including the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of the project contracts and other material information with respect to the Project that an acquiror thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess such Project), the interest to be Transferred (the “ Subject Project Interest ”) and any other material terms of the proposed Transfer reasonably known or anticipated by PEG 2 LP (a “ Project Transfer Notice ”). For the avoidance of doubt, PEG 2 LP shall, and shall cause each other PEG 2 LP Entity to, seek to Transfer each Project (in accordance with the terms hereof) at or around COD; provided , that at the reasonable request of either PEG 2 LP or PEG Inc., the Parties may agree (acting reasonably) to effect such Transfer at a time other than COD.

 

(b)                Within 20 calendar days after delivery of a Project Transfer Notice (a “ First Rights Offer Period ”), PEG Inc. shall either: (i) deliver a written offer to PEG 2 LP to purchase the Subject Project Interest setting forth PEG Inc.’s offer price (a “ Project Offer Price ”) and other material terms and conditions on which PEG Inc. proposes to purchase such Subject Project Interest (a “ First Rights Project Offer ”) or (ii) deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP that PEG Inc. will not make a First Rights Project Offer in response to the Project Transfer Notice (a “ First Rights Project Declination ”). Unless a First Rights Project Offer is rejected pursuant to written notice from PEG 2 LP delivered to PEG Inc. within five (5) Business Days following the delivery of a First Rights Project Offer (the “ First Rights Acceptance Period ”), such First Rights Project Offer shall be deemed to have been accepted by PEG 2 LP, and PEG Inc. shall have the right to acquire the Subject Project Interest, and PEG 2 LP shall transfer the Subject Project Interest to PEG Inc., on the terms set forth in such First Rights Project Offer, and subject to

 

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documentation reasonably agreed between the parties based on the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(c)                 In the event that (A) PEG 2 LP rejects a First Rights Project Offer by delivering notice thereof to PEG Inc. before the expiration of the First Rights Acceptance Period or (B) PEG Inc. fails to deliver either a First Rights Project Offer or a First Rights Project Declination or delivers a First Rights Project Declination, in each case before the expiration of the First Rights Offer Period, PEG Inc. or its Permitted Assignee (a “ Final Project Offeror ”) shall have an additional opportunity, exercisable within the thirty (30) calendar day period following, in the case of (A), the date that the rejection of the First Rights Project Offer is delivered to PEG Inc. or, in the case of (B), the expiration of the First Rights Offer Period or earlier delivery of a First Rights Project Declination to PEG 2 LP (a “ Final Rights Offer Period ”), to deliver a written offer to PEG 2 LP to purchase the Subject Project Interest setting forth such Final Project Offeror’s offer price (a “ Final Offer Price ”) and other material terms and conditions on which such Final Project Offeror proposes to purchase such Subject Project Interest (a “ Final Rights Project Offer ”). Unless a Final Rights Project Offer is rejected pursuant to written notice from PEG 2 LP delivered to such Final Project Offeror and PEG Inc. within five (5) Business Days following the delivery of a Final Rights Project Offer to PEG 2 LP (the “ Final Rights Acceptance Period ”), such Final Rights Project Offer shall be deemed to have been accepted by PEG 2 LP, and such Final Project Offeror shall have the right to acquire the Subject Project Interest, and PEG 2 LP shall transfer the Subject Project Interest to such Final Project Offeror, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Final Rights Project Offer, and subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties based on the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(d)                In the event that (i) PEG 2 LP validly rejects a Final Rights Project Offer, (ii) PEG 2 LP validly rejects a First Rights Project Offer and PEG Inc. or its Permitted Assignee thereafter fails to deliver a Final Rights Project Offer or (iii) PEG Inc. delivers a First Rights Project Declination and PEG Inc. or its Permitted Assignee thereafter fails to deliver a Final Rights Project Offer, in each case as provided in Section 2.2(b) , PEG 2 LP shall, subject to the restrictions in this Section 2.2(d) , be entitled to Transfer the applicable Subject Project Interest to any Person; provided , however , that PEG 2 LP shall not provide any material information with respect to the applicable Subject Project Interest to any actual or potential Transferee of such Subject Project Interest that was not provided to PEG Inc. together with the Project Transfer Notice. In the event that PEG Inc. has previously delivered a First Rights Project Offer in respect of the Subject Project Interest which offer was rejected by PEG 2 LP, PEG 2 LP shall only be permitted to Transfer the Subject Project Interest to a party that is not PEG Inc. (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Final Project Offeror that is not PEG Inc.) (A) if it enters into a definitive agreement to so Transfer the Subject Project Interest with such party during the six month period following the date on which PEG 2 LP rejected the applicable First Rights Project Offer (the date of such rejection, the “ Offer Rejection Date ”), (B) if it consummates the transactions contemplated by such definitive agreement prior to the twelve-month anniversary of the Offer Rejection Date, (C) at a price greater than or equal to 110% of the applicable Project Offer Price; provided that if such party is a tax exempt Canadian Crown

 

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Corporation and as a result of such status the proceeds received by PEG LP will be subject to incremental tax or tax withholding, for purposes of this clause (C) the price paid will be deemed decreased by the amount of such incremental tax or tax withholding, and (D) on other terms and conditions that are not materially less favorable to PEG 2 LP than the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights Project Offer. If PEG 2 LP does not enter into such a definitive agreement to Transfer the Subject Project Interest during the six-month period following the Offer Rejection Date or does not consummate the Transfer pursuant to such definitive agreement within the twelve-month period following the Offer Rejection Date, then PEG 2 LP shall provide PEG Inc. with an updated description of the Project (including the mega-wattage, stage of development, construction or operations, material counterparties, details of the Project contracts and other material information with respect to the Project that an acquiror thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess such Project) (an “ Updated Project Description ”), and PEG Inc. shall have the option, but not the obligation, to purchase the applicable Subject Project Interest at a price equal to 96% of the applicable Project Offer Price on the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights Project Offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the following sentence (the “ 96% Offer ”). Within 30 calendar days after delivery of an Updated Project Description (a “ 96% Offer Period ”), PEG Inc. shall either: (i) deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP exercising such option to purchase the applicable Subject Project Interest, in which case PEG 2 LP shall transfer the Subject Project Interest to PEG Inc. at a price equal to 96% of the applicable Project Offer Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights Project Offer, subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties based on the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or (ii) deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP that PEG Inc. will not exercise such option; provided , that if PEG Inc. does not exercise such option within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving such Updated Project Description, the terms of this Section 2.2 shall apply anew with respect to any Transfer of such Subject Project Interest. Furthermore, in the event that PEG 2 LP validly rejects a Final Rights Project Offer, PEG 2 LP shall only be permitted to Transfer the Subject Project Interest to a party other than PEG Inc. or a Permitted Assignee at a price greater than 100% of the applicable Final Offer Price (it being understood and agreed that if the party making a Final Rights Project Offer is a tax exempt Canadian Crown Corporation and as a result of such status the proceeds received by PEG LP in such Final Rights Project Offer will be subject to incremental tax or tax withholding, for purposes of this sentence and the immediately following proviso the Final Offer Price will be deemed decreased by the amount of such incremental tax or tax withholding); provided that if such transfer price is less than the Final Offer Price and greater than or equal to 110% of the applicable Project Offer Price, PEG 2 LP shall not be required to sell the applicable Subject Project Interest to PEG Inc. pursuant to the 96% Offer if it instead elects that the terms of this Section 2.2 shall apply anew with respect to any Transfer of such Subject Project Interest.

 

(e)                 PEG Inc. shall be entitled to assign from time to time, without the prior consent of PEG 2 LP, its rights to (i) submit a Final Rights Project Offer described in Section 2.2(b) and (ii) acquire all or any portion of a Subject Project Interest under Section 2.2(b) or Section 2.2(c) , in each case to any Permitted Assignee.

 

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Section 2.3             Term of the Project Purchase Right of First Offer . Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 , including the obligations and rights of PEG 2 LP and PEG Inc. thereunder, shall survive until a wind-up of PEG 2 LP in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 LPA; provided , however , that notwithstanding any termination or expiration of Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 , if any First Rights Project Offer or Final Rights Project Offer shall have been delivered prior to such termination or expiration, the obligations and rights of the Parties with respect to the Subject Project Interest subject thereto shall survive until the applicable terms of Section 2.2 with respect thereto have been complied with and performed in full.

 

Article III.
PEG 2 LP PURCHASE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER

 

Section 3.1             PEG 2 LP Purchase Right of First Offer . For the term set forth in Section 3.3 , PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners hereby grant PEG Inc. a right of first offer on any proposed Transfer of any material portion of the Equity Interests or all or substantially all of the assets of PEG 2 LP in accordance with Section 3.2 . PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners will take all actions necessary to cause such right of first offer to be exercisable in accordance with this Article III , including by causing each PEG 2 LP Entity to take any actions necessary to facilitate and enforce such exercise and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Article III . The Parties will reasonably cooperate in determining the scope of any proposed Transfer that PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners consider to be an immaterial portion of Equity Interests of PEG 2 LP with a view of not circumventing the purpose of this Article III .

 

Section 3.2             Procedures for Rights of First Offer .

 

(a)                 In the event that the PEGH 2 Partners or PEG 2 LP propose to Transfer any material portion of the Equity Interests or all or substantially all of the assets of PEG 2 LP, PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners shall give PEG Inc. written notice setting forth the details of the proposed Transfer, including a description of PEG 2 LP’s assets (including, with respect to each of PEG 2 LP’s Projects, the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of any project contracts and other material information with respect to PEG 2 LP and the Projects that an acquiror thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess PEG 2 LP and such Projects), the Equity Interests or assets to be Transferred (in each case, the “ PEG 2 LP Interests ”) and any other material terms of the proposed Transfer reasonably known or anticipated by PEG 2 LP or the PEGH 2 Partners (a “ PEG 2 LP Transfer Notice ”).

 

(b)                Within 45 calendar days after delivery of a PEG 2 LP Transfer Notice, PEG Inc. shall either: (i) deliver a written offer to PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners to purchase the PEG 2 LP Interests setting forth PEG Inc.’s offer price (a “ PEG 2 LP Offer Price ”) and other material terms and conditions on which PEG Inc. proposes to purchase the PEG 2 LP Interests (a “ First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer ”) or (ii) deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP that PEG Inc. will not make a First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer in response to the PEG 2 LP Transfer Notice (a “ First Rights PEG

 

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2 LP Declination ”). Unless a First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer is rejected pursuant to written notice from PEG 2 LP delivered to PEG Inc. within 30 calendar days of PEG Inc.’s delivery of a First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer, such First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer shall be deemed to have been accepted by PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners, and PEG Inc. shall have the right to acquire the PEG 2 LP Interests, and PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners shall Transfer the PEG 2 LP Interests to PEG Inc., on the terms set forth in First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer, and subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties.

 

(c)                 In the event that (a) PEG Inc. delivers a First Rights PEG 2 LP Declination, (b) PEG 2 LP validly rejects a First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer, or (c) PEG Inc. fails to deliver either a First Rights PEG 2 LP Declination or a First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer, each as provided in and pursuant to the terms of Section 3.2(b) above, PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners shall be free to Transfer the PEG 2 LP Interests to any Person; provided , however , that PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners may not provide any material information with respect to PEG 2 LP, its assets or the PEG 2 LP Interests to any actual or potential Transferee of the PEG 2 LP Interests that was not provided to PEG Inc. together with the PEG 2 LP Transfer Notice. In the event that PEG Inc. had previously delivered a First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer that was rejected, PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners shall only be permitted to enter into a definitive agreement to Transfer the PEG 2 LP Interests to a party other than PEG Inc. (A) during the six month period following such rejection, (B) at a price greater than or equal to 110% of the applicable PEG 2 LP Offer Price and (C) on other terms and conditions that are not materially less favorable to PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners than the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer. If PEG 2 LP does not enter into such a definitive agreement to Transfer the PEG 2 LP Interests within the six month period following delivery of the applicable First Rights Project Declination or does not consummate the Transfer of the PEG 2 LP Interests pursuant to such definitive agreement within the twelve month period following such rejection, then PEG 2 LP shall provide PEG Inc. with an updated description of PEG 2 LP’s assets (including, with respect to each of PEG 2 LP’s Projects, the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of any project contracts and other material information with respect to PEG 2 LP and the Projects that an acquiror thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess PEG 2 LP and such Projects) (an “ Updated Portfolio Description ”), and PEG Inc. shall have the option, but not the obligation, to purchase the applicable PEG 2 LP Interests at a price equal to 96% of the applicable PEG 2 LP Offer Price on the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the following sentence. Within 30 calendar days after delivery of an Updated Portfolio Description (a “ PEG 2 LP 96% Offer Period ”), PEG Inc. shall either: (i) deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners exercising such option to purchase the applicable PEG 2 LP Interests, in which case PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners shall Transfer the PEG 2 LP Interests to PEG Inc. at a price equal to 96% of the applicable PEG 2 LP Offer Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the applicable First Rights PEG 2 LP Offer, subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties or (ii) deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP and the PEGH 2 Partners that PEG Inc. will not exercise such option; provided that if PEG Inc. does not exercise such option within thirty (30) calendar

 

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days of receiving such Updated Portfolio Description, the terms of this Section 3.2 shall apply anew with respect to any Transfer of such PEG 2 LP Interest.

 

Section 3.3             Term of the PEG 2 LP Purchase Right of First Offer . Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 , including the obligations and rights of PEG 2 LP, the PEGH 2 Partners and PEG Inc. thereunder, shall survive until the earlier of: (a) the acquisition of the PEG 2 LP Interests by PEG Inc. pursuant to Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 ; and (b) the termination of the rights and obligations in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 pursuant to Section 2.3 .

 

Article IV.
PURCHASE RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO New PROJECTS THAT ARE REJECTED OR ABANDONED BY PEG 2 LP

 

Section 4.1             Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the PEGH 2 Board passes a decision to decline (or cease) the development of or funding for, or, in the case of clause (d) the evaluation, negotiation, interest or pursuit of:

 

(a)                 an Early Stage Project, then PEG Inc. shall have the option, but not the obligation, to acquire such Early Stage Project in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.1(a) . Within a commercially reasonable time period following such decision by the PEGH 2 Board, PEG 2 LP shall give PEG Inc. written notice of such decision (an “ Early Stage Information Notice ”), including a description of the Early Stage Project (including, to the extent applicable, the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of the project contracts and other material information with respect to the Early Stage Project that an acquirer thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess such Early Stage Project). Within twenty calendar days after delivery of an Early Stage Information Notice, PEG Inc. shall have the option, but not the obligation, to deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP exercising PEG Inc.’s option to purchase the applicable Early Stage Project, in which case PEG 2 LP shall transfer such Early Stage Project to PEG Inc. in exchange for an amount in cash equal to PEG 2 LP’s cost basis (reasonably documented by PEG 2 LP) in such Early Stage Project (including any overhead expenses) to be paid within sixty calendar days after delivery for the Early Stage Information Notice, subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties;

 

(b)                a Mid Stage Project, PEG Inc. shall have the option, but not the obligation, to acquire such Mid Stage Project in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.1(b) . Within a commercially reasonable time period following such decision by the PEGH 2 Board, PEG 2 LP shall give PEG Inc. written notice of such decision, including a description of the Mid Stage Project (including, to the extent applicable, the mega-wattage, stage of development or construction, material counterparties, details of the project contracts and other material information with respect to the Mid Stage Project that an acquirer thereof would reasonably be anticipated to request in order to reasonably diligence and assess such Mid Stage Project). Within twenty calendar days after delivery of such notice, PEG Inc. shall have the option, but not

 

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the obligation, to deliver a written notice to PEG 2 LP exercising PEG Inc.’s option to purchase the applicable Mid Stage Project, in which case PEG 2 LP shall, subject to documentation reasonably agreed between the parties, transfer such Mid Stage Project to PEG Inc. in exchange for the following consideration: (i) an amount in cash equal to PEG 2 LP’s cost basis (reasonably documented by PEG 2 LP) in such Mid Stage Project (including any overhead expenses), to be paid on the date that construction financing closes on such Mid Stage Project and (ii) if a PEG Inc. Entity subsequently Transfers such Mid Stage Project to a Person that is not a PEG Inc. Entity (a “ Mid Stage Project Exit ”), an amount in cash equal to (x) the PEGH 2 Project Percentage multiplied by (y) the aggregate development profit achieved on such Mid Stage Project, to be paid upon the consummation of the Mid Stage Project Exit;

 

(c)                 an Advanced Project, PEG 2 LP shall promptly seek to Transfer such Advanced Project pursuant to the terms and procedures set forth in Article II ; and

 

(d)                the acquisition of any new development project (regardless of size) from a third party, PEG Inc. shall have the right, but not the obligation, to acquire such project directly from such third party.

 

Article V.
WIND UP ARRANGEMENTS

 

Section 5.1             Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, promptly following any wind-up of PEG 2 LP in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 LPA, the Parties shall cooperate to classify each existing Project (acting reasonably) as either a Wind-Up Pipeline Project or a Wind-Up ROFO Project. Promptly following such classification, (a) PEG 2 LP shall promptly seek to Transfer each of the Wind-Up Pipeline Projects pursuant to the terms and procedures set forth in Article II , and (b) PEG 2 LP shall, at the discretion of the PEGH 2 Board, promptly either (i) continue to develop each Wind-Up ROFO Project until such Wind-Up ROFO Project becomes a Construction-Ready Project, after which time PEG 2 LP shall promptly seek to Transfer such Wind-Up ROFO Project pursuant to the terms and procedures set forth in Article II or (ii) cease to develop and/or fund any Wind-Up ROFO Project and promptly seek to Transfer such Wind-Up ROFO Project pursuant to the terms and procedures set forth in Article II .

 

Article VI.
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1             Choice of Law; Submission To Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, excluding any conflict-of-laws rule or principle that might refer the governance or the construction of this Agreement to the law of another jurisdiction irrespective of the choice of laws principles. Except as may otherwise expressly be set forth in any purchase and sale agreement entered into between or among the Parties or their Affiliates in connection

 

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with the exercise of the purchase rights set forth in Article II and Article III , and subject to Section 6.2 , each of the Parties hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New York, New York in connection with any claim, suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any dealings between them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the relationship that is being established. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.

 

Section 6.2             Enforcement . Each Party agrees and acknowledges that the other Parties do not have an adequate remedy at law for the breach by any such Party of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and that any breach by any such Party of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement would result in irreparable injury to each other Party. Each Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement (including costs of enforcement) and to exercise any and all other rights existing in its favor. The Parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that each Party may, in its sole discretion, apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for, and shall be entitled to specific performance or injunctive relief (without posting a bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent any violation or threatened violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.3             Notice . All notices, requests or consents provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by depositing the same in the mail, addressed to the Person to be notified, postpaid, and registered or certified with return receipt requested or by delivering such notice in person or by private-courier, prepaid, or by telecopier to such party. Notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be effective upon actual receipt. Couriered notices shall be deemed delivered on the date the courier represents that delivery will occur. Notice given by telecopier shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the recipient’s normal business hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day after receipt if not received during the recipient’s normal business hours. All notices to be sent to a Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be sent to or made at the address set forth below such Party’s signature to this Agreement, or at such other address as such Party may stipulate to the other Parties in the manner provided in this Section 6.3 .

 

Section 6.4             Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties relating to the matters contained herein, superseding all prior contracts or agreements, whether oral or written, relating to the matters contained herein.

 

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Section 6.5             Waiver; Effect of Waiver or Consent . Any Party hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other Party hereto or (b) waive compliance with any agreement or condition of any other Party contained herein. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument duly executed by the party or parties to be bound thereby. No waiver or consent, express or implied, by any Party of or to any breach or default by any Person in the performance by such Person of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver or consent of or to any other breach or default in the performance by such Person of the same or any other obligations of such Person hereunder. Failure on the part of a Party to complain of any act of any Person or to declare any Person in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of its rights hereunder until the applicable statute of limitations period has run.

 

Section 6.6             Amendment or Modification . This Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time only by the written agreement of all the Parties hereto.

 

Section 6.7             Assignment . No Party shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other Parties hereto, except that PEG Inc. shall be enabled to assign its rights hereunder to an Affiliate that agrees to be bound to the terms hereof; provided , however , that PEG Inc. may assign its rights to a Permitted Assignee to the extent expressly provided in Section 2.2(e) ; provided , further , that subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding on the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 6.8             Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatory parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.9             Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 6.10         Rules of Construction . Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (b) references to the terms Article, Section, and paragraph are references to the Articles, Sections, and paragraphs to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (c) the word “including” and words of similar import shall mean “including, without limitation,” (d) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions, (e) the headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of

 

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this Agreement and (f) this Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

 

Section 6.11         Further Assurances . In connection with this Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each signatory party hereto agrees to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement and all such transactions.

 

Section 6.12         Laws and Regulations . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no party to this Agreement shall be required to take any act, or fail to take any act, under this Agreement if the effect thereof would be to cause such party to be in violation of any Applicable Law.

 

Section 6.13         No Third Party Beneficiaries . Each Final Project Offeror and, solely to the extent of the applicable assignment, each Permitted Assignee (if any) shall be a beneficiary of this Agreement, entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement are enforceable solely by the Parties and, solely to the extent of the applicable assignment, each Permitted Assignee (if any), and no other Person, including any limited partner, member or equity holder of the Parties, shall have the right, separate and apart from the Parties, as applicable, to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to compel any Party to this Agreement to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on, and effective as of, the date hereof.

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Dyann Blaine  
        Name: Dyann Blaine  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.  
             
             
      By: /s/ Esben Pedersen  
        Name: Esben Pedersen  
        Title: Chief Investment Officer  
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement

 

 
 

Solely with Respect to Article III

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Dyann Blaine  
        Name: Dyann Blaine  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement

 

 
 

Solely with Respect to Article III

 

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GP 2 LLC  
             
             
      By: /s/ Dyann Blaine  
        Name: Dyann Blaine  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement

 

 
 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

[Attached]

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP,

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC., AND

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP

 

Dated as of June 16, 2017

 

 

 

 

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1 Definitions 1

 

Article II

 

Exclusivity

 

Section 2.1 Exclusivity 3

 

Article III

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1 Choice of Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial 5
Section 3.2 Enforcement 5
Section 3.3 Notice 5
Section 3.4 Entire Agreement 6
Section 3.5 Termination 6
Section 3.6 Waiver; Effect of Waiver or Consent 6
Section 3.7 Amendment or Modification 6
Section 3.8 Assignment 6
Section 3.9 Counterparts 7
Section 3.10 Severability 7
Section 3.11 Rules of Construction 7
Section 3.12 Further Assurances 7
Section 3.13 Laws and Regulations 7
Section 3.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries 7

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT is entered into on, and effective as of June 16, 2017, by and between Pattern Energy Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEG LP ”), Pattern Energy Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PEG Inc. ”), and Pattern Energy Group 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEG 2 ”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

A.       PEG LP and PEG Inc. entered into a Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2013 (the “ Initial Agreement ”) to evidence their understanding with respect to certain interests in Projects.

 

B.       The Parties entered into the Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement, dated December 8, 2016 (the “ A&R Agreement ”), amending and restating the Initial Agreement to, among other things, add PEG 2 as a party.

 

C.       The Parties desire to amend and restate the A&R Agreement to further provide for their rights and obligations as described herein.

 

In consideration of the premises and the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby amend and restate the A&R Agreement in its entirety and further agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1             Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

 

A&R Agreement ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

Agreement ” means this Second Amended and Restated NonCompetition Agreement, as it may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with Section 3.7 hereof.

 

Applicable Law ” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule, ordinance, Order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration, or interpretative or advisory opinion or letter, of a Governmental Authority having valid jurisdiction.

 

Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Toronto, Ontario or New York, NY are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close. Any event the scheduled occurrence of which would fall on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deferred until the next succeeding Business Day.

 

 
 

Control ” or “ controlled ” 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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Equity Interests ” means all shares, capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interests, units, participations, distribution rights, joint venture interest or similar equity interests issued by any Person, however designated.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Governmental Authority ” means:

 

(i)                  any government, whether national, federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local (whether administrative, legislative, executive or otherwise);

 

(ii)                any agency, authority, ministry, department, regulatory body, court, central bank, bureau, board or other instrumentality having legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, prosecutorial or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, government;

 

(iii)              any court, commission, individual, arbitrator, arbitration panel or other body having adjudicative, regulatory, judicial, quasijudicial, administrative or similar functions; and

 

(iv)              any other body or entity created under the authority of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of any of the foregoing, including any stock or other securities exchange or professional association.

 

Order ” means any order, directive, judgment, decree, injunction, decision, ruling, award or writ of any Governmental Authority.

 

Parties ” means the parties to this Agreement and their successors (whether through merger or otherwise) and permitted assigns.

 

PEG 2 ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG 2 Entities ” means PEG 2 and any Person Controlled by PEG 2, other than the PEG Inc. Entities.

 

PEG 2 LPA ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PEG 2, dated as of the date hereof.

 

PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement, entered into on, and effective as of the date hereof, among PEG 2, PEG Inc., and, solely with respect to Article III thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

 
 

PEG Inc. ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG Inc. Entities ” means PEG Inc. and any Person Controlled by PEG Inc.

 

PEG LP ” is defined in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

PEG LP Entities ” means PEG LP and any Person Controlled by PEG LP, other than the PEG Inc. Entities.

 

PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement, entered into on, and effective as of the date hereof, among PEG LP, PEG Inc., and, solely with respect to Article IV thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and Pattern Energy GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

PEG LP Retained Assets ” means the development assets owned by PEG LP as set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, unincorporated organization or any other entity.

 

Project ” means any power generation, storage or transmission development project, prior to completion of construction.

 

Relevant Geographies ” means the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

 

Article II 

 

Exclusivity

 

Section 2.1            Exclusivity .

 

(a)                Each of PEG Inc. and PEG LP hereby grant PEG 2 the exclusive right to develop, and each of PEG Inc. and PEG LP hereby agree to refrain from developing or otherwise entering into any agreement or arrangement with a Person other than PEG 2 to develop, all Projects located in the Relevant Geographies except: (i) any development activities intended to expand, improve, enhance or protect an existing power generation, transmission or storage facility that is directly or indirectly managed or majority owned by PEG Inc. as of the applicable date of determination (a list of such facilities as of the date hereof is set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto); (ii) any Project associated with a PEG LP Retained Asset; (iii) any Project acquired in whole or in part by PEG Inc. or a Permitted Assignee (as defined in the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement) pursuant to the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement; (iv) any Project acquired in whole or in part by PEG Inc. or a Permitted Assignee (as defined in the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement) pursuant to the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement, or (v) any Project that has issued or achieved, or the parties agree (acting reasonably) is likely to issue or achieve within thirty (30) days of closing an acquisition of such Project, readiness for construction financing or issuance of full notice to proceed; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.1 shall restrict PEG Inc. from acquiring (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger,

 

 
 

combination, amalgamation or other business combination transaction) any company or business that is principally engaged in the business of owning and operating renewable energy facilities (“Operating Business”); provided, further, that a portfolio of Projects for sale is not an Operating Business and, if it contains a mix of development, construction or operating Projects, PEG 2 and PEG Inc. will reasonably cooperate to split the assets so that PEG 2 may acquire (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger, combination or other business combination transaction) the development Projects and PEG Inc. may acquire (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger, combination or other business combination transaction) the construction and operating Projects contained in such portfolios, on mutually acceptable terms.

 

(b)                Until such time as a controlling interest in Green Power Investments is no longer held by PEG LP (whether by sale of equity or a sale of all or substantially all assets of Green Power Investments), each of PEG Inc. and PEG 2 hereby grant PEG LP the exclusive right to develop, and each of PEG Inc. and PEG 2 hereby agree to refrain from developing or otherwise entering into any agreement or arrangement with a Person other than PEG LP to develop , all Projects in Japan except: (i) any development activities intended to expand, improve, enhance or protect an existing power generation, transmission or storage facility that is directly or indirectly managed or majority owned by PEG Inc. as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) any Project acquired in whole or in part by PEG Inc. or a Permitted Assignee (as defined in the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement) pursuant to the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement, (iii) any Project acquired in whole or in part by PEG Inc. or a Permitted Assignee (as defined in the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement pursuant to the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement, or (iv) any Project that has issued or achieved, or the parties agree (acting reasonably) is likely to issue or achieve within thirty (30) days of closing an acquisition of such Project, readiness for construction financing or issuance of full notice to proceed; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.1(b) shall restrict PEG Inc. from acquiring (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger, combination or other business combination transaction) any company or business that is principally engaged in the business of owning and operating renewable energy facilities (“Operating Business”); provided, further, that a portfolio of Projects for sale is not an Operating Business and, if it contains a mix of development, construction or operating Projects, PEG 2 and PEG Inc. will reasonably cooperate to split the assets so that PEG 2 may acquire (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger, combination or other business combination transaction) the development Projects and PEG Inc. may acquire (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger, combination or other business combination transaction) the construction and operating Projects contained in such portfolios on mutually acceptable terms. If PEG 2 or PEG Inc. acquires (whether through a stock or asset purchase, merger, combination or other business combination transaction) a direct or indirect controlling interest in Green Power Investments (the “ Japanese Development Acquisition ”), then effective upon such Japanese Development Acquisition, and without further action, each of PEG LP and either of PEG Inc. or PEG 2 (to the extent it is not the acquirer of such Japanese Development Acquisition) hereby grant to the acquirer of such Japanese Development Acquisition the exclusive right to develop all Projects in Japan subject to the exceptions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

 

 
 

Article III

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1             Choice of Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, excluding any conflict-oflaws rule or principle that might refer the governance or the construction of this Agreement to the law of another jurisdiction irrespective of the choice of laws principles. Subject to Section 3.2 , each Party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New York, New York in connection with any claim, suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any dealings between the Parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the relationship that is being established. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.

 

 

Section 3.2              Enforcement . Each Party agrees and acknowledges that the other Parties do not have an adequate remedy at law for the breach by any such Party of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and that any breach by any such Party of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement would result in irreparable injury to such other Party. Each Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement (including costs of enforcement) and to exercise any and all other rights existing in its favor. The Parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that each Party may, in its sole discretion, apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for, and shall be entitled to specific performance or injunctive relief (without posting a bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent any violation or threatened violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

Section 3.3             Notice . All notices, requests or consents provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and must be given by depositing the same in the mail, addressed to the Person to be notified, postpaid, and registered or certified with return receipt requested or by delivering such notice in person or by privatecourier, prepaid, or by telecopier to such party. Notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be effective upon actual receipt. Couriered notices shall be deemed delivered on the date the courier represents that delivery will occur. Notice given by telecopier shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the recipient’s normal business hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day after receipt if not received during the recipient’s normal business hours. All notices to be sent to a Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be sent to or made at the address set forth below such Party’s signature to this Agreement, or at such other address as such Party may stipulate to the other Parties in the manner provided in this Section 3.3 .

 

 

 
 

Section 3.4              Entire Agreement . This Agreement, the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement and the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Parties relating to the matters contained herein, superseding all prior contracts or agreements, whether oral or written, relating to the matters contained herein.

 

 

Section 3.5             Termination . Upon the termination of all of PEG Inc.’s collective purchase rights set forth in Articles III and IV of the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of the PEG LP Purchase Rights Agreement, this Agreement shall automatically and immediately terminate as between PEG Inc. and PEG LP, but will remain in full force and effect as between PEG Inc. and PEG 2 and as between PEG LP and PEG 2.

 

(b)               Upon the termination of all of PEG Inc.’s collective purchase rights set forth in Articles II and III of the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement, this Agreement shall automatically and immediately terminate as between PEG Inc. and PEG 2, but will remain in full force and effect as between PEG Inc. and PEG LP and as between PEG 2 and PEG LP.

 

(c)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, upon the earlier to occur of (i) the wind-up of PEG 2 pursuant to the terms of the PEG 2 LPA and (ii) PEG 2’s rejection of three (3) or more First Rights Project Offers (as defined in the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 Purchase Rights Agreement, representing a cumulative net capacity of at least 600 MW, in the aggregate, PEG Inc. shall have the right to terminate Section 2.1 .

 

Section 3.6              Waiver; Effect of Waiver or Consent . Any Party hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other Party hereto or (b) waive compliance with any agreement or condition of any other Party contained herein. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument duly executed by the party or parties to be bound thereby. No waiver or consent, express or implied, by any Party of or to any breach or default by any Person in the performance by such Person of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver or consent of or to any other breach or default in the performance by such Person of the same or any other obligations of such Person hereunder. Failure on the part of a Party to complain of any act of any Person or to declare any Person in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of its rights hereunder until the applicable statute of limitations period has run.

 

 

Section 3.7             Amendment or Modification . This Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time only by the written agreement of all the Parties hereto.

 

 

Section 3.8             Assignment . No Party shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other Parties hereto; provided, that this Agreement shall be binding on the Parties and their respective successors (whether through merger or otherwise) and permitted assigns.

 

 

Section 3.9              Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatory parties had signed the same document. All

 

 

 
 

counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.10         Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

 

 

Section 3.11         R ules of Construction . Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (b) references to the terms Article, Section, paragraph, and Schedule are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs, and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (c) the word “including” and words of similar import shall mean “including, without limitation,” (d) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions, (e) the headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement and (f) this Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.

 

 

Section 3.12         Further Assurances . In connection with this Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each signatory party hereto agrees to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement and all such transactions.

 

 

Section 3.13         Laws and Regulations . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no party to this Agreement shall be required to take any act, or fail to take any act, under this Agreement if the effect thereof would be to cause such party to be in violation of any Applicable Law.

 

 

Section 3.14         No Third Party Beneficiaries . The provisions of this Agreement are enforceable solely by the Parties to this Agreement, and no other Person, including any limited partner, member or equity holder of PEG LP, PEG 2 or PEG Inc., shall have the right, separate and apart from PEG LP, PEG 2 and PEG Inc., as applicable, to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to compel any Party to this Agreement to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

 
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on, and effective as of, the date of this Agreement.

 

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort  
        Its: Daniel M. Elkort  
        Vice President  
             

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.  
             
             
      By: /s/ Esben Pedersen  
        Its: Esben Pedersen  
        Chief Investment Officer  
             

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Dyann Blaine  
        Its: Dyann Blaine  
        Vice President  
             

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to
Second Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement

 

 
 

SCHEDULE 1

 

PEG LP Retained Assets

 

PEG LP Retained Asset Location Approximate Owned MW
Meikle British Columbia 180
Conejo Solar Chile 84
Belle River Ontario 50
Henvey Inlet Ontario 150
Mont Sainte-Marguerite Québec 147
North Kent Ontario 43
El Cabo New Mexico 147

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

 
 

SCHEDULE 2

 

PEG Inc. Facilities

 

Project Name Size (MW)
Gulf Wind, TX 283
Hatchet Ridge, CA 101
St. Joseph, MB 138
Spring Valley, NV 152
Santa Isabel,Puerto Rico 101
Ocotillo, CA 265
South Kent,ON 270
El Arrayán, Chile 115
Panhandle 1, TX 218
Panhandle 2, TX 182
Grand,ON 149
Post Rock, KS 201
Lost Creek, MO 150
K2,ON 270
Logan’s Gap, TX 200
Amazon Wind Farm (F),IN 150
Broadview, NM 324
Armow, ON 180

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

 

EXECUTION VERSION 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
MULTILATERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of June 16, 2017

 

by and among

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.,

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP,

 

and

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Table of Contents

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

 

Section 1.01 Definitions 1

 

Article II
PEG 1’S RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Section 2.01 PEG 1 Services 4

 

Article III
PEG INC.’S RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Section 3.01 PEG Inc. Services 5
Section 3.02 MOMA and PAA Services 6

 

Article IV
PEG 2 RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Section 4.01 PEG 2 Services 6

 

Article V
STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE

 

Section 5.01 Diligence, Care and Prudence 8
Section 5.02 Limitation on Liability 8

 

Article VI
COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT

 

Section 6.01 PEG 1 Services 8
Section 6.02 PEG Inc. Services 9
Section 6.03 PEG 2 Services 10
Section 6.04 Billing and Payment 11
Section 6.05 Records 11

 

Article VII
PEG 2 TRANSITION

 

Section 7.01 PEG 2 Transition 11
Section 7.02 No Payments 12
Section 7.03 Reimbursement following PEG 2 Transition 12
Section 7.04 Transition 12
 
 

Article VIII
REINTEGRATION EVENTS

 

Section 8.01 Reintegration Event 12
Section 8.02 No Payments 13
Section 8.03 Services Following the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration 13
Section 8.04 Services Following the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration 13
Section 8.05 Reimbursement following Employee Reintegrations 13
Section 8.06 Transition 13

 

Article IX

EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

 

Section 9.01 Personnel 14

 

Article X
DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

Section 10.01 Procedure 14
Section 10.02 Continuation of Work 14

 

Article XI
COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION

 

Section 11.01 Term 15
Section 11.02 Cooperation 15
Section 11.03 Early Termination by PEG Inc. 15
Section 11.04 Early Termination by PEG 1 16
Section 11.05 Early Termination by PEG 2 16

 

Article XII
INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

Section 12.01 Indemnification 17
Section 12.02 Exclusion of Consequential Damages 18
Section 12.03 Total Limitation on Liability 18
Section 12.04 Survival 18

 

Article XIII
RIGHT TO PURCHASE CERTAIN ASSETS

 

Section 13.01 Purchase Right 18
Section 13.02 Procedure 18
Section 13.03 Disputes 18
Section 13.04 Transfer 18

 

 
 

Article XIV
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 14.01 Assignment 19
Section 14.02 Authorization 19
Section 14.03 Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Venue 19
Section 14.04 No Partnership 20
Section 14.05 Notice 20
Section 14.06 Usage 21
Section 14.07 Entire Agreement 21
Section 14.08 Amendment 21
Section 14.09 Confidential Information 21
Section 14.10 Discharge of Obligations 22
Section 14.11 Third Party Beneficiaries 22
Section 14.12 Severability 22
Section 14.13 Binding Effect 22
Section 14.14 Counterparts 22

 

 
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
MULTILATERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTILATERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made as of this 16 th day of June, 2017 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and among PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (“ PEG Inc. ”), PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEG 1 ”), and PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ PEG 2 ”). Each of PEG Inc., PEG 1, and PEG 2 is referred to herein as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, PEG Inc. and PEG 1 entered into a Bilateral Management Services Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2013 (the “ Initial Agreement ”), as amended by the First Amendment to Bilateral Management Services Agreement dated as of July 3, 2015, whereby each of PEG Inc. and PEG 1 wishes to engage the other to provide certain management services and each of PEG Inc. and PEG 1 wishes to accept such engagement to provide such services for the benefit of the other in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into a Multilateral Management Services Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2016, amending and restating the Initial Agreement in its entirety (the “ Multilateral Agreement ”), among other things, to add PEG 2 as a party;

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend and restate the Multilateral Agreement to further provide for the rights and obligations of the Parties;

 

WHEREAS, the Parties contemplate the transfer of PEG 1 employees and employees of its subsidiaries into PEG Inc. or PEG 2 upon the occurrence of certain events, after which the services provided by PEG 1 will be internalized by PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, as set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, entering into this Agreement is mutually beneficial to all Parties as the Parties will be sharing the costs of such services and by so doing will reduce the respective costs of each Party.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby amend and restate the Multilateral Agreement in its entirety and further agree as follows:

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

 

Section 1.01        Definitions . Unless the context shall otherwise require or the express terms of this Agreement shall otherwise provide, capitalized terms used herein shall have the following meanings:

 

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Affiliate ” of a specified Person means any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.

 

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Effective Date ” is defined in the preamble.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied.

 

Initial Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

 

Multilateral Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

 

NASDAQ ” means the NASDAQ Global Market.

 

notices ” is defined in Section 14.05 .

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or governmental authority.

 

PEG 1 ” is defined in the preamble.

 

PEG 1 Employee Reintegration ” is defined in Section 8.01 .

 

PEG 1 LPA ” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PEG 1, dated as of July 15, 2010, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

PEG 1 Reintegration Event ” is defined in Section 8.01 .

 

PEG 1 Services ” means the services set forth in Section 2.01 .

 

PEG 1 Services Failure ” is defined in Section 2.01 .

 

PEG 1 Services Period ” is defined in Section 2.01 .

 

PEG 2 ” is defined in the preamble.

 

PEG 2 Services Failure ” is defined in Section 4.01 .

 

PEG 2 Employee Reintegration ” is defined in Section 8.02 .

 

PEG 2 LPA ” means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PEG 2, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

PEG 2 Reintegration Event ” is defined in Section 8.02 .

 

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PEG 2 Services ” means the services set forth in Section 4.01 .

 

PEG 2 Transition ” is defined in Section 7.01 .

 

PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event ” is defined in Section 7.01 .

 

PEG Inc. ” is defined in the preamble.

 

PEG Inc. Services ” means the services set forth in Section 3.01 .

 

Reference Rate ” means the rate as published, from time to time, in The Wall Street Journal as the prime lending rate or “ prime rate ” plus one percent (1%).

 

Senior Officer ” means an officer that has been appointed to the relevant Party’s management committee, board or similar body charged with the management of such Party.

 

Shared PEG Executives ” means the senior executives of PEG Inc. who will provide executive management services to PEG 1 or PEG 2 in accordance with Section 3.01 and devote the percentage of time and have the responsibilities to PEG 1 or PEG 2, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (as such schedule may be updated by mutual agreement of the Parties from time to time).

 

Support Assets ” means, with respect to any Party, any asset or assets that may be reasonably necessary for and related to the administration of such Party’s business, such as computer hardware, software, data back-up infrastructure, facilities and any other assets as may be reasonably determined by such Party.

 

Term ” is defined in Section 11.01 .

 

Total Market Capitalization ” means the aggregate value of PEG Inc.’s issued and outstanding Class A Shares (assuming that all of PEG Inc.’s then outstanding Class B Shares had converted into Class A Shares on a one-forone basis prior to such date) determined based on the daily volume weighted average price of the Class A Shares on the NASDAQ (or the then primary securities exchange or association or over-thecounter market on which the Class A Shares are listed for trading).

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the Class A Shares:

 

(i)       are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-thecounter market at the close of business; and

 

(ii)       have traded at least once on the NASDAQ or the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-thecounter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Class A Shares.

 

Transaction ” is defined in Section 14.09(c) .

 

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Article II
PEG 1’S RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Section 2.01        PEG 1 Services . Until the earlier of (i) the PEG 1 Reintegration and (ii) the PEG 2 Transition (the “ PEG 1 Services Period ”), PEG 1 shall make its personnel and the personnel of its subsidiaries available to PEG Inc. and PEG 2 to provide and perform the following services for PEG Inc., PEG 2 and their respective Affiliates and project entities in accordance with, subject to Section 9.01 , the scope, instruction, and policies of PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable (the “ PEG 1 Services ”):

 

(a)                day-today administrative services;

 

(b)               services related to accounting and tax, including, preparation and filing of tax returns and maintaining books and records;

 

(c)                services related to preparation of annual consolidated financial statements, and quarterly interim financial statements;

 

(d)               services related to regulatory reporting and other public filings and disclosures;

 

(e)                services related to preparation of annual budgets;

 

(f)                legal and corporate secretarial support and other corporate services;

 

(g)               services related to financial analysis, financing, and, when requested to do so, assisting in the process of raising capital by way of debt, equity or otherwise;

 

(h)               services related to human resources support and administration;

 

(i)                 services related to information technology support;

 

(j)                 providing advice with respect to issues concerning project development, permitting, construction management and engineering, power marketing, environmental management and implementation;

 

(k)               providing assistance in connection with PEG Inc.’s pursuit of acquisition opportunities;

 

(l)                 services related to obtaining and maintaining insurance;

 

(m)             services related to maintaining required governmental approvals and permits and preparing and submitting filings with respect to PEG Inc.’s projects;

 

(n)               services with respect to compliance with applicable laws and other obligations of PEG Inc. and PEG 2 and their respective projects;

 

(o)               supervising and monitoring PEG Inc.’s and PEG 2’s and their respective counterparties’ compliance with the terms and conditions of PEG Inc.’s and PEG 2’s respective

 

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contracts and performing on behalf of PEG Inc. and PEG 2 reporting and other routine administrative responsibilities under such contracts; and

 

(p)               performing such other tasks of an administrative nature as PEG Inc. or PEG 2 may reasonably request from time to time in connection with or related to PEG Inc. or PEG 2, their respective Affiliates and/or their respective operations.

 

Prior to taking any action that will materially diminish its ability to provide the PEG 1 Services as contemplated under this Agreement, PEG 1 will provide PEG Inc. and PEG 2 with advance written notice of such anticipated action. PEG Inc. and PEG 2 shall then have a period of 30 days to deliver a written response to PEG 1, either consenting to such action or stating that such action may only be taken following a notice period of six (6) months. Failure by PEG Inc. or PEG 2 to deliver such response within such 30 day period shall be deemed, with respect to such respective party, consent of the described action. For the avoidance of doubt, PEG 1 may determine, in its sole discretion based on its own business considerations, to take any such action.

 

PEG 1 agrees that, during the PEG 1 Services Period, the PEG 1 Services shall include such resources and services that a reasonably prudent professional operating in the wind industry would deem appropriate taking into account the business plan, approved budget, costs and expenses to support the foregoing for each of PEG Inc. and PEG 2. Following notice to PEG 1 by PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, notifying PEG 1 of its failure to provide such sufficient resources and services, PEG 1 shall have a period of thirty (30) days to cure any such failure; provided , however , that if the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such failure cannot reasonably be remedied within such 30-day period and if, within such period, PEG 1 provides reasonable evidence to PEG Inc. and PEG 2 that it has commenced, and thereafter proceeds with reasonable due diligence, to remedy such failure, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period satisfactory to PEG Inc. and PEG 2, acting reasonably, for PEG 1 to remedy the same. Following such period, in the event that PEG 1 has not cured such failure (unless such failure is a result of the PEG 2 Board of Directors or the PEG LP Board of Directors not providing approval to fund such increased resources and services) (a “ PEG 1 Services Failure ”) then, except any time following a PEG 2 Transition, PEG 1 Employee Reintegration, or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration, PEG 2 shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to (A) cause PEG 1 to hire additional development personnel, or (B) initiate a wind-down of PEG 2 in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 LPA; provided that PEG Inc. shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to effect a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration following a PEG 1 Services Failure prior to PEG 2 having such right to initiate a wind-down of PEG 2.

 

Article III
PEG INC.’S RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Section 3.01        PEG Inc. Services . PEG Inc. shall make its personnel and the personnel of its subsidiaries available to PEG 1 and PEG 2 to provide and perform the following services for PEG 1, PEG 2, and their respective Affiliates in accordance with, subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.03 , the scope, instruction, and policies of PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable (the “ PEG Inc. Services ”):

 

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(a)                provide and perform the PEG 1 Services after a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration;

 

(b)               provide and perform the PEG 2 Services after a PEG 2 Employee Reintegration;

 

(c)                act as a Shared PEG Executive, as agreed from time to time (with the Shared PEG Executives on the Effective Date indicated on Schedule 1 hereto);

 

(d)               support PEG 1’s and PEG 2’s development activities, analysis of development opportunities and cost analysis and assist with respect to issues concerning project operations and maintenance to the extent required for PEG 1’s or PEG 2’s development activities; and

 

(e)                perform such other tasks of an administrative nature as PEG 1 or PEG 2 may reasonably request from time to time in connection with or related to PEG 1 or PEG 2 and/or their respective business activities.

 

PEG Inc. agrees that the PEG Inc. Services shall include such resources and services that a reasonably prudent professional operating in the wind industry would deem appropriate taking into account the business plan, approved budget, costs and expenses to support the foregoing for each of PEG 1 and PEG 2. Following notice to PEG Inc. by PEG 2, notifying PEG Inc. of its failure to provide such sufficient resources and services, PEG Inc. shall have a period of thirty (30) days to cure any such failure; provided , however , that if the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such failure cannot reasonably be remedied within such 30-day period and if, within such period, PEG Inc. provides reasonable evidence to PEG 2 that it has commenced, and thereafter proceeds with reasonable due diligence, to remedy such failure, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period satisfactory to PEG 2, acting reasonably, for PEG Inc. to remedy the same. Following such period, in the event that PEG Inc. has not cured such failure (unless such failure is a result of the PEG 2 Board of Directors or the PEG LP Board of Directors not providing approval to fund such increased resources and services), PEG 2 shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to (A) suspend PEG Inc. from taking on any additional development projects until such time that PEG Inc. has reasonably demonstrated that sufficient resources and services are being provided to PEG 2, (B) cause PEG Inc. to hire additional development personnel (if the failure relates to the provision of (x) PEG 1 Services following the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or (y) PEG 2 Services following the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration), or (C) initiate a wind-down of PEG 2 in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 LPA.

 

Section 3.02        MOMA and PAA Services . PEG Inc. will have the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to provide services pursuant to Management Operation and Maintenance Agreements (“ MOMAs ”) and Project Administration Agreements (“ PAAs ”) for projects developed by PEG 1 or PEG 2, with all such MOMAs and PAAs to be negotiated on customary arms’ length terms.

 

Article IV
PEG 2 RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Section 4.01        PEG 2 Services . Following the consummation of a PEG 2 Transition, PEG 2 shall make its personnel and the personnel of its subsidiaries available to PEG Inc. and PEG 1 to provide and perform the following services for PEG Inc., PEG 1, and their respective

 

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Affiliates in accordance with, subject to Section 9.01 , the scope, instruction, and policies of PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable (the “ PEG 2 Services ”):

 

(a)                day-today administrative services;

 

(b)               services related to accounting and tax, including, preparation and filing of tax returns and maintaining books and records;

 

(c)                services related to preparation of annual consolidated financial statements, and quarterly interim financial statements;

 

(d)               services related to regulatory reporting and other public filings and disclosures;

 

(e)                services related to preparation of annual budgets;

 

(f)                legal and corporate secretarial support and other corporate services;

 

(g)               services related to financial analysis, financing, and, when requested to do so, assisting in the process of raising capital by way of debt, equity or otherwise;

 

(h)               services related to human resources support and administration;

 

(i)                 services related to information technology support;

 

(j)                 providing advice with respect to issues concerning project development, permitting, construction management and engineering, power marketing, environmental management and implementation;

 

(k)               providing assistance in connection with PEG Inc.’s pursuit of acquisition opportunities;

 

(l)                 services related to obtaining and maintaining insurance;

 

(m)             services related to maintaining required governmental approvals and permits and preparing and submitting filings with respect to PEG Inc.’s projects;

 

(n)               services with respect to compliance with applicable laws and other obligations of PEG Inc. and PEG 1 and their respective projects;

 

(o)               supervising and monitoring PEG Inc.’s and PEG 1’s and their respective counterparties’ compliance with the terms and conditions of PEG Inc.’s and PEG 1’s respective contracts and performing on behalf of PEG Inc. and PEG 1 reporting and other routine administrative responsibilities under such contracts; and

 

(p)               performing such other tasks of an administrative nature as PEG Inc. or PEG 1 may reasonably request from time to time in connection with or related to PEG Inc. or PEG 1, their respective Affiliates and/or their respective operations.

 

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PEG 2 agrees that the PEG 2 Services shall include such resources and services that a reasonably prudent professional operating in the wind industry would deem appropriate taking into account the business plan, approved budget, costs and expenses to support the foregoing for each of PEG Inc. and PEG 1. Following notice to PEG 2 by PEG Inc. notifying PEG 2 of its failure to provide such sufficient resources and services, PEG 2 shall have a period of thirty (30) days to cure any such failure; provided , however , that if the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such failure cannot reasonably be remedied within such 30-day period and if, within such period, PEG 2 provides reasonable evidence to PEG Inc. that it has commenced, and thereafter proceeds with reasonable due diligence, to remedy such failure, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period satisfactory to PEG Inc., acting reasonably, for PEG 2 to remedy the same. In the event that PEG 2 has not cured such failure upon the expiration of such period, a “ PEG 2 Services Failure ” shall have occurred.

 

Article V
STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE

 

Section 5.01        Diligence, Care and Prudence . Each Party shall use such diligence, care and prudence in the performance of its duties, including each Party’s respective services set forth in Article II and Article III hereof and shall devote such time, effort and skills, and shall cause its employees and the employees of its subsidiaries to devote such time effort and skills, as an ordinary professional in like position would do in like circumstances, with like executive responsibilities and fiduciary duties in the case of those employees that serve as executive officers of PEG Inc. who also serve as executive officers of either PEG 1 or PEG 2 (or both), but subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.02        Limitation on Liability . A Party shall have no liability under this Agreement for failure to take actions as to which it has requested in writing the instruction of the other Party to perform if such instruction is not timely given.

 

Article VI
COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT

 

Section 6.01        PEG 1 Services . PEG Inc. and PEG 2 shall pay and reimburse PEG 1 for the PEG 1 Services as follows:

 

(a)                Reimbursable Costs.

 

(i)                 PEG Inc. shall reimburse PEG 1 for PEG Inc.’s allocable share of the costs incurred by PEG 1, on behalf of PEG Inc. in providing the PEG 1 Services. Such costs are expected to include, among other things, the share of costs allocable to PEG Inc. for internal, general and administrative overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, taxes, service contracts, office supplies, insurance and other such costs), and compensation provided to the personnel of PEG 1.

 

(ii)               PEG 2 shall reimburse PEG 1 for PEG 2’s allocable share of the costs incurred by PEG 1, on behalf of PEG 2 in providing the PEG 1 Services. Such costs are expected to include, among other things, the share of costs allocable to PEG 2 for

 

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internal, general and administrative overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, taxes, service contracts, office supplies, insurance and other such costs), and compensation provided to the personnel of PEG 1.

 

(b)               Reimbursable Expenses .

 

(i)                 PEG Inc. shall reimburse PEG 1, for PEG Inc.’s allocable share of all outof-pocket expenses that PEG 1 incurs or pays in connection with the performance of the PEG 1 Services.

 

(ii)               PEG 2 shall reimburse PEG 1, for PEG 2’s allocable share of all outof-pocket expenses that PEG 1 incurs or pays in connection with the performance of the PEG 1 Services.

 

(c)                Methodology . The allocation of costs and expenses attributable to PEG Inc. and PEG 2 under Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth on Exhibit A .

 

(d)               Certain Fees . For the PEG 1 Services set forth in Section 2.01(j) in addition to any reimbursements due under Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above, PEG Inc. and PEG 2 shall pay a fee in an amount equal to 5% of the cost of such services (such cost to be determined in accordance to Section 6.01(c) ) and the fee shall be payable in accordance with Section 6.04 .

 

Section 6.02        PEG Inc. Services . PEG 1 and PEG 2 shall pay and reimburse PEG Inc. for the PEG Inc. Services as follows:

 

(a)                Reimbursable Costs .

 

(i)                 PEG 1 shall reimburse PEG Inc. for PEG 1’s allocable share of the costs incurred by PEG Inc. on behalf of PEG 1 in providing the PEG Inc. Services. Such costs are expected to include, among other things, the share of costs allocable to PEG 1 for internal, general and administrative overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, taxes, service contracts, office supplies, any Support Assets transferred to PEG Inc. by PEG 1 pursuant to the Purchase Right herein, insurance and other such costs), and compensation provided to the personnel of PEG Inc., including, for the avoidance of doubt, compensation provided to executive officers of PEG Inc. who also serve as executive officers of PEG 1.

 

(ii)               PEG 2 shall reimburse PEG Inc. for PEG 2’s allocable share of the costs incurred by PEG Inc. on behalf of PEG 2 in providing the PEG Inc. Services. Such costs are expected to include, among other things, the share of costs allocable to PEG 2 for internal, general and administrative overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, taxes, service contracts, office supplies, any Support Assets transferred to PEG Inc. by PEG 2 pursuant to the Purchase Right herein, insurance and other such costs), and compensation provided to the personnel of PEG Inc., including, for the avoidance of doubt, compensation provided to executive officers of PEG Inc. who also serve as executive officers of PEG 2.

 

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(b)               Reimbursable Expenses .

 

(i)                 PEG 1 shall reimburse PEG Inc. for PEG 1’s allocable share of all out-ofpocket expenses that PEG Inc. incurs in connection with the performance of the PEG Inc. Services.

 

(ii)               PEG 2 shall reimburse PEG Inc. for PEG 2’s allocable share of all out-ofpocket expenses that PEG Inc. incurs in connection with the performance of the PEG Inc. Services.

 

(c)                Methodology . The allocation of costs and expenses attributable to PEG 1 and PEG 2 shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth on Exhibit A .

 

(d)               Certain Fees . For the PEG Inc. Services set forth in Section 3.01(d) , in addition to any reimbursements due under Sections 6.02(a) and (b) above, PEG 1 shall pay a fee, in the aggregate, in an amount equal to 5% of the cost of such services (such cost to be determined in accordance to Section 6.02(c) ) and the fee shall be payable in accordance with Section 6.04 .

 

Section 6.03        PEG 2 Services . PEG Inc. and PEG 1 shall pay and reimburse PEG 2 for the PEG 2 Services as follows:

 

(a)                Reimbursable Costs .

 

(i)                 PEG Inc. shall reimburse PEG 2 for PEG Inc.’s allocable share of the costs incurred by PEG 2 on behalf of PEG Inc. in providing the PEG 2 Services. Such costs are expected to include, among other things, the share of costs allocable to PEG Inc. for internal, general and administrative overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, taxes, service contracts, office supplies, insurance and other such costs), and compensation provided to the personnel of PEG 2.

 

(ii)               PEG 1 shall reimburse PEG 2 for PEG 1’s allocable share of the costs incurred by PEG 2 on behalf of PEG 1 in providing the PEG 2 Services. Such costs are expected to include, among other things, the share of costs allocable to PEG 1 for internal, general and administrative overhead expenses (including rent, utilities, taxes, service contracts, office supplies, insurance and other such costs), and compensation provided to the personnel of PEG 2.

 

(b)               Reimbursable Expenses .

 

(i)                 PEG Inc. shall reimburse PEG 2 for PEG Inc.’s allocable share of all out-of-pocket expenses that PEG 2 incurs or pays in connection with the performance of the PEG 2 Services.

 

(ii)               PEG 1 shall reimburse PEG 2 for PEG 1’s allocable share of all out-of-pocket expenses that PEG 2 incurs or pays in connection with the performance of the PEG 2 Services.

 

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(c)                Methodology . The allocation of costs and expenses attributable to PEG Inc. and PEG 1 under Sections 6.03(a) and (b) above shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth on Exhibit A .

 

(d)               Certain Fees . For the PEG 2 Services set forth in Section 4.01(j) in addition to any reimbursements due under Sections 6.03(a) and (b) above, PEG Inc. and PEG 1 shall pay a fee in an amount equal to 5% of the cost of such services (such cost to be determined in accordance to Section 6.03(c) ) and the fee shall be payable in accordance with Section 6.04 .

 

Section 6.04        Billing and Payment . Within thirty (30) days following submission by a Party of an invoice to the other Party reflecting any fees, costs and expenses due and payable by the other Party (which invoice shall include copies of third party invoices identifying and substantiating, in reasonable detail, the nature of such fees, costs and expenses and the basis for reimbursement thereof), the receiving Party shall:

 

(a)                Make such payment of the fees, costs and expenses, less any portion of such fees, costs and expenses that the receiving Party disputes in good faith;

 

(b)               With respect to any disputed portion of such invoice, provide the billing Party with a written statement explaining, in reasonable detail, the basis for such dispute. The parties shall attempt to resolve any such disputed portion. In the event that the Parties are unable to resolve such dispute, the provision of Article X hereof shall apply; and

 

(c)                Any amount owed hereunder that remains unpaid more than ten (10) days after the date such amount is due and payable under this Agreement shall accrue interest at the Reference Rate beginning on the first (1st) day after such amount became due and payable.

 

Section 6.05        Records . Each Party shall retain copies of invoices submitted by it under this Agreement and of any third party invoices or similar documentation contained or reflected therein, for a minimum period of three (3) years or such longer period to the extent required by law.

 

Article VII
PEG 2 TRANSITION

 

Section 7.01        PEG 2 Transition . PEG 2 shall have the option, exercisable by delivery of written notice of exercise to PEG 1, with a copy to PEG Inc., to require PEG 1 to cooperate and use reasonable efforts to cause the employees of PEG 1 and any of its subsidiaries to become employees of PEG 2 or any of its subsidiaries (the “ PEG 2 Transition ”, and the date, if any, such notice is so delivered, the “ PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event ”) and to execute all employment and other agreements and documents reasonably necessary to implement the PEG 2 Transition. From and after the occurrence of the PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event, PEG 1 will cooperate to cause the PEG 2 Transition to occur within six (6) months following the PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; provided, however, that PEG 2 shall consult with PEG Inc. at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to a PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event; provided, further, that PEG 2 shall not exercise a PEG 2 Transition (or, if a PEG 2 Transition has been exercised, proceed with such PEG 2 Transition) if PEG Inc. provides PEG 2

 

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with written notice of its intent to exercise a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration within six (6) months following the PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event.

 

Section 7.02        No Payments . Neither PEG 1 nor PEG Inc. will be required to make any payments to PEG 2 upon the occurrence of the PEG 2 Transition other than as described in Section 7.03 . PEG 2 will not be required to make any payments to PEG 1 or PEG Inc. upon the occurrence of the PEG 2 Transition, other than the payment of any statutory severance payments that may be due and payable to Canadian and Chilean employees as result of the PEG 2 Transition. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, PEG 2 shall not assume any employee-related liabilities (including, without limitation, back salaries, medical reimbursements, or deferred compensation) of PEG 1 that accrued prior to the consummation of the PEG 2 Transition.

 

Section 7.03        Reimbursement following PEG 2 Transition . Following the PEG 2 Transition, all third-party transactional costs incurred by PEG 1 or PEG Inc. in connection with the PEG 2 Transition shall be borne by PEG 2.

 

Section 7.04        Transition . Following the PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event, the Parties shall mutually cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to cause the employees of PEG 1 and its subsidiaries to become the employees of PEG 2 and to execute all employment and other agreements and documents necessary to implement the PEG 2 Transition.

 

Article VIII
REINTEGRATION EVENTS

 

Section 8.01        Reintegration Event . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, PEG Inc. shall have the option, exercisable by delivery of written notice of exercise to PEG 1 or PEG 2:

 

(a)                at any time after the earliest to occur of (i) the date that PEG 1 provides written notice to PEG Inc. that PEG 1 will complete a wind-down within six (6) months following the date of such notice, (ii) the third anniversary of the date hereof, and (iii) a PEG 1 Services Failure, to require PEG 1 to cause the employees of PEG 1 and its subsidiaries to become employees of PEG Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “ PEG 1 Employee Reintegration ” and the date, if any, such notice of exercise is so delivered, the “ PEG 1 Reintegration Event ”). From and after the occurrence of the PEG 1 Reintegration Event, PEG Inc., PEG 1, and PEG 2 will cooperate to cause the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration to occur by the six month anniversary of the PEG 1 Reintegration Event or as soon as reasonably practical thereafter; and

 

(b)               at any time after the earliest to occur of (i) the PEG 2 Transition Trigger Event but before the PEG 2 Transition, (ii) the third anniversary of the date hereof, (iii) a PEG 2 Services Failure and (iv) a wind-up of PEG 2 being initiated, to require PEG 2 to cause the employees of PEG 2 and its subsidiaries to become employees of PEG Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “ PEG 2 Employee Reintegration ” and the date, if any, such notice of exercise is so delivered, the “ PEG 2 Reintegration Event ”). From and after the occurrence of the PEG 2 Reintegration Event, PEG Inc., PEG 1, and PEG 2 will cooperate to cause the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration to occur by

 

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the six month anniversary of the PEG 2 Reintegration Event or as soon as reasonably practical thereafter.

 

Section 8.02        No Payments . Neither PEG 1 nor PEG 2 will be required to make any payments to PEG Inc. upon the occurrence of a PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration other than as described in Section 8.03 and Section 8.05 . PEG Inc. will not be required to make any payments to PEG 1 or PEG 2 upon the occurrence of the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration, other than the payment of any statutory severance payments that may be due and payable to Canadian and Chilean employees as result of the PEG 1 Reintegration Event or PEG 2 Reintegration Event, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, PEG Inc. shall not assume any employee-related liabilities (including, without limitation, back salaries, medical reimbursements, or deferred compensation) of (a) PEG 1 that accrued prior to the consummation of the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or (b) PEG 2 that accrued prior to the consummation of the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration.

 

Section 8.03        Services Following the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration . Following the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration, the PEG 1 Services set forth in Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be included in the PEG Inc. Services set forth in Section 3.01 . PEG Inc. shall thereafter continue to provide the PEG Inc. Services to PEG 1 and PEG 2 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, such capabilities that as result of the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration shall have become capabilities of PEG Inc.), solely to the extent requested by PEG 1 or PEG 2 in connection with the development, construction, and back-office activities of PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable.

 

Section 8.04        Services Following the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration . Following the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration, the PEG 2 Services set forth in Section 4.01 shall be deemed to be included in the PEG Inc. Services set forth in Section 3.01 . PEG Inc. shall thereafter continue to provide the PEG Inc. Services to PEG 1 and PEG 2 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, such capabilities that as result of the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration shall have become capabilities of PEG Inc.), solely to the extent requested by PEG 1 or PEG 2 in connection with the development, construction, and back-office activities of PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable.

 

Section 8.05        Reimbursement following Employee Reintegrations . Following either the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration, PEG 1 and PEG 2 will continue to pay PEG Inc. for the PEG Inc. Services being provided to PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, consistent with Section 6.02 . All third-party transactional costs incurred by PEG 1, PEG 2 or PEG Inc. in connection with the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration shall be borne by PEG Inc.

 

Section 8.06        Transition . Following the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration Event or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration Event, the Parties shall mutually cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to cause the employees of PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, and their respective subsidiaries, to become the employees of PEG Inc. and to execute all employment and other agreements and documents reasonably necessary to implement the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Employee Reintegration, as applicable.

 

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Article IX

EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

 

Section 9.01        Personnel . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) prior to the occurrence of the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Transition, all personnel performing the PEG 1 Services shall perform such services under the direction and supervision of PEG 1 and its subsidiaries and shall at all times remain employees or independent contractors, as the case may be, of PEG 1 or one of its subsidiaries (other than PEG Inc.) or a third party and shall not become or be deemed to be employees of PEG Inc. or PEG 2 or any of their respective subsidiaries (except pursuant to the PEG 1 Employee Reintegration, PEG 2 Employee Reintegration or PEG 2 Transition, as applicable), (ii) prior to the occurrence of the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration all personnel performing the PEG 2 Services shall perform such services under the direction and supervision of PEG 2 and its subsidiaries and shall at all times remain employees or independent contractors, as the case may be, of PEG 2 or one of its subsidiaries (other than PEG Inc.) or a third party and shall not become or be deemed to be employees of PEG Inc. or PEG 1 or any of their respective subsidiaries (except pursuant to the PEG 2 Employee Reintegration, as applicable), and (iii) all personnel performing the PEG Inc. Services shall perform such services under the direction and supervision of PEG Inc. and its subsidiaries and shall at all times remain employees or independent contractors, as the case may be, of PEG Inc. or one of its subsidiaries or a third party and shall not become or be deemed to be employees of PEG 1 or PEG 2 or any of their respective subsidiaries. No person shall perform any services hereunder not authorized to be performed hereunder by such person.

 

Article X
DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

Section 10.01    Procedure . The Parties shall attempt, in good faith, to resolve or cure all disputes by mutual agreement in accordance with this Article X before initiating any legal action or attempting to enforce any rights or remedies hereunder (including termination), at law or in equity (regardless of whether this Article X is referenced in the provision of this Agreement which is the basis for any such dispute). If there is a dispute as to whether a breach or default has occurred or if any other dispute under this Agreement has arisen, any Party may give notice thereof to the other Parties which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the basis and specifics of the alleged breach, default or dispute. Within five (5), or such other time as the Parties may agree, days after delivery of such notice, the designated representatives of all Parties shall meet to discuss and attempt to resolve or cure such dispute or alleged breach or default. If such representatives are unable to resolve the dispute or alleged breach or default within fifteen (15) days after delivery of such notice, the matter shall be referred to a “Senior Officer” of PEG Inc., a “Senior Officer” of PEG 1, and a “Senior Officer” of PEG 2, for resolution or cure. If the Senior Officers are unable to resolve the matter within ten (10) days after the matter has been referred to them, the Parties may have recourse to mediation, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution mechanism of their mutual selection. If the Parties cannot agree on an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, each Party may pursue its own legal remedies.

 

Section 10.02    Continuation of Work . Pending final resolution of any dispute, the Parties shall continue to fulfill their respective obligations under this Agreement; provided, however,

 

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that a Party may withhold any amount that is the subject of dispute from any payment otherwise due hereunder during the pendency of any dispute resolution proceeding, including the pursuit of legal remedies. Upon a Party prevailing in such dispute, the other Parties shall immediately pay to the prevailing Party the unpaid amount in dispute with interest thereon, which interest shall accrue, at the Reference Rate, for each day from and including the date on which such amount was originally due to, but excluding, the date of actual payment thereof.

 

Article XI
COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION

 

Section 11.01    Term . This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect (a) with respect to PEG 1, until a wind-up of PEG 1 is completed in accordance with the terms of the PEG 1 LPA, and (b) with respect to PEG 2, until a wind-up of PEG 2 is completed in accordance with the terms of the PEG 2 LPA, unless earlier terminated (in whole or in part) in accordance with Section 11.03 , Section 11.04 , or Section 11.05 (the “ Term ”).

 

Section 11.02    Cooperation . In connection with any termination of this Agreement each Party shall cooperate with all reasonable requests of the other Parties in connection with the transition of its respective services to the entity selected by the other Parties, if applicable, to undertake such services after such termination of the Term. Following any termination pursuant to Section 11.03 , neither PEG 1 nor PEG 2 shall be entitled to reimbursement of costs and expenses other than reimbursement for the services and reasonable expenses incurred by PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, in connection with the transition of the PEG Inc. Services pursuant to this Section 11.02 for the period after such termination. Following any termination pursuant to Section 11.04 , neither PEG 2 nor PEG Inc. shall be entitled to reimbursement of costs and expenses other than reimbursement for the services and reasonable expenses incurred by PEG 2 or PEG Inc., as applicable, in connection with the transition of the PEG 1 Services pursuant to this Section 11.02, for the period after such termination. Following any termination pursuant to Section 11.05 , neither PEG Inc. nor PEG 1 shall be entitled to reimbursement of costs and expenses other than reimbursement for the services and reasonable expenses incurred by PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, in connection with the transition of the PEG 2 Services pursuant to this Section 11.02, for the period after such termination.

 

Section 11.03    Early Termination by PEG Inc. PEG Inc. may terminate this Agreement with respect to PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, effective upon written notice of termination to PEG 1 and PEG 2, as applicable, if:

 

(a)                PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, defaults in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement and such default continues for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof specifying such default and requesting that the same be remedied in such 30-day period; provided , however , that if the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such obligation cannot reasonably be remedied within such 30-day period and if, within such period, PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, provides reasonable evidence to PEG Inc. that it has commenced, and thereafter proceeds with all due diligence, to remedy the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such obligation, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period satisfactory to PEG Inc., acting reasonably, for PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, to remedy the same;

 

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(b)               PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, engages in any act of gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct in performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)                PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, institutes proceedings to be adjudicated voluntarily bankrupt, consents to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy against it, is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as being bankrupt or insolvent, seeks reorganization under any bankruptcy law or consents to the filing of a petition seeking such reorganization or has a decree entered against it by a court of competent jurisdiction appointing a receiver liquidator, trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or in insolvency; or

 

(d)               PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, or substantially all of their respective assets, is acquired by an unrelated third party.

 

Section 11.04    Early Termination by PEG 1 . PEG 1 may terminate this Agreement with respect to PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, effective upon written notice of termination to PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, if:

 

(a)                PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, defaults in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement and such default continues for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof specifying such default and requesting that the same be remedied in such 30-day period; provided , however , that if the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such obligation cannot reasonably be remedied within such 30-day period and if, within such period, PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, provides reasonable evidence to PEG 1 that it has commenced, and thereafter proceeds with all due diligence, to remedy the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such obligation, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period satisfactory to PEG 1, acting reasonably, for PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, to remedy the same;

 

(b)               PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, engages in any act of gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct in performance of its obligations under this Agreement; or

 

(c)                PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, institutes proceedings to be adjudicated voluntarily bankrupt, consents to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy against it, is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as being bankrupt or insolvent, seeks reorganization under any bankruptcy law or consents to the filing of a petition seeking such reorganization or has a decree entered against it by a court of competent jurisdiction appointing a receiver liquidator, trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or in insolvency.

 

Section 11.05    Early Termination by PEG 2 . PEG 2 may terminate this Agreement with respect to PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, effective upon written notice of termination to PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, if:

 

(a)                PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, defaults in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement and such default continues for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof specifying such default and requesting that the same be remedied in such 30-day period; provided , however , that if the fact,

 

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circumstance or condition that is the subject of such obligation cannot reasonably be remedied within such 30-day period and if, within such period, PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, provides reasonable evidence to PEG 2 that it has commenced, and thereafter proceeds with all due diligence, to remedy the fact, circumstance or condition that is the subject of such obligation, such period shall be extended for a reasonable period satisfactory to PEG 2, acting reasonably, for PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, to remedy the same;

 

(b)               PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, engages in any act of gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct in performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)                PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, institutes proceedings to be adjudicated voluntarily bankrupt, consents to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy against it, is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as being bankrupt or insolvent, seeks reorganization under any bankruptcy law or consents to the filing of a petition seeking such reorganization or has a decree entered against it by a court of competent jurisdiction appointing a receiver liquidator, trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or in insolvency; or

 

(d)               With respect to PEG 1, PEG 1, or substantially all of PEG 1’s assets, is or are acquired by an unrelated third party.

 

Article XII
INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

Section 12.01    Indemnification .

 

(a)                Each of PEG 1 and PEG 2 shall, individually and not joint and severally, indemnify and hold PEG Inc., its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, and agents acting on their behalf harmless from any damage, loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by PEG Inc. as a result of PEG 1’s or PEG 2’s, as applicable, performance of its respective obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such damage, loss, liability or expense results from PEG Inc.’s gross negligence, fraud, wilful misconduct or breach of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)               Each of PEG Inc. and PEG 1 shall, individually and not joint and severally, indemnify and hold PEG 2, its officers, partners, members, employees, representatives and agents acting on their behalf harmless from any damage, loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by PEG 2 as a result of PEG Inc.’s or PEG 1’s, as applicable, performance of its respective obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such damage, loss, liability or expense results from PEG 2’s gross negligence, fraud, wilful misconduct or breach of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)                Each of PEG Inc. and PEG 2 shall, individually and not joint and severally, indemnify and hold PEG 1, its officers, partners, members, employees, representatives and agents acting on their behalf harmless from any damage, loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by PEG 1 as a result of PEG Inc.’s or PEG 2’s, as applicable, performance of its respective obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent

 

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such damage, loss, liability or expense results from PEG 1’s gross negligence, fraud, wilful misconduct or breach of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 12.02    Exclusion of Consequential Damages . None of PEG Inc., PEG 1, or PEG 2 shall be liable hereunder for punitive, consequential or indirect damages of any nature including, but not limited to, damages for lost profits or revenues or the loss or use of such profits or revenue.

 

Section 12.03    Total Limitation on Liability . An indemnifying Party’s total liability to an indemnified Party in any fiscal year during the Term on all claims of any kind, whether based on contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, for all losses or damages arising out of, connected with, or resulting from this Agreement or from the performance or breach thereof, or from any services covered by or furnished during the Term of this Agreement, shall in no case exceed the aggregate value of the fees paid by the applicable indemnified Party to the applicable indemnifying Party for such fiscal year; provided , however , that the foregoing limitation on liability shall not apply to damage to the applicable indemnified Party caused by the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of the applicable indemnifying Party with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.04    Survival . For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Article XII shall survive the completion of the respective services rendered under, or any termination or purported termination of, this Agreement.

 

Article XIII
RIGHT TO PURCHASE CERTAIN ASSETS

 

Section 13.01    Purchase Right . To the extent PEG 2 or PEG Inc., as applicable, exercises its right to effect a PEG 1 Reintegration, PEG 2 Reintegration, or PEG 2 Transition, PEG 2 or PEG Inc., as applicable, shall have the unconditional right and option to purchase for fair market value (as determined in accordance with this Agreement) any Support Assets owned by PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, exercisable by such Party in its sole discretion at any time during the Term (the “ Purchase Right ”), and PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, will take all actions necessary to cause the sale and transfer to PEG 2 or PEG Inc., as applicable, of any Support Assets with respect to which PEG 2 or PEG Inc., as applicable, has exercised the Purchase Right.

 

Section 13.02    Procedure . PEG Inc. shall deliver to PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, written notice upon the exercise of the Purchase Right, which notice shall specify the Support Assets with respect to which PEG Inc. is exercising the Purchase Right. Thereafter, the Parties will negotiate in good faith the fair market value that PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, will pay PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, for any Support Asset being purchased and the other terms and conditions with respect thereto. The Parties will complete the purchase and sale within thirty (30) days following receipt of PEG Inc.’s or PEG 2’s, as applicable, initial notice to PEG 1 or PEG 2.

 

Section 13.03    Disputes . Any dispute between the Parties arising with respect to the purchase and sale of Support Assets, including with respect to the fair market value of any Support Assets, shall be settled in accordance with Article X hereof.

 

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Section 13.04    Transfer . PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to promptly transfer and assign to PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, any licenses, registrations, warranties, consents and other rights associated with any Support Assets purchased by PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, pursuant to the Purchase Right. In the event that any such license, registration, warranty, consent or other right is not by its terms transferable to PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable,, PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, will enter into such arrangements that give PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, substantially the same benefit as though such license, registration, warranty, consent or other right was transferred to PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, pursuant to the Purchase Right.

 

Article XIV
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 14.01    Assignment .

 

(a)                Assignment by PEG 1 . PEG 1 may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of PEG Inc. and PEG 2.

 

(b)               Assignment by PEG 2 . PEG 2 may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of PEG Inc. and PEG 1.

 

(c)                Assignment by PEG Inc. PEG Inc. may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of PEG 1 and PEG 2, provided , however , that PEG Inc. may pledge, collaterally assign, or encumber its rights under this Agreement to any lender of PEG Inc. or its Affiliates. In such event, PEG 1 and PEG 2 agree to execute a consent and/or acknowledgement to such collateral assignment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to PEG 1 and PEG 2 and consistent with thencurrent financing practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PEG Inc. may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of PEG 1 or PEG 2 to any of its Affiliates, provided that such Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 14.02    Authorization . Except as expressly authorized in writing by PEG Inc. or PEG 2, as applicable, or as contemplated under the PEG 1 Services, PEG 1 nor any of its employees, officers or agents, shall have the right to bind PEG Inc. or PEG 2 or create any obligation or to make any representation on behalf of PEG Inc. or PEG 2. Except as expressly authorized in writing by PEG Inc. or PEG 1, as applicable, PEG 2 nor any of its officers or agents, shall have the right to bind PEG Inc. or PEG 1 or create any obligation or to make any representation on behalf of PEG Inc. or PEG 1. Except as expressly authorized in writing by PEG 1 and PEG 2, as applicable, or as contemplated under the PEG Inc. Services, PEG Inc. nor any of its employees, officers or agents, shall have the right to bind PEG 1 or PEG 2 or create any obligation or to make any representation on behalf of PEG 1 or PEG 2.

 

Section 14.03    Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Venue . This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York excluding any conflict-oflaws rule or principle that might refer the governance or the construction of this Agreement to the law of another jurisdiction irrespective of the choice of laws principles. Each Party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in New York, New York in connection with any claim, suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to

 

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this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any dealings between the Parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the relationship that is being established. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.

 

Section 14.04    No Partnership . Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by any Party to this Agreement shall be (i) deemed to create any company, partnership, joint venture, association or syndicate among or between any of the Parties; or (ii) except as contemplated under the PEG Inc. Services, the PEG 1 Services, or the PEG 2 Services, as applicable, deemed to confer on any Party any expressed or implied right, power or authority to enter into any agreement or commitment, express or implied, or to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of any other Party, except as expressly authorized in writing.

 

Section 14.05    Notice . All notices, requests, consents, demands and other communications (collectively “ notices ”) required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing signed by the Party giving such notice and shall be given to each Party at its address or fax number set forth in this Section 14.05 or at such other address or fax number as such Party may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice to the other Party and shall be either delivered personally or sent by fax or registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by a nationally recognized overnight courier service. A notice shall be deemed to have been given (i) when transmitted if given by fax or (ii) when delivered, if given by any other means. Notices shall be sent to the following addresses:

 

To PEG Inc.:

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.
Pier 1, Bay 3
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (415) 362¬7900

 

To PEG 1:

 

Pattern Energy Group LP
Pier 1, Bay 3
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (415) 362¬7900

 

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To PEG 2:

 

Pattern Energy Group 2 LP
Pier 1, Bay 3
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (415) 362¬7900

 

Section 14.06    Usage . This Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of usage: (i) a reference in this Agreement to a Person includes, unless the context otherwise requires, such Person’s successors and permitted assignees; (ii) a reference in this Agreement to a law, license, or permit includes any amendment, modification or replacement to such law, license or permit; (iii) accounting terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP; (iv) a reference in this Agreement to an article, section, exhibit, schedule or appendix is to an article, section, exhibit, schedule or appendix of this Agreement unless otherwise stated; (v) a reference in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement shall be deemed to include all appendices, exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto and all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in substitution thereof, and shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement thereof, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and as the same is in effect at any given time; (vi) unless otherwise specified, the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and (vii) the words “include” and “including” and words of similar import used in this Agreement are not limiting and shall be construed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by such words.

 

Section 14.07    Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including all appendices and exhibits thereto) constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior written and oral agreements and understandings with respect to such subject matter.

 

Section 14.08    Amendment . Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms hereof may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified orally, but only by a document in writing signed by both Parties.

 

Section 14.09    Confidential Information .

 

(a)                Except as required by applicable law or explicitly required or permitted by this Agreement, no Party shall, without the prior written consent of the other Party, (i) disclose any confidential information obtained from the other Party to any third parties, other than to consultants, employees, officers and potential financing parties who have agreed to keep such information confidential as contemplated by this Agreement and who need the information to carry out the purpose for which they were engaged (ii) use any confidential information obtained from the other party except for the purposes set forth in the Agreement.

 

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(b)               This Section 14.09 does not apply to information that the receiving party can demonstrate is presently a matter of public knowledge or which is or becomes available as a matter of public knowledge from a source which is not known to be prohibited from disclosing such information. In the event that a Party is requested or required by legal or regulatory authority to disclose any confidential information, the Party shall promptly notify the disclosing Party of such request or requirement prior to disclosure so that the disclosing Party may seek an appropriate protective order. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the receiving Party shall have the right to disclose only so much of the confidential information as, in the advice of its legal counsel, the receiving party is legally required to disclose. In such an event, the receiving Party agrees to use good faith efforts to ensure that all confidential information that is so disclosed will be accorded confidential treatment.

 

(c)                The foregoing obligations will not apply to the tax treatment or tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Transaction ”) and each Party (and any employee, representative, or agent of any party) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all other materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analysis) that are provided to any party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. However, any such information relating to such tax treatment and tax structure is required to be kept confidential to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable securities laws. The preceding sentences are intended to cause the Transaction not to be treated as having been offered under conditions of confidentiality for purposes of Sections 1.6011-4(b)(3) and 301.6111-2(a)(2)(ii) (or any successor provision) of the Treasury Regulations issued under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and will be construed in a manner consistent with such purpose.

 

Section 14.10    Discharge of Obligations . With respect to any duties or obligations discharged hereunder by a Party, such Party may discharge such duties or obligations through the personnel of an affiliate of such Party; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Party shall remain fully liable hereunder for such discharged duties and obligations, unless such duties are assigned pursuant to Section 14.01 .

 

Section 14.11    Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, this Agreement is intended to be solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and their permitted assignees and is not intended to and shall not confer any rights or benefits to the general public or any other third party not a signatory hereto.

 

Section 14.12    Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that shall be prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto hereby waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

Section 14.13    Binding Effect . The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns. Subject to Section 14.11 , nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to

 

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give any Person other than a Party hereto any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

 

Section 14.14    Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.  
             
             
      By: /s/ Esben Pedersen  
        Name: Esben Pedersen  
        Title: Chief Investment Officer  
             

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Multilateral Management Services Agreement]

 

 
 

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort  
        Name: Daniel M. Elkort  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Multilateral Management Services Agreement]

 

 
 

 

      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP 2 LP  
             
             
      By: /s/ Dyann Blaine  
        Name: Dyann Blaine  
        Title: Vice President  
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Multilateral Management Services Agreement]

 

 
 

Schedule 1 

Shared PEG Executives

 

Executive 

Title at PEG 1 

Approximate Expected Allocation to PEG 1 and PEG 2 (collectively) 

Mike Garland Chief Executive Officer 30-50%
Hunter Armistead Executive Vice President, Business Development 60-80%
Daniel Elkort Executive Vice President and General Counsel 50-70%
Mike Lyon Chief Financial Officer 20-40%
Esben Pedersen Chief Investment Officer 40-60%
Kevin Deters Vice President, Engineering & Construction 70-90%
Kevin Devlin Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations 40-50%
Chris Shugart Senior Vice President, Operations 10-20%

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

 
 

Exhibit A

 

M ethodology for Determining Allocation of Cost and Expenses

 

1. Allocation of costs and expenses will be between Pattern Energy Group LP (PEG 1), Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (PEG 2) and Pattern Energy Group Inc. (PEG Inc.).

 

2. Costs and expenses relating to the provision of Services by one Party to another Party that are incurred by (a) PEG 1 or any of its subsidiaries will be allocated to PEG Inc. and PEG 2, as applicable, (b) PEG Inc. or any of its subsidiaries will be allocated to PEG 1 and PEG 2, as applicable, and (c) PEG 2 or any of its subsidiaries will be allocated to PEG 1 and PEG Inc., as applicable.

 

3. Costs and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of Services by one Party to another Party included in the allocation will be:

 

a. Employee (labor) related, including but not limited to salaries and benefits;

 

b. Travel and entertainment;

 

c. Professional fees, including but not limited to consulting and legal;

 

d. Information technology, including but not limited to computer hardware, network services, software licenses and telecom;

 

e. General and administrative, including but not limited to insurance, rent, and other facilities, advertising, office supplies, public relations, and delivery charges;

 

f. Cash bonus compensation for employees; provided , however , with respect to members of the executive management team of PEG Inc., PEG 1, or PEG 2, as applicable, such bonus compensation will only be included to the extent that such compensation does not exceed 120% of the average compensation paid to such executive during the three (3) prior calendar years (or fewer if such executive has less than three (3) years of service) (after disregarding from such three-year average any compensation in any such year that exceeded the three-year trailing average of such 120% threshold). For the avoidance of doubt, cash bonus compensation includes variable cash incentive awards settled in cash in an applicable period; and

 

g. Non-cash compensation for employees, to the extent such non-cash compensation does not exceed 10% of the total compensation paid in such calendar year.

 

4. Allocating labor and other costs and expenses will be determined by percentages based on timestudy results. Quarterly questionnaires will be completed by all employees and will require all employees to accurately designate time spent on various categories, including but not limited to development, construction, operating projects owned by PEG Inc. or general corporate matters.

 

5. PEG 1 and PEG 2 will allocate costs and expenses to PEG Inc. by:

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 
 
a. Determining its total costs and expenses as listed above.

 

b. Determine the allocation percentage from quarterly timestudy questionnaire results. In general, percent classifications to operating projects owned by PEG Inc. will be used to allocate costs from PEG 1 or PEG 2, as applicable, to PEG Inc.

 

c. Allocated costs and expenses will be equal to total costs and expenses multiplied by the allocation percentage.

 

6. PEG Inc. and PEG 2 will allocate costs and expenses to PEG 1 by:

 

a. Determining its total costs and expenses as listed above.

 

b. Determine allocation percentage from quarterly timestudy questionnaire results. In general, percent classifications to operating projects owned by PEG Inc. will be attributed to PEG Inc. The remaining percentage will be used to allocate costs from PEG Inc. and PEG 2 to PEG 1.

 

c. Allocated costs and expenses will be equal to total costs multiplied by the allocation percentage.

 

7. PEG Inc. and PEG 1 will allocate costs and expenses to PEG 2 by:

 

a. Determining its total costs and expenses as listed above.

 

b. Determine allocation percentage from quarterly timestudy questionnaire results. In general, percent classifications to operating projects owned by PEG Inc. will be attributed to PEG Inc. The remaining percentage will be used to allocate costs from PEG Inc. and PEG 1 to PEG 2.

 

c. Allocated costs and expenses will be equal to total costs multiplied by the allocation percentage.

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

 

Execution Version 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED


aGREEMENT OF


LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


OF


Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP


Dated effective as of

 


June 16, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE UNITS IN PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 LP HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION. NO UNIT MAY BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE (WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY SECURITIES LAW) UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIT IS THEN IN EFFECT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS IS THEN APPLICABLE TO THE UNIT. A UNIT ALSO MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR ENCUMBERED UNLESS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE SATISFIED.

 

 

 
 

Table of Contents

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Article II

ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS

 

Section 2.01 Organization; Ratification 16
Section 2.02 Name 16
Section 2.03 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office in the United States; Other Offices 17
Section 2.04 Purpose 17
Section 2.05 Foreign Qualification 17
Section 2.06 Term 17
Section 2.07 Alternative Investment Vehicles 18

 

Article III

partners; REPRESENTATIONS

 

Section 3.01 Class A Limited Partners 18
Section 3.02 Class B Limited Partners 19
Section 3.03 Units; Certificates 20
Section 3.04 Conflicts of Interest 20
Section 3.05 Representations, Warranties and Covenants 23

 

Article IV

BOOKS AND RECORDS

 

Section 4.01 Books, Records, Access and Tax Information 25
Section 4.02 Tax Elections 26
Section 4.03 Tax Matters Partner 26
Section 4.04 Section 83(b) Election 28
Section 4.05 Bipartisan Budget Act 28

 

Article V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 5.01 Initial Capital Contributions of Class A Limited Partners 28
Section 5.02 Further Capital Contributions 29
Section 5.03 PEG 1 Option 30
Section 5.04 Withdrawal of Capital 31
Section 5.05 Alternative Sources of Capital 31

 

 

 

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Section 5.06 Capital Accounts 32

 

Article VI

ALLOCATIONS

 

Section 6.01 Allocations of Profits and Losses 33
Section 6.02 Regulatory Allocations 33
Section 6.03 Income Tax Allocations 35
Section 6.04 Other Allocation Rules 36

 

Article VII

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 7.01 Distributions 36
Section 7.02 Distributions in Kind 37
Section 7.03 Tax Distributions 37
Section 7.04 Redemption/Repurchase of Units 38
Section 7.05 Proceeds from Projects 38
Section 7.06 Withholding 38

 

Article VIII

MEETINGS OF partners

 

Section 8.01 Meetings 40
Section 8.02 Place of Meetings 40
Section 8.03 Notice of Meetings 40
Section 8.04 Record Date 40
Section 8.05 Quorum 40
Section 8.06 Proxies 41
Section 8.07 Action by Partners Without a Meeting 41
Section 8.08 Waiver of Notice 41
Section 8.09 Conduct of Meetings 41
Section 8.10 Limited Class B Voting Rights 42

 

Article IX

MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP

 

Section 9.01 Management 42
Section 9.02 Board of Directors 44
Section 9.03 Officers 47
Section 9.04 Actions Requiring Board Approval 47
Section 9.05 Actions Requiring Board Approval and Approval of the Class A Limited Partners 48
Section 9.06 Actions Requiring Board Approval and Approval of Pattern Energy 49

 

 

 

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Section 9.07 Actions Requiring Board Approval and Approval of the Class B Limited Partners 50
Section 9.08 Certain Expenses 50
Section 9.09 Grant of Authority 51

 

Article X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.01 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings 51
Section 10.02 Expenses Payable in Advance 52
Section 10.03 Unpaid Claims 52
Section 10.04 Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses 52
Section 10.05 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses; Third Party Beneficiaries 53
Section 10.06 Limitation on Indemnification 53
Section 10.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents 53
Section 10.08 Severability 53
Section 10.09 Fiduciary Service 54
Section 10.10 Exculpation 54
Section 10.11 Indemnitor of First Resort 54
Section 10.12 Insurance 55

 

Article XI

TRANSFER OF UNITS

 

Section 11.01 Request for Sale of Partnership by a Class A Majority 55
Section 11.02 Conversion to a Corporation; Qualified Public Offering 57
Section 11.03 Demand Registration Rights 59
Section 11.04 Piggyback Registration Rights. 61
Section 11.05 Tag Along Rights 61
Section 11.06 Certain Events Not Deemed Transfers 63
Section 11.07 Transfer and Exchange 63
Section 11.08 Vesting Terms; Redemption/Forfeiture 63
Section 11.09 Determination of Fair Market Value 68
Section 11.10 Substituted Limited Partners 69
Section 11.11 Transfer of Rights 70
Section 11.12 Transfer 70
Section 11.13 Taxable Non-Cash Transactions 70

 

Article XII

LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS

 

Section 12.01 Restrictions on Transfer 70
Section 12.02 Restrictive Legends 71

 

 

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Section 12.03 Spouses 72
Section 12.04 Termination of Certain Restrictions 73

 

Article XIII

ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL UNITS

 

Section 13.01 Issuance of Additional Units 73
Section 13.02 Preemptive Rights 74

 

Article XIV

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

Section 14.01 Dissolution 75
Section 14.02 Effect of Dissolution 75
Section 14.03 Liquidation Upon Dissolution 75
Section 14.04 Negative Capital Accounts 76
Section 14.05 Winding Up and Certificate of Cancellation 76

 

Article XV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 15.01 Notices 76
Section 15.02 Governing Law 76
Section 15.03 Arbitration 76
Section 15.04 Waiver of Jury Trial 77
Section 15.05 Entire Agreement; Amendments 77
Section 15.06 Confidentiality 79
Section 15.07 Non-Disparagement 80
Section 15.08 Waiver 80
Section 15.09 Severability 80
Section 15.10 Ownership of Property and Right of Partition 80
Section 15.11 Successors and Assigns 80
Section 15.12 Further Assurances 81
Section 15.13 Parties in Interest; Third Party Beneficiaries 81
Section 15.14 Counterparts 81

 

 

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 LP

 

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (this “ Agreement ”) of Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), dated as of June 16, 2017 (“ Signing Date ”), is made by and among Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ General Partner ”), the Class A Limited Partners set forth on Exhibit B hereto and the Class B Limited Partners set forth on Exhibit D hereto.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed as a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. Code §17-101 et seq. , (as it may be amended from time to time, the “ Act ”) by filing a Certificate of Limited Partnership (the “ Certificate ”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 10, 2016;

 

WHEREAS , on November 14, 2016, the General Partner and Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Initial Limited Partner ”), entered into a limited partnership agreement of the Partnership (the “ Initial LPA ”);

 

WHEREAS , on December 8, 2016 (the “ Initial Closing Date ”), the General Partner and the Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited Partners of the Partnership as of the Initial Closing Date entered into the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (as amended on March 1, 2017) (the “ First A&R LPA ”), amending and restating the Initial LPA in its entirety;

 

WHEREAS , on the Initial Closing Date, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Initial Limited Partner (i) contributed certain assets to the Partnership in exchange for Class A Units, and (ii) distributed and transferred such Class A Units to the Class A limited partners of the Initial Limited Partner;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the First A&R LPA to provide for their rights and obligations of the Partners with respect to the Partnership;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and provisions hereinafter contained, the Partners hereby amend and restate the First A&R LPA in its entirety and further agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Accredited Investor ” has the meaning set forth in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Act ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

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Adjusted Capital Account ” means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner, (a) increased by any amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore or is treated as obligated to restore under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5)), and (b) decreased by any amounts described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) with respect to such Partner.

 

Adoption Agreement ” means an agreement of a newly admitted Partner substantially in the form of Exhibit G .

 

Affected Partner ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.13 of this Agreement.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Person.

 

Alternative Investment Vehicle ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.07 .

 

Amended Code ” means the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act.

 

Annual Budget ” means the first twelve months of each Budget.

 

Approved Sale ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.01(a) of this Agreement.

 

Assumed Non-Cash Transaction T ax Liability ” means, with respect to any Partner and any Taxable Non-Cash Transaction, the amount of federal, state and local income taxes (including any applicable estimated taxes) that would be due from such Partner, assuming such Partner is subject to federal, state and local income tax at the highest marginal tax rate for an individual residing in the State of California (or, if higher in the case of Riverstone, a U.S. corporation doing business in the State of California) who earned solely the items of income or gain recognized by the Partner by reason of such Taxable Non-Cash Transaction.

 

Assumed Tax Liability ” of any Partner means an amount, determined in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, equal to (1) the cumulative amount of federal, state and local income taxes (including any applicable estimated taxes) that would be due from such Partner as of such Tax Distribution Date, assuming such Partner were an individual residing in the State of California subject to federal, state and local income tax at the highest marginal tax rate (or, if higher in the case of Riverstone, a U.S. corporation doing business in the State of California) who earned solely the items of income, gain, deduction, loss, and/or credit allocated to such Partner pursuant to ‎Section 6.03 and after taking proper account of loss carryforwards available to such Partner resulting from losses allocated to the Partners by the Partnership, to the extent not taken into account in prior periods, reduced by (2) all previous distributions made to such Partner pursuant to ‎Section 7.03 .

 

Bipartisan Budget Act ” means Title XI of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and any related provisions of law, court decisions, regulations, rules, and administrative guidance.

 

Blocker Corporation ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) of this Agreement.

 

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Board Approval ” means the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Partnership.

 

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Partnership, to whom the General Partner irrevocably delegates, and in which is vested with, pursuant to ‎Section 9.01(a) , the power to manage the business and affairs of the Partnership (other than the General Partner’s duties as “tax matters partner” under ‎Section 4.03(a) hereof). The Board of Directors shall constitute a committee within the meaning of Section 17-303(b)(7) of the Act, and its members may include one or more individual Limited Partners. The members of the initial Board of Directors are listed on Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

Book Value ” means, with respect to any property of the Partnership, such property’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

 

(a)       The initial Book Value of any property contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the Fair Market Value of such property as of the date of such contribution.

 

(b)       The Book Values of all properties shall be adjusted to equal their respective Fair Market Values in connection with (i) the acquisition of an interest (or additional interest) in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution to the Partnership or in exchange for the performance of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, (ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership, (iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)(1) (other than pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code), or (iv) any other event to the extent determined by the Board of Directors to be permitted and necessary to properly reflect Book Values in accordance with the standards set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q); provided that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be made only if the Board of Directors reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership.

 

(c)       The Book Value of property distributed to a Partner shall be the Fair Market Value of such property as of the date of such distribution.

 

(d)       The Book Value of all property shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such property pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and clause (g) of the definition of Profits and Losses; provided, however, that the Book Value of property shall not be adjusted pursuant to this clause (d) to the extent that an adjustment pursuant to clause (b) is required in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this clause (d).

 

(e)       If the Book Value of property has been determined or adjusted pursuant to clauses (b) or (d) hereof, such Book Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into

 

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account with respect to such property for purposes of computing Profits and Losses and other items allocated pursuant to Article VI .

 

Budget ” means each two-year budget approved by the Board of Directors prior to the first day of each Fiscal Year.

 

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to be closed.

 

Capital Account ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 5.06 of this Agreement.

 

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Book Value of any property contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership by such Partner, in accordance with ‎Article V of this Agreement.

 

Cause ” means the definition of “Cause” used in the applicable Class B Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement, or, if such Class B Limited Partner who is an Employee does not have such an Employment Agreement that defines “Cause,” then Cause shall mean (A) any material breach of this Agreement (other than a failure by a Class A Limited Partner that is not a Class A Contingent Partner to fund such Limited Partner’s Class A Commitment Amount, if any) or the Employment Agreement by the Class B Limited Partner, including without limitation the material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made under this Agreement or his Employment Agreement, by the Class B Limited Partner, which such material breach remains uncorrected for thirty (30) days after the applicable member of the PEG Group provides the Class B Limited Partner written notice of its belief that this clause (A) is being or has been violated by the Class B Limited Partner; provided that the applicable member of the PEG Group must exercise its right to terminate employment within ninety (90) days after it first becomes aware of such breach; (B) the Class B Limited Partner’s being the subject of any order, judicial or administrative, obtained or issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for any securities violation involving fraud, including without limitation any order in which findings of facts or any legal conclusions establishing liability are neither admitted nor denied; provided that the applicable member of the PEG Group must exercise its right to terminate employment within ninety (90) days after it first becomes aware of such order; (C) conviction of the Class B Limited Partner, or plea of nolo contendere by the Class B Limited Partner, to any felony or crime involving moral turpitude; provided that the applicable member of the PEG Group must exercise its right to terminate employment within ninety (90) days after it first becomes aware of such conviction or plea; or (D) the Class B Limited Partner’s material mismanagement in providing material services to the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, which such mismanagement is not cured within thirty (30) days after the applicable member of the PEG Group provides the Class B Limited Partner written notice of its belief that this clause is being or has been violated; provided that such termination of employment must be effected within ninety (90) days of the date that the applicable member of the PEG Group first became aware of such mismanagement.

 

Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

Class A Commitment Amount ” means, (i) with respect to each Class A Limited Partner, an amount equal to its Class A Fixed Commitment Amount as of the Signing Date as

 

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described in Exhibit B , plus (ii) in the case of any Class A Contingent Partner, such Class A Contingent Partner’s Class A Contingent Commitment Amount.

 

Class A Commitment Ratio ” means, with respect to each Class A Limited Partner as of such date of determination, such Class A Limited Partner’s (a) Class A Commitment Amount divided by (b) the sum of all Class A Commitment Amounts.

 

Class A Contingent Commitment Amount ” means, with respect to each Class A Contingent Partner, an amount equal to the percentage opposite such Class A Contingent Partner’s name in Exhibit C (each, a “ Class A Contingent Commitment Percentage ”) of any PEG 1 Distributions received by such Class A Contingent Partner, in the aggregate as of such date, from the Initial Limited Partner, during the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, to the extent such amount exceeds such Class A Contingent Partner’s Class A Fixed Commitment Amount.

 

Class A Contingent Partner ” means each of the Class A Limited Partners listed on Exhibit C .

 

Class A Fixed Commitment Amount ” means, with respect to each Class A Limited Partner, its Class A Fixed Commitment Amount set forth opposite such Class A Limited Partner’s name in Exhibit B .

 

Class A Limited Partner ” means any Limited Partner executing this Agreement as a Class A Limited Partner or hereafter admitted to the Partnership as a Class A Limited Partner as provided in this Agreement, including any member of the Riverstone Group who is a Transferee of Class A Units, but does not include any Person who has ceased to be a Limited Partner.

 

Class A Majority ” means the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class A Units.

 

Class A Payout ” means, with respect to each Class A Unit held by a Class A Limited Partner, that point in time when both of the Unreturned Capital Contributions and Unpaid Class A Preference Amount with respect to such Class A Unit of such Class A Limited Partner shall have been reduced to zero (0).

 

Class A Preference Amount ” means, with respect to each Class A Unit held by a Class A Limited Partner, an amount equal to an annual pre-tax return of 8%, compounded quarterly, on all Unreturned Capital Contributions made by such Class A Limited Partner with respect to such Class A Unit. For the sake of clarity, the Class A Preference Amount shall be calculated with respect to a given Capital Contribution starting on the later to occur of (i) the date of contribution and (ii) the Effective Date, and shall be applied (and compounded) to the sum of (a) the portion of such Capital Contribution not, as of the time of calculation, repaid to such Class A Limited Partner and (b) any Class A Preference Amount accrued and not, as of the time of calculation, distributed to such Class A Limited Partner until the amount of such Capital Contribution has been returned to such Class A Limited Partner in its entirety and all such accrued Class A Preference Amount has been distributed to such Class A Limited Partner in its entirety.

 

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Class A Unit ” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Class A Units in this Agreement.

 

Class A Unit Sharing Percentage ” means, as to any Class A Limited Partner, the percentage obtained by dividing the number of Class A Units owned by such Class A Limited Partner by the total number of Class A Units issued and outstanding at the time in question.

 

Class B Limited Partner ” means a holder of Class B Units, whether such Class B Units are vested or unvested, who is executing this Agreement as a Class B Limited Partner or is hereafter admitted to the Partnership as a Class B Limited Partner as provided in this Agreement, but does not include any Person who has ceased to be a Class B Limited Partner.

 

Class B Majority ” means the holders of a majority of the Class B Units (excluding Class B Units held by Management Holdco).

 

Class B Payout ” means that point in time when the sum of the aggregate amount of distributions, made by the Partnership to the Class B Limited Partners pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(c) on account of their ownership of Class B Units, equals 15% of the sum of (i) the amounts distributed to the Class A Limited Partners pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(b) (excluding any Class A Preference Amount paid with respect to Pre-Effective Date Class A Units, whether as a distribution or as part of a redemption or purchase price) and (ii) the amounts distributed to the Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited Partners pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(c) .

 

Class B Unit ” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Class B Units in this Agreement.

 

Class B Unit Sharing Percentage ” means, as to any Class B Limited Partner, the percentage obtained by dividing the number of Class B Units owned by such Class B Limited Partner by the total number of Class B Units issued and outstanding at the time in question.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (excluding any amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act).

 

Competitor ” means any Person (other than any investment fund managed by a member of the Riverstone Group) who is engaged in the active development or operation of renewable energy projects in any geographic region where Pattern Energy or any of its Subsidiaries is conducting business.

 

Competitive Business ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) of this Agreement.

 

Contribution Agreement ” means the Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2016, by and between the Initial Limited Partner and the Partnership.

 

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Contribution Loan ” means any loan made by the Partnership to Pattern Energy, to enable Pattern Energy to make an additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) .

 

Control ” (including the correlative terms “ Controlled by ” and “ Controlling ”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or to cause the direction of, the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Co-Seller ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.05(a) of this Agreement.

 

Depreciation ” means, for each Fiscal Period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable for federal income tax purposes with respect to property for such Fiscal Period, except that (A) with respect to any such property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the “remedial method” pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such taxable year shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Fiscal Period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (B) with respect to any other such property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis at the beginning of such Fiscal Period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided that if the adjusted tax basis of any property at the beginning of such Fiscal Period is zero, Depreciation with respect to such property shall be determined with reference to such beginning value using any reasonable method selected by the Tax Matters Partner.

 

Director ” means a member of the Board of Directors.

 

Disabled ” or “ Disability ” means, as used to describe any Class B Limited Partner who is an Employee, the definition of “Disabled” or “Disability” used in such Class B Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement, or, if such Class B Limited Partner does not have such an Employment Agreement that defines “Disabled” or “Disability,” “Disabled” or “Disability” shall exist if the Class B Limited Partner is unable to perform the essential functions of his position, with reasonable accommodation, due to physical or mental illness or injury which continues for a period in excess of four (4) consecutive months. The determination of a Disability will be made by the Partnership or the applicable member of the PEG Group, as the case may be; provided that if the Class B Limited Partner disputes the determination, the matter shall be submitted to a qualified doctor mutually acceptable to the Partnership or such member of the PEG Group, as the case may be, and the Class B Limited Partner for final determination, and the Class B Limited Partner shall submit to such examinations as the doctor shall reasonably request in order to enable the doctor to make the determination. If requested by the Partnership or such member of the PEG Group, as the case may be, the Class B Limited Partner shall submit to a mental or physical examination to be performed by an independent physician selected by the Partnership or such member of the PEG Group, as the case may be, to assist the Partnership or such member of the PEG Group, as the case may be, in making such determination.

 

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Distributable Property ” means the excess of cash and property on hand over the amount that the Board of Directors determines is required to be retained as a reasonable reserve to meet any liabilities or proposed expenditures of the Partnership which are accrued or reasonably foreseeable or that is otherwise reasonably necessary to be retained. In determining any reserves, the Board of Directors shall consider, in its reasonable discretion and in good faith, anticipated committed expenditures and prospective sources of cash.

 

Economic Risk of Loss ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-2(a).

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the Partnership issues its first capital call after the Signing Date.

 

Effective Date Contributing Partner ” means any Class A Limited Partner making a Capital Contribution on or about the Effective Date in accordance with ‎Section 5.01(b) . The identity of each individual Effective Date Contributing Partner is listed on Exhibit A under the heading “Effective Date Contributing Partner.”

 

Employee ” means any Person who is employed by any member of the PEG Group.

 

Employment Agreement ” means the then effective employment agreement, if any, entered into between any member of the PEG Group and a Class B Limited Partner.

 

Equity Securities ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 13.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

Executive Management Team ” means the Persons listed under the heading “Executive Management Team on Exhibit E hereto, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. The initial members of the Executive Management Team are Michael Garland, Hunter Armistead, Daniel Elkort, Mike Lyon, Chris Shugart, Esben Pedersen, and Kevin Devlin.

 

Family Member ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 12.01(b) of this Agreement.

 

Fair Market Value ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.09 of this Agreement.

 

Fiscal Period ” means (i) any period commencing on the date hereof or the day following the end of a prior Fiscal Period and (ii) ending on the last day of each Fiscal Year, the day preceding any day in which an adjustment to the Book Value of the Partnership’s properties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Book Value occurs, or any other date determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership which shall end on December 31 of each calendar year unless, for United States federal income tax purposes, another fiscal year is required. The Partnership shall have the same fiscal year for United States federal income tax purposes and for accounting purposes.

 

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General Partner ” means Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and permitted assigns as general partner of the Partnership.

 

Good Reason ” means the definition of “Good Reason” used in the applicable Class B Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement, or if the Class B Limited Partner does not have such an Employment Agreement that defines “Good Reason,” then Good Reason shall mean (A) a material diminution in the Class B Limited Partner’s authority, title or position, duties, or responsibilities; (B) a material breach by the Partnership of its obligations to the Class B Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement or a material breach by the Partnership or the applicable member of the PEG Group of the Class B Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement; (C) the involuntary relocation of the geographic location of the Class B Limited Partner’s principal place of employment by more than 40 miles from the location of the Class B Limited Partner’s principal place of employment as of the effective date of employment; or (D) a diminution in the Class B Limited Partner’s base salary or a material diminution in the discretionary target bonus, if applicable (as such terms are defined in his Employment Agreement), for which the Class B Limited Partner is eligible in one year, as compared to the target bonus, if applicable, for which the Class B Limited Partner was eligible in the previous year. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any assertion of a Class B Limited Partner of a termination for Good Reason shall not be effective unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the Class B Limited Partner must provide written notice to the applicable member of the PEG Group of the conditions described in (A), (B), (C) or (D) that give rise to the Class B Limited Partner’s belief that Good Reason for termination exists within sixty (60) days after the Class B Limited Partner first becomes aware of the initial existence of the condition; (ii) the condition specified in such notice must remain uncorrected for thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice by such member of the PEG Group; and (iii) the date of the Class B Limited Partner’s termination of employment must occur within ninety-one (91) days after the Class B Limited Partner first becomes aware of the initial existence of the condition specified in such notice.

 

Grant Date ” means, with respect to any Class B Unit, the date on which such Class B Unit is issued to an Employee or Management Holdco, as applicable, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

Holder ” means (i) any Person that was a Limited Partner immediately prior to a Qualified Public Offering owning Registrable Securities that have not been sold to the public, and (ii) any Transferee of Registrable Securities in a private transaction after a Qualified Public Offering.

 

Immediate Family ” means the spouse of an individual and the grandparents, parents, siblings and children (and children and spouses of any of the foregoing) of the individual or his or her spouse. An adopted child will be treated as a child of his or her adoptive parent or parents if (but only if) he or she was adopted before he or she reached 21 years of age.

 

Identified Development Properties ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) .

 

Independent Advisor ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.09(c) of this Agreement.

 

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Indemnitee has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 10.01 of this Agreement.

 

Initial Closing Date ” means December 8, 2016.

 

Initial Contributing Partners ” means any Class A Limited Partner deemed to have made a Capital Contribution on the Initial Closing Date in accordance with ‎Section 5.01(a) . The identity of each individual Initial Contributing Partner is listed on Exhibit A under the heading “Initial Contributing Partner.”

 

Initial Limited Partner ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

Initial Limited Partner LPA ” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Initial Partner, dated effective as of July 15, 2010, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Initial LPA ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

Initiating Holder ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.03(a) of this Agreement.

 

Investment Criteria ” means investments in projects that meet the following criteria:

 

i. Expected net pre-tax proceeds to equity upon sale of no less than 1.40 times the total amount of equity invested prior to sale;

 

ii. Wind, solar, transmission or storage in countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; and

 

iii. Fixed-price power purchase arrangements with a term of no less than 10 years, covering no less than 60% of the project’s forecast output.

 

Liquidation Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, (ii) the Transfer in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of 100% of the Units of the Partnership and (iii) the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of the Partnership.

 

Limited Partner ” means any Person (i) executing this Agreement or any other writing evidencing the interest of such Person to become a limited partner of the Partnership, (ii) complying with the conditions for becoming a limited partner of the Partnership as set forth in this Agreement or any other writing and requesting (orally, in writing or by other action such as payment for a Partnership Interest) that the records of the Partnership reflect such admission, and (iii) hereafter admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner as herein provided; but shall not include any Person who has ceased to be a limited partner of the Partnership. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Limited Partner” includes each Class A Limited Partner and each Class B Limited Partner.

 

Management Designee ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 9.02(a) .

 

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Management Holdco ” means Pattern Equity Holdings 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed and controlled by the Partnership for the purpose of owning Units.

 

Management Holdco LLC Units ” refers to the units representing membership interests in Management Holdco.

 

Management Services Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date, by and between the Initial Limited Partner, Pattern Energy and the Partnership, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Market Area ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) of this Agreement.

 

Marketable Securities ” means securities that are (i) traded on an established United States securities exchange or stock market, free of all liens, claims and encumbrances (excluding those arising under applicable securities laws), and (ii) either, (A) freely tradeable, or (B) transferable by Limited Partners that are not Affiliates of the issuer thereof pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereto without any volume limitations.

 

Minimum Gain ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).

 

Non-Competition Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date, by and between the Initial Limited Partner, Pattern Energy and the Partnership, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Nonrecourse Deduction ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b).

 

Officers ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 9.03 of this Agreement.

 

Other Investments ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 3.04(a)(i)(A) of this Agreement.

 

Participation Offer ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.05 of this Agreement.

 

Partner ” means any General Partner or Limited Partner.

 

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

 

Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

Partner Nonrecourse Deduction ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(1).

 

Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Partnership Group Member ” means the Partnership and any Person in which the Partnership owns a capital or profits interest.

 

Partnership Interests ” means, collectively, the interests of the Partners in the Partnership, including, without limitation, rights to distributions (liquidating or otherwise), allocations, information, and, if applicable, to consent or approve, as represented by Units.

 

Partnership Representative ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6223 of the Amended Code and any Treasury Regulations or other administrative or judicial pronouncements promulgated thereunder.

 

Pattern Energy ” means Pattern Energy Group Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

PEG 1 Distributions ” means, with respect to a Class A Limited Partner, any amounts distributed to such Class A Limited Partner directly by the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to the Initial Limited Partner LPA on or after the Effective Date, in connection with such Class A Limited Partner’s Class B Units (as such term is defined in the Initial Limited Partner LPA) in the Initial Limited Partner, or indirectly through Pattern Equity Holdings LLC pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Pattern Equity Holdings LLC, dated effective as of August 31, 2010, in connection with such Class A Limited Partner’s Class B Units in Pattern Equity Holdings LLC, in each case, net of federal, state, and local taxes paid or payable on such distributions, determined at the highest marginal rate applicable to individuals resident in the State of California for the taxable year during which any such distribution is made.

 

PEG 1 Services Failure ” has the meaning given to such term in the Management Services Agreement.

 

PEG Indemnitors ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 10.11 of this Agreement.

 

PEG Group ” means, collectively, the Partnership, the Initial Limited Partner, Pattern Energy and their respective Subsidiaries.

 

PEG 1 Limited Partner ” means any Person who has received a distribution of Class A Units from the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to the Initial Limited Partner LPA.

 

Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or other entity.

 

Pre-Effective Date Class A Units ” means the Class A Units outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date.

 

Profits ” or “ Losses ” means, for each Fiscal Period, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):

 

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(a)       Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses pursuant to this definition of “Profits” and “Losses” shall be added to such taxable income or loss;

 

(b)       Any expenditures of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition of “Profits” and “Losses,” shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;

 

(c)       In the event the Book Value of any asset is adjusted pursuant to clause (b) or clause (c) of the definition of Book Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Book Value of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Book Value of the asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall, except to the extent allocated pursuant to the Regulatory Allocations, be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;

 

(d)       Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Book Value;

 

(e)       In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation;

 

(f)       To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Account balances as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and

 

(g)       Any items that are allocated pursuant to the Regulatory Allocations shall not be taken into account in computing Profits and Losses.

 

Public Entity ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.03(a) of this Agreement.

 

Purchase Rights Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date, by and between Pattern Energy and the Partnership, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Qualified Public Offering ” means the sale in an underwritten public offering registered under the Securities Act of the equity securities of the Partnership (or any successor thereto) approved by the Board of Directors and with anticipated net proceeds to the Partnership (or successor entity) of $100 million or more.

 

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Recapitalization ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.02(f)(i) of this Agreement.

 

Registrable Securities ” means securities of the Public Entity owned by a Holder which are the same class as the equity securities sold in the Qualified Public Offering.

 

Regulatory Allocations ” means the allocations pursuant to ‎Section 6.02 of this Agreement.

 

Remaining Class A Commitment Amount ” means, with respect to each Class A Limited Partner, such Class A Limited Partner’s Class A Commitment Amount as described on Exhibit B , as amended from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, less all amounts funded by such Class A Limited Partner as of the date of determination.

 

Renounced Business Opportunity ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 3.04(c) of this Agreement.

 

Reorganization ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

Restricted Securities ” means securities that are subject to restrictions or limitations on resale in order to comply with Rules 144 or 145 (and any successor rules) as promulgated under the Securities Act or sales or dispositions of securities that are otherwise restricted under the terms of any agreement pursuant to which such securities were acquired or issued.

 

Retained Distributions ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 7.01(f) of this Agreement.

 

Riverstone ” means Riverstone Pattern Energy II Holdings, L.P.

 

Riverstone Designee ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 9.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

Riverstone Group ” means Riverstone or any analogous entities that are used to form, organize or establish such funds, and their respective Affiliates and partners, officers, directors and employees (and members of their respective Immediate Families and trusts for the primary benefit of such family members).

 

Riverstone Indemnitors ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 10.11 of this Agreement.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time.

 

Selling Partner ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.05(a) of this Agreement.

 

Signing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Sponsor Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 10.11 of this Agreement

 

Sponsor Indemnitors ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 10.11 of this Agreement.

 

SteelRiver Entities means SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners LP, SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America LP, SteelRiver Management Holdings LLC, SteelRiver

 

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Infrastructure Associates LLC, SteelRiver Offshore Infrastructure Associates Ltd., SteelRiver Services LLC, SteelRiver AIV Management LLC, ICS AIV LP, NGPL AIV LP, TransBay AIV LP and their respective investment vehicles and Affiliates.

 

Subsidiary ” means any Person of which 50% or more of the securities or other equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of managers, directors or similar Persons is now, or shall hereafter be, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by another Person. For the sake of clarity, a limited partnership of which at least 50% of the general partner interests and 50% of the limited partner interests are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any other person, is a Subsidiary of such Person.

 

Substitute Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.10(b) in place of and with all the rights of a Limited Partner and who is shown as a Limited Partner on the books and records of the Partnership.

 

Tag Sale ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.05(a) of this Agreement.

 

Tag Sale Value ” means, as of the date of a Tag Sale, the aggregate amount that would be received by holders of Units in a sale of all of the Units, based on a valuation of all Units of the Partnership determined by reference to the aggregate consideration to be paid by the acquiring party for the Units to be sold in the Tag Sale, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.

 

Tax Distribution Date ” means any date that is two Business Days prior to the date on which estimated U.S. federal income tax payments are required to be made by calendar year individual taxpayers or, if earlier, a calendar year corporate taxpayer and each due date for the U.S. federal income tax return of an individual calendar year taxpayer or, if earlier, a calendar year corporate taxpayer (without regard to extensions).

 

Tax Matters Partner ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 4.03(a) of this Agreement.

 

Taxable Non-Cash Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.13 of this Agreement.

 

Termination Event ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.06 of this Agreement.

 

Threshold Amount ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 3.02(c) of this Agreement.

 

Transfer ” means the sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, transfer or other voluntary disposition (by gift or otherwise, and whether as security or otherwise) by a Partner of all or a portion of his, her or its Units. For purposes of this definition, “Transfer” of a Unit includes (a) the sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, transfer or other voluntary disposition (by gift or otherwise, and whether as security or otherwise) of an equity interest in any Person substantially all of the assets of which consist, directly or indirectly, of Units, or (b) the merger or consolidation of a Partner, or of any Person referred to in clause (a), with another Person. Transferor ,” “ Transferee ,” “ Transferred ” and “ Transferring ” have meanings corresponding to the forgoing.

 

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Treasury Regulations ” means the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the Code, as they may be amended from time to time.

 

Units ” means a Partnership Interest of a Partner representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all the Partners and shall include Class A Units and Class B Units; provided that any class or group of Units issued shall have the relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement and the Partnership Interest represented by such class or group of Units shall be determined in accordance with such relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement.

 

Unpaid Class A Preference Amount ” means, with respect to each Class A Unit held by a Class A Limited Partner, at any time, the excess, if any, of (i) the Class A Preference Amount of such Class A Limited Partner with respect to such Class A Unit at such time over (ii) the cumulative amount of distributions to such Class A Limited Partner with respect to such Class A Unit in payment thereof pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(b) .

 

Unreturned Capital Contributions ” means, with respect to each Class A Unit held by a Class A Limited Partner, the aggregate amount of Capital Contributions made by such Class A Limited Partner with respect to such Class A Unit less the cumulative amount of distributions to such Class A Limited Partner with respect to such Class A Unit in return thereof pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(a) .

 

Withheld Items ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 11.08(b)(i).

 

Article II

ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS

 

Section 2.01        Organization; Ratification

 

(a)                The Partnership was formed as a Delaware limited partnership by the filing of the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State on November 14, 2016.

 

(b)               The Board of Directors hereby ratify any and all acts taken or caused to be taken by any “authorized person” (within the meaning of the Act) in the name of or on behalf of the Partnership prior to the date hereof, including entry by the Partnership (or, as applicable, one of its Subsidiaries) into (and performance by such Person of its obligations under) the Contribution Agreement, the Purchase Rights Agreement, the Management Services Agreement, and the Non-Competition Agreement.

 

Section 2.02        Name

 

The name of the Partnership is “Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP,” and all Partnership business must be conducted in such name or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Board of Directors may select from time to time.

 

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Section 2.03        Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office in the United States; Other Offices

 

The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be the initial registered office designated in the Certificate or such other office (which need not be a place of business of the Partnership) as the Board of Directors may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be the initial registered agent designated in the Certific ate or such other Person or Persons as the Board of Directors may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered office of the Partnership in the United States shall be at the place specified in the Certificate, or such other place(s) as the Board of Directors may designate from time to time. The Partnership may have such other offices as the Board of Directors may determine appropriate.

 

Section 2.04         Purpose

 

The Partnership may carry on, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

 

Section 2.05        Foreign Qualification

 

Prior to conducting business in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall cause the Partnership to comply, to the extent procedures are available, with all requirements necessary to qualify the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in such jurisdiction. Each Partner shall execute, acknowledge, swear to and deliver all certificates and other instruments conforming to this Agreement that are necessary or appropriate to qualify, or, as appropriate, to continue or terminate such qualification of, the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in all such jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business.

 

Section 2.06        Term

 

The Partnership commenced on the date the Certificate was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and its term shall continue until the earliest to occur of (a) ten (10) years after the Effective Date, (b) such date falling at least five (5) years after the Effective Date on which either Pattern Energy or Riverstone, in either of their sole discretion, decide to terminate the Partnership, (c) in Pattern Energy’s sole discretion, at any time following the Board of Directors’ rejection of three (3) or more First Rights Project Offers or First Rights PEG 2 LP Offers (each as defined in the Purchase Rights Agreement), in the aggregate, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Rights Agreement, representing a cumulative net capacity of at least 600 MW, (d) in the event that the condition described in clause (c) applies, in either Pattern Energy’s or Riverstone’s sole discretion at any time following the termination of the exclusivity provisions in the Non-Competition Agreement in accordance with the terms therein and in accordance with this Agreement and the Purchase Rights Agreement, or (e) in the Board of Directors sole discretion, at any time following a PEG 1 Services Failure (any such date specified in clauses (a)-(e), a “ Termination Event ”). Upon a Termination Event, the Partnership shall (i) cease to undertake any new project development activities and (ii) be wound up, liquidated and dissolved in accordance with this Agreement and applicable law.

 

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Section 2.07        Alternative Investment Vehicles

 

If in the determination of Riverstone or the Board of Directors, it is in the best interest of the Partnership or any of its Limited Partners that certain or all of the Partners participate in an investment or a potential investment in foreign assets, Riverstone or the Board of Directors may direct that Capital Contributions of certain or all Limited Partners with respect to such investment or potential investment in foreign assets be effected through one or more alternative investment vehicles (each, an “ Alternative Investment Vehicle ”), provided that Pattern Energy will not, without its prior written consent, be required to participate in an Alternative Investment Vehicle that, at the time of admission of Pattern Energy, would have a material adverse impact on Pattern Energy. In determining whether it is in the best interest of the Partnership or any of its Limited Partners for certain or all of the Partners to participate in an Alternative Investment Vehicle, Riverstone and the Board of Directors will take into account the costs of forming and operating any such Alternative Investment Vehicle and the impact such costs will have on all the Partners. Each Alternative Investment Vehicle shall be governed by documents containing economic and governance terms substantially comparable to this Agreement or expressly subjecting itself to the terms of this Agreement, and the investment results of any Alternative Investment Vehicle will be aggregated with the investment results of this Partnership for purposes of determining the amounts to be distributed to each Limited Partner pursuant to ‎Article VII of this Agreement and the corresponding provisions of any Alternative Investment Vehicle. In furtherance of the foregoing, for purposes of calculating the amounts to be contributed to and distributed from this Partnership, all amounts contributed to an Alternative Investment Vehicle shall be treated as contributed by the Limited Partners participating in such investment through such Alternative Investment Vehicle to this Partnership and all amounts distributed by such Alternative Investment Vehicle shall be treated as distributed from this Partnership to such Limited Partners pursuant to the applicable provisions set forth in ‎Article VII of this Agreement. Each of the Partners will cooperate and take such further actions as Riverstone or the Board of Directors may deem necessary or appropriate to give effect to the purposes of this ‎Section 2.07 , including without limitation executing and delivering counterparts to the organizational documents of any Alternative Investment Vehicle

 

Article III

partners; REPRESENTATIONS

 

Section 3.01        Cl ass A Limited Partners

 

The identity of all of the Class A Limited Partners and the number of Units held by each Class A Limited Partner are reflected on Exhibit B attached hereto, which shall be amended as necessary by the Board of Directors to reflect any changes in such information. The Partnership is authorized to issue additional Class A Units at a price of $1.00 per Unit (unless otherwise provided herein or as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors) and admit additional Class A Limited Partners only after (a) the Board of Directors consents thereto, (b) so long as the Riverstone Group holds the Class A Majority, Riverstone consents thereto, (c) each such additional Class A Limited Partner pays any Capital Contribution required by the Board of Directors and (d) each such additional Class A Limited Partner executes an Adoption Agreement and any other documents in form and substance as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or

 

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desirable to effect such admission. The issuance of additional Class A Units shall dilute the Class A Limited Partners pro rata.

 

Section 3.02        Class B Limited Partners

 

(a)                The Partnership shall have the authority to issue not more than 1,000,000 Class B Units of which 752,500 Class B Units are outstanding on the Signing Date. Class B Units shall be issuable only to Employees or to Management Holdco. The identity of all of the Class B Limited Partners and the number of Units held by each Class B Limited Partner as of the Signing Date are reflected on Exhibit D attached hereto, which shall be amended as necessary by the Board of Directors to reflect any changes in such information. The remaining 247,500 authorized but unissued Class B Units may be issued, and the Persons to whom they are issued may be admitted as additional Class B Limited Partners, only by the Board of Directors, with the consent of the Class B Majority. As a condition to the issuance of the Class B Units, each such additional Class B Limited Partner shall execute an Adoption Agreement and any other instruments in form and substance as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or desirable to effect such admission if such Person is not already a Class B Limited Partner. The issuance of such remaining 247,500 authorized but unissued Class B Units shall dilute the Class B Limited Partners pro rata subject to the Threshold Amount provisions of ‎Section 3.02(c) . No Class B Units shall be issued following the first to occur of (i) a Qualified Public Offering, (ii) a Liquidation Event, (iii) a Transfer after the Effective Date in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of 50% or more of the Class A Units, and (iv) a Reorganization. For the purposes of ‎Section 3.02(a) and ‎Section 9.06(c) , the Class B Majority shall be determined by including only those holders of a majority of the Class B Units who are Employees at the time of the issuance of such additional Class B Units pursuant to this ‎Section 3.02(a).

 

(b)               The Class B Units are intended to constitute “profits interests” within the meaning of Revenue Procedures 93-27 and 2001-43 (or the corresponding requirements of any subsequent guidance promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service or other applicable law). Accordingly, the Capital Account associated with each Class B Unit at the time of its issuance shall be equal to zero dollars ($0.00). The Partnership and the holders of Class B Units shall file all federal income tax returns consistent with such characterization.

 

(c)                The Partnership may from time to time effect one or more additional issuances of series of Class B Units, in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 3.02(a) , the first of which to be issued after the Effective Date shall be designated as Class B-2 Units and each subsequent issuance shall be designated by a sequential number (Class B-3, Class B-4, etc.). Each series of Class B Units shall have a “ Threshold Amount ” to the extent necessary to cause such Class B Units to constitute “profits interests” as provided in ‎Section 3.02(b) of this Agreement, but not less than zero (taking into account the adjustments to Book Value contemplated in clause (ii) of subparagraph (b) of the definition thereof). The Threshold Amount of each Class B Unit issued on the Initial Closing Date (designated herein as a “Class B-1 Unit”) shall be zero (0). The Threshold Amount for each other series of Class B Units shall equal the amount that would, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors, be distributable with respect to each then outstanding Class B Unit of any then outstanding series if, immediately prior to the issuance of such new series of Class B Units, the assets of the Partnership were sold for their fair market

 

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value and the proceeds (net of any liabilities of the Partnership) were distributed pursuant to ‎Section 7.01 of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.03         Units; Certificates

 

Units may be (but need not be) represented by certificates in such form as the Board of Directors shall from time to time approve, but shall be recorded in a register thereof maintained by the Partnership, and shall be subject to such rules for the issuance thereof as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. If the Board of Directors elects to certificate the Units and a mutilated Unit is surrendered to the Partnership or if the Partner claims and submits an affidavit or other evidence, satisfactory to the Partnership, to the effect that the Unit has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Partnership shall issue a replacement Unit if the Partnership’s requirements are met. If required by the Partnership, such Partner must provide an indemnity bond, or other form of indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of the Partnership to protect the Partnership against any loss which may be suffered. The Partnership may charge such Partner for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Unit which has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken. For the avoidance of doubt, the Partnership may issue fractional Units.

 

Section 3.04        Conflicts of Interest

 

(a)                Generally. Each Partner acknowledges and affirms that the Riverstone Group and its Affiliates:

 

(i)                 (A) have participated (directly or indirectly) and/or will continue to participate (directly or indirectly) in private equity, venture capital and other direct investments in corporations, joint ventures, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and other entities, including those engaged in various aspects of businesses that may, are or will be competitive with the Partnership’s business or that could be suitable for the Partnership (“ Other Investments ”), (B) have interests in, participate with, aid and maintain seats on the boards of directors or similar governing bodies of, Other Investments, and (C) may develop or become aware of business opportunities for Other Investments; and

 

(ii)               may or will, as a result of or arising from the matters referenced in clause (i) above, the nature of the Riverstone Group and its Affiliates business and other factors, have conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest.

 

(b)               Waiver of Conflicts . Each of the Partners (in their own names and in the name and on behalf of the Partnership) expressly, except as set forth in ‎Section 3.04(c) of this Agreement, waive any such conflicts of interest and agree that neither the Riverstone Group nor its Affiliates shall have any liability to any Partner, any Affiliate thereof, or the Partnership with respect to such conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest and (y) except as set forth in ‎Section 3.04(c) of this Agreement, acknowledge and agree that neither the Riverstone Group nor its Affiliates and their respective representatives (excluding the Class B Limited Partners) will have any duty to disclose to the Partnership, any other Partner or the Board of Directors any such business opportunities, whether or not competitive with the Partnership’s business and

 

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whether or not the Partnership might be interested in such business opportunity for itself. The Partners (and the Partners on behalf of the Partnership) also acknowledge that the Riverstone Group, its Affiliates and their representatives have duties not to disclose confidential information of or related to the Other Investments. Each of the Partners (in their own names and in the name and on behalf of the Partnership) hereby:

 

(i)                 agree that (A) the terms of this ‎Section 3.04 to the extent that they modify or limit a duty or other obligation, if any, that the Riverstone Group or its Affiliates may have to the Partnership or another Partner under the Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation, are reasonable in form, scope and content; and (B) the terms of this ‎Section 3.04 shall control to the fullest extent possible if such terms conflict with a duty, if any, that the Riverstone Group and its Affiliates may have to the Partnership or another Partner, under the Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation;

 

(ii)               waive any duty or other obligation, if any, that the Riverstone Group and its Affiliates may have to the Partnership or another Partner, pursuant to the Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation, to the extent necessary to give effect to the terms of this ‎Section 3.04 ; and

 

(iii)             agree that nothing in this ‎Section 3.04 shall negate, contravene, or modify any existing duty, obligation or restriction owed by any Partner, any member of the Riverstone Group, or any of their Affiliates to any other Partner or any member of the PEG Group pursuant to any agreement in effect as of the Signing Date.

 

(c)                Business Opportunities. A Person who is not a Director or Officer, or a director or officer of a Subsidiary of the Partnership shall not be obligated to communicate or offer to the Partnership, and the Partnership shall not have any interest or expectancy in, any business opportunities, transactions or other matter, regardless of whether such opportunities, transactions or matters are within the Partnership’s business. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Partners acknowledge and agree that the Partnership hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter in which the Riverstone Group or its Affiliates participates in or desires to participate in and that involves any aspect related to the business or affairs of the Partnership other than a business opportunity that is presented to an individual that is a member of Riverstone Group in such individual’s capacity as a Director or Officer (each such business opportunity, other than the exception referred to immediately preceding, is referred to as a “ Renounced Business Opportunity ”). Neither the Riverstone Group nor its Affiliates shall have any obligation to communicate or offer any Renounced Business Opportunity to the Partnership or any Partner thereof and may pursue any Renounced Business Opportunity solely for its own account.

 

(d)               Acknowledgement . Each of the Partners (in their own names and in the name and on behalf of the Partnership) acknowledge, affirm and agree that (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the members of the Riverstone Group and/or its Affiliates is of material benefit to the Partnership and the Partners, and that the Partners would not be willing to (x) execute and deliver this Agreement, and (y) make their agreed Capital Contributions to the Partnership, without the benefit of this ‎Section 3.04 and the agreement of the parties thereto; and (ii) they have reviewed and understand the provisions of §§ 17-1101 of the Act.

 

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(e)                Resolution of Conflicts of Interest. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, or any Officer or member of the Board of Directors, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Partner or any Transferee, on the other hand, any resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any agreement contemplated herein, or of any standard of care or duty stated or implied by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action is or, by operation of this Agreement is deemed to be, fair and reasonable to the Partnership. Any conflict of interest and any resolution of such conflict of interest shall be conclusively deemed fair and reasonable to the Partnership if such conflict of interest or resolution is (i) on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (ii) fair to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The Board of Directors shall be authorized in connection with its determination of what is “fair and reasonable” to the Partnership and in connection with its resolution of any conflict of interest to consider (i) the relative interests of any party to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interest; (ii) any customary or accepted industry practices and any customary or historical dealings with a particular Person; (iii) any applicable generally accepted accounting or engineering practices or principles; and (iv) such additional factors as the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion to be relevant, reasonable or appropriate under the circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, (A) with respect to the parties to the Non-Competition Agreement, any activity, action or transaction allowed under the Non-Competition Agreement or the Initial Limited Partner LPA, (B) to the extent a Limited Partner is an Employee, any employment relationship between such Limited Partner and an entity that is a member of the PEG Group, or (C) ownership of equity in, and service as an officer, director, authorized signatory, manager, or other governance position for, an entity that is a member of the PEG Group, shall not be treated as a conflict of interest for purposes of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement, however, is intended to nor shall it be construed to require the Board of Directors to consider the interest of any Person other than the Partnership. So long as the Board of Directors acts in good faith, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Board of Directors with respect to such matter shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or a breach of any standard of care or duty stated or implied by law or equity.

 

(f)                No Duty to Consider Other Interests. Whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby provides that the Board of Directors is permitted or required to make a decision (i) in its “sole discretion” or “discretion,” that it deems “necessary or appropriate” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Board of Directors shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of, or factors affecting, the Partnership, any Partner or any Transferee, (ii) it will make such decision in good faith unless another express standard is provided for, or (iii) in “good faith” or under another express standard, the Board of Directors shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or regulation.

 

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(g)               Requirement of Fair and Reasonable. Whenever a particular transaction, arrangement or resolution of a conflict of interest is required under this Agreement to be “fair and reasonable” to any Person, the fair and reasonable nature of such transaction, arrangement or resolution shall be considered in the context of all similar or related transactions.

 

(h)               Garland Conflict of Interest. Notwithstanding anything else in this Partnership Agreement or Michael Garland’s Employment Agreement to the contrary, each of the Partners (in their own names and on behalf of the Partnership) hereby acknowledge, agree and affirm that:

 

(i)                 Mr. Garland holds a position on the board of directors and the investment committee of the SteelRiver Entities and may continue to hold such positions and devote such time as is reasonably required to perform such duties;

 

(ii)               Mr. Garland owns an economic interest in the SteelRiver Entities and any conflict of interest resulting from such economic interest is hereby waived; provided, however, that Mr. Garland agrees to notify the Partnership of any substantial increases in his economic interest in the SteelRiver Entities by virtue of amendments to the constitutive documents of the SteelRiver Entities or additional investments;

 

(iii)             Mr. Garland shall be under no obligation to disclose confidential information (whether confidentiality arises by operation of law or contract and whether or not such information represents a business opportunity) of, or related to, the SteelRiver Entities, including, without limitation confidential information relating to business opportunities (or to the SteelRiver Entities’ pursuit, acquisition and consummation of such opportunities);

 

(iv)             Mr. Garland is hereby authorized to disclose the provisions of this ‎Section 3.04(h) to the board of directors of the SteelRiver Entities; and

 

(v)               Any duty or other obligation, if any, that Mr. Garland may have to the Partnership or another Partner, pursuant to the Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation, is waived to the extent necessary to give effect to the terms of this ‎Section 3.04(h) .

 

Section 3.05         Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

Each Partner hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Partnership and each other Partner that the following statements are true and correct as of the date hereof and shall be true and correct at all times that such Partner is a Partner:

 

(a)                if the Partner is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity, such Partner is duly incorporated, organized or formed (as applicable), validly existing, and (if applicable) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation; and such Partner has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and all necessary actions by the board of directors, shareholders, managers, members, partners, trustees, beneficiaries, or other applicable Persons necessary for the due authorization, execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by such Partner have been duly taken;

 

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(b)               such Partner has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the other documents contemplated herein, and they constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Partner enforceable against it in accordance with their terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws of general application and by the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered at law or in equity);

 

(c)                such Partner’s authorization, execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement does not and will not (i) conflict with, or result in a breach, default or violation of, (A) the organizational documents of such Partner, (B) any contract or agreement to which such Partner is a party or is otherwise subject, or (C) any law, order, judgment, decree, writ, injunction or arbitral award to which such Partner is subject; or (ii) require any consent, approval or authorization from, filing or registration with, or notice to, any governmental authority or other Person, unless such requirement has already been satisfied;

 

(d)               the Units to be acquired by such Partner pursuant to this Agreement will be acquired for investment for such Partner’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of applicable securities laws;

 

(e)                such Partner is an experienced investor in securities and acknowledges that he, she or it can bear the economic risk of its investment in the Units acquired pursuant to this Agreement and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that he, she or it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Units;

 

(f)                in the case of each Class A Limited Partner, such Partner is an Accredited Investor;

 

(g)               such Partner has had an opportunity to discuss the Partnership’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of Units with the Partnership’s management;

 

(h)               such Partner understands that the Units issued hereunder have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, but have been issued by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act that depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of such Partner’s representations as expressed herein; such Partner further understands that the Units acquired by it hereunder are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, such Partner must hold the Units acquired by it hereunder indefinitely unless they are registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available; and

 

(i)                 such Partner understands that no public market now exists for the Units or any other securities issued by the Partnership, and that the Partnership has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Units or any other securities issued by the Partnership.

 

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Article IV

BOOKS AND RECORDS

 

Section 4.01        Books, Records, Access and Tax Information

 

(a)                The Partnership shall keep and maintain proper and complete books and records of accounts, taxes, financial information and all matters pertaining to the Partnership. The Partnership and the Tax Matters Partner shall cause to be prepared and filed all necessary federal, state and local income tax returns for the Partnership, including making the elections described herein and shall cause an Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1 or any successor form to be prepared and delivered to the Partners within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each Fiscal Year. Each Partner shall furnish to the Tax Matters Partner all pertinent information in its possession relating to Operations that is necessary to enable the Partnership’s tax returns to be prepared and filed. It is acknowledged, understood and agreed that none of the information contained in Exhibit B and Exhibit D , each as amended from time to time, other than the names of the Partners has been nor will it be furnished to the Class B Limited Partners other than the Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership for the purpose of preserving privacy with respect to the Unit ownership of the Partners, unless the Board of Directors agrees otherwise. The Partners agree that the preceding sentence is reasonable and appropriate. The Class A Limited Partners shall have the reasonable right (i) to consult from time to time with the Officers and the supervisors or independent accountants of the Partnership (and its direct or indirect subsidiaries) at their respective place of business regarding operating and financial matters, and (ii) to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Partnership (and any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries), so long as the exercise of such rights does not interfere with the operations or business of the Partnership.

 

(b)               The Partnership shall (i) provide each Partner with an estimate of its share of the Partnership’s taxable income for each Fiscal Year by December 15 of each such Fiscal Year, including an estimate of state and local apportionment information, (ii) cause an estimated Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1 or any successor form to be prepared and delivered to each Partner within sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, including any appropriate state and local apportionment information, and (iii) provide to each Partner any other information such Partner reasonably requests for purposes of complying with applicable tax reporting requirements that arise as a result of it being a Partner in the Partnership.

 

(c)                Unless determined otherwise by the Board of Directors, the Partnership shall provide to each of the Partners the following reports:

 

(i)                 within one hundred twenty (120) days of the Partnership’s year-end, audited consolidated financial statements of the Partnership and a schedule showing any variance between actual and budgeted figures;

 

(ii)               within forty-five (45) days of the end of any fiscal quarter, unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements of the Partnership for the previous quarter and a schedule showing any variance between actual and budgeted figures;

 

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(iii)             promptly upon request, copies of any budget;

 

(iv)             prompt notice of any event that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Partnership’s financial condition, business or operations; and

 

(v)               such other reports and information (in any form, electronic or otherwise) as a Partner may reasonably request or as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

Section 4.02         Tax Elections

 

. The Partnership shall make the following elections on the appropriate tax returns:

 

(a)                to adopt the calendar year as the Partnership’s Fiscal Year;

 

(b)               to adopt an appropriate federal income tax method of accounting and to keep the Partnership’s books and records on such income tax method;

 

(c)                to elect pursuant to Code Section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) or take any other action necessary to cause the provisions of Code Sections 6221 through 6231 to apply to the Partnership; and

 

(d)               any other election the Board of Directors may deem appropriate and in the best interests of the Partnership.

 

Section 4.03        Tax Matters Partner

 

(a)                The “tax matters partner” of the Partnership pursuant to Code Section 6231(a)(7) for taxable years of the Partnership beginning before January 1, 2018 shall be an eligible Partner designated from time to time by the Board of Directors subject to replacement by the Board of Directors. (Any Partner who is designated as the tax matters partner is referred to herein as the “ Tax Matters Partner ”). The initial Tax Matters Partner will be the General Partner, and may be changed only upon Board Approval and in accordance with the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(b)               The Tax Matters Partner shall take such action as may be necessary to cause to the extent possible each other Partner to become a notice partner within the meaning of Code Section 6231(a)(8). The Tax Matters Partner shall inform the Board of Directors and each other Partner of all significant matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as Tax Matters Partner by giving notice thereof on or before the fifth day after becoming aware thereof and, within that time, shall forward to the Board of Directors and each other Partner copies of all significant written communications it may receive in that capacity.

 

(c)                The Tax Matters Partner shall take no action without the authorization of the Board of Directors, other than such action as may be required by law. Any cost or expense incurred by the Tax Matters Partner in connection with its duties, including the preparation for or pursuance of administrative or judicial proceedings, shall be paid by the Partnership.

 

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(d)               The Tax Matters Partner shall not enter into any extension of the period of limitations for making assessments on behalf of the Partners without first obtaining the consent of the Board of Directors. The Tax Matters Partner shall not bind any Partner to a settlement agreement without obtaining the consent of such Partner; provided , however , this sentence shall not apply to the Partnership Representative in respect of any Partnership audit that occurs with respect to any Fiscal Year beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Any Partner that enters into a settlement agreement with respect to any Partnership item (within the meaning of Code Section 6231(a)(3)) shall notify the other Partners of such settlement agreement and its terms within ninety (90) days from the date of the settlement.

 

(e)                No Partner shall file a request pursuant to Code Section 6227 for an administrative adjustment of Partnership items for any taxable year without first notifying the Tax Matters Partner and the other Partners. If the Board of Directors consents to the requested adjustment, the Tax Matters Partner shall file the request for the administrative adjustment on behalf of the Partners. If such consent is not obtained within thirty (30) days from such notice, or within the period required to timely file the request for administrative adjustment, if shorter, any Partner, including the Tax Matters Partner, may file a request for administrative adjustment on its own behalf. Any Partner intending to file a petition under Code Sections 6226 or 6228 or other Code section with respect to any item involving the Partnership shall notify the Tax Matters Partner and the other Partners of such intention and the nature of the contemplated proceeding. In the case where the Tax Matters Partner is the Partner intending to file such petition on behalf of the Partnership, such notice shall be given within a reasonable period of time to allow the other Partners to participate in the choosing of the forum in which such petition will be filed.

 

(f)                If any Partner intends to file a notice of inconsistent treatment under Code Section 6222(b), such Partner shall give reasonable notice under the circumstances to the Tax Matters Partner and the other Partners of such intent and the manner in which the Partner’s intended treatment of an item is (or may be) inconsistent with the treatment of that item by the other Partners.

 

(g)               For taxable years of the Partnership beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the Board of Directors may appoint and replace a Partnership Representative and authorize the Partnership Representative to take any and all actions determined by the Board of Directors and permissible under Section 6223 of the Amended Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder, provided that the Partnership Representative shall be subject to obligations and limitations analogous to those set forth in Section 4.03(b)-(f) with respect to the Tax Matters Partner, except as otherwise provided therein. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to amend this ‎Section 4.03 to give effect to the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act and any Treasury Regulations or other administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder and each Partner agrees to be bound by the provisions of any such amendment. Any such amendment shall seek to preserve and maintain, to the extent reasonably possible, the relative and analogous rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Partners to those provided under this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.04        Section 83(b) Election

 

Each Partner who acquires Class B Units and who is a United States person within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(30) shall file a timely election under Code Section 83(b) with respect to such Units and consult with such Partner’s tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of such acquisition and of filing an election under Code Section 83(b). Each such Partner acknowledges that it is the sole responsibility of such Partner, and not the Partnership, to file the election under Code Section 83(b) even if such Partner requests the Partnership to assist in making such filing.

 

Section 4.05        Bipartisan Budget Act

 

In the event of an adjustment to the Partnership’s taxes or tax returns by a governmental authority (or any entity in which the Partnership holds a direct or indirect interest), the Board of Directors will use commercially reasonable efforts to allocate the burden of (or any decrease in Distributable Property resulting from) any taxes, penalties or interest imposed on the Partnership pursuant to the Amended Code Sections 6225 and 6232 amongst the Partners in a reasonable manner based on the status, actions, inactions or other attributes of each Partner. Any amounts allocated to a Partner pursuant to the preceding sentence will be treated as withholding tax that arises as a result of the status or other matters that are particular to a Partner. Each Partner acknowledges and agrees that (a) it may be required to provide the General Partner with documents, information, assistance or cooperation in connection with the requirements imposed on the Partnership pursuant to Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Amended Code, together with any guidance issued thereunder, and (b) if it fails to provide such documentation, information, assistance or cooperation (including as a result of a Partner not being eligible to provide any requested documentation), any taxes, penalties or interest imposed on the Partnership as a result of such failure will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement (including ‎Section 7.06 ) as amounts that are determined by reference to the status of a Partner (or its beneficial owners).

 

Article V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 5.01         Initial Capital Contributions of Class A Limited Partners

 

(a)                On the Initial Closing Date, in connection with the contributions by the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, each of the Initial Contributing Partners was deemed to have contributed to the Partnership (a) assets with a Book Value in the amount set forth opposite such Partner’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Initial Contributed Assets”, and received, following a distribution of the Class A Units issued to the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the number of Class A Units set forth opposite such Class A Limited Partner’s name under the heading “Contributed Assets Class A Units”, and (b) the amount set forth opposite such Class A Limited Partner’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Capital Contributions”, and received, following the distribution of the Class A Units issued to the Initial Limited Partner pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the number of Class A Units set forth opposite such Partner’s name under the heading “Capital Contribution Class A Units” on Exhibit A hereto. Notwithstanding the distribution on the Initial Closing Date by the

 

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Initial Limited Partner of such Class A Units to its limited partners, the Initial Limited Partner shall remain a Class A Limited Partner under this Agreement.

 

(b)               Within ten (10) Business Days after the Effective Date, each Effective Date Contributing Partner shall contribute to the Partnership, in readily available funds, the amounts set forth opposite such Effective Date Contributing Partner’s name in Exhibit A, and shall receive therefore the number of Class A Units set forth opposite such Effective Date Contributing Partner’s name on Exhibit A .

 

(c)                The Partnership shall use the funds contributed pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b) (i) to redeem a number of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units from each holder of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units equal to the number of Class A Units issued to the Effective Date Contributing Partners pursuant to Section 5.01(b), in the case of each holder of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units, in the numbers and for the amount set forth opposite the name of such holder on Exhibit B , and (ii) for general business purposes. The total number of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units redeemed from all holders of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units pursuant to this ‎Section 5.01(c) shall not exceed that number of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units representing forty-nine percent (49%) of the Fair Market Value of the Pre-Effective Date Class A Units owned by such holders before the redemption..

 

(d)               For federal income tax purposes, the Partnership and the Partners agree to report the transactions described in Sections 5.01(b) and 5.01(c) , taken together, as a direct sale of Class A Units by each holder of Pre-Effective Date Class A Units to the Effective Date Contributing Partners for a purchase price equal to the dollar amount of the distribution made pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(c) ; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the amounts distributable to the Effective Date Contributing Partners pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(a) and 7.01‎(b) with respect to the Class A Units issued pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b) , the Unreturned Capital Contribution with respect to each such Class A Unit as of the Effective Date shall be equal to the amount per Class A Unit contributed by the Effective Date Contributing Partners pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b) .

 

Section 5.02         Further Capital Contributions

 

(a)                Except as otherwise provided herein, each Class A Limited Partner shall make additional Capital Contributions from time to time in an amount not to exceed its Remaining Class A Commitment Amount in proportion to its Class A Commitment Ratio, in each case, in amounts and at such times as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Subject to ‎Section 5.02(c) , upon receipt of such additional Capital Contributions, the Partnership shall issue to each contributing Class A Limited Partner additional Class A Units at a price of $1.00 per Unit in the amount of such Capital Contribution.

 

(b)               The Class A Limited Partners shall have ten (10) days from the issuance of a capital call pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) and corresponding written notice to such Class A Limited Partners to make the Capital Contribution.

 

(c)                In the event that a Class A Limited Partner fails to make a Capital Contribution called for by the Board of Directors pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) as required by ‎Section 5.02(b),

 

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and the amount of such Capital Contribution with respect to such Class A Limited Partner is equal to or greater than $500,000 , then the number of Class A Units issued in connection with such capital call to each Class A Limited Partner who makes its required Capital Contribution shall be determined by an Independent Advisor selected by the Board of Directors, based on the Fair Market Value of a Class A Unit determined as of the date of such capital call (in lieu of $1.00 per Unit). Following such time, (i) in connection with any subsequent capital call by the Board of Directors pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) , the number of Class A Units issued to each Class A Limited Partner who makes its required Capital Contribution shall be determined by an Independent Advisor selected by the Board of Directors, based on the Fair Market Value of a Class A Unit determined as of the date of such capital call and (ii) each such subsequent capital call by the Board of Directors pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) shall specify the required Capital Contribution of each Class A Limited Partner and upon funding, the Board of Directors shall issue each Class A Limited Partner who made its required Capital Contribution Class A Units valued at an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of Class A Units as most recently determined prior to such capital call by an Independent Advisor, and such issuances shall be subject to retroactive adjustment in accordance with Section 11.09(c) based on a final determination of the current Fair Market Value of such Class A Units by an Independent Advisor.

 

(d)               Notwithstanding the provisions of ‎Section 5.02(a) , (i) Class A Limited Partners shall not be obligated to make any Capital Contributions to the extent that such Capital Contributions and all prior Capital Contributions made by such Class A Limited Partner would exceed their respective Class A Commitment Amounts, (ii) the aggregate Class A Commitment Amounts of Riverstone and Pattern Energy shall not collectively exceed $1.2 billion, and (iii) if a Class A Limited Partner who is an Employee on the Effective Date ceases to be an Employee for any reason, such Class A Limited Partner’s rights and obligations to make Capital Contributions shall immediately cease, and such Partner and his or her successors and assigns shall have no further obligation to make Capital Contributions to the Partnership.

 

Section 5.03        PEG 1 Option

 

(a)                At any time following the first anniversary of the Effective Date, but before the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date, the Partnership shall have the option, but not the obligation, to (i) redeem any or all of the Pre-Effective Date Class A Units held by each of the Initial Limited Partner and the PEG 1 Limited Partners as of such date for the Fair Market Value of such Class A Units as of such date or (ii) cause a direct sale of all of the Pre-Effective Date Class A Units to the Effective Date Contributing Partners on the same economic terms as would apply to any such redemption. In the event of clause (ii) above, each of the Initial Limited Partner and the PEG 1 Limited Partners agrees to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Partnership to effect such transaction.

 

(b)               In the event the option is exercised, the Board of Directors, in consultation with the Company’s tax advisors, will determine at the time the option is exercised the manner in which the exercise of the option will be reported for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided that, the Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that (i) in the event any redemption transaction described in clause (i) of ‎Section 5.03(a) is funded by Capital Contributions from Effective Date Contributing Partners, for purposes of determining the

 

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amounts distributable to the Effective Date Contributing Holders pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(a) and 7.01‎(b) with respect to Class A Units issued by the Partnership in exchange for such Capital Contributions, the Unreturned Capital Contribution with respect to each such Class A Unit as of the date of issuance shall be equal to the amount contributed in respect of such Class A Unit and the Class A Preference Amount with respect to each such Class A Unit shall be determined based on the amount contributed in exchange for such Class A Unit and shall accrue from the issuance date, regardless of whether the Board of Directors determines that the redemption should be treated as a direct sale by the PEG 1 Limited Partners of the redeemed Class A Units to such Effective Date Contributing Partners for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) in the event of a direct sale described in clause (ii) of ‎Section 5.03(a) , for purposes of determining the amounts distributable to the Effective Date Contributing Holders pursuant to ‎Section 7.01(a) and 7.01‎(b) with respect to the purchased Class A Units, the Unreturned Capital Contribution with respect to each such Class A Unit shall be equal to the purchase price paid for such Class A Unit and the Class A Preference Amount with respect to each such Class A Unit shall be determined based on the purchase price paid for such Class A Unit and shall accrue from the date of sale. The Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited Partners agree to amend this Agreement to the extent necessary to give effect to this ‎Section 5.03(b) in a manner that is tax efficient, including in a manner that minimizes the likelihood that any Partner in the Partnership recognizes income as a result of implementing this ‎Section 5.03(b) .

 

Section 5.04         Withdrawal of Capital

 

No Partner shall have the right to withdraw any capital from the Partnership; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may determine to distribute capital to the Partners from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Section 5.05         Alternative Sources of Capital

 

(a)                Prior to making any capital calls pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall, in good-faith, consider alternative or lower-cost sources of funding in lieu of making a capital call.

 

(b)               In furtherance of the foregoing, following the Effective Date, in the event Pattern Energy is unable to fund its required Capital Contribution in cash, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion (but in no event is obligated to), permit Pattern Energy to borrow from the Partnership, from time to time, a Contribution Loan to fund a required Capital Contribution pursuant to ‎Section 5.02 , in which case Pattern Energy will cooperate with the Partnership in good faith to execute and deliver such documents or instruments reasonably required to effect such Contribution Loan on market terms as reasonably determined by Pattern Energy and the Board of Directors and otherwise on the terms set forth in this ‎Section 5.05(b) . Each Contribution Loan shall be full recourse to Pattern Energy. At the time any Contribution Loan is made to Pattern Energy, (i) the original principal amount of such Contribution Loan shall not exceed the amount of the additional Capital Contribution then required to be made by Pattern Energy pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) , (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Contribution Loans between Pattern Energy and the Partnership outstanding as of such date shall not exceed $60 million, (iii) Pattern Energy shall immediately contribute the proceeds of such Contribution Loan to the Partnership as an additional Capital Contribution pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(a) , and (iv)

 

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Pattern Energy shall agree to repay the amount borrowed under such Contribution Loan in full within 365 days following the date of such Contribution Loan. All distributions payable to Pattern Energy pursuant to ‎Section 7.01 of this Agreement shall be withheld and applied against the outstanding balance of any unpaid principal or interest amount attributable to any Contribution Loan that has not been fully repaid at the time such distribution becomes due and payable to Pattern Energy, regardless of the repayment terms of such Contribution Loan, but shall not be deemed to be an additional Capital Contribution by Pattern Energy.

 

Section 5.06         Capital Accounts

 

(a)                A separate capital account (a “ Capital Account ”) will be maintained on the Partnership’s books and records for each Partner. Each Partner’s Capital Account will be increased by: (i) the amount of money contributed by such Partner to the Partnership; (ii) the initial Book Value of property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership (net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Partnership is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code); and (iii) allocations to such Partner of Profits and items of income or gain pursuant to the Regulatory Allocations. Each Partner’s Capital Account will be decreased by: (A) the amount of money distributed to such Partner by the Partnership; (B) the Fair Market Value of property distributed to such Partner by the Partnership (net of liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Partner is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code); and (C) allocations to the account of such Partner of Losses and items of loss or deduction pursuant to the Regulatory Allocations.

 

(b)               In the event of a Transfer of Units made in accordance with this Agreement, the Capital Account of the Transferor shall become the Capital Account of the Transferee to the extent it relates to the Transferred Units in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv).

 

(c)                The manner in which Capital Accounts are to be maintained pursuant to this ‎Section 5.06 is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 704(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. If, in the opinion of the Partnership’s legal counsel, the manner in which Capital Accounts are to be maintained pursuant to the preceding provisions of this ‎Section 5.06 should be modified in order to comply with Section 704(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding provisions of this ‎Section 5.06 , the method in which Capital Accounts are maintained shall be so modified; provided, however, that any change in the manner of maintaining Capital Accounts shall not materially alter the economic agreement and relative economic benefits between or among the Partners.

 

(d)               Except as otherwise required in the Act, no Partner shall have any liability to restore all or any portion of a deficit balance in such Partner’s Capital Account.

 

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Article VI

ALLOCATIONS

 

Section 6.01         Allocations of Profits and Losses

 

After giving effect to the Regulatory Allocations, and subject to ‎Section 14.03(b) of this Agreement, Profits and Losses for each Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Partners for such Fiscal Period, in such a manner as shall cause the Capital Accounts of each Partner (as adjusted to reflect all Regulatory Allocations and all distributions through the end of such Fiscal Period) to equal, as nearly as possible, (a) the amount such Partner would receive if all assets of the Partnership on hand at the end of such Fiscal Period were sold for cash equal to their Book Values, all liabilities of the Partnership were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited in the case of non-recourse liabilities to the Book Value of the property securing such liabilities), all unvested Class B Units became vested, and all remaining or resulting cash (including any Retained Distributions) were distributed to the Partners under ‎Section 7.01 of this Agreement minus (b) such Partner’s share of Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets.

 

Section 6.02         Regulatory Allocations

 

The following allocations shall be made in the following order:

 

(a)                Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated 85% to the holders of Class A Units pro rata in proportion to their respective Class A Unit Sharing Percentages and 15% to the holders of Class B Units pro rata in proportion to their respective Class B Unit Sharing Percentages.

 

(b)               Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated to the Partners bearing the Economic Risk of Loss for such Partner Nonrecourse Debt as determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4). If more than one Partner bears the Economic Risk of Loss for such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, the Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated among the Partners according to the ratio in which they bear the Economic Risk of Loss. This ‎Section 6.02(b) is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(c)                Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, if there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain for a taxable year (or if there was a net decrease in Minimum Gain for a prior taxable year and the Partnership did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior years to allocate among the Partners under this ‎Section 6.02(c) ), items of income and gain shall be allocated to each Partner in an amount equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in such Minimum Gain (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(g)(2)). This ‎Section 6.02(c) is intended to constitute a minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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Debt Minimum Gain for a taxable year (or if there was a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain for a prior taxable year and the Partnership did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior years to allocate among the Partners under this ‎Section 6.02(d) , items of income and gain shall be allocated to each Partner in an amount equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4)). This ‎Section 6.02(d) is intended to constitute a partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(e)                Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except ‎Section 6.02(a) and ‎Section 6.02(b) , no Losses shall be allocated to any Limited Partner to the extent that such allocation would cause such Limited Partner to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account (or increase any existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account) at the end of such Fiscal Period. All Losses in excess of the limitation set forth in this ‎Section 6.02(e) shall be allocated to the Partners who do not have a deficit balance in their Adjusted Capital Accounts in proportion to their relative positive Adjusted Capital Accounts but only to the extent that such Losses do not cause any such Partner to have a deficit in its Adjusted Capital Account.

 

(f)                Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except ‎Section 6.02(c) , ‎Section 6.02(d) and ‎Section 6.02(e) of this Agreement, a Partner who unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) shall be allocated items of income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of income, including gross income, and gain for the taxable year) in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate any deficit balance in such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as quickly as possible; provided that, an allocation pursuant to this ‎Section 6.02‎(f) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have deficit Adjusted Capital Account balance after all other allocations provided for in this ‎Article VI have been tentatively made as if this ‎Section 6.02‎(f) were not in this Agreement. This ‎Section 6.02(f) is intended to constitute a qualified income offset under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(g)               In the event that any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any taxable year in excess of the sum of (A) the amount such Partner is required to restore pursuant to tax provisions of this Agreement and (B) the amount such Partner is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) an 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be allocated items of Partnership gross income, and gain in the amount of such deficit as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this ‎Section 6.02(g) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account after all other allocations provided for in this ‎Article VI have been tentatively made as if ‎Section 6.02(f) and this ‎Section 6.02(g) were not in this Agreement.

 

(h)               To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership properties pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to any Partner in complete liquidation of such Partner’s Units, the amount of such adjustment to Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the

 

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adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or loss shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) if such Section applies, or to the Partner to whom such distribution was made if Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

 

(i)                 If any Class B Units held by any holder of Class B Units are forfeited or redeemed by the Partnership, such holder shall be allocated items of loss and deduction in the year of such forfeiture or redemption in an amount equal to the portion of such holder’s Capital Account attributable to such forfeited Units reduced, but not below zero, by the amount of any redemption price paid by the Partnership for such Units.

 

(j)                 If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory warrant or option to acquire an interest in the Partnership, a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Partnership shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).

 

Section 6.03        Income Tax Allocations

 

(a)                All items of income, gain, loss and deduction for federal income tax purposes shall be allocated in the same manner as the corresponding item of Profits and Losses is allocated, except as otherwise provided in this ‎Section 6.03 .

 

(b)               In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the Partnership shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Partnership for Federal income tax purposes and its initial Book Value. In the event the Book Value of any property is adjusted pursuant to clause (b) or (d) of the definition of Book Value, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to such property shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property for Federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations thereunder. For purposes of the allocations pursuant to this ‎Section 6.03(b) , the Partnership shall elect the remedial allocation method described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d) or such other allocation method as is determined by the Board of Directors.

 

(c)                Any (i) recapture of depreciation or any other item of deduction shall be allocated, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1254-5, to the Partners who received the benefit of such deductions (taking into account the effect of remedial allocations), and (ii) recapture of any income tax credits shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii) and 1.704-1(b)(4)(vii).

 

(d)               Tax credits of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners as provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii) and 1.704-1(b)(4)(viii).

 

(e)                Allocations pursuant to this ‎Section 6.03 are solely for purposes of federal, state, and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner’s Capital Account (except as provided in Treasury Regulation Section

 

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1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j)) or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.04        Other Allocation Rules

 

(a)                All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable to an interest in the Partnership that may have been Transferred shall be allocated between the Transferor and the Transferee based on the portion of the Fiscal Year during which each was recognized as the owner of such interest, without regard to the results of Partnership operations during any particular portion of that year and without regard to whether cash distributions were made to the Transferor or the Transferee during that year; provided, however, that this allocation must be made in accordance with a method permissible under Code Section 706 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(b)               The Partners’ proportionate shares of the “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(3), shall be allocated 85% to the holders of Class A Units and 15% to the holders of Class B Units, and among each of the Class A Limited Partners and the Class B Limited Partners in accordance with each such Partner’s respective Class A Unit Sharing Percentage or the Class B Unit Sharing Percentage, as applicable.

 

Article VII

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 7.01         Distributions

 

Except as set forth in Sections 5.01(c) and 5.03 , and subject to ‎Section 7.03 , ‎Section 7.05 , and ‎Section 14.03 of this Agreement, all Distributable Property of the Partnership shall be distributed at such time or times (if any) as the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion to the Partners in the following order and priority:

 

(a)                First : 100% to the Class A Limited Partners in proportion to their respective Unreturned Capital Contributions until the Unreturned Capital Contributions have been reduced to zero (0);

 

(b)               Second : 100% to the Class A Limited Partners in proportion to their respective Unpaid Class A Preference Amounts until the Unpaid Class A Preference Amount of each Class A Limited Partner has been reduced to zero (0);

 

(c)                Third : (i) 50% to the Class A Limited Partners in proportion to their respective Class A Unit Sharing Percentages and (ii) 50% to the Class B Limited Partners in proportion to their respective Class B Unit Sharing Percentages, until the Class B Payout occurs; and

 

(d)               Thereafter : 85% to the Class A Limited Partners in proportion to their respective Class A Unit Sharing Percentages and 15% to the Class B Limited Partners in proportion to their respective Class B Unit Sharing Percentages.

 

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(e)                In applying ‎Section 7.01(c) and ‎Section 7.01(d) of this Agreement, if any series of Class B Units have been issued with a Threshold Amount greater than zero, a holder of such series of Class B Units will not be entitled to receive distributions under this ‎Section 7.01 , until the aggregate distributions made following the issuance of such series of Class B Units to the holders of the Class B Units of each previously issued series of Class B Units shall be equal to the Threshold Amount designated for such series of Class B Units. For example, prior to the holders of Class B-4 Units receiving distributions under this ‎Section 7.01 , the holders of all Class B Units of Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 Units must receive distributions that cause the Threshold Amount to be attained for the Class B-4 Units. Any distribution that otherwise would have been made to a series of Class B Units with a Threshold Amount but for this subsection shall be treated as additional Distributable Property and distributed solely to the series of Class B Units then entitled to receive distributions.

 

(f)                Any distributions (except tax distributions pursuant to ‎Section 7.03 of this Agreement) with respect to Class B Units of any series that have not “vested” in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 11.08(b)(i) of this Agreement shall be retained by the Partnership in a separate bank account until “vesting” occurs (the “ Retained Distributions ”). Retained Distributions shall be promptly distributed by the Partnership upon vesting of the relevant Class B Units. Retained Distributions that are in respect of unvested Class B Units that are forfeited to the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c) of this Agreement shall be reallocated among the remaining outstanding Class B Units pro rata in proportion to their respective Class B Unit Sharing Percentages (as adjusted to take into account any Threshold Amount applicable to Class B Units).

 

Section 7.02         Distributions in Kind

 

No Partner has any right to demand or receive a distribution from the Partnership in any form other than cash, and any distribution from the Partnership in any form other than cash or Marketable Securities must be approved by the Class A Majority and the Class B Majority. Any non-cash distribution from the Partnership must also comply with the provisions of ‎Section 11.13 .

 

Section 7.03        Tax Distributions

 

(a)                On each Tax Distribution Date, the Partnership shall, subject to the availability of Distributable Property, and prior to making distributions pursuant to ‎Section 7.01 , if any, distribute to each Partner in cash an amount equal to such Partner’s Assumed Tax Liability, if any, as of such date. If on a Tax Distribution Date there are not sufficient funds on hand to distribute to each Partner the full amount of such Partner’s Assumed Tax Liability, distributions pursuant to this ‎Section 7.03 shall be made to the Partners to the extent of the available funds in proportion to each Partner’s Assumed Tax Liability, and the Partnership shall make future distributions as soon as funds become available to pay the remaining portion of such Partner’s Assumed Tax Liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the Partners agree that the Partnership shall not be required to make distributions to a Partner pursuant to this ‎Section 7.03 to the extent that such Partner realizes income in connection with the issuance or Transfer of Class B Units to such Partner, the forfeiture of Class B Units by such

 

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Partner or another Partner or the repurchase of Class B Units from such Partner or another Partner in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(b)               Any amounts distributed to a Partner pursuant to this ‎Section 7.03 shall be treated as an advanced distribution of, and shall reduce by a like amount the next amounts otherwise distributable to, such Partner pursuant to ‎Section 7.01 or ‎Section 14.03(b) of this Agreement, as applicable. Amounts distributed to a Partner pursuant to this ‎Section 7.03 that are treated as advanced distributions against amounts otherwise distributable shall be taken into account in determining when a Class A Payout or Class B Payout occurs.

 

Section 7.04         Redemption/Repurchase of Units

 

In the event the Partnership has repurchased Class A Units or Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c) or otherwise (excluding any redemption or repurchase pursuant to ‎Section 5.03 ), any amount paid to a holder of Class A Units in connection with such repurchase of Class A Units shall be treated as an advance distribution to the holders of the remaining Class A Units pursuant to ‎Section 7.01 or ‎Section 14.03, and any amount paid to a holder of Class B Units in connection with such a repurchase of Class B Units shall be treated as an advance distribution to the holders of the remaining Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 7.01 or ‎Section 14.03. Any amount treated as an advance distribution shall first, and solely for computational purposes, be added to the next aggregate amounts distributable to holders of Class A Units and Class B Units, and then, after application of the distribution provisions of ‎Section 7.01, reduce the amounts otherwise distributable to the holders of the remaining Class A Units or Class B Units, as applicable, by a like amount.

 

Section 7.05        Proceeds from Projects

 

The Board of Directors will use good faith efforts to distribute proceeds received from the sale or divestment, in whole or in part, of any development, construction or operating project of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries within thirty (30) days of receipt of such proceeds, provided , that the Board of Directors has determined, on the basis of a cash flow forecast provided by the Executive Management Team to the Board of Directors on or about the date that such sale or divestment is consummated, that the Partnership has sufficient cash and property on hand to meet any liabilities or fund any proposed expenditures of the Partnership which are accrued or reasonably foreseeable within twelve (12) months following such date. In the event that a majority of the Board of Directors disagrees with such forecast, the Board of Directors may instead use the applicable twelve-month period of any Annual Budget.

 

Section 7.06        Withholding

 

(a)                The Partnership may withhold distributions or portions thereof if it is required to do so by any applicable rule, regulation or law, and each Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from and pay on behalf of or with respect to such Partner any amount of U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Board of Directors determines that the Partnership is required to withhold and pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Partner pursuant to this Agreement and to pay any tax imposed on the Partnership

 

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(including pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act where the amount of such tax is determined by reference to the status of a Partner (or its beneficial owners)).

 

(b)               Except with respect to amounts that a Partner contributes to the Partnership upon the request of the Board of Directors, any amounts withheld pursuant to this ‎Section 7.06 or paid pursuant to this Section where the amount of such tax is determined by reference to the status of a Partner (or its beneficial owners) shall be treated as having been distributed to such Partner for all purposes of this Agreement at the time such withholding or payment is made. To the extent that the cumulative amount of such withholding or payment for any period exceeds the distributions to which such Partner is entitled for such period, the amount of such excess shall be considered a loan from the Partnership to such Partner, with interest accruing at an interest rate determined by the Board of Directors or at the request of the Board of Directors, the amount of such excess shall be promptly paid to the Partnership by the Partner on whose behalf such withholding or payment is required to be made, provided that any such payment shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution and shall not reduce the amount that a Partner is otherwise obligated to contribute to the Partnership. Any income from any deemed loan shall not be allocated to or distributed to the Partner requiring such loan. Any such loan shall be satisfied out of distributions to which such Partner would otherwise be subsequently entitled until such time as the Board of Directors requests that the Partner pay such amount to the Partnership. Each Partner hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Partnership a security interest in such Partner’s Units to secure such Partner’s obligation to pay to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this ‎Section 7.06 . Each Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership may request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created hereunder.

 

(c)                Each Partner hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the other Partners and the Board of Directors from and against any liability (including any liability for taxes, penalties, additions to tax or interest) with respect to income attributable to or distributions or other payments to such Partner (including pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act where amount of such tax is determined by reference to the status of a Partner (or its beneficial owners)). Upon the Partnership’s request, each Partner shall promptly provide to the Partnership a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 and such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Partnership in order for it to accurately determine its withholding obligation, if any. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Partner who acquires its Units from a person who was a Partner of the Partnership at the time of the Transfer shall succeed to and be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership from any amounts the transferor Partner would have been liable for under this ‎Section 7.06 if the transferor had remained a Partner of the Partnership, provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, this sentence will not apply to the transactions described in Sections 5.01(c) or 5.01(d) of this Agreement.

 

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Article VIII

MEETINGS OF partners

 

Section 8.01         Meetings

 

Annual meetings of Partners may, but need not, be held. The annual meeting of Partners may be held at such place and on such date as the Board of Directors may designate. Special meetings of the Partners, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Board of Directors, or any Partner or Partners who hold in the aggregate a Class A Majority.

 

Section 8.02         Place of Meetings

 

The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any meeting of the Partners. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the Partnership.

 

Section 8.03         Notice of Meetings

 

Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or Person calling the meeting, to each Partner entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 8.04         Record Date

 

For the purpose of determining Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Partners or any adjournment thereof, or Partners entitled to receive payment of any distribution, or in order to make a determination of Partners for any other purpose, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution declaring such distribution is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Partners.

 

Section 8.05         Quorum

 

Partners holding at least a Class A Majority represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Partners. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting, a majority of the Units so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The Partners present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal during such meeting of that number of Units whose absence would cause less than a quorum.

 

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Section 8.06         Proxies

 

At all meetings of Partners, a Class A Limited Partner may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Partner or by a duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Board of Directors before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. A telegram, telex, cablegram, electronic mail or similar transmission by the Class A Limited Partner, or a photographic, facsimile or similar reproduction of an executed writing shall be effective for purposes of this ‎Section 8.06 . The chairman of the meeting shall decide all questions touching upon the qualification of voters, the validity of the proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless an inspector or inspectors shall have been appointed by the chairman of the meeting, in which event such inspector or inspectors shall decide all such questions. A proxy shall be with full power of substitution and shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two (2) or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority or, if only two Persons are designated as proxies, then both, of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one.

 

Section 8.07         Action by Partners Without a Meeting

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of Partners may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action to be taken by the Partners that are signed by the Partners with the requisite authority whose consent is required to take the action under this Agreement. Action taken under this ‎Section 8.07 is effective when the requisite number of Partners required to approve such action have signed the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. The record date for determining Partners entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first Partner signs and delivers to the Partnership a written consent. A telegram, telex, cablegram, electronic mail or similar transmission by a Partner, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing signed by a Partner, shall be regarded as signed by the Partner for purposes of this ‎Section 8.07 .

 

Section 8.08         Waiver of Notice

 

When any notice is required to be given to any Partner, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the Person entitled to such notice, whether before, at, or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

Section 8.09         Conduct of Meetings

 

All meetings of the Partners shall be presided over by the chairman of the meeting, who shall be a Director or Officer designated by the Board of Directors. The chairman of any meeting of Partners shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him in order.

 

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Section 8.10         Limited Class B Voting Rights

 

Class B Units shall have no voting rights, except as set forth in ‎Section 9.06 and ‎Section 15.05 of this Agreement.

 

Article IX

MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP

 

Section 9.01        Management

 

(a)                In order to enable the Board of Directors to manage the business and affairs of the Partnership, the General Partner hereby irrevocably delegates to the Board of Directors and, solely to the extent necessary to enable the Officers appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to ‎Section 9.03 of this Agreement to fulfill their duties under this Agreement, to the Officers all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership that it may now or hereafter possess under applicable law (other than its obligations as “tax matters partner” under ‎Section 4.03(a) of this Agreement) as permitted under Section 17-403(c) of the Act. The General Partner further agrees to take any and all action necessary and appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, to effect any duly authorized actions by the Board of Directors or any Officer, including executing or filing any agreements, instruments or certificates, delivering all documents, providing all information and taking or refraining from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve all the effective delegation of power described in this ‎Section 9.01(a) . Each of the Partners and Transferees and each Person who may acquire an interest in a Partnership Interest hereby approves, consents to, ratifies and confirms such delegation. The delegation by the General Partner to the Board of Directors of management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall not cause the General Partner to cease to be a general partner of the Partnership nor shall it cause the Board of Directors or any member thereof to be a general partner of the Partnership or to have or be subject to the liabilities of a general partner of the Partnership. Except as provided in ‎Section 4.03(a) of this Agreement relating to the General Partner’s duties as “Tax Matters Partner” and, if appointed by the Board of Directors, “Partnership Representative” (in each case, subject to the limitations set forth therein) and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the management of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the Board of Directors and, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Officers. Neither the General Partner nor any of the Limited Partners in their capacities as such shall have any part in the management of the Partnership (except, with respect to the General Partner, as provided in ‎Section 4.03 of this Agreement relating to its duties as “Tax Matters Partner” and, if appointed by the Board of Directors, “Partnership Representative” (in each case, subject to the limitations set forth therein) and shall have no authority or right to act on behalf of the Partnership or deal with any third parties on behalf of the Partnership in connection with any matter, except as requested or authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

(b)               To the fullest extent permitted by the Act, a person, in performing his or her duties and obligations as a Director under this Agreement, shall be entitled to act or omit to act at the direction of the Partners that designated such person to serve on the Board of Directors, considering only such factors, including the separate interests of the designating Partners, as such

 

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Director or Partners choose to consider, and any action of a Director or failure to act, taken or omitted in good faith reliance on the foregoing provision shall not, as between the Partnership and the other Partners, on the one hand, and the Director or Partners designating such Director, on the other hand, constitute a breach of any duty (including any fiduciary or other similar duty, to the extent that such exists under the Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation) on the part of such Director or Partners of the Partnership or any other Director or Partner.

 

(c)                Unless explicitly provided otherwise in this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall have the power, right and authority on behalf and in the name of the Partnership to carry out any and all of the objects and purposes of the Partnership and to perform all acts which the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may deem necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, the power to:

 

(i)              negotiate, execute and perform, any contract, agreement or other instrument (including, without limitation, this Agreement) as the Board of Directors shall determine to be necessary or desirable to further the purposes of the Partnership;

 

(ii)            open, maintain and close bank accounts and draw checks or other orders for the payment of moneys;

 

(iii)           collect all sums due the Partnership and contest and exercise the Partnership’s right to collect all such sums;

 

(iv)           to the extent that funds of the Partnership are available therefor, pay as they become due all debts, obligations and operating expenses of the Partnership;

 

(v)            make any expenditures, lend or borrow money, assume, guarantee or contract for, indebtedness or other liabilities, make prepayments or extensions of debt, secure debt of the Partnership with Partnership assets;

 

(vi)           acquire, hold, manage, own, sell, Transfer, convey, assign, exchange or otherwise dispose of any assets of the Partnership or cause any Subsidiaries of the Partnership to acquire, hold, manage, own, sell, Transfer, convey, assign, exchange or otherwise dispose of any assets of such Subsidiaries;

 

(vii)          form, or acquire an interest in, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies or other relationships;

 

(viii)         issue securities of any kind of the Partnership, except as specifically stated otherwise in this Agreement, or to cause any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries to issue securities;

 

(ix)            merge or combine the Partnership with or into another Person, or sell all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets;

 

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Partnership, on such terms and for such compensation as the Board of Directors may determine;

 

(xi)           obtain insurance for the Partnership relating to the indemnification referred to in ‎Section 10.01 ;

 

(xii)          admit additional Partners as provided in this Agreement;

 

(xiii)         determine distributions of Partnership cash and other property as provided in ‎Section 7.01 and ‎Section 7.03 ;

 

(xiv)         dissolve and liquidate the Partnership as provided in ‎Article XIV ;

 

(xv)          bring and defend actions and proceedings at law or equity and before any governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission;

 

(xvi)         make all elections, investigations, evaluations and decisions, binding the Partnership thereby, that may in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors be necessary or desirable for the acquisition, management or disposition of assets by the Partnership, including, without limitation, the exercise of rights to elect to adjust the tax basis of Partnership assets or the decision whether or not to make the election under Section 6226 of the Amended Code;

 

(xvii)        make all tax, regulatory and other filings and render all reports to any governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the Partnership;

 

(xviii)       act for and on behalf of the Partnership in all matters incidental to the foregoing, including, without limitation, the taking of all actions for which any power of attorney is granted in ‎Section 9.09 ; and

 

(xix)         consult with and seek the advice of one or more of the Limited Partners.

 

(d)               When making any investment or funding projects, the Board of Directors shall endeavor (but is in no event obligated to) to seek expected net pre-tax proceeds to equity upon sale of no less than 1.70 times the total amount of equity invested prior to sale and to enter into fixed-price power purchase arrangements with a term of no less than 10 years, covering no less than 80% of the project’s forecast output.

 

Section 9.02        Board of Directors

 

(a)                Size and Designees . The Board of Directors shall consist of no less than five (5) Directors: (a) three (3) of whom shall be appointed by Riverstone (the “ Riverstone Designees ”), and (b) two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Class B Majority (the “ Management Designees ”). The initial Riverstone Designees and Management Designees are set forth on Exhibit E . If any Riverstone Designee shall resign or be removed or be unable to serve for any reason as a Director of the Partnership, Riverstone shall designate a replacement Riverstone Designee. Riverstone may remove and replace any Riverstone Designee at any time with or without cause. If any Management Designee shall resign or be removed or unable to serve for

 

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any reason as a Director, the Class B Majority shall designate a replacement Management Designee. The Class B Majority may remove and replace any Management Designee at any time with or without cause.

 

(b)               Board Observers . Riverstone may designate up to two (2) individuals and Pattern Energy may designate one (1) individual, to attend quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors as observers and receive written materials distributed in connection with such meetings; provided , however , that no such observer shall in any circumstance have any right to participate in any vote, consent or other action of the Board of Directors, the failure by any observer to attend a meeting shall in no way invalidate any actions taken at such meeting, and no observer shall count towards the quorum requirements described in ‎Section 9.02(c) .

 

(c)                Votes per Director; Quorum; Required Vote for Board Action . Each Director shall have one (1) vote; provided, however , that any Riverstone Designee shall be entitled to cast more than one vote under the following circumstances: (i) if any of the Riverstone Designees are not present at such meeting, then the Riverstone Designee or Riverstone Designees present at the meeting shall be given an aggregate number of additional votes equal to the number of Riverstone Designees absent (and such absent Riverstone Designee or Riverstone Designees shall be deemed to have given a proxy to vote at such meeting to any other Riverstone Designee who is present at such meeting) or (ii) if there are any vacancies in the Riverstone Designees, then the remaining Riverstone Designee or Riverstone Designees shall be given an aggregate number of additional votes equal to the number of vacancies of the Riverstone Designees (for example, if the Riverstone Group has only designated one of its three Directors, then that one Riverstone Designee may cast a total of three votes on matters presented to the Board of Directors). Unless otherwise required by this Agreement, Directors having at least three votes, either present (in person or by teleconference) or represented by proxy, including at least one Riverstone Designee, and, to the extent required for any vote pursuant to Sections ‎9.05 or ‎9.07 , at least one Management Designee, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Board of Directors. A single Riverstone Designee shall, for quorum purposes, count as three votes. Actions by the Board of Directors shall require Board Approval.

 

(d)               Place of Meetings; Order of Business . The Board of Directors may hold its meetings in such place or places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine by resolution. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in such order as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

(e)                Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of such regular meetings shall not be required if held at the times and places set forth in the relevant resolution and such resolution has been provided to each Director.

 

(f)                Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by any Director or Directors having at least two votes on at least 24 hours personal, written, telegraphic, cable, wireless or electronic notice to each Director, which notice must include appropriate dial-in information to permit each Director to participate in such meeting by means

 

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of telephone conference. Such notice need not state the purpose or purposes of such meeting, except as may otherwise be required by the Act.

 

(g)               Action Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Directors whose votes would be required to take action at a meeting of the Board of Directors and such written consent shall be distributed to the entire Board of Directors at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to its effective time.

 

(h)               Telephonic Conference Meeting . Subject to the requirement for notice of meetings, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

(i)                 Waiver of Notice Through Attendance . Attendance of a Director at any meeting of the Board of Directors (including by telephone) shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such Director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and notifies the other Directors at such meeting of such purpose.

 

(j)                 Reliance on Books, Reports and Records . Each Director shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or reports made to the Partnership by any of its Officers or by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care by the Board of Directors, or in relying in good faith upon other records of the Partnership.

 

(k)               Costs and Expenses . The Partnership will pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Directors in connection with their participation in meetings of the Board of Directors (and committees thereof) and attending to the business of the Partnership.

 

(l)                 Board Committees . The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more committees to exercise such delegated power and authority as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, including with respect to matters otherwise apportioned to the Board of Directors. Any such committee shall consist of one or more of the Directors. For the avoidance of doubt, any such committee, to the extent allowed by law, shall not act in the capacity of the Board of Directors, but notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority in the management of the business and affairs of the Partnership provided to such committee in the resolutions establishing such committee, provided that no committee designation shall limit the application of ‎Section 9.05 (with respect to approvals by two-thirds of the Class A Units), ‎Section 9.06 (with respect to approvals by Pattern Energy) or ‎Section 9.07 (with respect to approvals by a Class B Majority) except to the extent, if any, that such approval rights may be prospectively waived by the Person or Persons holding the applicable approval rights at the time of designation.

 

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Section 9.03         Officers

 

Upon the nomination of the Executive Management Team or Riverstone, the Board of Directors may appoint such individuals (whether or not any such individual is also a Limited Partner) as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or advisable as officers of the Partnership as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or advisable to manage the day-to-day business affairs of the Partnership (collectively, the “ Officers ”). Officers may be given titles or may be designated as “authorized persons.” To the extent authorized by the Board of Directors, any Officer may act on behalf of, bind and execute and deliver documents in the name and on behalf of the Partnership. The current Officers of the Partnership are set forth on Exhibit E hereto. The Chief Executive Officer on behalf of the Executive Management Team shall as required by the Board of Directors update the Board of Directors on any material changes or occurrences in the business of the Partnership and Riverstone shall promptly notify the Executive Management Team of any material changes relating to Riverstone’s business objectives or financing capability with respect to the Partnership. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, remove any Officer with or without cause at any time, subject to any applicable employment agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Board Approval and, for so long as the Riverstone Group owns a Class A Majority, at least two-thirds of the outstanding Class A Units shall be required to elect or remove a member of the Executive Management Team.

 

Section 9.04        Actions Requiring Board Approval

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to ‎Section 9.05 , ‎Section 9.06 , and ‎Section 9.07 , neither the Partnership nor any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries may take any action, including any of the following actions, without prior Board Approval unless authority to take such action has previously been delegated to an Officer or other authorized person:

 

(a)                commencing or acquiring any new project in which the costs and committed project expenses collectively exceed (i) the aggregate amounts approved in the Annual Budget for such acquisition and committed project expenses, if any, plus (ii) $3,000,000;

 

(b)               continuing an existing project if the cumulative committed project expenses are expected to exceed (i) the aggregate amounts approved in the Annual Budget for such committed project expenses, if any, plus (ii) $2,000,000;

 

(c)                altering, supplementing, amending or otherwise modifying any Budget;

 

(d)               approving, altering, supplementing, amending or otherwise modifying any future Partnership budgets;

 

(e)                making distributions in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 7.01 or ‎Section 7.03 of this Agreement;

 

(f)                incurring, guaranteeing or assuming any indebtedness by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of an aggregate of $5,000,000;

 

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(g)               acquiring or disposing, in any one transaction or series of related transactions, of any assets for aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000;

 

(h)               entering into any derivative transactions, including hedging, forward sales or similar contracts, in excess of an aggregate of $5,000,000;

 

(i)                 initiating any material litigation or other material legal or administrative proceeding or entering into any settlement agreement with respect to any material litigation or other material legal or administrative proceeding;

 

(j)                 electing or removing any Officer pursuant to ‎Section 9.03 of this Agreement;

 

(k)               creating or adopting any compensation, benefits, incentive, welfare or other plan for the benefit of any officer or employee of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(l)                 entering into any agreement, contract or other instrument not otherwise referred to in this ‎Section 9.04 to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective assets be bound that would be reasonably expected to create liabilities or obligations of the Partnership in excess of $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year or in excess of $5,000,000 during the term of such contract; and

 

(m)             loaning money or providing any guarantee for a third party.

 

The thresholds set out in clauses (a), (b), (f), (g), (h) and (l) above will be reconsidered by the Board of Directors on an annual basis and for larger approvals, such as funding projects, the thresholds will not apply to contracts and commitments made under the larger approval unless otherwise requested by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 9.05        Actions Requiring Board Approval and Approval of the Class A Limited Partners

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Partnership, the Board of Directors or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries may take the following actions without prior (i) Board Approval and (ii) for so long as Riverstone owns a Class A Majority, approval of at least two-thirds of the Class A Units:

 

(a)                making capital calls to fund Capital Contributions other than as needed to meet (i) general and administrative expenses and (ii) expenses approved under ‎Section 9.04 , in each case over a ninety (90) day look-forward period;

 

(b)               making any distributions to any Partner other than cash distributions;

 

(c)                repurchasing any issued and outstanding Units;

 

(d)               electing or removing any member of the Executive Management Team;

 

(e)                after consultation with the Executive Management Team, issuing additional Units (including any Class B Units) except as otherwise provided herein or other interests or options

 

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convertible into or exchangeable for Units, or any other equity interests in the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, subject to ‎Section 9.06 , ‎Section 9.07 , ‎Section 13.01 and ‎Section 13.02 of this Agreement;

 

(f)                subject to ‎Section 15.05 of this Agreement, altering, supplementing, amending or otherwise modifying any provision of this Agreement;

 

(g)               effecting a Liquidation Event;

 

(h)               effecting a Qualified Public Offering in accordance with ‎Section 11.02 of this Agreement;

 

(i)                changing the Partnership’s independent auditors;

 

(j)                changing the Partnership’s business line; and

 

(k)               distributions in kind pursuant to ‎Section 7.02 .

 

Section 9.06        Actions Requiring Board Approval and Approval of Pattern Energy

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Partnership, the Board of Directors or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries may take the following actions without prior (i) Board Approval and (ii) the approval of Pattern Energy ( provided that the actions in clauses (c)-(g) below shall only require Pattern Energy approval for so long as Pattern Energy owns at least ten percent (10%) of the Class A Units outstanding at any point in time):

 

(a)                commencing a bankruptcy, winding up, insolvency or reorganization proceeding involving the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership;

 

(b)               changing the Partnership’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business plans or the purpose of the Partnership;

 

(c)                making any material change to the Investment Criteria, or making any investment or funding projects that are outside the scope of the Investment Criteria;

 

(d)               making an investment, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, in a development, construction, or operating project, in an amount greater than twenty-five percent (25%) (not including any third-party debt) of the cumulative Class A Fixed Commitment Amounts set forth on Exhibit B ;

 

(e)                admitting any Person as a Partner in accordance with ‎Section 3.01 or ‎Section 3.02 ;

 

(f)                authorizing or issuing any Units to a Competitor;

 

(g)               initiating any litigation or other legal or administrative proceeding or entering into any settlement agreement or series of settlement agreements with respect to or otherwise resolving any such litigation or proceeding, in each case, in an amount greater than $10 million;

 

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(h)               entering into related-party transactions (i) with any member of the Riverstone Group or any investment fund managed by any member of the Riverstone Group or (ii) that are likely to have a disproportionate economic impact on Pattern Energy relative to the other Class A Limited Partners;

 

(i)                 repurchasing, redeeming, or otherwise cancelling (other than automatically as a result of forfeiture) any Class A Units, other than on a pro rata basis amongst all Class A Limited Partners;

 

(j)                 amending ‎Art icle VII ; and

 

(k)               amending the governing documents of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent such amendment has a materially and disproportionately adverse effect on Pattern Energy relative to the other Class A Limited Partners.

 

Section 9.07        Actions Requiring Board Approval and Approval of the Class B Limited Partners

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and subject to ‎Section 15.05, which sets forth certain amendments to this Agreement which require approval of the holders of a specified percentage of Class B Units, none of the Partnership, the Board of Directors or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries may take the following actions without prior (i) Board Approval and (ii) approval of a Class B Majority (which approval, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require a formal vote of all Class B Limited Partners but shall be effective upon provision of a consent signed by such Class B Limited Partners as represent a Class B Majority):

 

(a)                entering into any agreement, contract or other instrument, or any transaction with an Affiliate of Riverstone, other than the reimbursement of expenses pursuant to ‎Section 9.08(b) ;

 

(b)               any amendment, modification or repeal of ‎Article X or any provision hereof that materially diminishes the rights of an Indemnitee;

 

(c)                issuance of Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 3.02(a) ; and

 

(d)               distributions in kind other than Marketable Securities pursuant to ‎Section 7.02 .

 

Section 9.08        Certain Expenses

 

(a)                Promptly following the Effective Date, upon the approval of the Board of Directors, the Partnership shall reimburse the Partners for all reasonable out of pocket expenses not previously reimbursed, including legal fees, incurred directly in connection with preparing, negotiating and executing this Agreement and any agreements related hereto. Each Partner shall provide the Partnership with a good faith accounting of the amount of such expenditures and liabilities.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding ‎Section 9.07(a) and subject to approval by the Board of Directors after consultation with any Management Designee, Riverstone and its Affiliates shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Partnership for any reasonable expenses directly incurred

 

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in connection with, or directly related to, the Partnership business (including, without limitation, expenses associated with the Partnership business development and expenses associated with any amendment to this Agreement and any agreement related hereto).

 

Section 9.09        Grant of Authority

 

Each Partner hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each member of the Board of Directors with full power of substitution, each as its true and lawful attorney and agent, in its name, place and stead to make, execute, acknowledge and, if necessary, to file and record:

 

(a)                any certificates or other instruments or amendments thereof which the Partnership may be required to file under the Act or any other laws of the State of Delaware or pursuant to the requirements of any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Partnership or which the Board of Directors shall deem it advisable to file, including, without limitation, this Agreement, any amended Agreement or certificate of cancellation;

 

(b)               any certificates or other instruments (including counterparts of this Agreement with such changes as may be required by the law of other jurisdictions) and all amendments thereto which the Board of Directors deems appropriate or necessary to qualify, or continue the qualification of, the Partnership as a limited partnership;

 

(c)                any certificates or other instruments which may be required in order to effectuate the dissolution and termination of the Partnership pursuant to ‎Article XIV ; and

 

(d)               any amendment to any certificate or to this Agreement necessary to reflect any other changes made pursuant to the exercise of the powers of attorney contained in this ‎Section 9.09 or pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Article X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.01    Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings

 

Subject to ‎Section 10.02 of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Partnership shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless any Person (and such Person’s heirs, administrators and executors) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Partnership or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that he is or was a Partner, Officer or Director of the Partnership, or is or was serving at the request of the Partnership for any other enterprise (each such Person described herein, an “ Indemnitee ”), from and against any and all losses, claims, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), costs, liabilities, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee, in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including appeals; provided, that such Indemnitee shall not be indemnified by the Partnership hereunder to the extent that such Indemnitee’s conduct constituted fraud, willful or intentional misconduct or criminal wrongdoing or gross negligence. For the avoidance of doubt, any Class B Limited Partner who

 

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shall serve as a member, officer, director, manager, agent or employee of any Subsidiary or any other enterprise shall be deemed to serve at the request of the Partnership. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Indemnitee’s actions were not in accordance with the previous standard. Any indemnification provided hereunder will be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Partnership, as an expense of the Partnership. No Partner will be subject to personal liability by reason of these indemnification provisions.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent that an Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this ‎Article X because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms hereof.

 

Section 10.02    Expenses Payable in Advance

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in, defending or investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding shall be promptly paid by the Partnership in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Partnership as authorized by this ‎Article X .

 

Section 10.03    Unpaid Claims

 

If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this ‎Article X is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by an Indemnitee has been received by the Partnership, such Indemnitee may, without the consent of the Board of Directors, institute proceedings to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Partnership shall have the burden of proving that such Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement or applicable law.

 

Section 10.04    Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

 

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this ‎Article X shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, contract, vote of Partners or Board of Directors or pursuant to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction, arbitrator or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Partnership that indemnification of Indemnitees shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The provisions of this ‎Article X shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any

 

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Person who is not specified in ‎Section 10.01 of this Agreement, but whom the Partnership has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the Act or otherwise.

 

Section 10.05    Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses; Third Party Beneficiaries

 

The obligations of the Partnership under this ‎Article X create vested rights in the Indemnitees effective as of the date the Indemnitee first commences service for the Partnership, its Subsidiaries, and/or any other enterprise (as defined in ‎Section 10.09 ). Indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this ‎Article X shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a Partner, Officer, Director or employee. The provisions of this ‎Article X shall be deemed to be a contract between the Partnership and each Indemnitee. Except to the extent required by law, any amendment, modification or repeal of this ‎Article X or any provision hereof that does not expand the rights of the Indemnitees (a) shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the Partnership’s liability to any such Indemnitee under this ‎Article X , as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification, or repeal with respect to actions, suits, proceedings or claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such actions, suits, proceedings or claims may arise or be asserted and (b) shall not be effective unless the holders of a Class B Majority approve such amendment, modification or repeal pursuant to ‎Section 9.07 . The provisions of this ‎Article X are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee, and his or her heirs and legal representatives, (each of whom are intended third party beneficiaries) and shall be in addition to any other rights an Indemnitee may have under any contract, by law, or under any other arrangement.

 

Section 10.06    Limitation on Indemnification

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in this ‎Article X to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Partnership shall not be obligated to indemnify any Partner, Officer or Director in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 10.07    Indemnification of Employees and Agents

 

The Partnership may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries similar to those conferred in this ‎Article X to the Indemnitees.

 

Section 10.08    Severability

 

The provisions of this ‎Article X are intended to comply with the Act. To the extent that any provision of this ‎Article X authorizes or requires indemnification or the advancement of expenses contrary to the Act or the Certificate, the Partnership’s power to indemnify or advance expenses under such provision shall be limited to that permitted by the Act and the Certificate and any limitation required by the Act or the Certificate shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this ‎Article X . If any provision of this ‎Article X shall be or become invalid, illegal

 

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or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this ‎Article X shall not be affected thereby.

 

Section 10.09    Fiduciary Service

 

For purposes of this ‎Article X , references to “other enterprise” shall include each Subsidiary of the Partnership, any employee benefit plan and any other entity (including a limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation), committee, association, joint venture, enterprise, trust or unincorporated operation that an Indemnitee is serving at the request of the Partnership; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a Person; and the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested, and references to “serving at the request of the Partnership” shall include, any service as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, fiduciary, consultant, administrator, representative, or delegate of or for the Partnership, any Subsidiary and/or any other enterprise, including any capacity with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries.

 

Section 10.10    Exculpation

 

No Partner, Officer or Director of the Partnership will be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for any act or failure to act, unless such Person’s action or failure to act constituted fraud, willful or intentional misconduct or criminal wrongdoing or gross negligence. The Partners, Officers and Directors of the Partnership will not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for such Person’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. Except with respect to ‎Section 9.05, ‎Section 9.06 and ‎Section 9.07 , the Board of Directors may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform its duties either directly or through its agents and it shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by it in good faith.

 

Section 10.11     Indemnitor of First Resort

 

As a result of agreements or obligations arising outside of this Agreement, it may be the case that certain of the Indemnitees (“ Sponsor Indemnitees ”) have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance provided by (a) Riverstone or certain of its Affiliates (the “ Riverstone Indemnitors ”) or (b) the Initial Limited Partner, Pattern Energy or certain of their respective Affiliates (the “ PEG Indemnitors ”, and together with the Riverstone Indemnitors, the “ Sponsor Indemnitors ”). However, regardless of whether or not there are any such rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance provided by any Sponsor Indemnitor, (i) the Partnership is the indemnitor of first resort ( i.e. , the Partnership’s obligations to each Sponsor Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Riverstone Indemnitors or the PEG Indemnitors, as applicable, to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by any Sponsor Indemnitee are secondary) to the extent of the indemnification obligations of the Partnership hereunder, (ii) the Partnership shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by a Sponsor Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement (or any other agreement between the Partnership and the Sponsor Indemnitees) and (iii) to the extent of the indemnification obligations of the Partnership hereunder, the Partnership

 

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hereby irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases each of the Sponsor Indemnitors from any and all claims against any of the Sponsor Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. Regardless of any advancement or payment by the Sponsor Indemnitors on behalf of any Sponsor Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which a Sponsor Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Partnership, to the extent of the indemnification obligations of the Partnership hereunder, (x) the foregoing shall not be affected and (y) the Riverstone Indemnitors or the PEG Indemnitors, as applicable, shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Sponsor Indemnitee against the Partnership.

 

Section 10.12    Insurance

 

The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any one or more Indemnitees and other Persons against any liability that may be asserted against or expense that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the activities of the Partnership, its Subsidiaries or other enterprises as to which the Partnership has requested service, whether or not the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability hereunder. The Partnership shall maintain policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the Board of Directors and all Officers with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or after the Initial Closing Date, including in respect of the matters contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Article XI

TRANSFER OF UNITS

 

Section 11.01    Request for Sale of Partnership by a Class A Majority

 

(a)                Subject to ‎Section 11.13 , a Class A Majority, at any time after the date of this Agreement, may give written notice to the Partnership and the Partners requiring a sale of the Partnership (an “ Approved Sale ”). An Approved Sale may be effected pursuant to a securities disposition (by unit sale, merger, consolidation or otherwise) or asset disposition, as determined by the Class A Majority in its sole discretion. Subject to the other provisions of this ‎Section 11.01 , each Partner hereby agrees to vote (to the extent any such vote is required) all of its Units in favor of an Approved Sale upon the written request of the Class A Majority. If the Approved Sale is structured as a (i) merger, consolidation or sale of assets, each Partner shall waive any dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights or similar rights in connection with such merger, consolidation or sale of assets or (ii) sale of Units, each Partner shall agree subject to the other provisions of this ‎Section 11.01 to sell all of his, her or its Units or rights to acquire Units at the price and upon the payment terms approved by the Class A Majority. If the Class A Majority is subject to any indemnification holdback in the consideration paid to it for Units sold pursuant to this ‎Section 11.01 , any Class B Limited Partner who sells any of its Class A Units or Class B Units pursuant to the terms of this ‎Section 11.01 shall be subject to the same indemnification holdback as the Class A Majority, in accordance with such Class B Limited Partner’s proportional share of the Units sold. Each Partner shall take all necessary actions in connection with the consummation of the Approved Sale as reasonably requested by the Class A Majority; provided , that no Partner shall be required to make any representation other than as to its ownership of its Units and no

 

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Partner shall assume or incur any liability other than its pro rata share based on the Units sold of any such indemnification holdback.

 

(b)               In any Approved Sale:

 

(i)                 each class of Units shall be converted into or entitled to receive, as applicable, a proportionate amount of the aggregate consideration to be paid by the acquiring party, with such proportions to be determined by applying ‎Section 7.01 of this Agreement to a Distributable Property amount equal to the sum of (a) the cash included in such consideration plus (b) the Fair Market Value of any non-cash property included in such consideration;

 

(ii)               each holder of Class A Units shall receive such holder’s proportionate share of the aggregate consideration to be allocated to Class A Units pursuant to ‎Section 11.01(b)(i) of this Agreement based on the amount it is entitled to receive under ‎Section 7.01 ; and

 

(iii)             each holder of a series of Class B Units shall receive such holder’s proportionate share of the aggregate consideration allocated to the series of the Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 11.01(b)(i) of this Agreement based on the amount it is entitled to receive under ‎Section 7.01 .

 

(c)                If the Approved Sale is a transaction for which Rule 506 (or any similar rule then in effect) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission may be available with respect to such transaction (including a merger, consolidation or other reorganization), the Partners (other than those qualifying as Accredited Investors) shall, at the request of a Class A Majority, appoint a purchaser representative (as such term is defined in Rule 501) reasonably acceptable to such Class A Majority. If any Partner appoints a purchaser representative, the Partnership will pay the fees of such purchaser representative. If the consideration consists of securities and in order to qualify for an exemption from the Securities Act such securities cannot be sold to non-Accredited Investors, then the non-Accredited Investors shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of such securities, an amount, in cash, equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to ‎Section 11.09 ) of the portion of the Units held by the non-Accredited Investors that would otherwise be exchanged in consideration for such securities.

 

(d)               Partners shall bear their pro rata share (based upon the allocation set forth in ‎Section 11.01(b) ) of the costs of any sale of Units pursuant to an Approved Sale to the extent such costs are incurred for the benefit of all Partners; all such costs that are incurred for the benefit of all Partners to be paid by the Partnership if not netted from the sales proceeds or paid by the acquiring party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of this ‎Section 11.01(d) , costs incurred by the Class A Limited Partners or Class B Limited Partners in exercising reasonable efforts to take all actions in connection with the consummation of an Approved Sale in accordance with this ‎Section 11.01(d) shall be deemed to be for the benefit of all Partners for purposes of this ‎Section 11.01 . Costs incurred by Partners on their own behalf will not be considered costs of the transaction hereunder.

 

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Section 11.02    Conversion to a Corporation; Qualified Public Offering

 

(a)                Subject to ‎Section 11.13 , the Board of Directors, with written Board Approval and the approval of a Class A Majority, may cause the conversion in connection with a Qualified Public Offering of the Partnership, or any portion thereof, into a corporation, including by (i) the Transfer of all of the assets of the Partnership, subject to the Partnership’s liabilities, or the Transfer of any portion of such assets and liabilities, to one or more corporations in exchange for shares of any such corporations and the subsequent distribution of such shares, at such time as the Board of Directors may determine, to the Partners, (ii) conversion of the Partnership into a corporation pursuant to Section 17-219 of the Act (or any successor section thereto), (iii) Transfer by each Partner of Units held by such Partner to one or more corporations in exchange for shares of any such corporations (including by merger of the Partnership into a corporation) (or, in the case of any single purpose entity treated as corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes that holds a direct or indirect interest in Riverstone (a “ Blocker Corporation ”), at the request of Riverstone, merge the Blocker Corporation into the corporation resulting from the Qualified Public Offering of the Partnership in a tax-free reorganization or otherwise structure the Qualified Public Offering so that the Blocker Corporation is not subject to a corporate-level tax on the Qualified Public Offering or subsequent dividend payments or sales of stock), or (iv) by filing an election pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c) (each of (i), (ii) and (iii), a “ Reorganization ”). The Partners shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Board of Directors in connection with the consummation of such Reorganization, including without limitation consenting to, voting for and waiving any dissenters rights, appraisal rights or similar rights and participating in any exchange or other transaction required in connection with such Reorganization. The Partnership shall pay any and all reasonable organizational, legal and accounting expenses and filing fees incurred by the Partnership, the Class A Limited Partners and the Class B Limited Partners in connection with such Reorganization; provided, that the Partnership shall only have to pay for one counsel to represent the interests of all of the Class B Limited Partners and one counsel to represent the interests of all of the Class A Limited Partners.

 

(b)               In connection with any Reorganization as described in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) of this Agreement, the shares (which will be valued at their Fair Market Value immediately prior to the Qualified Public Offering) received will be distributed in accordance with ‎Section 7.01 of this Agreement (as adjusted to take into account any Threshold Amount applicable to any series of Class B Units).

 

(c)                In connection with any Reorganization as described in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) of this Agreement:

 

(i)                 each class of Units shall be converted into a proportionate amount of the common stock of the resulting corporation, with such proportion to be determined by applying ‎Section 7.01 of this Agreement to the total number of shares of common stock to be distributed upon conversion (which shares will be valued based on the valuation immediately prior to the Qualified Public Offering, less underwriting discounts and commissions, if any, and expenses);

 

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to ‎Section 11.02(c)(i) of this Agreement based on the amount it is entitled to receive under ‎Section 7.01 ; and

 

(iii)             each holder of Class B Units shall receive such holder’s proportionate share of the aggregate number of shares to be allocated to each series of the Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 11.02(c)(i) of this Agreement based on the amount it is entitled to receive under ‎Section 7.01 , provided that all shares received with respect to unvested Class B Units will be subject to the same vesting conditions as applied to such Class B Units.

 

If securities other than, or in addition to, common stock are issued to Unit holders by the resulting corporation in such Reorganization, each class or series of securities shall be allocated among the holders of Units as provided in this ‎Section 11.02(c) .

 

(d)               In connection with any such Reorganization as described in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) of this Agreement, each class of Units shall be converted into the right to receive the same series or class of securities of the corporation (in the case of Reorganizations described in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) ) or the Partnership (in the case of Reorganizations described in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) ) and such securities shall be allocated among the Class A Units and Class B Units, and among the holders of Class A Units and Class B Units, in the same manner as shares of common stock are allocated in the event of a Reorganization under ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) of this Agreement as provided in ‎Section 11.02(c) of this Agreement.

 

(e)                In connection with any Reorganization as provided in ‎Section 11.02(a)(i) of this Agreement, (i) each holder of a particular class of Units shall receive the same form of securities and the same amount of securities per Unit of such class and if any holders of a class of Units are given an option as to the form and amount of securities to be received, each holder of such class of Units shall be given the same option and (ii) each holder of Units agrees to the Transfer of its Units in accordance with the terms of conversion or exchange, as applicable, as provided by the Board of Directors. Each holder of Units further agrees that as of the effective date of such conversion or exchange any Unit outstanding thereafter that shall not have been tendered for conversion or exchange shall represent only the right to receive a certificate representing the number of shares of any such corporations as provided in the terms of such conversion or exchange.

 

(f)                If the Board of Directors approves a Qualified Public Offering, the Partners shall take all necessary or desirable actions reasonably requested by the Partners in connection with the consummation of such Qualified Public Offering, including without limitation compliance with the requirements of all laws and regulatory bodies that are applicable or that have jurisdiction over such Qualified Public Offering. If such Qualified Public Offering is an underwritten offering:

 

(i)                 and the managing underwriters advise the Partnership in writing that in their opinion the Partnership’s capital structure would adversely affect the marketability of the offering, each Partner shall consent to and vote for a recapitalization, reorganization or exchange (each, a “ Recapitalization ”) of any class of the Partnership’s equity securities into securities that the managing underwriters and the Board of Directors

 

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find acceptable and shall take all necessary and desirable actions in connection with the consummation of such Recapitalization; provided that each holder of a class of Units shall receive the same type of security with the same value per Unit (other than differences based upon differences in the amount of yield accrued on such Units since their respective dates of issuance) and shall be subject to the same restrictions on lock-up and transferability unless otherwise agreed to by the Partners; and

 

(ii)               if requested by the managing underwriters, each of the Partners shall execute customary lock-up agreements with respect to their Units and/or any securities received by them in any attendant Reorganization or Recapitalization.

 

(g)               In connection with a Reorganization or Recapitalization associated with a Qualified Public Offering, any Class A Limited Partner that is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act) may elect to receive distributions with respect to its Class A Units in cash, in lieu of shares.

 

(h)               The provisions of this ‎Section 11.02 are not intended to and shall not in any way diminish the power and authority of the Board of Directors as set forth in ‎Section 9.01 of this Agreement or any other provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.03    Demand Registration Rights

 

(a)                General. If the Partnership (or successor entity) (for purposes of this ‎Section 11.03 and ‎Section 11.04 , the “ Public Entity ”) shall receive from holder(s) of a Class A Majority after six (6) months after the Public Entity has closed a Qualified Public Offering, a written request that the Public Entity file a registration statement with respect to Registrable Securities (the sender(s) of such request or any similar request pursuant to this ‎Section 11.03 and ‎Section 11.04 shall be known as the “ Initiating Holder(s) ”), then the Public Entity shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of this ‎Section 11.03 , use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered. The Public Entity shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such registration:

 

(i)                 after it has effected three (3) such registrations pursuant to this ‎Section 11.03 , and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;

 

(ii)               within six (6) months of a registration pursuant to this ‎Section 11.03 that has been declared or ordered effective;

 

(iii)             during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to its good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Public Entity-initiated registration (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to employees of the Public Entity pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or to a Rule 145 transaction), provided that the Public Entity is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;

 

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(iv)             where the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of any underwriting discounts or commissions, is equal to or less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000);

 

(v)               if the Public Entity shall furnish to such Initiating Holder(s) a certificate signed by the President of the Public Entity stating that in the good faith judgment of the board of directors it would be seriously detrimental to the Public Entity and its equity holders for such registration statement to be filed at the time filing would be required and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Public Entity shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Holders, and provided, further, that the Public Entity shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any twelve (12) month period;

 

(vi)             in any particular jurisdiction in which the Public Entity would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance; or

 

(vii)           unless the Registrable Securities are to be distributed by means of a firm commitment underwriting.

 

(b)               The Public Entity (together with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting) shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Public Entity in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding any other provision of this ‎Section 11.03 , if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the Registrable Securities that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated among the Holders thereof in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities held by such Holders at the time of filing of the registration statement. If any Holder of Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Public Entity, the managing underwriter and the Initiating Holders. The Registrable Securities so excluded or withdrawn shall not be Transferred in a public distribution prior to ninety (90) days after the effective date of such registration. If by the withdrawal of such Registrable Securities a greater number of Registrable Securities held by other Holders may be included in such registration (up to the maximum of any limitation imposed by the underwriters), then the Public Entity shall offer to all Holders who have included Registrable Securities in the registration the right to include additional Registrable Securities in the same proportion used in determining the underwriter limitation in this ‎Section 11.03(b) . If the underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten, the Public Entity may include securities for its own account if the underwriter so agrees and if the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise have been included in such registration and underwriting will not thereby be limited.

 

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Section 11.04    Piggyback Registration Rights.

 

(a)                If, at any time or from time to time, beginning with the Public Entity’s Qualified Public Offering, the Public Entity shall determine to register any of its securities for its own account in connection with an underwritten offering of its securities to the general public for cash on a form which would permit the registration of Registrable Securities (including but not limited to the Public Entity’s Qualified Public Offering), the Public Entity will:

 

(i)                 promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof; and

 

(ii)               include in such registration and in the underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests, made within twenty (20) days after mailing or personal delivery of such written notice from the Public Entity, by any Holders, except as set forth in ‎Section 11.04(b) .

 

(b)               Underwriting. The right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this ‎Section 11.04 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in the underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Public Entity) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Public Entity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this ‎Section 11.04 , if the underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the Public Entity shall so advise all Holders whose securities would otherwise be registered and underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated in the following manner: (i) first, to the Public Entity for securities being sold for its own account; then (ii) among all Holders in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities entitled to inclusion in such registration held by such Holders at the time of filing the registration statement, or, if so determined by the underwriter, all Registrable Securities shall be excluded from each registration and underwriting. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, the Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Public Entity and the underwriter. Any Registrable Securities so excluded or withdrawn shall not be Transferred in a public distribution prior to ninety (90) days after the effective date of such registration statement.

 

Section 11.05    Tag Along Rights

 

(a)                Subject to ‎Section 11.13 , if one or more Class A Limited Partners or any of their Affiliates (collectively, a “ Selling Partner ”) desires to effect (i) a Transfer of Units representing 50% or more of the outstanding Class A Units in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, or (ii) a Transfer of Units that when aggregated with all other prior Transfers of Class A Units (whether or not constituting a Tag Sale) equals 50% or more of the total Class A Units issued by the Partnership under this Agreement (each Transfer of Units under clause (i) or (ii) a “ Tag Sale ,” and any subsequent Transfer of Units shall also be deemed a Tag Sale) and it does not elect to exercise its rights, if any, under ‎Section 11.01 of this Agreement to require each non-Selling Partner (each, a “ Co-Seller ”) to Transfer their Units, then at least fifteen (15) days

 

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prior to the closing of such Tag Sale, the Selling Partner shall make a written offer (the “ Participation Offer ”) to each Co-Seller to include in the proposed Tag Sale a portion of:

 

(i)                 the number of Class A Units equal to the product of:

 

(A)             the sum of (x) the total number of Class A Units owned by the Co-Seller immediately prior to the Tag Sale and (y) the aggregate number of such Co-Seller Class A Units previously sold in Tag Sales; and

 

(B)              the sum of (x) the percentage of the total number of Class A Units being sold by the Selling Partner in the Tag Sale and (y) the percentage of the total number of Class A Units previously sold by all Selling Partners prior to the Tag Sales;

 

minus the aggregate number of such Co-Seller’s Class A Units previously sold in Tag Sales; and

 

(ii)               the number of Class B Units equal to the product of:

 

(A)             the sum of (x) the total number of Class B Units owned by the Co-Seller immediately prior to the Tag Sale and (y) the aggregate number of such Co-Seller Class B Units previously sold in Tag Sales; and

 

(B)              the sum of (x) the percentage of the total number of Class A Units being sold by the Selling Partner in the Tag Sale and (y) the percentage of the total number of Class A Units previously sold by all Selling Partners prior to the Tag Sales;

 

minus the aggregate number of such Co-Seller’s Class B Units previously sold in Tag Sales.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the consideration to be received by the Selling Partner includes any securities, then, unless the Selling Partner and the Transferee both reasonably determine that an exemption is otherwise available under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws for such transaction, only Co-Sellers who have certified to the reasonable satisfaction of the Selling Partner that they are Accredited Investors shall be entitled to receive securities; the non-Accredited Investors shall be entitled to receive from the Partners selling Units in the applicable transaction, pro rata , in lieu of such securities, an amount, in cash, equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11.09 ) of the portion of the Units held by the non-Accredited Investors that would otherwise be exchanged in consideration for such securities. The Units of any Co-Seller sold in any Tag Sale shall entitle such Co-Seller to receive the amount which such Co-Seller would receive if Section 7.01 of this Agreement were applied to the Tag Sale Value for a particular Tag Sale, and, as a result of such application, amounts would be distributed to the holders of Units pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of this Section 11.05 shall continue following a Qualified Public Offering.

 

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(b)               The Participation Offer shall describe the terms and conditions of the proposed Tag Sale (including the number of Units to be sold) which shall be no less favorable than the terms and conditions obtained by the Selling Partner and shall be conditioned upon (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Participation Offer with the Transferee named therein and (ii) each Co-Seller’s execution and delivery of all agreements and other documents as the Selling Partner is required to execute and deliver in connection with such Tag Sale. If any Co-Seller shall accept the Participation Offer by written notice to the Selling Partner within ten (10) days after the date on which such Co-Seller receives the Participation Offer, the Selling Partner shall reduce, to the extent necessary, the number of Class A Units it otherwise would have sold in the proposed Transfer so as to permit those Co-Sellers who have accepted the Participation Offer to sell the number of their Units that they are entitled to sell under this ‎Section 11.05 and the Selling Partner and such Co-Sellers shall Transfer the number of Units specified in the Participation Offer to the proposed Transferee in accordance with the terms of such Transfer as set forth in the Participation Offer. If any Selling Partner is subject to any indemnification holdback in the consideration paid to it for Units sold pursuant to this ‎Section 11.05 , any Class B Limited Partner who sells any of its Units pursuant to the terms of this ‎Section 11.05 shall be subject to the same indemnification holdback as the Selling Partner, in accordance with such Class B Limited Partner’s proportional share of the Units sold.

 

Section 11.06     Certain Events Not Deemed Transfers

 

In no event shall any exchange, reclassification, or other conversion of Units into any cash, securities, or other property pursuant to a merger or consolidation of the Partnership with, or any sale or Transfer by the Partnership of all or substantially all its assets to, any Person constitute a Tag Sale for purposes of ‎Section 11.05 of this Agreement. In addition, ‎Section 11.05 of this Agreement shall not apply to any Transfer, sale or disposition of Units to an Affiliate of a Partner.

 

Section 11.07     Transfer and Exchange

 

When Units are presented to the Partnership with a request to register the Transfer of such Units or to exchange such Units for Units of other authorized denominations, the Partnership shall register the Transfer or make the exchange as requested if the requirements of this Agreement for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Units surrendered for Transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of Transfer in form satisfactory to the Partnership, duly executed by the holder thereof or its attorney and duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made for any registration of Transfer or exchange, but the Partnership may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

Section 11.08    Vesting Terms; Redemption/Forfeiture

 

(a)                General . All Transferees (including spouses and former spouses) of holders of Class B Units shall be subject to this ‎Section 11.08 regardless of the fact that any such Transferee is not an employee of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries ( i.e. , if the employment of the Class B Limited Partner who Transferred the Class B Units to such Transferee is terminated, this ‎Section 11.08 shall apply to such Class B Units regardless of their ownership).

 

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(b)               Vesting Schedule . Subject to ‎Section 11.08(c)(iii) of this Agreement, the Class B Units held by a Class B Limited Partner shall vest in equal installments of 25% annually over a four year period, beginning on the Grant Date. Unvested Class B Units shall fully vest upon the occurrence of (i) a Qualified Public Offering, (ii) a Liquidation Event, (iii) a Transfer in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of 50% or more of the outstanding Class A Units, (iv) an Approved Sale or (v) a Reorganization; provided that, in the case of (ii) and (iii), if requested by the third-party buyer or merger partner, and subject to clause (D) below:

 

(A)             if the transaction or event does not permit or result in distributions or payments (whether upon a sale or otherwise) with respect to the Class B Units that were vested immediately prior to the transaction or event, then all Class B Units shall be immediately vested except Class B Units equal to the 25% of the Class B Units that were unvested immediately prior to the transaction or event (the “ Retained Units ”) shall continue to be unvested and held by the Class B Limited Partner holding such Units subject to clause (C) below;

 

(B)              if the transaction or event permits or results in distributions or payments (whether upon a sale or otherwise) with respect to the Class B Units that were vested immediately prior to the transaction or event, then all Class B Units shall be immediately vested except the cash or other items that would have been distributed or paid with respect to Class B Units equal to the 25% of the Class B Units that were unvested immediately prior to the transaction or event net of the Assumed Tax Liability with respect thereto (which shall be immediately distributed) (the “ Withheld Items ”) shall be withheld subject to clause (C) below;

 

(C)              Retained Units under clause (A) above and all Withheld Items under clause (B) above shall be immediately vested or released, as the case may be, to the relevant Class B Limited Partners upon the earlier of the first anniversary of the consummation of any transaction or event described in ‎Section 11.08(b)(i) and the fourth anniversary of the date of the issuance of such Class B Units. Prior to such release, the Retained Units and Withheld Items shall be subject to the forfeiture and redemption provisions consistent with the terms of ‎Section 11.08(c) as if they were unvested Class B Units. In addition, upon a Class B Limited Partner ceasing to be an Employee for any reason other than Cause, the vesting of the terminated Class B Limited Partner’s Class B Units, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, may be accelerated. As to Retained Units, the Class B Limited Partners shall be entitled to receive distributions of the Assumed Tax Liabilities prior to the release and other distributions with respect thereto shall be treated as Retained Distributions;

 

(D)             such third-party buyer or merger partner must agree to establish mechanisms, reasonably acceptable to the Holders of a majority in interest of such the Retained Units and/or Withheld Items, to assure that such holders shall receive any Withheld Items, Retained Distributions allocable to such holders subject to the vesting and other provisions of clause (C) above.

 

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(c)                Redemption/Forfeiture .

 

(i)                 If a Limited Partner ceases to be an Employee as a result of termination by a member of the PEG Group for Cause, (A) all Class B Units (whether vested or unvested) held by such Limited Partner shall be automatically forfeited to the Partnership at the termination date without further action on the part of the Partnership or such former Employee and (B) the Partnership will have the option to repurchase any Class A Units owned by such former Employee for the Fair Market Value of such Class A Units, provided that the Partnership must consummate such repurchase within thirty (30) days of such Limited Partner’s termination.

 

(ii)               If a Limited Partner ceases to be an Employee as a result of such Limited Partner’s termination other than for Good Reason, (A) all unvested Class B Units held by such Limited Partner shall automatically be forfeited to the Partnership at the termination date without further action on the part of the Partnership or such former Employee and (B) the Partnership will have the option to repurchase any Class A Units and any vested Class B Units owned by such former Employee for the Fair Market Value of such Units, provided that the Partnership must consummate such repurchase within thirty (30) days of such Class B Limited Partner’s termination.

 

(iii)             If a Limited Partner ceases to be an Employee as a result of (A) termination by a member of the PEG Group for other than Cause, (B) non-renewal by a member of the PEG Group of such Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement prior to the full vesting of the initial Class B Units issued to such Class B Limited Partner, (C) Good Reason, or (D) death or Disability, (1) vesting of any unvested Class B Units owned by such Limited Partner shall be accelerated by twelve (12) months, (2) any Class B Units owned by such Limited Partner that remain unvested after taking into account such twelve-month acceleration shall automatically be forfeited to the Partnership at the termination date without further action on the part of the Partnership or such former Employee and (3) the Partnership will have the option to repurchase any vested Class B Units and any Class A Units owned by such former Employee for the Fair Market Value of such Units, provided that the Partnership must consummate such repurchase within thirty (30) days of such Limited Partner’s termination.

 

(iv)             Each Limited Partner explicitly acknowledges and agrees that, if the Partnership elects to repurchase any Class B Units or any Class A Units pursuant to the provisions of ‎Section 11.08(c)(i) , ‎(ii) , or ‎(iii) above, then such Limited Partner shall be selling his goodwill in the Partnership and otherwise disposing of his ownership interest in the Partnership, and in consideration for such sale and disposal, except as otherwise permitted in such Class B Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement, if applicable, or with respect to a Class B Limited Partner as of the Effective Date, the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Initial Limited Partner, expressly agrees that for a period of twelve (12) months after the consummation of the repurchase contemplated by ‎Section 11.08(c)(i) , ‎(ii) , or ‎(iii) he shall not, directly or indirectly, without prior written approval of the Partnership, for himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person or entity of whatever nature:

 

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(A)             engage or participate within the Market Area in a Competitive Business;

 

(B)              solicit any Employee to terminate his or her employment with any member of the PEG Group; or

 

(C)              engage or participate in an auction or sale process for assets or solicit any counterparty for the delivery of power as to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries had been, at the time of his termination, targeting or evaluating for development, negotiating for any option or acquisition, or preparing to act as a participant in any auction or sale process (the “ Identified Development Properties ”).

 

The covenants in this ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) are severable and separate and the unenforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant in this Agreement.

 

Because of the difficulty in measuring economic losses to the Partnership as a result of a breach of any of the covenants in this ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) , and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that could be caused to the Partnership for which it would have no other adequate remedy, the Class B Limited Partner agrees that the covenants in this ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) may be enforced by the Partnership, in the event of a breach, by injunctions and restraining orders and that such enforcement is in addition to all other rights and remedies that may be available to the Partnership at law and equity.

 

As used in this ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) , the term “ Market Area ” shall mean any area within a 100 mile radius from (i) the location of a power generation or transmission facility in which the Partnership or its Subsidiaries have an economic or other business interest and (ii) the Identifiable Development Properties. The term “ Competitive Business ” shall mean any business in which: (i) the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries have engaged during the term of the Class B Limited Partner’s employment; and (ii) continues to engage during some or all of the restrictive period referenced in this ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) . For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to each Class B Limited Partner as of the Effective Date, nothing herein shall limit or restrict, or be deemed a “Competitive Business” with, any activities described in this ‎Section 11.08(c)(iv) by such Class B Limited Partner to the extent any such activity is otherwise permitted under such Class B Limited Partner’s Employment Agreement or the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Initial Limited Partner.

 

(v)               Unless the Board of Directors elects to make payment in cash, payment for any Units purchased by the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c)(i) of this Agreement shall be in the form of a promissory note, subordinated to all indebtedness for borrowed money of the Partnership that the Board of Directors determines are senior to such promissory note, with principal payable at the earlier of (i) the re-sale or other monetization of all or a portion of the repurchased vested Units to the extent of the proceeds of the sale or (ii) five (5) years from issuance and with interest to be paid annually on the unpaid balance of such principal at a rate that is equal to the interest rate,

 

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on the date of issuance, that is publicly quoted by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or its successor as its prime commercial or similar reference interest rate; provided, however, that payments of amounts due on such promissory note shall be accelerated to the extent necessary to cover any tax liability attributed to such Partner that is associated with such promissory note, as such amounts become due and are required to be paid.

 

(vi)             Unless the Board of Directors elects to make payment in cash, payment for any Units purchased by the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c)(ii) of this Agreement shall be in the form of a promissory note, subordinated to all indebtedness for borrowed money of the Partnership that the Board of Directors determines are senior to such promissory note, with principal and interest payable quarterly, amortized equally over three (3) years, at a rate that is equal to the interest rate, on the date of issuance, that is publicly quoted by J.P. Morgan & Co. or its successor as its prime commercial or similar reference interest rate; provided, however, that payments of amounts due on such promissory note shall be accelerated to the extent necessary to cover any tax liability attributed to such Partner that is associated with such promissory note, as such amounts become due and are required to be paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a sale or other monetization of all or a portion of the repurchased vested units occurs prior to the maturity of the note issued pursuant to this ‎Section 11.08(c)(vi) , the Partnership shall pay to the Class B Limited Partner the proceeds from such sale to the extent of the remaining unpaid balance (and accrued but unpaid interest) at the time of such sale or other monetization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the total payment due to a Limited Partner for any Units purchased by the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c)(ii) is less than $1,000,000, payment shall be made in cash.

 

(vii)           Payment for the Units purchased by the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c)(iii) of this Agreement shall be made in cash.

 

(viii)         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if a Class B Limited Partner ceases to be an Employee and the Board of Directors with at least one Management Designee determines within ninety (90) days following the termination that Cause exists or existed on such termination (including by virtue of a material breach of an obligation to the Partnership under this Agreement or any employment agreement after such termination), (i) the percentage of Class B Units held by such Class B Limited Partner which have vested shall be reduced to 0% and all Class B Units held by such Class B Limited Partner or his direct or indirect Transferees shall automatically be forfeited to the Partnership without further action on the part of the Partnership or such Employee and (ii) to the extent that the Partnership has previously repurchased any Class B Units held by such Class B Limited Partner, all consideration for such Class B Units previously paid by the Partnership must be returned by the Class B Limited Partner to the Partnership.

 

(d)               Recapture of Class B Units held by Management Holdco . Any Management Holdco shall issue Management Holdco LLC Units only to Employees. The number of Management Holdco LLC Units outstanding shall at all times equal the number of Class B Units held by such Management Holdco. The limited liability company agreement of Management Holdco shall provide for the vesting, forfeiture and repurchase of Management Holdco LLC

 

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Units on terms equivalent to those set forth in this ‎Section 11.08 . If any Management Holdco LLC Units are forfeited to Management Holdco, an equal number of Class B Units held by Management Holdco shall be forfeited to the Partnership. If Management Holdco has the right to repurchase any Management Holdco LLC Units, Management Holdco shall exercise such right as directed by the Partnership. If the Partnership directs Management Holdco to repurchase any Management Holdco LLC Units, the Partnership shall repurchase an equal number of Class B Units from Management Holdco for the same consideration. Any such repurchase of Class B Units from Management Holdco may be structured in an alternative method, as determined by the Board of Directors, provided it is not economically disadvantageous to the applicable Employee.

 

Section 11.09    Determination of Fair Market Value

 

(a)                For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Fair Market Value ” of any property means, as of any time of determination, the then fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes; provided, however , that (i) solely with respect to the valuation of Class A Units and Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c) , ‎Section 12.03(b) , or ‎Section 12.03(d) of this Agreement, the Fair Market Value of any such Class A or Class B Units shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 11.09(b) and ‎Section 11.09(c) of this Agreement and (ii) solely with respect to the valuation of Class A Units for purposes of ‎Section 5.02(c) , the Fair Market Value of such Class A Units shall be determined by an Independent Advisor selected by the Board of Directors pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(c) in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 11.09(c) of this Agreement.

 

(b)               The Fair Market Value of a Class A Unit or Class B Unit shall be determined, as of the effective date of the end of the Limited Partner’s active employment by a member of the PEG Group pursuant to ‎Section 11.08(c) or as of the date the Partnership exercises its repurchase right pursuant to ‎Section 12.03 , by the Board of Directors in its good faith reasonable discretion, using the Partnership’s most recent previously issued annual or semi-annual financial statements and reserve reports available on the date on which such determination is being made by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall provide prompt written notice to the Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) of its determination. The purchase of such Class A and/or Class B Interests shall close promptly thereafter, but in no case more than twenty (20) Business Days of, the giving of such notice.

 

(c)                In the event that a Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) does not agree with any determination of the Fair Market Value of such Limited Partner’s (or spouse’s or former spouse’s) Class A Units or Class B Units, then within twenty (20) Business Days after the consummation of the purchase of Class A and/or Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 12.03 or ‎Section 11.08(b)(i) , the Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) shall notify the Board of Directors in writing of the existence of a dispute. The Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) and the Board of Directors shall seek to resolve the dispute for twenty (20) Business Days. In the event that no resolution is reached, the Board of Directors shall promptly select three nationally-recognized investment banking firms that have not had a direct or indirect substantial relationship with the Partnership within the last two years and notify the Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) thereof. The Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse)

 

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shall promptly select one of the three investment banking firms and notify the Partnership thereof. If the Partnership has not received notice of selection of one of the investment banking firms within twenty (20) days of the date it gave notice to the Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) of the three investment banking firms, then the Board of Directors shall select one of such three. The investment banking firm selected as provided above with respect to the purchase of Class A Units and/or Class B Units pursuant to ‎Section 12.03 or ‎Section 11.08(b)(i) or selected by the Board of Directors pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(c) (the “ Independent Advisor ”) shall promptly adjust or determine the Fair Market Value (as applicable). The Independent Advisor shall render its decision within twenty (20) Business Days and such decision shall be final and binding upon the parties. If the Fair Market Value as determined by the Independent Advisor is greater than the amount paid by the Partnership to the Limited Partner pursuant to ‎Section 11.09(b) , ‎Section 12.03(b) or ‎Section 12.03(d) , or used as the basis for determining the number of Class A Units issued pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(c) , the Partnership will pay the Limited Partner an amount equal to the difference between such Fair Market Value as determined by the Independent Advisor and such amount paid by the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.09(b) , ‎Section 12.03(b) or ‎Section 12.03(d), or shall reduce retroactively the number of Class A Units issued pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(c) , in a timely manner. If the Fair Market Value as determined by the Independent Advisor is less than the amount paid by the Partnership to the Limited Partner pursuant to ‎Section 11.09(b) , ‎Section 12.03(b) or ‎Section 12.03(d) , the Limited Partner will pay the Partnership an amount equal to the difference between such Fair Market Value as determined by the Independent Advisor and such amount paid by the Partnership pursuant to ‎Section 11.09(b) , ‎Section 12.03(b) or ‎Section 12.03(d), or the Partnership shall issue retroactively an additional number of Class A Units pursuant to ‎Section 5.02(c) , in a timely manner. With respect to any valuation relating to ‎Section 11.09(b) , ‎Section 12.03(b) , ‎Section 12.03(d) , in the event that (i) the Independent Advisor’s determination of Fair Market Value is more than 5% higher than the original determination made by the Board of Directors, the Partnership shall pay 100% of the cost of retaining the Independent Advisor, (ii) the Independent Advisor’s determination of Fair Market Value is more than 5% lower than the original determination made by the Board of Directors, the Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) requesting the Independent Advisor shall pay 100% of the cost of retaining the Independent Advisor, and (iii) in all other instances the Partnership shall pay 50% of the fees and expenses of retaining the Independent Advisor and the Limited Partner (or spouse or former spouse) the other 50%. With respect to any valuation relating to ‎Section 5.02(c) , the Partnership shall pay 100% of the cost of retaining the Independent Advisor.

 

Section 11.10    Substituted Limited Partners

 

(a)                Unless a Transferee becomes a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with ‎Section 11.10(b) , such Transferee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Limited Partner hereunder.

 

(b)               Except with respect to allocations of forfeited Class A Interests pursuant to ‎Section 11.09(c) , a Transferee of all or part of a Class A Interest or a Class B Interest in accordance with ‎Section 12.01 shall become a Substituted Limited Partner entitled to all the rights of a Class A Limited Partner or Class B Limited Partner (relating to the Transferred portion of the Partnership Interest), respectively, if, and only if, (i) the Transferring Limited Partner requests the Transferee be granted such right and (ii) the Transferee executes and

 

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delivers such instruments (including Exhibit G ) in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or desirable to effect such substitution. The Partnership shall be entitled to treat the record owner of any Partnership Interest as the absolute owner thereof in all respects and shall incur no liability for distributions of cash or other property made to such owner until such time as a Transfer of such interest that complies with the terms of this Agreement has been effected. For the sake of clarity, in the event a Class A Limited Partner makes a Transfer of any of its Class A Interests, this ‎Section 11.10 will apply to the admission of the Transferee as a Substitute Limited Partner and ‎Section 13.01 shall not apply.

 

Section 11.11    Transfer of Rights

 

Subject to ‎Section 11.12 , in connection with the Transfer of Class A Units, the rights of the Riverstone Group under this ‎Article XI with respect to such Units may be assigned or Transferred in whole or in part by the Riverstone Group without any consent or other action on the part of any other party hereto.

 

Section 11.12    Transfer

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior consent of the Board of Directors, no Partner shall Transfer all or any part of its Units in such a manner that, after the Transfer, the Partnership would become taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or if the Transfer, when added to other Transfers during the preceding twelve months, would result in a termination of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 708 of the Code.

 

Section 11.13    Taxable Non-Cash Transactions

 

Notwithstanding ‎Section 7.02 , ‎Section 11.01 , ‎Section 11.02 , or ‎Section 11.05 , the Partnership shall not make any distribution other than in cash or Marketable Securities that are not Restricted Securities, and neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall make or permit any Approved Sale, Reorganization, Recapitalization or Tag Sale not made solely for cash consideration or Marketable Securities that are not Restricted Securities (each, a “ Taxable Non-Cash Transaction ”), in each case, if the Assumed Non-Cash Transaction Tax Liability of any Partner arising as a result of such Taxable Non-Cash Transaction would exceed the amount of cash or Marketable Securities that are not Restricted Securities distributable or payable to such Partner in connection with such Taxable Non-Cash Transaction (such Partner, an “ Affected Partner ”), unless such Taxable Non-Cash Transaction is approved by either (i) all of the Affected Partners or (ii) the Class A Majority and the Class B Majority.

 

Article XII

LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS

 

Section 12.01    Restrictions on Transfer

 

(a)                Except as otherwise contemplated by this ‎Section 12.01 , ‎Section 11.01 , ‎Section 11.02 and ‎Section 11.05 of this Agreement and except for the Transfer of Class A Units by any member of Riverstone Group which may be made without the approval of the Board of Directors

 

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or any other Partner, the Units shall not be Transferred or otherwise conveyed, assigned or hypothecated before satisfaction of (a) the conditions specified in this ‎Section 12.01 , (b) if applicable, the provisions of ‎Article XI hereof and (c) consent of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion. Any purported Transfer in violation of this ‎Article XII and/or, if applicable, the provisions of ‎Article XI hereof shall be void ab initio and of no force or effect. Other than Transfers pursuant to ‎Article XI hereof, each Partner will cause any proposed Transferee of any Unit to agree in writing, in an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership, to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon conditions specified in this Agreement. No Person shall make or suffer any Transfer of its, his or her Units if such Transfer would (a) cause the Partnership or any Partner to become subject to regulation under either the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) violate the registration provisions of the Securities Act or the registration or qualification provisions of any applicable securities law. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, Riverstone may effect Transfers at any time without consent of the Board of Directors or any other Partner.

 

(b)               Any Limited Partner who is an individual may Transfer by way of gift all or any of its Units to a spouse, lineal ancestor, lineal descendant, legally adopted child, brother or sister of such Partner, or lineal descendant or legally adopted child of a brother or sister of such Partner (a “ Family Member ”) or to a trust or other entity whose sole and exclusive beneficiaries are such Partner and/or Family Members of such Partner, but only to the extent (i) such Transferee executes and delivers to the Partnership an Adoption Agreement in the form of Exhibit G hereof, and (ii) the Board of Directors consents to such Transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c)                The Class B Limited Partners may Transfer Class B Units to other Employees (including those who are already Class B Limited Partners) without approval of the Board or the restrictions in this Agreement, provided that the Transferring Class B Limited Partner provides the Board with ten (10) days prior written notice of the proposed Transfer and the Board has not provided written objection to such Transfer within such period. Any such Person to whom a Transfer is made shall be obligated to enter into this Agreement if such Person was not a Class B Limited Partner prior to the Transfer. The Board of Directors will reasonably cooperate with the Transferring Class B Limited Partner in effecting the Transfer. The Tax Matters Partner shall make such adjustments to the Capital Account maintenance and allocation provisions in ‎Section 5.06 and ‎Article VI as it reasonably determines necessary to account for such Transfer.

 

Section 12.02    Restrictive Legends

 

(a)                Securities Act Legend . Each Unit held by a Partner, and each Unit issued to any subsequent Transferee of such Unit, if certificated, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 NOR PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE

 

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DISPOSED OF UNTIL THE HOLDER HEREOF PROVIDES EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER (WHICH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE ISSUER, MAY INCLUDE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER) THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE, TRANSFER, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS.

 

(b)               Other Legends . Each Unit issued to each Partner or to a subsequent Transferee, if certificated, shall include a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, VOTING AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 LP DATED EFFECTIVE AS OF JUNE 16, 2017. A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 LP AT ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

 

Section 12.03    Spouses

 

(a)                As a condition to becoming or remaining a Limited Partner, each Limited Partner that is an individual and is or becomes married, shall cause his spouse to execute an agreement in the form of Exhibit F hereof. If an existing Limited Partner fails to have his or her spouse execute such agreement, the Limited Partner shall thereafter lose all their rights hereunder except for the rights of a mere assignee under the Act and the Board of Directors shall thereafter have all voting rights with respect to his or her interest.

 

(b)               Any Units held by an individual who has failed to cause his or her spouse to execute an agreement in the Form of Exhibit F and any Units held by a person who is an assignee shall be subject to the option of the Partnership or the Riverstone Group or any of their respective Affiliates to acquire all of such Units for the Fair Market Value of the Class A Units and the then vested Class B Units.

 

(c)                In the event of a property settlement or separation agreement between a Limited Partner and his or her spouse, such Limited Partner shall use his or her best efforts to assign to his or her spouse only the right to share in profits and losses, to receive distributions, and to receive allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit or similar item to which the Limited Partner was entitled, to the extent assigned.

 

(d)               If a spouse or former spouse of a Limited Partner acquires a Unit in the Partnership without prior Board Approval, such spouse or former spouse hereby grants, as evidenced by Exhibit F , an irrevocable power of attorney (which shall be coupled with an interest) to the original Limited Partner who held such Units, as the case may be, to vote or to give or withhold such approval as such original Limited Partner shall himself or herself vote or approve with respect to such matter and without the necessity of the taking of any action by any such spouse or former spouse. Such power of attorney shall not be affected by the subsequent disability or incapacity of the spouse or former spouse granting such power of attorney.

 

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Furthermore, such spouse or former spouse agrees that the Partnership or the Riverstone Group or any of their respective Affiliates shall have the option at any time to purchase all of such Units for the Fair Market Value of the Class A Units and the then vested Class B Units.

 

Section 12.04     Termination of Certain Restrictions

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ‎Article XII , the legend requirements of ‎Section 12.02(a) of this Agreement shall terminate as to any Unit (a) when and so long as such Unit shall have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant thereto or disposed of pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 thereof or (b) when the Partnership shall have received an opinion of counsel (or such other evidence) reasonably satisfactory to it that such Unit may be Transferred without registration thereof under the Securities Act and that such legend may be removed. Whenever the restrictions imposed by ‎Section 12.02(a) of this Agreement shall terminate as to any Unit, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Partnership, at the Partnership’s expense, a new Unit not bearing the restrictive legend set forth in ‎Section 12.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

Article XIII

ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL UNITS

 

Section 13.01     Issuance of Additional Units

 

Subject to the provisions of ‎Section 9.05 , ‎Section 9.06 , ‎Section 9.07 , and ‎Section 15.05 of this Agreement, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue to any Person or Persons additional Units in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, all as shall be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of any of the Partners, including, but not limited to, (a) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Units, (b) the right of each such class or series of Units to share in Partnership distributions, (c) the rights of each such class or series of Units upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, (d) the price at and the terms and conditions on which such class or series of Units may be redeemed by the Partnership, if such Units are redeemable by the Partnership, (e) the rate at and the terms and conditions on which such class or series of Units may be converted into any other class or series of Units, if any class or series of Units are issued with the privilege of conversion, and (f) the right of such class or series of Units to vote on matters relating to the relative rights and preferences of such class or other matters. Upon the issuance of any class or series of Units, the Board of Directors, without the consent at the time of any Partner, may amend any provision of this Agreement and may add any new provision to this Agreement (subject to ‎Section 15.05 , which sets forth certain amendments to this Agreement which require the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of Class B Units), and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record an amended Certificate of Limited Partnership and whatever other documents may be required in connection therewith, as shall be necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such class or series of Units and the relative rights and preferences of such class or series of Units as to the matters set forth in the preceding sentence. The Board of Directors is authorized and directed to

 

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do all things it deems to be necessary or advisable in connection with any such future issuance to reflect the issuance of the Units and the admission of any Partner acquiring the Units, including, without limitation, compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other governmental agency or any securities exchange on which the Units or other such security is listed for trading.

 

Section 13.02    Preemptive Rights

 

(a)                General . Each Class A Limited Partner shall have a right of first refusal to purchase its pro rata share of all Equity Securities, as defined below, that the Partnership may, from time to time, propose to issue and sell after the date hereof and prior to the date of a Qualified Public Offering, other than the Equity Securities excluded by ‎Section 13.02(d) of this Agreement and Equity Securities issued in connection with each Class A Limited Partner’s respective Commitment Amounts set forth on Exhibit B . Each Class A Limited Partner’s pro rata share is equal to its Class A Unit Sharing Percentage. The term “ Equity Securities ” shall mean (i) any Unit, (ii) any security convertible, with or without consideration, into any Unit (including any option to purchase such a convertible security), (iii) any security carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any Unit or (iv) any such warrant or right.

 

(b)               Exercise of Rights . If the Partnership proposes to issue any Equity Securities (other than Equity Securities excluded by ‎Section 13.02(d) of this Agreement), the Partnership shall give each Class A Limited Partner written notice of its intention, describing the Equity Securities, the price and terms and conditions upon which such Equity Securities are to be issued and/or sold. Each Class A Limited Partner shall have fifteen (15) days from the giving of such notice to agree to purchase its pro rata share of the Equity Securities for the price and upon the terms and conditions specified in the notice by giving written notice to the Partnership and stating therein the quantity of Equity Securities to be purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership shall not be required to offer or sell such Equity Securities to any Class A Limited Partner who would cause the Partnership to be in violation of applicable federal securities laws by virtue of such offer or sale.

 

(c)                Transfer of Preemptive Rights . The preemptive rights of each Class A Limited Partner under this ‎Section 13.02 may not be Transferred, except that such rights are assignable by Riverstone to any member of the Riverstone Group.

 

(d)               Excluded Securities . The preemptive rights established by this ‎Section 13.02 shall have no application to any of the following Equity Securities:

 

(i)               Class B Units;

 

(ii)              any Equity Securities issued for consideration other than cash pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar business combination;

 

(iii)             any Equity Securities issued in connection with any split, dividend or recapitalization by the Partnership;

 

(iv)             any Equity Securities issued pursuant to any equipment leasing arrangement, or debt financing from a bank or similar financial institution; and

 

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(v)               any Equity Securities that are issued by the Partnership pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act.

 

Article XIV

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

Section 14.01     Dissolution

 

The Partnership shall be dissolved upon the determination of the Board of Directors in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 14.02     Effect of Dissolution

 

Upon dissolution, the Partnership shall cease carrying on its business but shall not terminate until the winding up of the affairs of the Partnership is completed, the assets of the Partnership shall have been distributed as provided below and a certificate of cancellation of the Partnership under the Act has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 14.03     Liquidation Upon Dissolution

 

Upon the dissolution of the Partnership, sole and plenary authority to effectuate the liquidation of the assets of the Partnership shall be vested in the Board of Directors, who shall have full power and authority to sell, assign and encumber any and all of the Partnership’s assets and to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the Partnership in an orderly and business-like manner. The proceeds of liquidation of the assets of the Partnership distributable upon a dissolution and winding up of the Partnership shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 

(a)                first, to the creditors of the Partnership, including creditors who are Partners, in the order of priority provided by law, in satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations of the Partnership (of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, legal or equitable, secured or unsecured), whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof; and

 

(b)               thereafter, to the Partners in accordance with ‎Article VII of this Agreement. If the foregoing distributions to the Partners do not equal the Partners’ respective positive Capital Account balances as determined after giving effect to the foregoing adjustments and to all adjustments attributable to allocations of Profits and Losses (or any items thereof) during the taxable year in question and all adjustments attributable to contributions and distributions of money and property effected prior to such distribution, then the allocations of Profits and Losses (or any items thereof) provided for in this Agreement shall be adjusted, including by the filing of amended tax returns to the extent necessary and possible, to the least extent necessary to produce a Capital Account balance for each Partner which corresponds to the amount of the distribution to such Partner.

 

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Section 14.04     Negative Capital Accounts

 

No Partner shall be liable to the Partnership or to any other Partner for any negative balance outstanding in each such Partner’s Capital Account, whether such negative Capital Account results from the allocation of losses or other items of deduction and loss to such Partner or from distributions to such Partner, and such Partner shall not have any obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or, except as required by the Act, to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

 

Section 14.05     Winding Up and Certificate of Cancellation

 

The winding up of the Partnership shall be completed when all of its debts, liabilities, and obligations have been paid and discharged or reasonably adequate provision therefor has been made, and all of the remaining property and assets of the Partnership have been distributed to the Partners. Upon the completion of the winding up of the Partnership, a certificate of cancellation of the Partnership shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Article XV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 15.01     Notices

 

All notices provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and shall be given or served by (a) depositing the same in the United States mail addressed to the party to be notified, postpaid and certified with return receipt requested, (b) depositing the same with a national overnight delivery service company which tracks deliveries, addressed to the party to be notified, with all charges paid and proof of receipt requested, (c) by delivering such notice in person to such party, or (d) by facsimile. All notices are to be sent to or made at the addresses set forth in Exhibit B or Exhibit D attached hereto, as applicable. All notices given in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective upon delivery at the address of the addressee. Each Partner shall have the right from time to time to change his, her or its address by written notice to the other Partner(s).

 

Section 15.02     Governing Law

 

This Agreement and the obligations of the Partners hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts of law rule or principle which might refer such construction to the laws of another state or country.

 

Section 15.03     Arbitration

 

The parties acknowledge that the expeditious and equitable settlement of disputes arising under this Agreement is to their mutual advantage. To that end, the parties agree to use their best efforts to resolve all differences of opinion and to settle all disputes through joint cooperation and consultation. Any dispute, alleged breach, interpretation, challenge or disagreement whatsoever between or among any of the parties hereto with respect to the interpretation of, or

 

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relating to any alleged breach of, this Agreement (or any other agreement contemplated hereby) that the parties are unable to settle within sixty (60) days, as set forth in the preceding sentence, shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration before a single arbitrator selected and serving under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be held in New York, New York unless another location is mutually agreed upon by the parties to such arbitration. Such arbitration shall be the exclusive remedy hereunder; provided that nothing contained in this ‎Section 15.03 shall limit any party’s right to bring (i) post arbitration actions seeking to enforce an arbitration award or (ii) actions seeking injunctive or other similar relief in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement (or any other agreement contemplated hereby). The decision of the arbitrator may, but need not, be entered as judgment in accordance with the provisions of the laws of Delaware. If this ‎Section 15.03 is for any reason held to be invalid or otherwise inapplicable to any dispute, the parties hereto agree that any action or proceeding brought with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement, or to interpret or clarify any rights or obligations arising hereunder, shall be maintained solely and exclusively in the United States Federal Courts, venued in New York, New York. With respect to any action or proceeding that a successful party to the arbitration may wish to bring to enforce any arbitral award or to seek injunctive or other similar relief in the event of the breach or threatened breach of this Agreement (or any other agreement contemplated hereby), each party irrevocably and unconditionally (and without limitation): (i) submits to and accepts, for itself and in respect of its assets, generally and unconditionally the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and the State of New York, (ii) waives any objection it may have now or in the future that such action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum, (iii) agrees that in any such action or proceeding it will not raise, rely on or claim any immunity (including, without limitation, from suit, judgment, attachment before judgment or otherwise, execution or other enforcement), (iv) waives any right of immunity which it has or its assets may have at any time, and (v) consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with any such action or proceeding including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or execution of any order or judgment against any of its property. The party whom the arbitrator determines is the prevailing party in such arbitration shall receive, in addition to any other award pursuant to such arbitration or associated judgment, reimbursement from the other party of all reasonable legal fees.

 

Section 15.04     Waiver of Jury Trial

 

EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT WITH RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR THE VALIDITY, PROTECTION, INTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

 

Section 15.05    Entire Agreement; Amendments

 

(a)                This Agreement and its exhibits constitute the entire agreement among the Partners relative to the formation of the Partnership and supersedes all prior contracts or agreements with respect to the Partnership, whether oral or written. Except as set forth below, no amendment of this Agreement will be valid or binding upon the Partners, nor will any waiver of any term of this Agreement be effective, unless in writing and signed by (i) a Class A

 

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Majority and (ii) the Board of Directors; provided that no amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall be effected that disproportionately and adversely affects the holders of Class B Units, in their capacities as such, without the consent of the Class B Majority.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment of this Agreement may be made without the consent of 100% of the outstanding Class B Units if such amendment would:

 

(i)                 impose upon any Class B Limited Partner the obligation to make contributions to the capital of the Partnership other than in their capacity as a Class A Limited Partner;

 

(ii)               result in any Class B Limited Partner being or having the liability of, a general partner, convert any Class B Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership into a general partnership interest, or modify the limited liability of any Class B Limited Partner in any manner adverse to such Class B Limited Partner; or

 

(iii)             amend any provisions provided in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

 

(c)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment of this Agreement may be made without the consent of 80% of the outstanding Class B Units (which consent, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require a formal vote of all Class B Limited Partners but shall be effective upon provision of a consent signed by such Class B Limited Partners representing at least 80% of the outstanding Class B Units) if such amendment would:

 

(i)                 provide for any Class B Limited Partner to receive any distribution other than pari passu with all other Class B Limited Partners, based on their respective Class B Unit Sharing Percentages (as adjusted to take into account any Threshold Amount applicable to any series of Class B Units), or decrease any Class B Limited Partner’s Class B Unit Sharing Percentage in any manner which would not decrease all Class B Limited Partners’ respective Class B Unit Sharing Percentages on a proportionate basis;

 

(ii)               decrease any Class B Limited Partner’s rights to receive distributions in an amount equal to such Class B Limited Partner’s Assumed Tax Liability or amend ‎Section 11.13 of this Agreement;

 

(iii)             decrease any Class B Limited Partner’s voting rights hereunder;

 

(iv)             increase the number of authorized Class B Units; or

 

(v)               amend any provisions provided in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv). Clauses (i)-(iv) shall not prevent the Partnership from enforcing a redemption or forfeiture of Class B Units contemplated by ‎Section 11.08 , and such redemption and forfeiture shall not be deemed to be a reduction in rights to receive distributions, decrease in voting rights, or increase in authorized Class B Units.

 

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall be authorized to amend this Agreement, without the approval of any Partner, pursuant to ‎Article XIII and with respect to any of the following matters:

 

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(i)                 entering into agreements with Persons that are Transferees or new Partners pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, providing that such Transferees or new Partners will be bound by this Agreement and will become Partners of the Partnership and in accordance with ‎Article XII of this Agreement;

 

(ii)               amending this Agreement (A) to satisfy any requirements, conditions, guidelines or opinions contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service or any other U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. governmental agency, or in any U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. statute, compliance with which the Board of Directors deems to be in the best interest of the Partnership, or (B) to change the name of the Partnership;

 

(iii)             amending this Agreement to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision hereof that may be incomplete or inconsistent with any other provision hereof, so long as such amendment under this ‎Section 15.05(d)(iii) does not adversely affect the interests of the Partners; and

 

(iv)             amending this Agreement upon publication of final regulations in the Federal Register (or other official pronouncement), to provide for (A) the election of a safe harbor under U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.83-3(1) (or any similar provision) under which the fair market value of a partnership (or membership) interest that is Transferred in connection with the performance of services is treated as being equal to the liquidation value of that interest, (B) an agreement by the Partnership and all of its Partners to comply with all the requirements set forth in such regulations and Revenue Procedure 2005-43 (and any other guidance provided by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such election) with respect to all partnership (or membership) interests Transferred in connection with the performance of services while the election remains effective, and (C) any other related amendments.

 

Section 15.06     Confidentiality

 

Each Partner agrees that all non-public information received from or otherwise relating to, the Partnership, the Riverstone Group, or any third party who has entrusted the Partnership with confidential information with the expectation that such information will be kept confidential, is confidential and will not be (i) disclosed or otherwise released to any other Person (other than another party hereto for a valid business purpose) or (ii) used for anything other than as necessary and appropriate in carrying out the business of the Partnership. The obligations of the parties hereunder do not preclude the Riverstone Group from disclosing information to its direct and indirect beneficial owners or representatives or as it may reasonably deem to be appropriate in connection with fundraising efforts. The restrictions set forth herein do not apply to any disclosures required by applicable law or securities exchange rule or regulation, so long as (x) the Person subject to such disclosure obligations provides prior written notice (to the extent reasonably practicable) to the Partnership stating the basis upon which the disclosure is asserted to be required, and (y) upon the Partnership’s request, the Person subject to such disclosure obligations takes all reasonable steps to oppose or mitigate any such disclosure.

 

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Section 15.07     Non-Disparagement

 

Each Partner agrees that, in communications with Persons other than the Partners and the Partnership (and their respective Affiliates, employees, members and partners or employees of Affiliates of Partners or the Partnership), he or she shall not disparage in any material way, the Partnership, and each other Partner (and their Affiliates, members and partners). Under no circumstances shall any Partner, in communications with Persons other than the Partners and the Partnership (and their respective Affiliates, employees, members and partners or employees of Affiliates of Partners or the Partnership), criticize or disparage any business practice, policy, statement, valuation or report that is made, conducted or published by the Partnership or any other Partner (and their Affiliates, members and partners) in any material way. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this ‎Section 15.07 shall not be construed to prohibit or restrain any criticism or other statements made, directly or indirectly, (i) exclusively between or among any of the Partners, the Partnership, their Affiliates, members, partners, or their respective employees or attorneys, to the extent such communications or statements are made in the ordinary course of business (ii) in connection with litigation, (iii) required under law or (iv) exclusively between a Partner and a member of such Partner’s Immediate Family. The obligations of each Partner under this ‎Section 15.07 shall continue after the date such Person ceases to be a Partner, but thereafter such Person shall not have the right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 15.08     Waiver

 

No consent or waiver, express or implied, by any Partner of any breach or default by any other Partner in the performance by the other Partner of his, her or its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance by such other Partner of the same or any other obligation hereunder. Failure on the part of any Partner to complain of any act or to declare any other Partner in default, regardless of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver of rights hereunder.

 

Section 15.09     Severability

 

If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstances shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, and such invalidity or unenforceability does not destroy the basis of the bargain between the parties, then the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provisions to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 15.10     Ownership of Property and Right of Partition

 

A Unit in the Partnership shall be personal property for all purposes. No Partner shall have any right to partition the property owned by the Partnership.

 

Section 15.11     Successors and Assigns

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Partners and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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Section 15.12     Further Assurances

 

In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each Partner shall execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and those transactions.

 

Section 15.13     Parties in Interest; Third Party Beneficiaries

 

This Agreement shall be binding solely upon, be enforceable solely by, and inure solely to the benefit of, each Partner and his, her or its successors, assigns, and Transferees, and except as provided in ‎Article X nothing in this Agreement (express or implied) is intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 15.14     Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including a facsimile thereof) with the same effect as if all signing parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed together and constitute the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have executed this Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

      GENERAL PARTNER:  
             
      PATTERN ENERGY GROUP HOLDINGS 2 GP LLC  
             
             
      By:  
        Name:  
        Title:  
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

        CLASS A LIMITED PARTNERS:  
             
             
             
             
       
        Name:  
        Title:  
             
        [ signatures of Class A Limited Partners identified on Exhibit B to be provided in counterparts ]  

 

 

        CLASS B LIMITED PARTNERS:  
             
             
             
             
       
        Name:  
        Title:  
             
        [ signatures of Class B Limited Partners identified on Exhibit D to be provided in counterparts ]  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.6

 

 

 

PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD

 

and

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 16, 2017

 

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

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Article 1
 
Definitions and Interpretation 2
   
Section 1.01. Definitions. 2
     
Article 2
 
Representations and Warranties of the JV Participants 10
   
Section 2.01. Authority; Validity of Agreements; No Violations. 10
Section 2.02. No Proceedings. 11
Section 2.03. Consents and Approvals. 11
Section 2.04. Brokers and Finders. 11
     
Article 3
 
Joint Asset Acquisitions 11
   
Section 3.01. PSP Co-Invest Right. 11
Section 3.02. Joint Acquisition Documentation. 16
Section 3.03. Joint Acquisition Executory Period. 19
Section 3.04. Expiration of Co-Investment Right. 24
Section 3.05. No Amendment to Purchase Rights Agreements. 26
Section 3.06. Non-Reliance. 26
Article 4
 
Additional Agreements 27
   
Section 4.01. Confidentiality. 27
Section 4.02. Construction Bridge Financing. 29
Section 4.03. Valuation Support. 29
Section 4.04. Appointment of PSP Designee. 30
Section 4.05. PSP Standstill Obligations. 30
Section 4.06. Joint M&A Coordination. 32
Section 4.07. Piggyback Canadian Prospectus – Filing in Québec. 32
Section 4.08. Certain Rights Regarding Certain Agreements. 32
     
Article 5
 
Miscellaneous 33
   
Section 5.01. Amendments; Extension; Waiver. 33
Section 5.02. Rules of Construction. 33
Section 5.03. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. 34
Section 5.04. Entire Agreement. 34
Section 5.05. Severability. 35
Section 5.06. No Partnership. 35

 

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Section 5.07. Notices. 36
Section 5.08. Costs and Expenses. 37
Section 5.09. Term. 37
Section 5.10. Successors and Assigns. 37
Section 5.11. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. 37
Section 5.12. Enforcement. 38
Section 5.13. Counterparts. 38

 

 

Exhibit A: Purchase Rights Agreements 

Exhibit B: Sponsor Services Agreement 

Exhibit C: Form of Joint Acquisition PSA 

Exhibit D: Joint Acquisition Governance 

Exhibit E: Construction Financing Terms 

Exhibit F: Material Contracts

 

 

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JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

 

THIS JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) made as of June 16, 2017,

 

B E T W E E N:

 

PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD , an Entity having its registered office at 1250 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Suite 1400, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 5E9, Canada (hereinafter referred to as “ PSP ”),

 

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PATTERN Energy group INC., a Delaware corporation having its principal executive offices at Pier 1, Bay 3, San Francisco, California, 94111, United States (hereinafter referred to as “ PEGI ”).

 

WHEREAS, PEGI and PSP (each a “ JV Participant ” and collectively, the “ JV Participants ”) have agreed to jointly own certain assets (to the extent contemplated in this Agreement) acquired through PEGI’s rights of first offer with Pattern Energy Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Pattern Development 1.0 ”), and with Pattern Energy Group 2 LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Pattern Development 2.0 ”), pursuant to those certain amended and restated Purchase Rights Agreements, dated as of the date hereof, by and between PEGI and Pattern Development 1.0 and Pattern Development 2.0, respectively, and attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 and A-2 , respectively (each, a “ Purchase Rights Agreement ” and collectively, the “ Purchase Rights Agreements ”);

 

WHEREAS, PSP and Pattern Development 1.0 have entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to which PSP shall acquire 8,700,000 shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of PEGI (the “ PEGI Share Acquisition ” and such shares, the “ PSP PEGI Shares ”);

 

WHEREAS, (i) PEGI, PSP and Pattern Development 1.0 have entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, regarding the Meikle Project (as defined therein), pursuant to which PSP and PEGI shall jointly acquire the Meikle Project from Pattern Development 1.0, (ii) PEGI, PSP and Pattern Development 1.0 have entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, regarding the Mont Sainte-Marguerite Project (as defined therein), pursuant to which PSP and PEGI shall jointly acquire the Mont Sainte-Marguerite Project from Pattern Development 1.0 and (iii) PEGI and PSP have entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, regarding the Panhandle 2 Project (as defined therein), pursuant to which PSP shall acquire 49% of the B Interest (as defined therein) of the Panhandle 2 Project from PEGI (such purchase and sale agreements, the “ Initial Acquisition PSAs ” and such projects, the “ Initial Acquisition Projects ”);

 

 
 

WHEREAS, PEGI and PSP have entered into that certain Sponsor Services Agreement (the “ Sponsor Services Agreement ”), dated as of the date hereof, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B , pursuant to which PEGI will provide certain services to each Subject Project Company (as defined herein); and

 

NOW THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the respective covenants and agreements of the parties contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties), it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

Article 1
Definitions and Interpretation

 

Section 1.01.       Definitions.

 

Where used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively:

 

“96% Call Right” has meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d) ;

 

Accepted First Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c) ;

 

Affiliate ” means, in respect of a party, any Person that as at the time determined, (i) Controls such party, (ii) is Controlled by such party, or (iii) is Controlled by the same Person that Controls such party; provided that (x) no Subject Project Company shall be deemed an Affiliate of either PEGI or PSP for any purpose hereunder, (y) neither Pattern Development 1.0 nor Pattern Development 2.0 shall be deemed an Affiliate of either PEGI or PSP for any purpose hereunder and (z) No JV Participant shall be deemed an Affiliate of the other JV Participant for any purpose hereunder;

 

Applicable Law ” means:

 

(a)       applicable federal, state, provincial or municipal laws, orders-in-council, bylaws, codes, rules, policies, regulations and statutes;

 

(b)       applicable orders, decisions, codes, judgments, rules, injunctions, decrees, awards and writs of any Governmental Authority;

 

(c)       applicable rulings and conditions of any license, permit, certificate, registration, authorization, consent and approval issued by a Governmental Authority; and

 

(d)       any requirements under or prescribed by applicable common laws;

 

Assigned Final Offer Rights ” has the meaning set forth Section 3.01(d) ;

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday in San Francisco, California, USA or Montreal, Quebec, Canada;

 

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Call Participation Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(e) ;

 

Change in Tax Law ” means a change in any Applicable Law relating to Taxes or any interpretation thereof pursuant to which either (i) the PSP Investment Entity becomes a Disqualified Tax-Exempt Person, or (ii) PSP (or if applicable, any Canadian intermediate parent that is a Subsidiary of PSP) becomes exempt from U.S. federal withholding Tax, other than through modification of the Tax Treaty;

 

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

 

Co-Investment Amount ” means the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate purchase price to be paid by PSP pursuant to each Joint Acquisition Acceptance, (ii) the aggregate purchase price set forth in each Final Rights Project Offer submitted by PSP that is accepted by the Subject Project Interest Seller, (iii) the aggregate purchase price to be paid by PSP in the Initial Acquisitions pursuant to the Initial Acquisition PSAs and (iv) the aggregate purchase price to be paid by PSP pursuant to any transactions under Section 3.01(i) or Section 3.01(k ), in each case taking into account any “make whole” payments, increases in purchase price, purchase price adjustments, indemnification payments or payments pursuant to any other compensation mechanics made by PSP or its Affiliates to a Subject Project Interest Seller or PEGI or their respective Affiliates in connection with any such acquisitions arising from or relating to PSP investing in a Canadian Subject Project Interest as a tax-exempt Canadian Crown Corporation as opposed to as a Non-Tax-Exempt Person. In the event the purchase price to be paid by PSP under a Joint Acquisition Acceptance, Final Rights Project Offer, Initial Acquisition PSA or transaction under Section 3.01(i ) is included in the calculation of the Co-Investment Amount and PSP’s participation in the transaction contemplated thereby is terminated without a closing occurring, then the Co-Investment Amount shall be reduced by the amount of the purchase price that was to be paid by PSP;

 

Co-Investment Right Termination Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a) ;

 

Competitively Sensitive Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) ;

 

Confidential Information ” has the meaning set out in Section 4.01(a) ;

 

Contract ” means any agreement, indenture, contract, purchase order, lease, sublease, deed of trust, license, option or instrument, in any case, whether written or oral;

 

Control ” or “ control ” means, with respect to any Person at any time, (i) holding, whether directly or indirectly, as owner or other beneficiary (other than solely as the beneficiary of an unrealized security interest) securities or ownership interests of that Person carrying votes or ownership interests sufficient to elect or appoint more than 50% of the individuals who are responsible for the supervision or management of that Person, or (ii) the exercise of de facto control of that Person, whether direct or indirect and

 

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whether through the ownership of securities or ownership interests or by Contract, trust or otherwise, and “ Controlled ” and “ Controlling ” have corresponding meanings;

 

Covered First Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b );

 

Covered Subject Project Interest ” means a Subject Project Interest, other than an Excluded Subject Project Interest or a Prior Project Interest;

 

Covered Project ” means any Project (as defined in the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0, as applicable) that is not located in Japan and that is not underlying a Prior Project Interest;

 

Covered Project Transfer Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a) ;

 

Cure Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c );

 

Diligence Materials ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(g );

 

Diligence Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b) ;

 

Disclaiming Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b) ;

 

Disqualified Tax-Exempt Person ” means any Person that is treated as (i) a “tax-exempt entity” within the meaning of Section 168(h)(2) of the Code or (ii) a “tax-exempt controlled entity” within the meaning of Section 168(h)(6)(F) of the Code.

 

Documentation Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c );

 

Early Closing Acceptance Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

Early Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

Early Closing Notice ” has the meaning set forth Section 3.03(d) ;

 

Early Closing Waived Conditions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

Encumbrance ” means any mortgage, lien, encumbrance, charge, pledge, assignment by way of security, security interest, title retention, preferential right or trust arrangement, easement or any other security arrangement or any other arrangement having the same effect;

 

Entity ” means any Person other than a natural Person;

 

Exchange Act ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05 ;

 

Excluded Declination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a)(ii) ;

 

Excluded Subject Project Interest ” means any Subject Project Interest for a Subject Project Company that is located in Japan;

 

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Expected Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a) ;

 

Failed Condition Closing Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(d) ;

 

Failed Condition Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(d) ;

 

Failed Condition Waiver Certification ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(d) ;

 

Final Rights Project Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Rights Agreements;

 

Final Offer Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d );

 

First Nations ” means any governing body of any first nations, Métis and/or indigenous and/or aboriginal tribe(s) and/or band(s)

 

First Rights Project Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Rights Agreements;

 

First Rights Offer Period ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Rights Agreements;

 

First Rights Project Declination ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Rights Agreements;

 

Fiscal Year ” means every 12-month period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31;

 

Form Joint Acquisition PSA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a );

 

GAAP ” means the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America;

 

Governing Documents ” means, with respect to any Entity that is a corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation or memorandum and articles of association, as the case may be, its bylaws and its shareholders’ agreement; with respect to any Entity that is a limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and its limited partnership or operating agreement; with respect to any Entity that is a limited liability company, its certificate of formation and its limited liability company or operating agreement; with respect to any Entity that is a trust or similar Entity, its declaration or agreement of trust or its constituent document; and with respect to any other Entity, its comparable organizational documents, in each case, as has been amended or restated;

 

Governmental Authority ” means any federal or national, state, provincial, county, municipal or local government or regulatory or supervisory department, body, political subdivision, commission, agency, instrumentality, ministry, court, judicial or administrative body, taxing authority, or other authority thereof (including any

 

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corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing) acting in a regulatory capacity and having jurisdiction over the matter or Person in question;

 

Hold Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(b) ;

 

Independent Tax Advisor ” means a nationally recognized accounting firm mutually acceptable to both JV Participants;

 

Initial Acquisitions ” means the acquisitions of the Initial Acquisition Projects contemplated by the Initial Acquisition PSAs;

 

Initial Acquisition Projects ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

Initial Acquisition PSAs ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

Joint Acquisition ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a );

 

Joint Acquisition Acceptance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(f );

 

Joint Acquisition Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a) ;

 

Joint Acquisition Declination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(f) ;

 

Joint Acquisition Election Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(f) ;

 

Joint Acquisition Executory Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a) ;

 

Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b );

 

Joint Acquisition Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c) ;

 

Joint Acquisition PSA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a) ;

 

Joint Acquisition Termination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a) ;

 

JV Participants ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

Material Contracts ” means, in respect of each Subject Project Interest jointly acquired by PSP and PEGI, Contracts of the types described in Exhibit F ;

 

Meikle Governance Agreements ” means (i) the Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement among an Affiliate of Pattern, an Affiliate of PSP and Meikle Wind Energy Corp. and (ii) the Meikle Wind Energy Corp. Shareholder Agreement among an Affiliate of Pattern, an Affiliate of PSP

 

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and Meikle Wind Energy Corp., the forms of which are attached to the Joint Acquisition PSA for the Meikle wind project dated on or about the date of this Agreement;

 

MW ” means megawatt, a unit of power equal to one million watts;

 

Non-Competition Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Non-Competition Agreement among Pattern Development 1.0, PEGI and Pattern Development 2.0;

 

Non-Tax-Exempt Person ” means in respect of a Canadian project, any Person that is not exempt from Canadian federal income taxation under Section 149 of the Income Tax Act (Canada);

 

Outside Closing Date ” means the Outside Closing Date as it will be defined in each Joint Acquisition PSA.

 

Pattern Development 1.0 ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

Pattern Development 2.0 ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

PEGI ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

PEGI Board ” means the board of directors of PEGI;

 

PEGI Confidential Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a) ;

 

PEGI NGC ” means the nominating, governance and compensation committee of the PEGI Board;

 

PEGI Purchase Declination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b );

 

PEGI Share Acquisition ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

PEGI Solo PSA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(f ).

 

Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to any Person, a Controlled Affiliate of such Person; provided that, with respect to PSP, none of its portfolio companies or other investments shall be deemed a Permitted Transferee;

 

Person ” means an individual, partnership, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, pension fund, bank, trust company, loan company, insurance company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not legal Entities, and any Governmental Authority and any political subdivision thereof;

 

Prior Project Interest ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(f );

 

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Proceeding ” means any judicial, administrative or arbitral action, cause of action, suit, claim, demand, citation, summons, subpoena, investigation of which the party being investigated has received written notice, examination or audit of which the party in question has received written notice, whether civil, criminal or regulatory, in law or in equity, in each case by, on behalf of, before or involving any court, tribunal, arbitrator or other Governmental Authority;

 

Project Transfer Notice ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Rights Agreements;

 

PSA Failure ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c );

 

PSP ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

PSP Closing Conditions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

PSP Co-Invest Percentage ” means, with respect to any Joint Acquisition, the percentage of the Subject Project Interest that PEGI offers to PSP for PSP to acquire pursuant to the applicable Joint Acquisition Offer of Call Participation Offer; provided that (i) the PSP Co-Invest Percentage shall in no event be less than thirty percent (30%), and (ii) if the percentage of the Subject Project Interest that PEGI offers to PSP is greater than thirty percent (30%), then PSP shall, at the time it delivers a Joint Acquisition Acceptance, elect whether the PSP Co-Invest Percentage related to the applicable Subject Project Interest shall equal (x) the percentage of the Subject Project Interest that PEGI offered to PSP or (y) thirty percent (30%) (and if PSP fails to so make such an election, the PSP Co-Invest Percentage for such Subject Project Interest shall equal the percentage offered by PEGI);

 

PSP Co-Invest Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a) ;

 

PSP Compliance Date ” means the date on which PSP notifies PEGI in writing that the appointment of the PSP Designee to the PEGI Board will not constitute a breach (or potential breach) of any Applicable Law to which PSP or any of its Affiliates is subject;

 

PSP Confidential Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c) ;

 

PSP Designee ” means the individual designated by PSP and communicated to PEGI contemporaneously with the entering into of this Agreement or, if such individual is unwilling or unable to serve as the PSP Designee, such other individual as PSP may designate and that is acceptable to the PEGI NGC;

 

PSP Early Closing Acceptance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

PSP Early Closing Declination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

PSP Investment Entity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(e) ;

 

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PSP MW ” means, with respect to any Subject Project Interest, the total MW of such Subject Project Interest multiplied by the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage.

 

PSP Partial Acceptance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(e) ;

 

PSP PEGI Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

PSP Required Consents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a) ;

 

Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit C ;

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit C ;

 

Purchase Rights Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement between Pattern Development 1.0 and PEGI, dated as of October 2, 2013;

 

Representatives ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a) ;

 

SEC ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05;

 

Standstill Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05;

 

Status Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(c );

 

Status Schedule Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(c );

 

Subject Project Company ” means with respect to any Subject Project Interest, the Entity the ownership of which is represented by such Subject Project Interest;

 

Subject Project Interest ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Rights Agreements;

 

Subject Project Interest Seller ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b );

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Entity, any other Entity of which such Entity (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such legal Entity;

 

Tax ” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any Person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount, and any liability for any of the foregoing as transferee and (ii) liability for the payment of any amount as a result of being party to any agreement or arrangement (whether or not written) entered into for the allocation, apportionment, sharing or assignment of any tax

 

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liability or benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues, receipts, or gains for the purpose of determining any Person’s tax liability;

 

Tax Loss ” means (i) any Tax and (ii) any economic damages or losses relating to Tax, including but not limited to those attributable to unavailability or deferral of any Tax loss, deduction or credit, any indemnification or make-whole payments made to any Person, and any economic adjustment under any tax equity, joint venture or other arrangement (including any delay or reduction in any allocation of profits, loss and/or tax attributes or any distribution of cash or proceeds from any Subject Project Company or a holding vehicle thereof).

 

Tax Treaty ” means the United States–Canada Income Tax Convention.

 

Valuation Expert ” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 3.01(k ).

 

Article 2
Representations and Warranties of the JV Participants

 

Each JV Participant hereby represents and warrants to the other JV Participant as follows:

 

Section 2.01.       Authority; Validity of Agreements; No Violations.

 

(a)              Such JV Participant has the necessary power and authority or legal capacity, as applicable, to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other agreement contemplated hereby to which such JV Participant is or will be a party, and to perform such JV Participant’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and each other agreement contemplated hereby to which such JV Participant is or will be a party is, or will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by such JV Participant and upon execution will constitute (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties thereto), a valid and legally binding obligation of such JV Participant, enforceable against such JV Participant in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a court of law, a court of equity or otherwise.

 

(b)              The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other agreement contemplated hereby to which such JV Participant is or will be a party, and the consummation by such JV Participant of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not, with or without the giving of notice, the passage of time or both: (i) violate any Applicable Law; (ii) result in a breach by such JV Participant of, conflict with, result in a termination of, contravene or constitute a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, payment or acceleration) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract or other instrument or obligation to which such JV Participant is a party, or by which such JV Participant or any of its properties or assets

 

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may be bound; (iii) conflict with, or result in a breach of, the Governing Documents of such JV Participant, or (iv) result in the creation of any Encumbrance upon such JV Participant’s properties or assets, except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or materially delay the ability of such JV Participant to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other agreement contemplated hereby on a timely basis.

 

(c)              Such JV Participant is duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.

 

Section 2.02.       No Proceedings.

 

There is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of such JV Participant, threatened, against such JV Participant that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or materially delay the ability of such JV Participant to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other agreement contemplated hereby on a timely basis.

 

Section 2.03.       Consents and Approvals.

 

Except for consents, the failure of which to obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impair or materially delay the ability of such JV Participant to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other agreement contemplated hereby (other than a Joint Acquisition PSA or an Initial Acquisition PSA) on a timely basis, such JV Participant is not required to obtain any consent in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other agreement contemplated hereby (other than a Joint Acquisition PSA or an Initial Acquisition PSA) to which such JV Participant is or shall be a party.

 

Section 2.04.       Brokers and Finders.

 

No agent, broker, financial advisor or other intermediary acting on behalf of such JV Participant is, or will be, entitled to any broker’s commission, finder’s fees or similar payment in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (other than any Joint Acquisition or any Initial Acquisition) from any Person other than such JV Participant.

 

Article 3
Joint Asset Acquisitions

 

Section 3.01.       PSP Co-Invest Right.

 

(a)              From the date hereof until the first occurrence of a Co-Investment Right Termination Event, promptly after receipt by PEGI of a Project Transfer Notice with respect to a Covered Subject Project Interest from either Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0, as applicable, under a Purchase Rights Agreement (each, a “ Covered Project Transfer Notice ”), PEGI shall promptly deliver to PSP a copy of the

 

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Covered Project Transfer Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Article 3 shall give PSP any rights with respect to an Excluded Subject Project Interest.

 

(b)              If (i) PEGI (in its sole discretion) delivers a First Rights Project Offer regarding a Covered Project Transfer Notice (the “ Covered First Offer ”) to Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0 (as applicable, the “ Subject Project Interest Seller ”), then PEGI shall promptly deliver written notice to PSP informing PSP that it has delivered a First Rights Project Offer with respect to the applicable Subject Project Interest (which notice, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include a copy of the First Rights Project Offer or any of the terms or conditions thereof) or (ii) PEGI (in its sole discretion) delivers a First Rights Project Declination regarding a Covered Project Transfer Notice to the Subject Project Interest Seller (the “ PEGI Purchase Declination ”), then PEGI shall promptly deliver a copy of such First Rights Project Declination to PSP; provided that PEGI shall not, without the prior written consent of PSP, deliver a Covered First Offer or a PEGI Purchase Declination prior to the expiration of the applicable First Rights Offer Period.

 

(c)              If a Subject Project Interest Seller accepts (or is deemed to have accepted) a Covered First Offer under the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement (an “ Accepted First Offer ”) then PEGI shall promptly give PSP written notice (the “ Joint Acquisition Offer ”) setting forth (i) a copy of the applicable First Rights Project Offer and (ii) the PSP Co-Invest Percentage offered by PEGI.

 

(d)              If (i) the Subject Project Interest Seller rejects a Covered First Offer for a Subject Project Interest under the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement or (ii) PEGI delivers, or is deemed to have delivered, a PEGI Purchase Declination with respect to such Subject Project Interest under the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement then PEGI shall provide prompt written notice thereof to PSP (a “ Final Offer Notice ”) and PEGI shall (and hereby does) automatically and without any further action assign to PSP PEGI’s right to make a Final Rights Project Offer under such Purchase Rights Agreement with respect to such Subject Project Interest (the “ Assigned Final Offer Rights ”). In furtherance of the foregoing, PEGI shall reasonably cooperate with PSP to allow PSP to make, as an assignee of the Assigned Final Offer Rights, a Final Rights Project Offer for such Subject Project Interest under and in accordance with the terms of such Purchase Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt (x) the Final Offer Notice shall not include a copy of the First Rights Project Offer or any of the terms or conditions thereof and (y) the Assigned Final Offer Rights shall consist solely of PEGI’s right to submit a Final Rights Project Offer with respect to the applicable Covered Project Transfer Notice under the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement, and shall not include any of PEGI’s other rights under the Purchase Rights Agreements (including without limitation (i) PEGI’s rights under Section 3.2(d) of the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 1.0 in connection with the rejection of a First Rights Project Offer, (ii) PEGI’s rights under Section 2.2(d) of the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 2.0 in connection with the rejection of a First Rights Project Offer and (iii) PEGI’s rights (the “ 96% Call Right ”) under Section 2.2(d) of the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 2.0), all of which are hereby expressly retained exclusively by PEGI and shall be applicable with respect to any Final Rights Project

 

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Offer made by PSP as if such Final Rights Project Offer made by PSP were a third party offer, however, the Assigned Final Offer Rights will be subject to PEGI’s rights under Section 3.2(d) of the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 1.0 in connection with the rejection of a Final Rights Project Offer and Section 3.2(d) of the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 2.0 in connection with the rejection of a Final Rights Project Offer. PSP shall provide copies of any notices or other documents it provides to the applicable Subject Project Interest Seller in connection with the exercise of, or otherwise related to, the Assigned Final Offer Rights substantially concurrently with the delivery thereof to the applicable Subject Project Interest Seller, and if PSP (in its sole discretion) makes a Final Rights Project Offer, then PSP shall deliver a copy of such Final Rights Project Offer to PEGI substantially concurrently with the delivery thereof to the applicable Subject Project Interest Seller.

 

(e)              If PEGI exercises the 96% Call Right with respect to a Covered Subject Project Interest (including any Covered Subject Project Interest with respect to which PSP made a Final Rights Project Offer), then PEGI shall promptly give PSP written notice (the “ Call Participation Offer ”) setting forth (i) a copy of the applicable First Rights Project Offer that was rejected by Pattern Development 2.0, (ii) the applicable purchase price for the Covered Subject Project Interest, which shall equal 96% of the purchase price set forth in the rejected First Rights Project Offer and (iii) the PSP Co-Invest Percentage offered by PEGI.

 

(f)              Within thirty (30) calendar days (or ten (10) Business Days, in the case of a Call Participation Offer) following the delivery to PSP of a Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer (the “ Joint Acquisition Election Period ”), PSP shall deliver a written notice (which notice shall be irrevocable once given) either (i) agreeing to acquire in accordance with this Article 3 the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage of the applicable Subject Project Interest on the terms and conditions (economic and otherwise) set forth in the Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer, as applicable (a “ Joint Acquisition Acceptance ”) in which case Section 3.02 shall apply or (ii) declining to acquire such interest in the applicable Subject Project Interest (a “ Joint Acquisition Declination ”). If PSP fails to deliver a valid Joint Acquisition Acceptance prior to the expiration of a Joint Acquisition Election Period, then PSP shall be deemed to have delivered the applicable Joint Acquisition Declination immediately following the end of the 30 th calendar day following the delivery to PSP of the applicable Joint Acquisition Offer or immediately following the end of the tenth Business Day following the delivery to PSP of a Call Participation Offer. If PSP delivers (or is deemed to have delivered) a Joint Acquisition Declination, then PEGI may (but shall not be obligated under this Joint Venture Agreement to) enter into a definitive agreement, based on the Form Joint Acquisition PSA with such modifications as PEGI in good faith determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the terms and conditions of the First Rights Project Offer and any other terms and conditions specific to the applicable Subject Project Interest, to acquire the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage of the applicable Subject Project Interest in accordance with the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement (a “ PEGI Solo PSA ”) (x) at the “Purchase Price” (as defined in Exhibit C ) set forth in the applicable Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer (which price may be subject to a “Purchase Price Adjustment” (as defined in Exhibit C ) mechanism that is not materially more favorable to

 

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PEGI than set forth in such Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer (as applicable) or, if such Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer (as applicable) is silent as to Purchase Price Adjustment mechanism, not materially more favorable to PEGI than the Purchase Price Adjustment mechanism described in the Form Joint Acquisition PSA and (y) on other terms and conditions that are not materially more favorable to PEGI than those set forth in the applicable Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer, as supplemented by the Form Joint Acquisition PSA, and PSP shall not be entitled to participate in such transaction or otherwise acquire any ownership interest in such Subject Project Interest, except as provided in Section 3.01(i) . If a final PEGI Solo PSA negotiated by PEGI decreases the Purchase Price or changes the other terms and conditions (including any Purchase Price Adjustment mechanism) in a manner that is, in the aggregate, materially more favorable to PEGI than those set forth in the applicable First Rights Project Offer as supplemented by the Form Joint Acquisition PSA, PEGI shall provide PSP with the opportunity to acquire the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage of such Subject Project Interest on the terms and conditions contemplated by such PEGI Solo PSA, as amended, and shall reasonably cooperate with PSP’s efforts in connection therewith. If, following the execution of a PEGI Solo PSA that did not decrease the Purchase Price or change other terms and conditions in a manner materially more favorable to PEGI than those set forth in the applicable First Rights Project Offer, PEGI amends such PEGI Solo PSA in a manner that decreases the Purchase Price or changes the other terms and conditions (including any Purchase Price Adjustment mechanism) in a manner that is, in the aggregate materially more favorable to PEGI than those set forth in the applicable PEGI Solo PSA, PEGI shall provide PSP with the opportunity to acquire the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage of such Subject Project Interest on the terms and conditions contemplated by such PEGI Solo PSA, as amended, and shall reasonably cooperate with PSP’s efforts in connection therewith. PSP shall notify PEGI in writing whether or not it desires to acquire the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage of the applicable Subject Project Interest pursuant to either of the two immediately preceding sentences promptly (and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days of PSP’s receipt of the applicable PEGI Solo PSA or amendment), and if PSP delivers such a notice with respect to a Subject Project Interest then any prior Joint Acquisition Declination with respect to such Subject Project Interest shall thereafter be treated as an Excluded Declination.

 

(g)              From such time as a Covered Project Transfer Notice is received by PEGI with respect to a Subject Project Interest and continuing until PSP no longer has the right to potentially participate in the purchase of such Subject Project Interest in accordance with this Article 3 (such period, the “ Diligence Period ”): (x) PEGI will provide to PSP the financial model, project summary and data room access provided by the Subject Project Interest Seller for such Subject Project Interest and PSP will be afforded timely access to all material information (including consultant reports but excluding any PEGI internal analyses or any Competitively Sensitive Information) related to the applicable Subject Project Interest (collectively, “ Diligence Materials ”) so that PSP can conduct its own independent due diligence on the applicable Subject Project Interest and (y) upon delivery by PEGI to PSP of a Joint Acquisition Offer, a Final Offer Notice or a Call Participation Offer with respect to such Subject Project Interest, PEGI shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate such due diligence and other meetings

 

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(including in the case PSP makes a Final Rights Project Offer as provided in Section 3.01(d) that is accepted by the applicable Subject Project Interest Seller, arranging for direct negotiations) with the applicable Subject Project Interest Seller as PSP may reasonably request. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing herein shall provide PSP the right to receive any information, reports, minute books, memoranda or other materials (whether written or oral) prepared by, or at the direction of, the conflicts committee of the board of directors of PEGI.

 

(h)              (i) Except as provided in Section 3.01(g) above or Section 3.02 below, PSP shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and each of its and their respective Representatives acting on its or their behalf not to, communicate with a Subject Project Interest Seller concerning a Subject Project Interest without PEGI’s prior consent and any such Affiliate or Representative that receives any confidential information or Diligence Materials regarding any Subject Project Interest will be subject to the confidentiality obligations under Section 4.01 , including, without limitation Section 4.01(e ), and PSP shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, bid on or otherwise compete with PEGI for the acquisition of a Subject Project Interest other than pursuant to the exercise of its rights under this Article 3 .

 

(i)              In the event a Subject Project Interest Seller has the right under the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement to sell a Subject Project Interest to any Person other than PEGI or PSP in connection with an Assigned Final Offer Right, neither PSP nor any of its Affiliates shall acquire such Subject Project Interest without PEGI’s prior written consent; provided that if PEGI enters into a definitive agreement to acquire any Subject Project Interest that is a Covered Subject Project Interest pursuant to such third party marketing process, PEGI shall provide PSP with the opportunity to acquire a PSP Co-Invest Percentage in such Covered Subject Project Interest pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Article 3 , mutatis mutandis .

 

(j)              For the avoidance of doubt, PEGI shall, subject to the provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 3.02 , determine all of the terms and conditions (whether economic or otherwise) of any First Rights Project Offer and the percentage of any PSP Co-Invest Percentage at its sole discretion, and nothing herein shall give PSP any right to participate in any internal PEGI deliberations or external counterparty discussions (including with Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0) related to any First Rights Project Offer, PSP Co-Invest Percentage or 96% Call Right. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent PEGI from acting solely in its own interest (or require PEGI to consider any interest of PSP or any other Person) when determining whether to make (or decline to make) a First Rights Project Offer or the terms and conditions (economic and otherwise) thereof or whether to exercise (or decline to exercise) the 96% Call Right or when determining any PSP Co-Invest Percentage.

 

(k)              Any First Rights Project Offer made by PEGI shall be a bona fide good faith reflection of the terms on which PEGI desires to acquire the applicable Subject Project Interest and PEGI shall not take any action in connection with the submission of a First Rights Project Offer or the right of first offer process under either Purchase Rights Agreement with the purpose of circumventing the PSP Co-Invest Rights. In the event of

 

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any acquisition of PEG LP Interests or PEG 2 LP Interests (as defined in the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 1.0 and Pattern Development 2.0, respectively) by PEGI pursuant to the Purchase Rights Agreement with Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0, then PEGI shall provide PSP with the opportunity to acquire a PSP Co-Invest Percentage in each Covered Project so acquired at a price equal to the fair market value of the Covered Project multiplied by the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage and on other terms and conditions that are consistent with other similar recently consummated Joint Acquisitions (and PEGI shall reasonably cooperate with PSP’s efforts in connection therewith); provided that if PSP objects to PEGI’s proposed purchase price for a Covered Project, it may deliver written notice of such objection to PEGI and thereafter (i) PEGI and PSP shall reasonably and in good faith cooperate to try to resolve such objection and (ii) if PEGI and PSP do not resolve such dispute to their mutual satisfaction within 10 Business Days, then (x) each of PEGI and PSP shall retain (at its sole cost and expense) a reputable independent third-party valuation expert (each, a “ Valuation Expert ”), and such Valuation Experts shall mutually designate a third Valuation Expert who shall be jointly retained by PEGI and PSP (at their equally shared cost and expense), (y) each of such three Valuation Experts shall independently determine the fair market value of the Covered Project and (z) the arithmetic mean of such three valuations multiplied by the PSP Co-Invest Percentage shall be the purchase price for the Covered Project.

 

Section 3.02.       Joint Acquisition Documentation.

 

(a)              Following a Joint Acquisition Acceptance, PEGI shall in good faith use its commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate a purchase agreement with the Subject Project Interest Seller (a “ Joint Acquisition PSA ”) for the purchase by PSP and PEGI of the Subject Project Interest (a “ Joint Acquisition ”) based on the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “ Form Joint Acquisition PSA ”), with such modifications as PEGI in good faith determines (after consultation with PSP) are necessary or desirable to reflect the Accepted First Offer and any other terms and conditions specific to the applicable Joint Acquisition; provided that (i) each Joint Acquisition PSA shall include, as a condition precedent for the benefit of the purchaser thereunder, the obtaining of all consents and approvals required from any Governmental Authority, any First Nation or under Applicable Law or that are, in the reasonable opinion of PSP, required or advisable as a direct and proximate result of PSP’s participation in the applicable Joint Acquisition, in each case in order to consummate the Joint Acquisition (collectively, the “ PSP Required Consents ”), (ii) the Outside Closing Date in each Joint Acquisition PSA will be no earlier than the Expected Closing Date for such Joint Acquisition, and (iii) any modifications that disproportionately and adversely impact PSP shall require the prior written consent of PSP. PSP acknowledges and agrees that subject to Section 3.02(d) below, PEGI shall have no obligation to revise any transaction or project company structures or terms in a manner that is adverse to PEGI in any material respect in order to make the transaction more favorable to PSP or otherwise facilitate PSP’s investment in a Subject Project Interest.

 

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governance arrangements for the applicable Subject Project Company (collectively, the “ Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements ”), with such Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements to be effective at the Joint Acquisition Closing. The Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements shall reflect the terms attached hereto as Exhibit D and the terms set forth in the Meikle Governance Agreements as well as, with respect to any United States Subject Project Company, Section 3.02(e) and 3.02(f) of this Agreement, with such changes, modifications or supplements as may be reasonably agreed to by PEGI and PSP. Each of PEGI and PSP agrees that it shall cause any of its Affiliates that indirectly owns a Subject Project Interest to comply with any restrictions on transfers set out in the Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements for the applicable Subject Project Company.

 

(c)              If, by the tenth (10 th ) Business Day after PEGI delivers to PSP (x) a Joint Acquisition PSA for a Subject Project Interest in a form that has been agreed to by PEGI and the Subject Project Interest Seller in accordance with Section 3.02(d) and that PEGI is ready, willing and able to execute and (y) proposed forms of the Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements regarding the applicable Subject Project Company that reflect the terms attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Documentation Period ”) either (i) PSP does not enter into such Joint Acquisition PSA for such Subject Project Interest or (ii) PSP and PEGI do not reach final agreement on the Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements relating to the applicable Subject Project Company, then, notwithstanding its prior delivery of a Joint Acquisition Acceptance, PSP shall be deemed to have delivered a Joint Acquisition Declination with respect to the applicable Subject Project Interest and, for the avoidance of doubt, PEGI will be entitled to (but shall not be obligated under this Joint Venture Agreement to) acquire the applicable PSP Co-Invest Percentage of the applicable Subject Project Interest in accordance with the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement at the price and on other terms and conditions that are not, in the aggregate, materially more favorable to PEGI than those set forth in the applicable Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer, and PSP shall not be entitled to participate in such transaction or otherwise acquire any ownership interest in such Subject Project Interest, except as provided in Section 3.01(i) .

 

(d)              Subject to Section 3.02(e) below, PSP and PEGI shall cooperate in good faith to structure each Joint Acquisition in the most Tax efficient manner for both JV Participants and in compliance with all Tax laws and regulations, and all requirements of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act applicable to PSP, taking into account that PSP and its wholly-owned subsidiaries are tax-exempt Canadian Crown Corporations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if PSP desires to structure its investment in any Canadian Subject Project Interest as a tax-exempt Canadian Crown Corporation, PEGI and PSP shall negotiate in good faith to determine appropriate mechanics to accomplish such a structure; provided that such mechanics shall (i) in no event cause PEGI or its Affiliates to incur any Taxes in excess of those that would have applied to PEGI or its Affiliates (as determined under Applicable Law in effect at such time) had PSP’s proportionate share of the investment been owned by a Non-Tax-Exempt Person unless such additional Taxes do not affect the overall economic return of PEGI and its Affiliates, (ii) give PEGI the same economic return on PEGI’s proportionate share of the investment that would have applied had PSP’s proportionate

 

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share of the investment been owned by a Non-Tax-Exempt Person, (iii) in no event cause a Subject Project Company or PEGI or their respective Affiliates to breach any representations or warranties or any contractual obligations in respect of the Canadian Subject Project Interest and (iv) in no event result in any economic adjustments (including under any tax equity or other financing arrangements relating to such Canadian Subject Project Interest, through the payment of any indemnification or “make whole” payments, any adjustments to the purchase price or purchase price adjustments, any indemnification payments, adjustment to the terms of any financing (including through adjustments to “flip points”, allocations of profits, loss and/or tax attributes or other adjustments directly or indirectly having economic impacts on PEGI) or otherwise) related to the Joint Acquisition that would not have applied had PSP’s proportionate share of the investment been owned by a Non-Tax-Exempt Person; and provided , further , that in no event shall PEGI be required to make any “make whole” payments, pay an increased purchase price or bear the cost of any purchase price adjustment, indemnification payment or other compensation mechanic to any Subject Project Interest Seller for any Taxes incurred by such Person in excess of those that would have applied (as determined under Applicable Law in effect at such time) had PSP’s proportionate share of the Canadian investment been owned by a Non-Tax-Exempt Person as opposed to a tax-exempt Canadian Crown Corporation unless such payments or costs do not affect the overall economic return of PEGI and its Affiliates. The provisions of this Section 3.02(d) shall not apply in respect of the Initial Acquisition of the Mont Sainte-Marguerite Project and the Meikle Project.

 

(e)              PSP’s investment interest acquired through any Joint Acquisition or Initial Acquisition with respect to any United States Subject Project Company shall be held for the entire term of the applicable investment by or through a U.S. entity (the “ PSP Investment Entity ”) directly or indirectly wholly-owned by PSP (i) that is treated (pursuant to a valid election under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3 or otherwise) as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes subject to U.S. federal income taxation as a regular C corporation, and (ii) dividends or interest paid by which entity to PSP (or, if applicable, to any Canadian intermediate parent that is a Subsidiary of PSP) are not fully exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under the Code or Article XXI of the Tax Treaty.

 

(f)              In the event of a Change in Tax Law that, as determined under Section 3.02(i) , could reasonably be expected to cause PEGI to realize a Tax Loss with respect to a Joint Acquisition of a United States Subject Project Company that it would not have realized if such Change in Tax Law had not taken place, PSP and PEGI shall cooperate in good faith to determine a new structure for such Joint Acquisition that would not result in such a Tax Loss. If PSP and PEGI cannot determine such a structure, then PSP shall, at its option, either indemnify, defend and hold PEGI harmless for such Tax Loss or be excluded from such Joint Acquisition.

 

(g)              In the absence of a Change in Tax Law, the structure described in Section 3.02(e) shall be used for all Joint Acquisitions of United States Subject Project Companies.

 

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(h)              Each JV Participant (the “first JV participant”) shall indemnify, defend and hold the other JV Participant and its Affiliates harmless from any Tax Loss suffered by such other JV Participant or its Affiliates if, as determined under Section 3.02(i) , such Tax Loss results from actions taken by the first JV Participant or an Affiliate of the first JV Participant that (i) change its organizational structure or legal form, (ii) change its Tax status or characterization (by affirmative election or otherwise), or (iii) effect a transfer, assignment or pledge of all or part of any Subject Project Interest or interest in an Initial Acquisition Project (or, in each case, an interest in a holding vehicle thereof) to, or otherwise cause any such interests to be owned by, a Disqualified Tax-Exempt Person. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.02(h) shall apply to both the Initial Acquisitions and Joint Acquisitions.

 

(i)              Determinations under Section 3.02(f) and (h) shall be made by PEGI based on a written opinion of legal counsel (a copy of which shall be furnished by PEGI to PSP in advance of such determination). If, after consultation with its own legal and tax advisors, PSP disagrees with such opinion, PSP shall notify PEGI of such disagreement, in which case the determination shall be submitted to the Independent Tax Advisor for resolution. The fees of the Independent Tax Advisor shall be borne by PEGI and PSP pro-rata in accordance with the applicable PSP Participation Percentage (or PSP’s ownership interest in the project underlying the Initial Acquisition).

 

Section 3.03.       Joint Acquisition Executory Period.

 

(a)              During the period (the “ Joint Acquisition Executory Period ”) from the execution of a Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA until the closing of the Joint Acquisition contemplated thereby (the “ Joint Acquisition Closing ”) or earlier termination of the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA in accordance with its terms without the Joint Acquisition Closing occurring thereunder (the “ Joint Acquisition Termination ”), PSP and PEGI shall promptly share with each other all material information each of them receives from or on behalf of the applicable Subject Project Interest Seller in connection with the applicable Joint Acquisition (except that PEGI shall not be required to share any Competitively Sensitive Information). Concurrently with the execution of a Joint Acquisition PSA, PEGI shall, in consultation with PSP, determine the target date for the Joint Acquisition Closing (the “ Expected Closing Date ”), which will afford PSP a reasonable period of time to obtain all PSP Required Consents.

 

(b)              Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, PSP and PEGI shall (and shall cause their Affiliates to) use commercially reasonable efforts to take promptly, or cause to be taken promptly, all actions, and to do promptly, or cause to be done promptly, and to assist and cooperate with the other party and its Affiliates in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the applicable Joint Acquisition, including using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) take all actions necessary, proper or advisable to cause the conditions to closing set forth in such Joint Acquisition or PSA Initial Acquisition PSA, as applicable, to be promptly satisfied or fulfilled, (ii) promptly prepare and file with any Governmental Authority or First Nation, or any other third party, all

 

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documentation to effect all necessary or reasonably advisable filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents (including, as may be required in connection with the PSP Required Consents), (iii) promptly obtain and maintain all necessary third-party waivers, consents and approvals (including the PSP Required Consents) and (iv) obtain any acquisition financing contemplated by such Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, as applicable, on the terms and conditions set forth therein and in the commitment letters related thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, no JV Participant will be required, for purposes of obtaining any regulatory approval (including under the Competition Act and HSR Act), to (x) propose or agree to accept any undertaking or condition, enter into any consent agreement, make any divestiture or accept any operational restriction or other behavioral remedy, (y) take any action that, in the reasonable judgment of such JV Participant, could be expected to limit the right of such JV Participant to own or operate all or any portion of the business or assets of a Subject Project Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or of such JV Participant or any of its Affiliates, or to conduct their respective affairs in a manner consistent with how they each conduct their affairs as of the date of this Agreement, or (z) contest or defend any Proceeding, whether judicial or administrative, seeking to prohibit, prevent, restrict or unwind the consummation of all or a part of a Joint Acquisition.

 

(c)              In the event PSP breaches or repudiates any of its obligations under a Joint Acquisition PSA or an Initial Acquisition PSA and such breach or repudiation (x) is not cured by PSP within thirty (30) days (or such shorter cure period as may be provided for in the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA) following the earlier of (A) PEGI delivering written notice of such breach or repudiation to PSP or (B) PSP having actual knowledge of such breach or repudiation and (y) results or would reasonably be expected to result in any failure of any portion of the applicable Joint Acquisition Closing (a “ PSA Failure ”), (i) PSP shall be deemed to have delivered a Joint Acquisition Declination with respect to the applicable Subject Project Interest and (ii) without limiting any of PEGI’s rights or remedies with respect thereto under Applicable Law, PEGI shall have the right, in its sole discretion, upon prior written notice to PSP (a “ Cure Notice ”) to cure such breach and to terminate PSP’s participation in the Joint Acquisition, in which case PSP shall (and hereby does) automatically and without any further action assign to PEGI all of its rights under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, in which event PEGI may fund up to the entire purchase price under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA and acquire up to 100% of the applicable Subject Project Interest or Initial Acquisition Project, and PSP shall have no right to acquire any interest in the applicable Subject Project Interest or Initial Acquisition Project, except as provided in Section 3.01(i) . In furtherance of the foregoing, in the event all of the conditions precedent to the obligation of PSP and PEGI to consummate a Joint Acquisition Closing under a Joint Acquisition PSA or an Initial Acquisition PSA, as applicable, have been satisfied and PEGI has irrevocably confirmed in a writing delivered to PSP, that it stands ready, willing and able to consummate the applicable Joint Acquisition Closing and to fund its pro rata share of the purchase price thereunder in accordance with the terms of the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, and PSP thereafter fails to promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of such written confirmation from PEGI) certify in writing that

 

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it is ready, willing and able to do so, subject only to PEGI doing so concurrently, PSP shall be deemed to have committed a PSA Failure as provided above; provided that if PSP reasonably and in good faith contests that the conditions precedent under a Joint Acquisition PSA have not been satisfied, then such PSA Failure shall not constitute a Co-Investment Termination Right under Section 3.04(a)(iii) .

 

(d)              If, notwithstanding the failure to satisfy one or more conditions precedent to the obligation of PSP and/or PEGI to consummate a Joint Acquisition Closing under a Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA on or after the tenth (10 th ) Business Day immediately preceding the Outside Closing Date (a “ Failed Condition Event ”) PEGI irrevocably certifies to PSP in writing that PEGI stands ready, willing and able to consummate the Joint Acquisition Closing and to fund its pro rata share of the purchase price under the Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA notwithstanding the Failed Condition Event (a “ Failed Condition Waiver Certification ”), if PSP does not promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such Failed Condition Waiver Certification from PEGI) irrevocably certify to PEGI in writing that PSP is ready, willing and able to consummate the Joint Acquisition Closing and fund its pro rata share of the purchase price under the Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA notwithstanding the Failed Condition Event, subject only to PEGI’s concurrent performance, then PEGI shall have the right, in its sole discretion, upon prior written notice to PSP (a “ Failed Condition Closing Notice ”), to terminate PSP’s participation in the Joint Acquisition, in which case PSP shall (and hereby does) automatically and without any further action assign to PEGI all of its rights under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, in which event PEGI may fund up to the entire purchase price under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA and acquire up to 100% of the applicable Subject Project Interest or Initial Acquisition Project (each, a “ Failed Condition Closing ”), and PSP shall have no right to acquire any interest in the applicable Subject Project Interest or Initial Acquisition Project except as provided in Section 3.01(i) ; provided that if subsequent to the delivery of a Failed Condition Closing Notice and prior to the consummation of the Failed Condition Closing the relevant conditions precedent become and remain satisfied then PEGI shall allow PSP to purchase the PSP Co-Investment Percentage of the applicable Subject Project Interest or the applicable ownership interest in the applicable Initial Acquisition Project contemplated by the applicable Initial Acquisition PSA, in each case at the Failed Condition Closing on the terms contemplated by the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA. No termination of a Joint Acquisition pursuant to this Section 3.03(d) shall constitute a Joint Acquisition Declination.

 

(e)              If, at any time prior to the tenth (10 th ) Business Day immediately preceding the Outside Closing Date, in the reasonable opinion of PEGI it is required or advisable for the Joint Acquisition Closing to occur prior to the Outside Closing Date notwithstanding that one or more conditions precedent to the obligation of PSP and/or PEGI to consummate such Joint Acquisition Closing have not yet been satisfied, and PEGI has determined that it is prepared to consummate the Joint Acquisition Closing and fund its pro rata share of the Purchase Price notwithstanding that such conditions precedent have not been satisfied, PEGI shall deliver written notice of such determination to PSP (an “ Early Closing Notice ”) which Early Closing Notice will set out in

 

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reasonable detail (x) why PEGI has determined that it is required or advisable for the Joint Acquisition Closing to occur prior to the Outside Closing Date, (y) the revised closing date (the “ Early Closing Date ”) and (z) which conditions precedent under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA have not yet been satisfied (the “ Early Closing Waived Conditions ”). Within ten (10) Business Days (the “ Early Closing Acceptance Period ”) of receipt of an Early Closing Notice, PSP shall confirm in writing to PEGI that PSP is prepared to do one of the following: (i) waive all of the Early Closing Waived Conditions (a “ PSP Early Closing Acceptance ”), (ii) waive some or all of the Early Closing Waived Conditions (and specifying which conditions precedent will not be waived by PSP, with such unwaived conditions precedent being the " PSP Closing Conditions "); provided that PSP shall not be required to specify whether or not it is waiving any PSP Required Consents for such Joint Acquisition and any PSP Required Consents shall not be deemed to be PSP Closing Conditions with respect to such Joint Acquisition (a “ PSP Partial Acceptance ”), or (iii) not waive any of the Early Closing Waived Conditions, in which case all of the Early Closing Waived Conditions other than the PSP Required Consents shall be deemed to be PSP Closing Conditions (a “ PSP Early Closing Declination ”). If PSP delivers a PSP Early Closing Acceptance within the Early Closing Acceptance Period, PEGI and PSP will proceed to consummate the Joint Acquisition Closing in accordance with the Joint Acquisition PSA on the basis that all of the Early Closing Waived Conditions have been waived. If PSP delivers a PSP Partial Acceptance or delivers, or is deemed to deliver, a PSP Early Closing Declination within the Early Closing Acceptance Period, PEGI may proceed to acquire, at its option, either (i) all but the PSP Co-Invest Percentage in the applicable Subject Project Interest or (ii) the entire Subject Project Interest, in either case on the terms contemplated by the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA and subject to the following:

 

(A) In the event PEGI does not elect to acquire the entire Subject Project Interest, PSP shall remain entitled under the terms and conditions of the Initial Acquisition PSA or Joint Acquisition PSA, as applicable, to acquire the PSP Co-Invest Percentage of the Subject Project Interest at any time prior to the Outside Closing Date. If PSP does not acquire the PSP Co-Invest Percentage in the applicable Subject Project Interest by the Outside Closing Date, PSP shall, if requested by PEGI in writing, assign all of its rights under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA to PEGI and PEGI may fund PSP’s pro rata share of the Purchase Price and acquire 100% of the applicable Subject Project Interest.

 

(B) In the event PEGI elects to acquire the entire Subject Project Interest, PSP shall be entitled, at its option, to acquire the PSP Co-Invest Percentage in the Subject Project Interest from PEGI at any time prior to the Outside Closing Date if all of the PSP Closing Conditions are satisfied (and PSP shall not be entitled to waive any PSP Closing Conditions), provided that if the acquisition from PEGI rather than Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0 either (i) delays PSP’s ability to obtain any PSP Required Consents, or (ii) requires PSP to obtain additional PSP Required Consents, in either

 

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case as reasonably determined by PSP, the Outside Closing Date shall be extended for a period of time reasonably necessary to seek and obtain such PSP Required Consents, with such period of time not to exceed the number of days that have elapsed between the execution of the Joint Acquisition PSA and the expiry of the Early Closing Acceptance Period. The acquisition of the PSP Co-Invest Percentage of the Subject Project Interest shall be on the terms set forth in the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA and PEGI shall assign to PSP a pro rata portion of any indemnification rights, Purchase Price adjustments and other economic benefits to which PSP would have been entitled had PSP been a party to the Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, as the case may be, at the time PEGI acquired the Subject Project Interest. Furthermore, the purchase and sale agreement between PEGI and PSP shall include (x) updated disclosure schedules reflecting any developments in respect of the Subject Project in respect of the period between PEGI’s acquisition of the Subject Project Interest and PSP’s acquisition of the PSP Co-Invest Percentage therein (it being understood and agreed that such updated disclosure schedules shall not constitute representations or warranties by PEGI), and (y) representations from PEGI in favor of PSP in respect of enforceability, ownership of the portion of the Subject Property Interest being sold to PSP and the transfer of clear title thereto. PSP shall not bear any costs of PEGI’s acquisition from the Subject Project Interest Seller and PEGI shall not be responsible for any additional costs incurred by PSP as a result of PEGI acquiring the Subject Project Interest and selling the PSP Co-Invest Percentage to PSP including the costs of obtaining additional PSP Required Consents.

 

If PSP does not promptly (and in any event within the Early Closing Acceptance Period), deliver to PEGI a PSP Early Closing Acceptance, a PSP Partial Acceptance or a PSP Early Closing Declination, PSP shall be deemed to have delivered a PSP Early Closing Declination.

 

No failure by PSP to consummate a Joint Acquisition pursuant to this Section 3.03(e) shall constitute a Joint Acquisition Declination.

 

(f)              In the event of a Joint Acquisition Termination, neither PSP nor PEGI shall have any further obligations hereunder with respect to the related Joint Acquisition Acceptance; provided that, if a Joint Acquisition Termination is caused by, arises from, or relates to any PSA Failure, then the applicable Subject Project Interest or Initial Acquisition Project shall thereafter be deemed a “ Prior Project Interest .”

 

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Section 3.04.       Expiration of Co-Investment Right.

 

(a)              PSP’s rights under Sections 3.01 , 3.02 and 3.03 (the “ PSP Co-Invest Rights ”) shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the earliest to occur of (each of the following, a “ Co-Investment Right Termination Event ”):

 

(i)             Such time as the aggregate Co-Investment Amount exceeds $500 million; provided that, if the aggregate Co-Investment Amount is subsequently reduced to an amount less than or equal to $500 million then, if no other Co-Investment Right Termination Event other than pursuant to this clause (i) shall have occurred, the PSP Co-Invest Rights shall be reinstated until such time as the aggregate Co-Investment Amount exceeds $500 million or another Co-Investment Right Termination Event occurs.

 

(ii)             PEGI electing (in its sole discretion) to terminate the PSP Co-Invest Rights at any time after (x) PSP shall have made (or been deemed to have made) three or more Joint Acquisition Declinations in respect of which PEGI has provided to PSP written notice that a Joint Acquisition Declination has occurred (or has been deemed to occur) (other than a Joint Acquisition Declination (A) with respect to any Subject Project Interest for a Subject Project Company not located in the United States, Canada or Mexico; (B) with respect to any Subject Project Interest which PSP reasonably determines it is prohibited by Applicable Law from investing in or it would be unable to obtain any approval from a Governmental Authority that is required or, in the reasonable opinion of PSP, is advisable to be obtained on or before the Outside Closing Date; (C) arising from the refusal of PSP to enter into a Joint Acquisition PSA within the Documentation Period because the Joint Acquisition PSA contained material modifications from the Form Joint Acquisition PSA that were not reasonably acceptable to PSP or the failure of PEGI and PSP to agree on Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements within the Documentation Period because PEGI required material modifications to the terms attached hereto as Exhibit D ; and (D) referenced in the last sentence of Section 3.01(f) ); ((A), (B), (C) and (D) collectively, “ Excluded Declinations ”) and (y) the aggregate PSP MW of all Subject Project Interests with respect to which PSP shall have made Joint Acquisition Declinations (other than Excluded Declinations) exceeds two hundred (200) MW;

 

(iii)             A willful and intentional material breach of any material obligation of PSP under this Agreement, any Joint Acquisition Governance Agreement, any Initial Acquisition PSA or any Joint Acquisition PSA; provided that the failure of PSP to consummate a Joint Acquisition Closing following a Failed Condition Event shall in no event constitute a Co-Investment Right Termination Event; or

 

(iv)             PEGI electing (in its sole discretion) to terminate the PSP Co-Invest Rights at any time after such time as PSP transfers all or some of the PSP PEGI Shares to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee, provided that for purposes of this Section 3.04(a)(iv ) transfers shall not include (i) any transfer required to be made by order of a Governmental Authority, (ii) any transfer in a

 

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third party tender offer for the common stock of PEGI that has been approved by the PEGI Board or in a merger or consolidation involving PEGI or a subsidiary of PEGI (including a merger under Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) that has been approved or adopted by the PEGI Board; provided that if PSP receives stock in another entity in any such tender offer or merger, such stock shall thereafter be treated as the PEGI Shares for purposes of this provision, and (iii) any transfer by PSP in connection with a buyback of the common stock of PEGI (or any stock received by PSP in replacement thereof as contemplated in Clause (ii) above) approved or adopted by the PEGI Board required to be made by PSP in order to maintain the percentage of PEGI shares held by it below 10%.

 

(b)              Upon the occurrence of a Co-Investment Right Termination Event, except with respect to any Joint Acquisition Acceptance (whether related to a Joint Acquisition Offer or Call Participation Offer), Final Rights Project Offer submitted by PSP that has been accepted by the Subject Project Interest Seller, Initial Acquisition PSA or transaction under Section 3.01(i ) that PSP has agreed to participate in prior to the occurrence of such Co-Investment Right Termination Event, in each case that is included in the calculation of Co-Investment Amount at such time, the PSP Co-Invest Rights shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect and any assignment of Assigned Final Offer Rights shall be void ab initio , in each case without any liability on the part of PEGI. Following a willful and intentional breach of any material obligation of PSP under this Agreement, any Joint Acquisition Governance Agreement, any Initial Acquisition PSA or any Joint Acquisition PSA, PEGI shall (in its sole discretion) have the right to terminate PSP’s right to invest in any Subject Project Interest (including any Subject Project Interest with respect to which PSP has delivered a Joint Acquisition Acceptance or PEGI has delivered a Joint Acquisition Offer or a Call Participation Offer, or that is the subject of any Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA), in which case PSP shall (and hereby does) automatically and without any further action assign to PEGI all of its rights under the applicable Joint Acquisition PSA or Initial Acquisition PSA, subject to PSP being released from all liability thereunder.

 

(c)              PEGI may from time to time provide to PSP a schedule (a “ Status Schedule ”) of then-current status of the PSP Co-Invest Rights at such time, including (i) the Covered Subject Project Interests that have been subject to a Covered Project Transfer Notice, (ii) whether a First Rights Project Offer, a Final Rights Project Offer and/or a Call Participation Offer was made with respect to each such Covered Subject Project Interest, (iii) whether a Joint Acquisition Acceptance or a Joint Acquisition Declination, as may be applicable, has been made with respect thereto and, in the case of any Joint Acquisition Declinations, whether such Joint Asset Declination constituted an Excluded Declination, (iv) the aggregate PSP MW of all Subject Project Interests with respect to which PSP shall have made Joint Acquisition Declinations (other than Excluded Declinations) and (v) PSP’s aggregate Co-Investment Amount as such time. PEGI shall, at PSP’s request, promptly provide PSP with an updated Status Schedule. Following delivery of a Status Schedule, PEGI shall reasonably cooperate with PSP to provide PSP with such additional information regarding the then-current status of the PSP Co-Invest Rights as PSP may reasonably request. Within ten (10) Business Days of

 

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receipt of a Status Schedule PSP shall notify PEGI in writing (a “ Status Schedule Objection Notice ”) of any disputed items in such Status Schedule, and if PSP does not deliver a Status Schedule Objection Notice within such time period PSP shall be deemed to have approved all items set forth in the Status Schedule and such items shall thereafter be final and binding on PEGI and PSP for purposes of this Section 3.04 absent manifest error. Promptly following PEGI’s receipt of a Status Schedule Objection Notice, PEGI and PSP will attempt in good faith to resolve any disputed items and, if they are not able to resolve all such disputed items to their mutual satisfaction within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of the Status Schedule Objection Notice the remaining disputed items will be subject to resolution as provided in Section 5.03(b ).

 

Section 3.05.       No Amendment to Purchase Rights Agreements.

 

(a)              From the date hereof until the first occurrence of a Co-Investment Right Termination Event without PSP’s prior written approval: (i) the Purchase Rights Agreements shall not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner that is adverse in any respect to the PSP Co-Invest Rights, (ii) PEGI shall not waive any rights it may have under the Purchase Rights Agreement in a manner that is adverse in any respect to the PSP Co-Invest Rights (in the case of (i) and (ii), other than amendments, modifications, supplements or waivers that have (in the aggregate) a de minimis impact on the PSP Co-Invest Rights) and (iii) PEGI shall not assign its rights and obligations under the Purchase Rights Agreements or consent to the assignment by any other Person party to a Purchase Rights Agreement of such Person’s rights and obligations thereunder, other than an assignment to a Permitted Transferee who agrees to assume all of the transferor’s obligations under the applicable Purchase Rights Agreement and provided that PEGI shall (x) cause such Permitted Transferee to comply with all of PEGI’s obligations under this Agreement and (y) remain liable for the performance of all of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06.       Non-Reliance.

 

PSP is an informed and sophisticated purchaser, and has engaged (or, as applicable, prior to executing any binding agreements to purchase any Subject Project Interests will engage) expert advisors, experienced in the evaluation and purchase of companies such as the Initial Acquisition Projects and the Subject Project Companies as contemplated hereunder. PSP has undertaken (or, as applicable, prior to executing any binding agreements to purchase any Subject Project Interests will undertake), such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated (or, as applicable, prior to executing any binding agreements to purchase any Subject Project Interests, will obtain and evaluate) such documents and information as it has deemed (or, as applicable, will deem) necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. PSP acknowledges that PEGI has given PSP complete and open access to the key employees, documents and facilities of PEGI and the Subsidiaries. PSP further acknowledges that certain officers and employees of PEGI are also officers or employees of, and may have direct or indirect interests in, Pattern Development 1.0 and/or Pattern Development 2.0, and PSP agrees that it has received such information about such relationships as it has deemed necessary

 

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to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by PSP. In furtherance of the foregoing, PSP acknowledges and agrees that (i) except for the representations and warranties that may be expressly set forth in the applicable Initial Acquisition PSAs (in the case of the Initial Acquisitions) or any Joint Acquisition PSA for the acquisition of any other Subject Project Interest (in the case of any transaction effected pursuant to this Article 3 ), none of PEGI, Pattern Development 1.0, Pattern Development 2.0 or any of their respective Affiliates or their or their respective Affiliates’ Representatives has made, and PSP has not and will not rely upon, any express or implied representations or warranties of any nature (including as to the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to PSP) regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) PEGI and its Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives shall have no liability for any representations and warranties made by or on behalf of Pattern Development 1.0, Pattern Development 2.0 or any other Person with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Article 4
Additional Agreements

 

Section 4.01.       Confidentiality.

 

(a)              Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.01(a) above, PSP shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their Representatives and any PSP Designee to, keep confidential all information, documentation and records obtained from PEGI or a Subject Project Interest Seller or their respective Affiliates and their and their Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, advisors, attorneys, lenders, shareholders or other equity investors (collectively, “ Representatives ”) with respect to this Agreement and the Subject Project Interests and Subject Project Companies (including any Joint Acquisition), as well as any information arising out of PSP’s access to the books and records of PEGI and the Subject Project Companies (collectively, the “ PEGI Confidential Information ”); provided that except as set forth in Section 4.01(b) , nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit PSP from disclosing PEGI Confidential Information to its Representatives, in each case who first are instructed to maintain PEGI Confidential Information confidential on substantially similar terms as those contained in this Section 4.01(a) ; provided , further , that PSP shall be liable for any breach of this Section 4.01 by any such Person as if PSP had itself committed such breach. “PEGI Confidential Information” shall not include: (i) public information or information in the public domain at the time of its receipt by PSP or its Representatives; (ii) information which becomes public through no fault or act of PSP or its Representatives; or (iii) information received by PSP or its Affiliates in good faith from a third party lawfully in possession of the information and not in breach of any confidentiality obligations. PSP acknowledges that it is aware that (i) PEGI Confidential Information and Competitively Sensitive Information contain material, non-public information regarding PEGI and (ii) the United States and Canadian securities laws prohibit any persons who have material, non-public information from purchasing or selling securities of a company using such information or from communicating such information to any Person (including its Affiliates) under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase

 

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or sell such securities in reliance upon such information. PSP further confirms that it has in place internal information protection mechanisms to prevent unauthorized use of the Confidential Information and Competitively Sensitive Information.

 

(b)              Competitively Sensitive Information ” shall mean information regarding PEGI, a Subject Project Interest or a Subject Project Company that PEGI determines that one or more Affiliates of PSP could reasonably be expected to use to compete with PEGI. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall PSP be entitled to receive Competitively Sensitive Information, and PSP shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, maintain any Competitively Sensitive Information of which any of their respective employees, officers or directors is or becomes aware in strict confidence; provided that PEGI shall provide PSP with a commercially reasonable description of the nature of any Competitively Sensitive Information that would otherwise have been provided to PSP but for this Section 4.01(b) and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide substitute disclosure to PSP that, to the greatest extent practicable under the circumstances, will enable PSP to assess the applicable opportunity relating to the Subject Project Interest or Subject Project Company in substantially the same manner as if PSP had full access to such Competitively Sensitive Information and that is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to PSP.

 

(c)              Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) , PEGI shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, keep confidential all confidential documents and information concerning PSP furnished to PEGI by PSP or its Representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any Joint Acquisition) (the “ PSP Confidential Information ” and together with the PEGI Confidential Information, “ Confidential Information ”); provided that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit PEGI from disclosing PSP Confidential Information to its Representatives who first are instructed to maintain the PSP Confidential Information confidential on substantially similar terms as those contained in this Section 4.01(c) ; provided , further , that PEGI shall be liable for any breach of this Section 4.01(c) by any of its Representatives as if PEGI had itself committed such breach.

 

(d)              Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or restrict any JV Participant or any of its Affiliates from disclosing, without the agreement of the other JV Participant: (i) Confidential Information required to be disclosed under any Applicable Law (including applicable securities laws) or the rules of any securities exchange; (ii) Confidential Information required to be disclosed to its lenders or other creditors on a confidential basis; provided that in no event shall this clause (ii) permit the disclosure of any Competitively Sensitive Information. Any JV Participant disclosing Confidential Information, as applicable in accordance with this Section 4.01 shall use reasonable efforts to (i) advise the other JV Participant of the details of the required disclosure and (ii) if permitted by Applicable Law, obtain the comments of such other JV Participant on the wording of the proposed disclosure prior to making such disclosure.

 

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Representatives, share any Confidential Information or Competitively Sensitive Information with any portfolio companies or other investments of PSP (or any of their respective Representatives other than employees of PSP who are acting in their capacity as Representatives of PSP and do not use such information for any purpose other than in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and PSP shall, and shall cause its Affiliates that receive Confidential Information or Competitive Sensitive Information to, use customary information barriers to ensure that no portfolio company or other investment of PSP or any of their respective Representatives has access to any Confidential Information or Competitively Sensitive Information.

 

(f)              Each JV Participant shall consult with the other JV Participant and provide that other JV Participant a reasonable opportunity to comment before issuing any press release or making any other public announcement regarding the other JV Participant, provided that (i) in the case of any disclosure required by applicable law or stock exchange rule, such consultation and opportunity to comment shall only be required to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances and (ii) no consultation and opportunity to comment shall be required with respect to any disclosure that is substantially similar to prior public disclosure made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.02.       Construction Bridge Financing.

 

PSP shall reasonably cooperate with PEGI in PEGI’s efforts to finance PEGI’s project pipeline as follows: (i) at the request of PEGI with respect to one or more specific projects, PSP shall reasonably cooperate with PEGI to arrange for or provide bridge loans to Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0 for such projects that are subject to either a Joint Acquisition PSA or an Initial Acquisition PSA as more fully set forth on Exhibit E and (ii) at the request of PEGI with respect to one or more specific projects, PSP shall reasonably cooperate with PEGI to arrange for or provide construction financing for projects that are subject to either a Joint Acquisition PSA or an Initial Acquisition PSA in advance of the applicable commercial operations date, as more fully set forth on Exhibit E ; provided that for the avoidance of doubt nothing in this Section 4.02 constitutes a commitment of PSP to provide any such bridge loans or financings.

 

Section 4.03.       Valuation Support.

 

PEGI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist PSP (at PSP’s sole cost and expense) in any annual or other valuation of the Initial Acquisition Projects or any Subject Project Company that PSP acquires an interest in pursuant to Article 3 as PSP may reasonably determine is required by its charter. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, in respect of each Subject Project Interest jointly acquired by PSP and PEGI, PEGI shall provide, or cause to be provided, to PSP, annually on or before February 15 of each calendar year, an updated financial model for each Subject Project Company that PSP acquires an interest in.

 

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Section 4.04.       Appointment of PSP Designee.

 

PEGI agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the PSP Compliance Date, and subject to the taking by the PEGI NGC of all requisite action under PEGI’s Governing Documents, PEGI shall, to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law and its Governing Documents, take all necessary action to increase the size of the PEGI Board, unless there is otherwise a vacancy on the PEGI Board, and appoint the PSP Designee to the PEGI Board. PEGI further agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the foregoing within the time frame set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

 

Section 4.05.       PSP Standstill Obligations.

 

(a)              PSP represents and warrants that as of the date hereof, other than the PSP PEGI Shares, it does not beneficially own any securities of PEGI. PSP agrees that, for a period of twelve months immediately following the date hereof (the “ Standstill Period ”), PSP will not directly or in concert with any of its Affiliates or any other Person, without the prior written consent of PEGI, (i) other than the PEGI Share Acquisition, acquire, agree to acquire, propose, seek or offer to acquire, any securities of PEGI or any of its Subsidiaries, or any warrant, option or other direct or indirect right to acquire any such securities, (ii) enter, agree to enter, propose, seek or offer to enter into or facilitate any merger, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring or other extraordinary transaction involving PEGI or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) initiate, encourage, make, or in any way participate or engage in, any “solicitation” of “proxies” as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) to vote, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting of, any voting securities of PEGI (including, for the avoidance of doubt, indirectly by means of communication with the press or the media), (iv) file with the SEC a proxy statement or any supplement thereof or any other soliciting material in respect of PEGI or its shareholders that would be required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 14a-12 or other provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), (v) nominate or recommend for nomination a Person for election at any meeting of PEGI’s shareholders at which directors of the PEGI Board are to be elected, (vi) submit any shareholder proposal for consideration at, or bring any other business before, any meeting of PEGI’s shareholders, (vii) initiate, encourage, make, or in any way participate or engage in, any “withhold” or similar campaign with respect to any meeting of PEGI shareholders, (viii) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any voting securities of PEGI, (ix) call, request the calling of, or otherwise seek or assist in the calling of a special meeting of PEGI’s shareholders, (x) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management or the policies of PEGI, (xi) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement prohibited by, or inconsistent with, the foregoing or (xii) advise, assist or encourage or enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or arrangements with any other Persons in connection with the foregoing. PSP furthers agree that during the Standstill Period it will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of PEGI, (a) make any request directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 4.05 (including this sentence), or (b) take any action that would reasonably

 

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be expected to require PSP to make a public announcement regarding the possibility of a business combination, merger or other type of transaction described in this Section 4.05 with PSP or any of its Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, the PSP Designee’s service on the PEGI Board shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.05.

 

(b)              Without the prior written consent of PEGI, for a period of 180 days (the “ Hold Period ”) immediately following the date hereof, PSP shall refrain from offering, pledging, selling, contracting to sell, selling any option or contract to purchase, purchasing any option or contract to sell, granting any option, right or warrant for the sale of, lending or otherwise disposing of or transferring, directly or indirectly (including pursuant to any derivative transaction), any or all of the PSP PEGI Shares.

 

(c)              PSP agrees that during the Hold Period all certificates representing PSP PEGI Shares shall bear the following legend:

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO STANDSTILL OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 16, 2017 (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF PEGI) WHICH PROVIDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER THEREOF. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT SHALL BE VOID.”

 

At any time following the expiry of the Hold Period, PSP may request that the restrictive legend included immediately above be removed from all PSP PEGI Shares and PSP shall be entitled to obtain new certificates in respect of such PSP PEGI Shares without such legend. At any time following the expiry of the Hold Period, PSP may also request removal of the legend prescribed by Section 5.4(d) of the Securities Purchase Agreement relating to the PEGI Share Acquisition. Following such request, and subject to PEGI’s reasonable satisfaction (including receipt of a customary legal opinion) that all conditions of Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied, including that PSP is not an affiliate of PEGI pursuant to Rule 144 and has not been for three months, PEGI shall cause such restricted legend to be removed and, if requested by PSP, shall provide new certificates in respect of such PSP PEGI Shares to PSP without such legends; provided that, if the Hold Period has expired and such restricted legends have not been removed following the date that is 120 calendar days after the resignation of the PSP Designee from the PEGI Board, then PEGI shall grant PSP a customary “demand” registration right with respect to the PSP PEGI Shares so long as at such time (i) PSP does not have any right to appoint a designee to the PEGI Board and (ii) PSP and its Affiliates beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 10% of the outstanding Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of PEGI.

 

(d)              During the Hold Period PSP agrees to the entry of stop transfer orders with the transfer agent and registrar of the PSP PEGI Shares against the transfer of legended stock held by PSP except in compliance with the requirements of this Agreement. Upon expiry of the Hold Period PSP may request the removal of any such stop transfer orders.

 

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Section 4.06.       Joint M&A Coordination.

 

The JV Participants shall negotiate in good faith to develop a strategy, set aside resources and pursue third-party acquisitions of renewable assets.

 

Section 4.07.       Piggyback Canadian Prospectus – Filing in Québec.

 

If PEGI proposes to file a Piggyback Canadian Prospectus in one or more Eligible Jurisdictions or conduct an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Piggyback Canadian Prospectus as contemplated in Section 2.2(a)(ii) or (iii) of the Registration Rights Agreement (other than a Canadian Prospectus for an at-the-market offering program and a Canadian Prospectus filed pursuant to section 7.5 of the MJDS where the distribution of securities will not be made in Canada) and PSP has piggyback registration rights pursuant to such Section 2.2(a)(ii) or (iii) of the Registration Rights Agreement that it is entitled to and wishes to exercise with respect to its Registrable Shares, PEGI hereby agrees and covenants to file the applicable Piggyback Canadian Prospectus in the Province of Québec if and as necessary to permit PSP to offer and sell its Registrable Shares under such Piggyback Canadian Prospectus. Initially capitalized terms used in this Section 4.07 but not defined in this Agreement have the meaning given to them in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Section 4.08.       Certain Rights Regarding Certain Agreements .

 

(a)              If the PEGI Entity that acts as the general partner of, or holds shares in the general partner of, a Subject Project Company or that is the service provider under the MOMA, PAA, the Sponsor Services Agreement or other related party Contract with respect to a specific project held by a Subject Project Company is determined by a court to have committed actual fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith in connection with its duties in respect of such project and as a result of such actions PSP suffers material damages that are not, after notice, cured or remedied under the indemnification provisions of the applicable Joint Acquisition Governance Agreement, MOMA or PAA, or the Sponsor Services Agreement or other related party Contract, then the applicable MOMA, PAA or Jointly Owned Company Service Period (as defined in the Sponsor Services Agreement) or other related party Contract to the extent relating to such project can all be terminated without payment of a termination break fee.

 

(b)              If PEGI or the PEGI Entity that acts as the general partner of, or holds shares in the general partner of, a Subject Project Company or that is the service provider under the MOMA, PAA, Sponsor Services Agreement or other related party Contract with respect to any project jointly owned by PSP and PEGI acquired pursuant to the PSP Co-Invest Rights is determined by a court to have committed a felony crime (or equivalent under Applicable Law) involving actual fraud against an equity investor in renewable energy projects controlled by PEGI, then PEGI will lose its control rights with respect to such jointly owned projects, and the MOMA, PAA and any other related party Contracts with respect to such projects, and Sponsor Services Agreement, can all be terminated without payment of a termination break fee.

 

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Article 5
Miscellaneous

 

Section 5.01.       Amendments; Extension; Waiver.

 

This Agreement may not be amended, altered or modified except by written instrument executed by both PEGI and PSP. The failure by either PEGI or PSP to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of any such provision nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part hereof or the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver of any breach of or non-compliance with this Agreement shall be held to be waiver of any other or subsequent breach of non-compliance. The observance of any provision of this Agreement may be waived in writing by the party that will lose the benefit of such provision as a result of such waiver.

 

Section 5.02.       Rules of Construction.

 

Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement and unless the context otherwise requires, in this Agreement:

 

(a)              the terms “Agreement,” “this Agreement,” “the Agreement,” “hereto,” “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement in its entirety, including all Exhibits hereto, and not to any particular provision hereof;

 

(b)              references to an “Article,” “Section” or “Schedule” followed by a number or letter refer to the specified Article or Section of or Schedule to this Agreement;

 

(c)              the division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement;

 

(d)              words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing the use of any gender shall include all genders;

 

(e)              the words “include,” “includes” and “including” mean “include,” “includes” or “including,” in each case, “without limitation”;

 

(f)              the terms “party” and “the parties” refer to a party or the parties to this Agreement;

 

(g)              any reference to any agreement (including this Agreement) or other instrument in writing means such agreement or other instrument in writing as amended, modified, replaced or supplemented from time to time;

 

(h)              any reference to a statute, regulation or rule shall be construed to be a reference thereto as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or replaced, and any reference to a statute shall include any regulations or rules made thereunder;

 

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(i)              all dollar amounts refer to United States dollars;

 

(j)              any time period within which a payment is to be made or any other action is to be taken hereunder shall be calculated excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day on which the period ends; and

 

(k)              whenever any payment is required to be made, action is required to be taken or period of time is to expire on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made, action shall be taken or period shall expire on the next following Business Day.

 

Section 5.03.       Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)              This Agreement, the legal relations among the parties hereunder and the adjudication and the enforcement thereof, shall in all respects be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the Laws (excluding conflict of laws rules and principles) of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, including all matters of construction, validity and performance.

 

(b)              Each of the JV Participants irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, for any Proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. To the extent that service of process by mail is permitted by Applicable Law, each JV Participant irrevocably consents to the service of process in any Proceeding in such courts by the mailing of such process by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at its address for notices provided for herein. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any Person to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law. Each of the JV Participants irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any Proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH JV PARTICIPANT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT THERETO.

 

Section 5.04.       Entire Agreement.

 

(a)              This Agreement and the Exhibits hereto and any documents executed by PSP and PEGI simultaneously herewith or pursuant hereto constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the parties hereto in connection with the subject matter hereof or thereof, except as specifically set forth herein.

 

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(b)              Except for the representations and warranties expressly made herein, PEGI and PSP (as applicable, the “ Disclaiming Party ”) each hereby disclaims all liability and responsibility for, or any use by the receiving party’s Affiliates or its or their Representatives of, any representation, warranty, projection, forecast, statement or information made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing) to the Receiving Party, its Affiliates or its or their Representatives (including any opinion, information, projection or advice that may heretofore have been or may hereafter be made available to Receiving Party, its Affiliates or its or their respective Representatives, whether in any “data rooms,” “management presentations,” or “break-out sessions,” or in response to questions submitted by or on behalf of Receiving Party or otherwise, in each case by Disclaiming Party or its Affiliates or any of its or their Representatives.

 

Section 5.05.       Severability.

 

If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such determination shall not impair or affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and each provision is hereby declared to be separate, severable and distinct. To the extent that any provision is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties shall act in good faith to substitute for such provision, to the extent possible, a new provision with content and purpose as close as possible to the provision so determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Section 5.06.       No Partnership.

 

This Agreement is intended to create certain contractual rights and obligations between the parties hereto and is not intended to, and the parties agree that it does not, constitute any JV Participant as the partner, agent or fiduciary of the other JV Participant for any purpose or create any partnership, agency, fiduciary or other similar relationship among the JV Participants, and neither JV Participant shall have any partnership, agency, fiduciary or other similar duties, liabilities or obligations to the other JV Participant relating to or arising from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither JV Participant shall have, nor shall it represent to any other party that is has, the authority to enter into any agreement or commitment on behalf of the other JV Participant or make any representation or incur any obligation in the name of or on behalf of the other JV Participant. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, other than as expressly set forth in Article 3 , each JV Participant, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, waives and renounces any right, interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to or business opportunities of which any of the other JV Participant or its Affiliates gain knowledge, and no JV Participant shall be accountable or liable to the other JV Participant as a result of acting in its own best interest, except in the case of any decision or action which is illegal or in breach of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.06 shall be deemed to limit or otherwise modify the rights and obligations of the parties to any Joint Acquisition Governance Agreements that are entered into with respect to any Joint Acquisitions.

 

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Section 5.07.       Notices.

 

Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person, transmitted by telecopy or facsimile or sent by registered mail, charges prepaid, addressed as follows:

 

(a)     if to PEGI:

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.
Pier 1, Bay 3
San Francisco, CA 94111

 

Attention: General Counsel
Email: generalcounsel@patternenergy.com

 

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

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017

Attention: John H. Butler
Email: john.butler@davispolk.com

 

(b)     if to PSP:

 

Public Sector Pension Investment Board

 

1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Suite 1400
Montreal, Québec H3B 5E9

 

Attention: Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments
Email: vertuousenergy@investpsp.ca and legalnotices@investpsp.ca

 

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

 

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

 

1501, avenue McGill College
26 th Floor
Montréal, Québec H3A 3N9

 

Attention: Franziska Ruf
Email: fruf@dwpv.com

 

Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day on which it was delivered or transmitted (or, if such day is not a

 

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Business Day or if delivery or transmission is made on a Business Day after 5:00 p.m. at the place of receipt, then on the next following Business Day) or, if mailed, on the third Business Day following the date of mailing.

 

Any party may at any time change its address for purposes of this Section 5.07 by giving notice to the other parties.

 

Section 5.08.       Costs and Expenses.

 

All fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including in connection with any Joint Acquisition) or in connection with any dispute or adversarial Proceedings arising hereunder or relating hereto, shall be paid by the party incurring such fees, costs or expenses; provided that with respect to each Joint Acquisition (excluding any Initial Project Acquisition), PSP shall, upon demand, reimburse PEGI for a pro rata portion equal to the PSP Co-Invest Percentage for such Joint Acquisition of the reasonable aggregate fees and expenses of counsel to PEGI incurred in connection with the negotiation of the Joint Acquisition PSA for such Joint Acquisition.

 

Section 5.09.       Term.

 

This Agreement (other than such rights and obligations that the JV Participants have become entitled to enforce or become liable for) shall begin as of the date first written above and shall continue in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) subject to the proviso in Section 3.04(a)(i) , the occurrence of a Co-Investment Right Termination Event (unless otherwise agreed in writing by both parties) and (ii) termination of this Agreement by written agreement of both parties; provided that Sections 3.04(b) , 3.06, 4.01 , 4.05 and 4.08 and Article 5 shall survive any such termination.

 

Section 5.10.       Successors and Assigns.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights of any JV Participant hereunder may be assigned without the prior written consent of the other JV Participant. Either JV Participant may assign this Agreement or any of its rights hereunder to its Affiliate upon providing notice to the other JV Participant; provided that such assignment shall not relieve the assignor of any of its obligations hereunder. Except as may otherwise be provided herein, all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, other personal Representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 5.11.       No Third-Party Beneficiaries.

 

This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the JV Participants and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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Section 5.12.       Enforcement.

 

The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that any breach of this Agreement would not be adequately compensated by monetary damages. Accordingly, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of any of their respective covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement, the non-breaching party be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement by the other and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of the other under this Agreement.

 

Section 5.13.       Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or .pdf format scanned signatures and in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatory parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed together, be deemed an original, and shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

  PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Esben Pedersen
    Name: Esben Pedersen
    Title: Chief Investment Officer
     
     
  PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD
   
   
  By: /s/ Guthrie Stewart
    Name: Guthrie Stewart
    Title: Senior Vice President, Global Head of Private Investments
     
     
  By: /s/ Patrick Samson
    Name: Patrick Samson
    Title: Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Purchase Rights Agreements

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-2

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Sponsor Services Agreement

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Joint Acquisition PSA

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

JOINT ACQUISITION GOVERNANCE [1]

 

General:

PEGI will manage each Subject Project Company in accordance with the Sponsor Service Agreement.

 

PEGI shall have the right to provide management operations and maintenance services and project administration services to each Subject Project Company on customary arm’s-length terms pursuant to the Project Administration Agreement and Management, Operation and Maintenance Services Agreement in effect at the time of PSP’s investment in the Subject Project Company

 

Subject to the PSP consent rights, PEGI will have full discretion to manage each Subject Project Company. Other than the PSP consent rights, PSP shall have no governance rights with respect to the Subject Project Companies.

 

Project Company Funding: Any equity requirements at the Subject Project Company shall be funded pro rata by all equity owners, and any deficiency in funding shall be significantly dilutive for a non-funding party.
Distributions:

The Subject Project Company shall provide for ordinary distributions to equity of all cash flows available for distribution unless PEGI and PSP both agree to structure distributions for such project company in a more tax-efficient method. As far as it is legally permissible, the Subject Project Company should periodically distribute all net cash flows to its owners on a pro-rata basis to their ownership, subject to retaining sufficient cash reserves to meet the Subject Project Company’s reasonably foreseeable needs in relation to: existing or reasonably foreseeable obligations; solvency; and the current annual budget (including all agreed retention, capital expenditures and reserves).

 

PSP Consent Rights: With respect to each Subject Project Company that is acquired by PEGI and PSP pursuant to a Joint Acquisition, PSP’s consent will be required for the following matters:
  (a) Any amendment of the articles, equivalent constituting document or bylaws of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries), other than (i) as required by the applicable third-party partnership agreement, or (ii) amendments that are required by law or are of a clerical or “housekeeping” nature;

 

 

 

1 Where applicable, references to PEGI and PSP are to the PEGI and PSP entity, respectively, that owns the applicable Subject Project Company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)     (i) the incorporation or acquisition of a Subsidiary of the Subject Project Company or the disposition of any shares of a Subsidiary of the Subject Project Company, (ii) the Subject Project Company or a Subsidiary thereof entering into any partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement with any other Person, or (iii) the purchase of any business by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) or acquisition by stock or purchase by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person;

 

(c)    the sale (or entry into of binding agreements to that effect), lease, exchange or other disposition of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) assets of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) that would result in a material adverse effect on the power generation of the applicable project, or the granting of an option or right to such effect;

 

(d)     initiating or otherwise participating in voluntary winding-up or bankruptcy Proceedings of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries);

 

(e)     any merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the entering into of any agreement, arrangement or understanding to merge, amalgamate or consolidate, the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) with any Person;

 

(f)     any change to the equity capital structure of the Subject Project Company (whether by subdivision, consolidation or reclassification), the issuance or allotment of any equity or the granting of any right, option or privilege to acquire any equity or the redemption or repurchase by the Subject Project Company of any equity, other than (i) as contemplated in this Project Governance Framework including any purchase rights or equity dilutions provisions (including to fund non-discretionary expenses or amounts necessary to comply with legal obligations), (ii) as contemplated under applicable third-party partnership agreements, or (iii) amendments that are required by law or are of a clerical or “housekeeping” nature;

 

(g)     the taking or institution of any Proceedings for the continuance, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or dissolution of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) in each case under applicable debtor relief laws, other than as required by Applicable Law;

 

(h)     (i) any incurrence of any indebtedness by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) for borrowed money or

 

 

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granting of any lien or security interest by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of any indebtedness for borrowed money, including any financing or refinancing, that is not in existence as of the date of the closing of the applicable Joint Acquisition, other than (A) in the case of an amendment to or refinancing of existing indebtedness of the Subject Project Company, where the amended or refinanced indebtedness would not result in a capital call or be in excess of the total amount of the existing indebtedness outstanding at the time of the refinancing that would be amended or extinguished by the refinancing plus all applicable fees, costs and expenses including breakage costs incurred in connection with such new financing or the repayment of the existing indebtedness; or (B) indebtedness of less than 2% of the book value of assets of the Subject Project Company that is required to meet the Subject Project Company’s obligations that cannot reasonably be expected to be met with project distributable cash flow or that can be satisfied with the posting of a letter of credit or other security, (ii) making any loan for borrowed money or entering into any external borrowing arrangements where the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) acts as a lender, (iii) the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) entering into any derivative transaction or amending in any material manner or terminating any derivative transaction other than in connection with a transaction described in clauses (i)(A) or (i)(B) above and other than short-term energy hedge, renewable attributes and/or capacity transactions, or (iv) any incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money or granting of any security interest or entering into any other borrowing arrangements, in each case by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) with any related party;

 

(i)    the repayment of any loan or advance made by a related party to the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries), other than in accordance with the terms agreed upon at the time the loan or advance was made;

 

(j)    the granting of any security on the assets of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) other than (i) under a financing that is otherwise permitted pursuant to this Project Governance Framework, or (ii) customary liens created in the operation of the Subject Project Company (such as liens for trade payables, mechanics, suppliers and warehouse liens, capital leases and tax liens);

 

(k)  the guarantee or indemnification by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of, or the grant of security by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) for, the debts or obligations of any third party, in each case other than customary guarantees or indemnitees

 

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         arising out of the ordinary course of business of the Subject Project Company;

 

(l)    the guarantee or indemnification by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of, or the grant of security by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) for, the debts or obligations of any related party;

 

(m)   any change to the distribution policy of the Subject Project Company agreed at the time of investment (or as amended by mutual agreement);

 

(n)   the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) entering into (on or after the date of PSP’s investment), causing the early termination of, or making material amendments to (i) any Material Contract, (ii) applicable third-party partnership agreements, or (iii) any related-party Contracts, including the Management, Operation and Maintenance Services Agreement (" MOMA ") and Project Administration Agreement (" PAA "), except (x) in each case for new contracts, terminations and/or amendments that are required by law or to avoid a material default by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) or otherwise preserve material rights of a Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) under a Material Contract and (y) in the case of clause (ii), as is required to give effect to the exercise of options or rights under such agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any new related party Contracts which PEGI proposes, PEGI shall provide written notice to PSP setting out details of the scope of services to be provided by PEGI or such other related party under such new Contract and the corresponding fees payable to PEGI or such other related party thereunder. Within thirty (30) calendar days of such a notice, PSP may object to such new Contract on the ground that either the scope of services to be provided is not reasonable or that the proposed fees payable are not within the range of “market fees” (factoring in the proposed scope). If PSP timely objects, then the matter shall be referred to a dispute resolution process (such process to include mediation through progressively senior levels of each of PSP and PEGI following which the matter shall be referred to an independent third party expert reasonably selected by PSP, who shall determine if the scope of services to be provided is not reasonable or that the proposed fees payable are not within the range of “market fees” (factoring in the proposed scope)). If PSP does not timely object to the proposed new Contract, or if the independent third party expert so determines that the proposed scope of services is reasonable and the fees payable are within the range of “market fees”, then PEGI shall be permitted to cause the applicable new

 

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        Contract to be so entered into.

 

(o)   the approval by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of any capital expenditure or series of related capital expenditures in excess of 2% of the book value of the assets of the applicable Subject Project Company, other than as necessary to comply with Applicable Law, address a safety emergency or casualty or maintain an insurance policy relating to the applicable Subject Project Company;

 

(p)   the initiation or settlement by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of any material litigation or material administrative Proceeding;

 

(q)    the appointment and removal/replacement of auditors of the Subject Project Company, other than when such appointment, removal or replacement of auditors is designed to have the auditor of the Subject Project Company be the same as PEGI’s auditor;

 

(r)    the adoption of and changes to employee benefits arrangements or schemes of the Subject Project Company (or its Subsidiaries), subject to customary materiality thresholds reasonable for an Entity of the same size and nature as the Subject Project Company;

 

(s)    the creation, modification or termination by the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of any plan for the purchase of equity or other securities through the award of options to purchase equity, including a stock option plan or similar program;

 

(t)    any change to the accounting methods of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) or to the Fiscal Year-end, other than (i) when such change to the accounting methods of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) or to the Fiscal Year-end is designed to conform to the accounting methods or Fiscal Year-end of PEGI or (ii) to comply with GAAP;

 

(u)   any significant change in the scope or nature of the business of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) and the entering into any Contract, agreement or commitment that would result in a significant change in the scope or nature of the business of the Subject Project Company (or any of its Subsidiaries); and

 

(v)   seeking to launch an initial public offering or the admission to trading on a recognized stock exchange of the whole or any part of the Subject Project Company’s (or any of its Subsidiaries) issued securities.

 

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Sell Down/Transferability:

The consent rights described above will not be transferable with PSP’s ownership interest in a Subject Project Company, except for transfers to Permitted Transferees or the transferee from PSP of 100% of PSP’s initial ownership interest in a Subject Project Company. If PSP transfers less than all of its ownership interest in a Subject Project Company, PSP shall retain full authority to exercise its surviving consent rights, but appropriate provisions may be included in the applicable transfer agreement as to PSP consulting with the transferee prior to exercise of such consent rights.

 

PSP’s consent rights will terminate when PSP and its Permitted Transferees own 25% or less of the outstanding ownership interests in such Subject Project Company (or in the Person through which PEGI and PSP acquire their ownership interest in a Subject Project Company where PEGI and PSP are not the only owners); provided that PSP shall be entitled to transfer its consent rights to an acquirer of 100% of its initial ownership interest in the Subject Project Company and such transferee’s consent rights will terminate when such transferee owns 25% or less of the outstanding ownership interests in such Subject Project Company (or in the Person through which PEGI and PSP acquire their ownership interest in a Subject Project Company where PEGI and PSP are not the only owners).

 

Limitations on Transfer

 

Limitations on Transfer:

In no event shall PSP transfer all or part of its ownership interest in a Subject Project Company to any Person that directly or indirectly (including through Affiliates) develops or operates wind power, solar power or (if and only if the applicable Subject Project Company includes a power transmission project other than a dedicated GEN-TIE) power transmission projects (collectively, the “ Competitive Activities ”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, PSP shall be permitted to transfer all or part of its ownership interest in a Subject Project Company to a pension fund, investment fund, pooled investment vehicle, insurance company or institutional investor that is directly or indirectly engaged in Competitive Activities through another Person (including through an Affiliate) provided that (i) the transferee’s primary business activity is not its direct or indirect ownership of such Person, and (ii) such transfer shall not be to the Person that is directly engaged in Competitive Activities.

 

“transfer” means to sell, assign, dispose of, exchange, pledge,

 

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Encumber, hypothecate or otherwise transfer the applicable Subject Project Interest or any participation or interest therein, whether directly or indirectly (including pursuant to a derivative transaction), or agree or commit to do any of the foregoing; provided that neither the granting by any Person of a lien to a bona fide third party lender as collateral security for the obligations of such Person to such lender, or any action by such a lender to foreclose on any such lien, shall be deemed a transfer of the applicable Subject Project Interest, except that the sale by such a lender of the applicable Subject Project Interest to a third party, whether in a foreclosure sale or otherwise, shall constitute a transfer.

 

Any transferee that acquires all or any portion of PSP’s interest in a Subject Project Company shall be required to provide to PEGI undertakings at least as favorable to PEGI as those set forth in Section 4.01.

 

Transfers to Affiliates: PSP and PEGI shall be entitled to transfer all or part of their ownership interests in a Subject Project Company to one or more of their Controlled Affiliates; provided that any such transferee shall agree to be bound by the same restrictions applicable to PSP or PEGI, as applicable.
Drag-Along Rights:

Subject to first complying with its obligations under the heading “Right of First Offer”, at any time, if PEGI and/or any of its Permitted Transferees (together, a “ Pattern Seller ”) desires to effect a bona fide transfer of all (but not less than all) of its direct and indirect ownership interests in a Subject Project Company whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions (the “ Drag Sale Interests ” and, any such transactions or series of related transactions, a “ Drag Along Sale ”) to any Person who deals at arm’s length with such Pattern Seller, other than a Permitted Transferee, for cash then the Pattern Seller shall (in its sole discretion) be permitted to deliver written notice to PSP or its Permitted Transferees of such Drag Along Sale no later than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the anticipated date of consummation of such Drag Along Sale (the “ Drag Along Notice ”). Such Drag Along Notice shall (i) identify the purchaser, the purchase price per security therefor and a summary of the other material terms and conditions of the proposed Drag Along Sale and (ii) be accompanied by forms of all agreements (including any schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto) to be entered into by or on behalf or for the account or otherwise for the benefit of the Pattern Seller, as applicable, in connection with the Drag Along Sale. Following receipt of the Drag Along Notice, PSP shall be obligated to sell to the purchaser all of PSP’s direct and indirect ownership interest in the applicable Subject Project Company at the same purchase price per security, and otherwise on the same terms therefor and subject to the same conditions thereto, as the Pattern Seller. Neither the Pattern Seller nor any Controlled Affiliate thereof shall have entered into

 

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  any collateral agreement, commitment or understanding with the purchaser or its affiliates that has or would have the effect of providing to the Pattern Seller or any such Controlled Affiliate consideration of greater value than the consideration offered pursuant to the Drag Along Sale; provided that such restriction shall not apply to any commercial agreement in effect at the time of such transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the MOMA and PAA) that was entered into in accordance with the PSP Consent Rights.  PSP shall not be required to make any representations or warranties with respect to the Drag Along Sale other than customary fundamental representations and warranties as to ownership, title and due authorization and PSP shall be solely responsible for the accuracy of such representations and warranties (and shall not have any liability for any such fundamental representations and warranties of PEGI).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, PSP shall only be responsible for any indemnification obligations, escrow amounts and holdback amounts in connection with the Drag Along Sale (including with respect to any representations and warranties made by PEGI (other than the fundamental representations and warranties referred to above)) on a several and proportionate (and not joint and several basis) in accordance with its ownership interests in the Subject Project Company relative to the Pattern Seller.  PSP shall not be required to enter into or be bound by any non-compete or similar restrictive covenants in connection with any Drag Along Sale.  PSP and its Permitted Transferees shall be obligated to, and hereby do, waive any dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights or similar rights in connection with any Drag Along Sale. If, substantially concurrently with the closing of a Drag-Along Sale the purchaser in such transaction terminates or agrees to terminate the MOMA and/or PAA, PEGI will waive any termination fees payable under the terminated MOMA or PAA, as applicable.
Tag-Along Rights: Subject to first complying with its obligations under the heading “Right of First Offer”, at any time, if a Pattern Seller desires to effect a bona fide transfer of some or all of its direct or indirect ownership interests in a Subject Project Company whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions (the “ Tag Sale Interests ” and, any such transactions or series of related transactions, a “ Tag Along Sale ”) to any Person who deals at arm’s length with such Pattern Seller, other than a Permitted Transferee, (a “ Tag Along Purchaser ”), then the Pattern Seller shall be required to provide PSP with at least thirty (30) calendar days’ prior written notice (the “ Tag Along Notice ”) of such proposed Tag Along Sale.  Such Tag Along Notice shall (A) identify the Tag Along Purchaser, the amount of ownership interests in the applicable Subject Project Company proposed to be transferred by the Pattern Seller, the percentage of the then-issued and outstanding ownership interests in such Subject Project Company that such proposed transfer represents, the price per security therefor, and a summary of the other material terms

 

 

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  and conditions of the proposed Tag Along Sale and (B) be accompanied by forms of all agreements (including any schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto) to be entered into by or on behalf or for the account or otherwise for the benefit of the Pattern Seller in connection with the proposed transfer.  Within twenty (20) calendar days following receipt by PSP of the Tag Along Notice, PSP may, by providing written notice (which notice shall be deemed to be irrevocable when sent) (the “ Tag Along Acceptance Notice ”) to the Pattern Seller, elect to transfer to the Tag Along Purchaser, as part of the Tag Along Sale, an amount of ownership interests in the Subject Project Company owned by PSP (the “ Tagging Interests ”) up to the total amount of issued and outstanding ownership interests in the applicable Subject Project Company proposed to be transferred to the Tag Along Purchaser pursuant to the Tag Along Sale multiplied by a ratio, the numerator of which is PSP’s ownership percentage in such Subject Project Company and the denominator of which is the total amount of issued and outstanding ownership interests in such Subject Project Company, at the same purchase price per security as the Pattern Seller and otherwise on the same terms therefor and subject to the same conditions thereto.  Neither the Pattern Seller nor any Controlled Affiliate thereof shall have entered into any collateral agreement, commitment or understanding with the Tag Along Purchaser or its affiliates that has or would have the effect of providing to the Pattern Seller or any such Controlled Affiliate consideration of greater value than the consideration offered pursuant to the Tag Along Sale; provided that such restriction shall not apply to any commercial agreement in effect at the time of such transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the MOMA and PAA) that was entered into in accordance with the PSP Consent Rights.  If the Tag Along Purchaser does not accept all of the Tagging Interests tendered by PSP, then PEGI shall have the option to either (i) proportionately reduce the number of Tag Sale Interests and Tagging Interests to account for the maximum number of ownership interests that the Tag Along Purchaser is willing to purchase or (ii) abandon the Tag Along Sale.  If PSP does not deliver a Tag Along Acceptance Notice within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of the Tag Along Notice, PSP shall be deemed to have waived its rights with respect to the transfer of its ownership interests in the Subject Project Company pursuant to the applicable Tag Along Sale and the Pattern Seller shall have until one hundred eighty (180) days after the expiration of such twenty (20) calendar day period after the date of the Tag Along Notice in which to transfer the ownership interests described in the Tag Along Notice on terms not materially more favorable (in the aggregate) to the Pattern Seller than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice.  If at the end of such one hundred eighty (180) day period the Pattern Seller shall not have completed the transfer of all of the Pattern Seller’s ownership interests contemplated to be transferred in the Tag Along Notice (reduced to account for any

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  Tagging Interests (if any) and all Tagging Interests (if any)), then PSP’s tag along rights shall again apply with respect to any such unsold ownership interests.
Right of First Offer: If either PSP or PEGI (as applicable, the “ ROFO Offeree ”) desires to transfer all or any portion of its ownership interests in a Subject Project Company to any Person who deals at arm’s length with such ROFO Offeree, other than to a Permitted Transferee, the ROFO Offeree shall give PSP or PEGI, as applicable (the “ ROFO Offeror ”) written notice setting forth the details of the ownership interest to be transferred (the “ Subject Ownership Interest ”) and any other material terms of the proposed transfer reasonably known or anticipated by the ROFO Offeree (a “ ROFO Notice ”).  Within forty-five (45) calendar days after delivery of a ROFO Notice, the ROFO Offeror shall either: (i) deliver a written offer to the ROFO Offeree to purchase the Subject Ownership Interest (a “ ROFO Offer ”) or (ii) deliver a written notice to the ROFO Offeree that the ROFO Offeror will not make a ROFO Offer (a “ ROFO Declination ”).  If the ROFO Offeror fails to deliver either a ROFO Offer or a ROFO Declination within such sixty (60)-day period, the ROFO Offeror will be deemed to have delivered a ROFO Declination.  Unless a ROFO Offer is accepted pursuant to written notice from the ROFO Offeree to the ROFO Offeror within ten (10) calendar days following the delivery of a ROFO Offer (the “ ROFO Acceptance Period ”), such ROFO Offer shall be deemed to have been rejected by the ROFO Offeree. In the event that the ROFO Offeree validly rejects a ROFO Offer or the ROFO Offeror delivers or is deemed to have delivered a ROFO Declination, subject to complying with its obligations under the heading “Tag-Along Rights”, the ROFO Offeree shall be free to transfer the applicable Subject Ownership Interest to any Person; provided that in the event the ROFO Offeror has previously delivered a ROFO Offer that was rejected by the ROFO Offeree, the ROFO Offeree shall only be permitted to enter into a definitive agreement to transfer the applicable Subject Ownership Interest (A) during the nine month period following the expiration of the ROFO Acceptance Period, (B) at a price greater than or equal to 105% of the price offered in the ROFO Offer and (C) on terms and conditions (economic and otherwise) that are not materially less favorable (in the aggregate) to the ROFO Offeree than the terms and conditions set forth in the ROFO Offer.  If at the end of such nine month period the ROFO Offeree shall not have completed the transfer of the Subject Ownership Interest, then it shall once again be required to comply with this ROFO provision. If a ROFO offer is accepted during the ROFO Acceptance Period the ROFO Offeror shall acquire the Subject Ownership Interest, and the ROFO Offeree shall transfer the Subject Ownership Interest to the ROFO Offeror at the price set forth in the ROFO Offer; provided that neither party shall be required to provide any representations or warranties with respect to such transfer other than customary fundamental representations and warranties as to

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  ownership, title and due authorization.

 

 

 

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Miscellaneous

Information Rights:

PSP shall be entitled to receive periodic operational reporting with respect to each Subject Project Company consistent with the reporting provided to project lenders and tax equity. Such reporting to include, at a minimum, the following:

 

 

·      a reasonably detailed budget on an annual basis;

 

·      a reasonably detailed operating report, on a quarterly basis, including summary environmental, health and safety information, as applicable;

 

·      actual financial and operational results data and reforecasting (if applicable), in each case on a quarterly basis;

 

·      a distribution forecast (including calculations of debt services coverage ratio and forecasted distributions to partners (including tax equity partners), on a quarterly basis;

 

·      unaudited financial statements (that do not include footnotes), within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter;

 

·      audited financial statements (to the extent prepared and required under financing arrangements), within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year. If no audited financial statements are prepared then PSP shall have the right to request an audit of the applicable Subject Project Company, in which case PEGI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause audited financial statements to be prepared (at PSP’s sole cost and expense) in an expeditious manner; and

 

·      Such other items as PSP may be reasonably request from time to time.

 

PSP shall be entitled (at its sole cost and expense) to have auditors engaged by PSP review, subject to such auditors agreeing to comply with customary confidentiality restrictions, any financial statements prepared in respect of each Subject Project Company and all books and records and working papers related thereto; provided that any such reviews shall be scheduled upon reasonable advance notice by PSP and shall occur during normal business hours and shall be conducted in a manner not to unreasonably interfere with the business and operations of the applicable Subject Project Company or PEGI and its Affiliates.

 

Where the right to conduct any such review are subject to obligations of PEGI (or its Affiliates) or the Subject Project Company (or its Subsidiaries) to, or limitations imposed by, any joint venture partners or contractual counterparties of the applicable Subject Project Company (or its Subsidiaries), PSP’s

 

 

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  review rights will be subject to all such limitations and to full compliance by PEGI and PSP of all such obligations.
Corporate Opportunities, Waiver of Fiduciary Duties, Etc.: To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, no member, director, officer or partner (or equivalent) of any Subject Project Company will have any fiduciary duties to any equity holder of such Subject Project Company, including as may result from a conflict of interest between any of PEGI, PSP and the Subject Project Company.  No JV Participant shall be obligated to recommend or take any action in its, his or her capacity as a director or officer of a Subject Project Company that prefers the interests of the Subject Project Company or the other JV Participant over the interests of such JV Participant.
Tax Considerations Each of PEGI and PSP shall bear its pro rata share of any obligation or payment due to one or more third parties on account of the breach of any existing tax representations made, or tax indemnities given, to tax equity partners (other than tax equity partners that are Affiliates of PEGI, Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0) relating to U.S. federal, state or local taxes with respect to any existing United States Subject Project Company (any such obligations or payment, a “ U.S. Tax Loss ”). PSP shall have the right to consult with PEGI and its Affiliates with respect to any claim regarding a U.S. Tax Loss in excess of $100,000 (such claim, a “ Significant U.S. Tax Claim ”) and to participate fully in any negotiation, discussion, legal proceeding or other attempt to resolve a Significant U.S. Tax Claim. Neither PEGI nor any of its Affiliates shall settle, compromise or concede any portion of a Significant U.S. Tax Claim without the prior written consent of PSP. PEGI or an Affiliate of PEGI shall be the “tax matters partner” or the “partnership representative” (each as defined under the applicable section of the Code) of any joint venture vehicle that is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and shall be given full faith and authority to manage the U.S. tax affairs of such joint venture vehicle to the fullest extent permitted by Law. Each of PEGI and PSP agrees that it shall take into account and report any adjustment to its U.S. tax items as notified by the “tax matters partner” or the “partnership representative,” as applicable, on behalf of any such joint venture vehicle in the manner required by Applicable Law, whether or not it owns an interest or remains a member or partner in the relevant joint venture vehicle in the year of such notification of adjustment.
D&O Indemnity:

The Governing Documents will include customary D&O indemnification provisions, which shall provide for customary expense advancement and exculpation.

 

Governing Law: New York.

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EXHIBIT E

 

CONSTRUCTION FINANCING TERMS

 

Acquisition Equity Bridge FACILITY

 

INDICATIVE SUMMARY OF BASIC Terms and STRUCTURE

 


1.          Facility

An acquisition bridge debt facility (“Facility”) in respect of an equity interest in a project that either:

 

(i)             has been acquired jointly by PEGI and PSP as a Joint Acquisition or from a third-party (an “Acquired Interest”, and PEGI’s share the “PEGI Acquired Interest”); or

 

(ii)            is a Joint Acquisition that has been agreed to be acquired in the future by PEGI and PSP (a “Committed Acquisition”).

 

2.          Lender PSP (or an Affiliate)
3.          Borrower

A single-purpose holdco entity that is either:

 

(i)             an Affiliate of PEGI that holds the PEGI Acquired Interest; or

 

(ii)            in the case of a Committed Acquisition, an Affiliate of Pattern Development 1.0 or Pattern Development 2.0 (whichever is the Subject Project Interest Seller) that holds the Subject Project Interest.

 

4.          Sponsor PEGI, Pattern Development 1.0, or Pattern Development 2.0, whichever (indirectly) holds the PEGI Acquired Interest or the Subject Project Interest.
5.          Security / Recourse

Loan s under the Facility (“Loans”) will be secured by a pledge of the Sponsor’s equity interest in the Borrower and will thus be structurally subordinated to the senior project construction financing.

 

Certain indemnities may also be provided by the Sponsor, corresponding to the allocation of construction risk in the applicable purchase and sale agreement for the Acquired Interest or the Committed Acquisition.

 

Otherwise the Facility will be non-recourse to the Sponsor. The Sponsor will retain the right to make unlimited injections of equity to cure events of default.

 

6.          Sizing

The Facility will be sized at 100% of either:

 

(i)             in the case of an Acquired Interest, the agreed purchase price for the PEGI Acquired Interest; or

 

(ii)           in the case of a Committed Acquisition, the required construction equity investment in the project.

 

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7.         Use of Proceeds

The proceeds of the Loans will be used to fund either:

 

(i)             PEGI’s acquisition of the PEGI Acquired Interest or a distribution to PEGI to reimburse the cost of the PEGI Acquired Interest; or

 

(ii)            in the case of a Committed Acquisition, a distribution to the Sponsor after the project construction equity investment has been fully funded.

 

8.         Interest & Fees

The Loans will bear interest at a fixed rate that is equal to the 25-year after-tax internal rate of return for the Acquired Interest or Committed Acquisition, per the financial model established on the signing date of the applicable purchase and sale agreement.

 

In the case of an Acquired Interest, interest on the Loans may be paid quarterly in cash or capitalized into the balance of the Loans, at the Borrower’s election.

 

In the case of a Committed Acquisition, interest will be paid quarterly in cash.

 

No upfront fees or commitment fees will be payable.

 

9.         Reserve Requirements None.
10.      Repayment

The Loans will be repaid:

 

(i)     via a sweep of project cash distributions received by the Borrower; no distributions from the Borrower to the Sponsor will be permitted; and

 

(ii)     in full upon Maturity (see Section 11); and

 

(iii)   in the case of a Committed Acquisition, upon divestiture of the Subject Project Interest or the Borrower, by the Sponsor.

 

No scheduled amortization of the Loans will be required. The Loans may be voluntarily prepaid in full or in part, at any time, at the Borrower’s election.

 

11.      Maturity The Facility will mature 12 months after COD of the project.
12.      Conditions Precedent to Closing Conditions precedent (and Borrower representations and warranties) will be consistent with those given by the Sponsor under the applicable purchase and sale agreement.    

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EXHIBIT F  

MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

For each Subject Project Interest jointly acquired by PSP and PEGI “Material Contracts” shall mean Contracts of the following types:

 

i. any lease or other type of agreement granting long-term real property tenure rights that is material to the Project, taken as a whole.

 

ii. applicable third-party partnership agreements (including agreements with tax equity partners).

 

iii. the engineering, procurement and construction agreement, balance-of-plant construction contract or similar agreement and related guarantee (but only to the extent adversely affecting the warranty provisions thereof).

 

iv. the turbine supply agreement or similar material equipment supply agreement and related guarantee (but only to the extent adversely affecting the warranty provisions thereof).

 

v. the service and maintenance agreement or similar agreement entered into in respect of the wind turbines or any other material equipment.

 

vi. long-term power purchase agreement, long-term energy hedge agreement or similar agreement entered into with any off-taker to purchase electricity or other products from the Subject Project Company.

 

vii. the interconnection agreement.

 

viii. agreements evidencing indebtedness of the types described in clause (h) under “PSP Consent Rights” in Exhibit D; provided that agreements evidencing indebtedness that PEGI is permitted to incur without PSP’s consent under such clause (h) shall not require PSP’s consent under clause (n) under “PSP Consent Rights” in Exhibit D.

 

ix. any other Contract that affects the Operating Period to which any Subject Project Company jointly acquired by PSP and PEGI or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which such Person, or any of its assets is bound and that:

 

1. limits the freedom of any Subject Project Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or granting “most favored nation” or similar status, in a manner that is material to the Project, taken as a whole;

 

2. is with Seller or any of its Affiliates that is material to the Project, taken as a whole; or

 

3. the entry into or loss of which would result in a material adverse effect.

 

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For purposes of this Exhibit F, "Project" means the power generation, storage or transmission facility or project owned by a Subject Project Company jointly acquired by PSP and PEGI.

 

 

 

 

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 Exhibit 10.7

 

 EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

SPONSOR SERVICES AGREEMENT


between

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.

and

PUBLIC SERVICE PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD






Dated as of June 16, 2017

 

 

 EXECUTION VERSION

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

Article 1

Definitions

Section 1.01.    Definitions . 1
Section 1.02.    Construction . 1

Article 2

Engagement of PEGI

Section 2.01.    Engagement of PEGI . 2
Section 2.02.    Relationship . 2
Section 2.03.    PSP Project Entities. 2

Article 3

Term and Renewal

Section 3.01.    Term . 3
Section 3.02.    Renewal. 3

Article 4

Scope of Services

Section 4.01.    Services . 3
Section 4.02.    Third Party Service Providers . 3
Section 4.03.    Service Changes. 4

Article 5

Representation and Warranties

Section 5.01.    General . 4
Section 5.02.    PEGI Representations . 5

Article 6

Fees and Cost Reimbursement

Section 6.01.    Remuneration . 5
Section 6.02.    Reimbursable Expenses. 6
Section 6.03.    Payment Procedure . 7
Section 6.04.    PSP Access and Audit Rights . 8
Section 6.05.    Set-Off . 8

Article 7

PEGI Property

Section 7.01.    PEGI Property . 9
Section 7.02.    Further Assurances . 9

 

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Article 8

Indemnification

Section 8.01.    Indemnification by PEGI . 9
Section 8.02.    Indemnification by PSP . 10
Section 8.03.    Indemnification Procedure . 10
Section 8.04.    Trustee and Agent . 11
Section 8.05.    Survival . 11

Article 9

Termination

Section 9.01.    Termination by Either Party . 11
Section 9.02.    Termination by PSP . 12
Section 9.03.    Termination by PEGI . 13
Section 9.04.    Termination for Convenience . 13
Section 9.05.    Completion of Services at End of Term . 14

Article 10

Standard of Performance

Section 10.01.    Prudent Service Provider Standard . 14

Article 11

Limitations of Liability

Section 11.01.    Total Limitation of Liability . 14
Section 11.02.    Waiver of Consequential Damages . 15
Section 11.03.    General . 15

Article 12

Notices

Article 13

Confidentiality

Section 13.01.    General Confidential Information . 16
Section 13.02.    Limited Disclosure of Confidential Information . 17

Article 14

Dispute Resolution

Section 14.01.    Procedure . 17

Article 15

Miscellaneous

Section 15.01.    Execution . 18
Section 15.02.    Governing Law . 18
Section 15.03.    Amendments, Supplements, Etc . 19

 

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Section 15.04.    Headings . 19
Section 15.05.    Assignment . 19
Section 15.06.    Successors and Assigns . 20
Section 15.07.    Waiver . 20
Section 15.08.    Severability . 20
Section 15.09.    Construction . 20
Section 15.10.    Entire Agreement . 20
Section 15.11.    No Third-Party Beneficiaries . 20
Section 15.12.    Currency . 20
Section 15.13.    Survival . 20
Section 15.14.    Change in Law or Agreemen t. 20

 

A - Schedule of Definitions
B - Services
C - Jointly Owned Companies
D - Form of Accession Agreement

 

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SPONSOR SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This SPONSOR SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 16, 2017 is between PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (“ PEGI ”), PUBLIC SERVICE PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD, an Entity having its registered office at 1250 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Suite 1400, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 5E9, Canada (“ PSP ”) and each PSP Project Entity that may become a party to this Agreement from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. PSP, PEGI and each PSP Project Entity are sometimes referred to in this Agreement individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties ”.

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and PEGI have entered into that certain Joint Venture Agreement (the “ Joint Venture Agreement ”), dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to which, among other things, PSP and PEGI have agreed to a framework (the “ Joint Acquisition Framework ”) governing the acquisition and/or ownership of certain Subject Project Companies (as defined in the Joint Venture Agreement) that may from time to time be jointly owned by PEGI or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and a PSP Project Entity on the other (each, a “ Jointly Owned Company ”);

 

WHEREAS, PSP, for and on behalf of each PSP Project Entity, wishes to engage PEGI, and PEGI wishes to accept such engagement, to provide certain mutually agreed services to each PSP Project Entity with respect to the administration of the Joint Acquisition Framework and the Jointly Owned Companies, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

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

 

Article 1
Definitions

 

Section 1.01.       Definitions . As used in this Agreement, including the Recitals, all capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings given to them in this Agreement and in the Schedule of Definitions attached as Exhibit A .Section 1.02.       Construction . All references herein to any agreement shall be to such agreement as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms. All references to a particular Entity shall include a reference to such Entity’s successors and permitted assigns. The words “ herein ”, “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ” shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subsection of this Agreement. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa. The words “ includes ” or “ including ” shall be deemed to mean “ including, without limitation ” or the correlative meaning. All exhibits and schedules to this Agreement are

 

 

hereby incorporated herein by reference and considered a part of this Agreement for all purposes.

 

Article 2
Engagement of PEGI

 

Section 2.01.       Engagement of PEGI . PSP, for and on behalf of each PSP Project Entity, hereby engages PEGI as an independent contractor to provide the Services as set forth in this Agreement with respect to each of the Jointly Owned Companies listed on Exhibit C . PEGI accepts such engagement and agrees to perform such duties in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Parties agree that Exhibit C shall automatically be amended to include any newly acquired or Jointly Owned Companies or any additional Projects acquired by any Jointly Owned Company. If any Project is held by a PSP Project Entity indirectly through more than one intermediary entity, then the definition of “Jointly Owned Company” shall be deemed to include such intermediary entities and the definition of Services shall be deemed to include services to such intermediary entities, to the extent reasonably required.

 

Section 2.02.       Relationship . This Agreement is intended to create certain contractual rights and obligations between the Parties and is not intended, and the Parties agree that it does not, constitute any Party as the partner, agent or fiduciary of the other Party for any purpose or create any partnership, agency, fiduciary or other similar relationship or association of profit among the Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, employees, subcontractors, vendors or suppliers, or any of their respective employees, and neither Party shall have any partnership, agency, fiduciary or other similar duties, liabilities or obligations to the other Party or any of its Affiliates, employees, subcontractors, vendors or suppliers, or any of their respective employees, relating to or arising from this Agreement. Neither PEGI nor any of its Affiliates, employees, subcontractors, vendors or suppliers, or any of their respective employees shall be deemed to be employees or servants of PSP or any PSP Project Entity as a result of this Agreement or of performing any Services hereunder, and no such Person shall, as a result of entering into this Agreement or of performing any Services hereunder, have the right, authority, obligation or duty to assume, create or incur any liability or obligation, express or implied, against, in the name of, or on behalf of PSP or any PSP Project Entity, except to the extent expressly contemplated by and in accordance with this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, except as contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement and any ancillary agreements contemplated thereby, each Party, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, waives and renounces any right, interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to it or its Affiliates or of which it or its Affiliates gains knowledge.

 

Section 2.03.       PSP Project Entities. The PSP Project Entity that holds a direct interest in a Jointly Owned Company shall execute and deliver to PEGI an accession agreement, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit D, pursuant to which such PSP Project Entity agrees to be bound as a PSP Project Entity pursuant to this Agreement (an “ Accession Agreement ”). If a PSP Project Entity executes an Accession Agreement, then PSP shall have no obligations or liabilities relating to such Jointly Owned Company,

 

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whether such obligations and liabilities arose prior to or after the date that the Accession Agreement was executed and delivered to PEGI.

 

Article 3
Term and Renewal

 

Section 3.01.       Term . The term of this Agreement (the “ Term ”) shall commence on the date first set forth above (“ Commencement Date ”) and, subject to termination pursuant to Article 9 , shall continue with respect to PSP and PEGI until the expiration of the last Jointly Owned Company Service Period and, with respect to a PSP Project Entity, shall continue until the expiration of the Jointly Owned Company Service Period for the Jointly Owned Company in which such PSP Project Entity holds an interest. PEGI shall provide the Services to each Jointly Owned Company for the period commencing on the closing of a transaction resulting in the acquisition or formation of a Jointly Owned Company or the closing of an acquisition of a Project by a Jointly Owned Company and ending on the latter of (x) the twenty-fifth anniversary of such date and (y) the twenty-fifth anniversary of the commercial operation date of the Project held by such Jointly Owned Company (an “ Initial Jointly Owned Company Service Period ”); provided that in no case shall an Initial Jointly Owned Company Service Period extend beyond the estimated useful life of the relevant Project as set forth in the applicable Financial Model.

 

Section 3.02.       Renewal. Upon a written notice of renewal delivered by PSP or the relevant PSP Project Entity to PEGI at least twelve (12) months prior to the scheduled expiration of any Initial Jointly Owned Company Service Period, such period shall be extended on the same terms and conditions for a five (5) year period or such shorter period as may determined by PSP or the relevant PSP Project Entity, subject to termination pursuant to Article 9 (the Initial Jointly Owned Company Service Period plus any such extension being the “ Jointly Owned Company Service Period ”). For the avoidance of doubt, if multiple Projects are held by a Jointly Owned Company, a separate Jointly Owned Company Service Period shall apply to each such Project.

 

Article 4
Scope of Services

 

Section 4.01.       Services . PEGI agrees to provide the services described in Exhibit B to each PSP Project Entity with respect to each Jointly Owned Company and, subject to Section 4.03 , such other services as mutually agreed by the Parties (collectively the “ Services ”), during each applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period or for such lesser period of time during the Term as specified in Exhibit B .

 

Section 4.02.       Third Party Service Providers . The Parties acknowledge that, in connection with the Services, PEGI may engage certain third party service or other providers that any Jointly Owned Company would otherwise directly engage (i) if less than $25,000 (or the equivalent thereof if such amount is not expressed in U.S. dollars) in value (and, in case of agreements to be made on a regular and periodic basis with the same Person, $25,000 (or the equivalent thereof if such amount is not expressed in U.S. dollars) in accumulative value of such agreements covering any 12-month period),

 

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subject to an aggregate cap of $100,000 (or the equivalent thereof if any such amounts are not expressed in U.S. dollars) in any 12-month period for services provided to any individual Jointly Owned Company or (ii) upon receipt of written approval from PSP or a PSP Project Entity (which approval shall be at PSP’s or such PSP Project Entity’s sole and absolute discretion); provided that in each of cases (i) and (ii), PEGI will enter into such agreements (collectively under this Section 4.02 , the “ JV Contractor Agreements ”) only as agent for and on behalf of the Jointly Owned Company, and not in PEGI’s own capacity and without any liability on the part of PEGI, provided , that PEGI shall select such third party service or other provider with reasonable care, and provided , further , that nothing in this Section 4.02 shall derogate from PEGI’s liabilities and obligations pursuant to Article 8 .

 

Section 4.03.       Service Changes. Any change to the Services must be specified in a written statement of work (a “ Statement of Work ”) to be mutually agreed and executed by PEGI, on the one hand, and PSP or the relevant PSP Project Entity, on the other hand. Each Statement of Work shall reference this Agreement and shall specify (i) the change to the Services to be performed by PEGI, and an amended Exhibit B to incorporate such change to the Services and to specify the term in which such services are to be provided, (ii) any change in the compensation payable to PEGI and (iii) other mutually agreed upon terms.

 

Article 5
Representation and Warranties

 

Section 5.01.       General . Each Party that is a party to this Agreement on the date hereof represents and warrants to the other Party on the date hereof that:(a)              it is duly formed and existing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or its operations requires such qualification;

 

(b)              the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its company, corporate or partnership, as the case may be, powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary company, corporate or partnership, as the case may be, action and does not require any approval or consent of any Person that has not been obtained and does not contravene, conflict with or constitute a default under any of the terms or conditions in its governing documents, any contracts to which it is a party or any Law, judgment, injunction, decree, rule, regulation, order or the like binding upon such Party or its property;

 

(c)              this Agreement constitutes its legally valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws effecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

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(d)              it is not bankrupt and there are no proceedings pending or being contemplated by it or, to its knowledge, threatened against it which would result in it being or becoming bankrupt; and

 

(e)              no legal proceeding is pending or threatened against it or, to its knowledge, any of its Affiliates that could materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 5.02.       PEGI Representations . In addition to the representations and warranties in Section 5.01 , PEGI represents and warrants to PSP on the date hereof that PEGI:

 

(a)              to the best of its knowledge is in compliance in all material respects with all Laws as required for its performance of the Services under this Agreement;

 

(b)              has adequate resources for the performance of the Services; and

 

(c)              has experience in performing services such as the Services, is fully qualified to and holds all material licenses, permits, registrations and authorizations required to perform the Services hereunder.

 

Article 6
Fees and Cost Reimbursement

 

Section 6.01.       Remuneration .

 

(a)              Fees . For each Project that is held by each Jointly Owned Company, the relevant PSP Project Entity shall pay PEGI or its designee an annual fee (invoiced on a quarterly basis) as shown in Exhibit C (each, a “ Fixed Fee ”) and escalating pursuant to the CPI Adjustment. The Fixed Fee for each Project that is held by each Jointly Owned Company will be established at the commencement of the applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period and shall initially equal (x) an amount that corresponds to a 40 basis points reduction to the Project Rate of Return, multiplied by (y) the applicable PSP Project Entity’s ownership percentage in the applicable Project, expressed in the functional currency of the applicable Project that is owned by the applicable Jointly Owned Company. In addition to the Fixed Fee, each PSP Project Entity shall pay PEGI or its designee an amount equal to all Reimbursable Expenses in respect of the relevant Jointly Owned Company. The Fixed Fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears in accordance with Section 6.03 at the rate of one fourth (1/4 th ) of the annual amount, as applicable. The Reimbursable Expenses shall be payable quarterly in arrears in accordance with Section 6.03 .

 

(b)              Sales Taxes . All fees paid by a PSP Project Entity to PEGI or its designee as consideration for the Services shall be exclusive of all sales and transfer taxes, registration charges and transfer fees, and any other applicable local taxes (collectively “ Sales Taxes ”). Each PSP Project Entity shall be liable for and shall direct, pursuant to a Project Distribution Payment Direction, the relevant Jointly Owned Company to pay to

 

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PEGI or its designee an amount equal to the Sales Taxes required to be collected by PEGI or its designee from such PSP Project Entity in respect of the provision of the Services that are reflected in any Invoice. Any such payment made by a Jointly Owned Company in accordance with this Section 6.01(b) shall constitute a payment by such PSP Project Entity to PEGI or its designee of the amount of such Sales Taxes.

 

(c)              Withholding Taxes. Any and all payments made by a PSP Project Entity to PEGI or its designee shall be made without deduction or withholding for any taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If a PSP Project Entity is required under Law (as determined in its good faith discretion) to withhold taxes in respect of payments made to PEGI or its designee, such PSP Project Entity shall direct, pursuant to a Project Distribution Payment Direction, the relevant Jointly Owned Company to withhold such taxes from any amount payable to PEGI or its designee unless an exemption from (or a reduction of) withholding tax applies under applicable Law or any applicable tax convention, whichever is more advantageous to PEGI or its designee, and to pay such amount to such PSP Project Entity. Any amount withheld pursuant to this Section 6.01(c) shall be remitted by such PSP Project Entity to the relevant Governmental Authority within prescribed delays and any amount so remitted shall be deemed to have been paid to PEGI or its designee, as the case may be. A PSP Project Entity will promptly notify PEGI of such withholding and provide any official documentation evidencing payment of such withholding.

 

(d)              Fixed Fee Adjustment . Each Fixed Fee shall be adjusted annually (such adjustment being the “ CPI Adjustment ”) as of January 1 in each year during the applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period, commencing on January 1 of the year following the year in which the applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period commences, to reflect the percentage increase or decrease in the CPI effective as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year over the CPI effective as of December 31 of the second immediately preceding year (the “ CPI Percentage ”). The CPI Adjustment will be made as soon as practicable after January 1 in each year as the CPI effective as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year is published and the CPI Adjustment shall be made effective retroactively to January 1 of that year. The CPI Adjustment shall be made by adding to the Fixed Fee for the current year an amount equal to the result obtained when the CPI Percentage as of December 31 in the immediately preceding year is multiplied by the amount of the Fixed Fee with respect to the immediately preceding year (the amount of such Fixed Fee for the immediately preceding year to be annualized if such immediately preceding year consists of fewer than twelve (12) full months).

 

Section 6.02.       Reimbursable Expenses. Reimbursable Expenses ” are (i) any and all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses that are paid by PEGI to third parties in performing the Services and (ii) any and all costs and expenses paid by PEGI under any JV Contractor Agreements; provided that, in each of (i) and (ii), with respect to any such costs and expenses relating to a Jointly-Owned Company, Reimbursable Expenses shall be limited to the amount of such Reimbursable Expenses multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to such PSP Project Entity’s ownership interest in the relevant Project and the denominator of which is the sum of such PSP Project Entity’s

 

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ownership interest, PEGI’s ownership interest and the ownership interest of any third party in such Project. For the avoidance of doubt Reimbursable Expenses shall not include any fees, costs and expenses that are incurred by a Jointly Owned Company directly, including pursuant to any JV Contractor Agreement, any allocations of general and administrative costs, including employee compensation, any other overhead costs and expenses or any fees, charges, costs or expenses charged to PEGI by an Affiliate of PEGI or any amounts paid pursuant to the relevant MOMA or PAA.

 

Section 6.03.       Payment Procedure .

 

(a)              PEGI or its designee shall submit to the relevant PSP Project Entity (with a copy to PSP), on a quarterly basis, (i) a detailed invoice (“ Invoice ”) showing the Fixed Fee and any Reimbursable Expenses, in each case earned or incurred, as the case may be, in the just-ended quarter, in accordance with the terms hereof and (ii) in respect of each item of Reimbursable Expenses in respect of the Jointly Owned Company in which such PSP Project Entity holds an interest, supporting documents including a reasonably detailed summary of the service performed and evidence of payment, including copies of any underlying invoices therefor.

 

(b)              Subject to Section 6.03(d) and Section 6.03(e) , the relevant PSP Project Entity shall pay the amounts set out in each Invoice concurrently with the making of the next following Project Distribution by the Jointly Owned Company to which the Invoice pertains. Such payment shall be made by such PSP Project Entity delivering a payment direction (a “ Project Distribution Payment Direction ”) to such Jointly Owned Company pursuant to which such PSP Project Entity directs such Jointly Owned Company to pay a portion of such Project Distribution to PEGI in full satisfaction of the corresponding amount of such Invoice. Any payment by a PSP Project Entity to PEGI or its designee in accordance with such payment direction shall constitute a payment by such PSP Project Entity to PEGI or its designee.

 

(c)              Within sixty (60) days after the receipt of an Invoice, the relevant PSP Project Entity shall notify PEGI or its designee of any disputed amount in such Invoice that it asserts is not in compliance with the requirements of this Agreement.

 

(d)              In the event of any dispute by a PSP Project Entity about any amount invoiced by PEGI or its designee under Section 6.03(a) , and any amount so disputed which has been paid but is ultimately determined to have been not payable shall be credited against future amounts owing to PEGI or its designee by such PSP Project Entity under this Agreement, when so determined to have not been payable and any disputed amount which has not been paid but is ultimately determined to have been payable shall be paid to PEGI or its designee by the relevant PSP Project Entity, when so determined to have been payable.

 

(e)              In no event shall a PSP Project Entity be required to make a payment to PEGI or its designee pursuant to this Section 6.03 in excess of the Project Distribution triggering the applicable payment; provided that any amount payable in excess of the applicable Project Distribution shall accrue and be payable promptly following the next

 

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Project Distribution to such PSP Project Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, any payment by or on behalf of a PSP Project Entity shall be applied to the oldest amount so accrued at such time.

 

Section 6.04.       PSP Access and Audit Rights .

 

(a)              Upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ written notice to PEGI, PEGI shall allow PSP and a PSP Project Entity and their respective authorized representatives access (solely to the extent relevant to the terms of this Agreement) to inspect the books and records, and, with respect to Reimbursable Expenses, Invoices, supporting documents, invoices received by PEGI from third party service providers, proof of payment and other materials as PSP or such PSP Project Entity may require as support thereof, maintained by PEGI in each case solely with respect to Fixed Fees and Reimbursable Expenses under this Agreement, and to allow PSP or such PSP Project Entity to cause an audit thereof to be conducted for any period that is within the last eighteen (18) months (at PSP’s or such PSP Project Entity’s own cost and expense unless the audit discloses material errors or omissions in which case PEGI shall bear the cost of the audit); provided, that such books and records may only be audited a maximum of once per calendar quarter and provided , further, that PEGI’s personnel files shall not be subject to inspection. All access pursuant to this Section 6.04 shall be during normal business hours and shall not unreasonably interfere with the business and affairs of the Jointly Owned Company or PEGI.

 

(b)              If any inspection or audit referred to in Section 6.04(a) or any report delivered to PSP or a PSP Project Entity in accordance with this Agreement discloses that any error has occurred and that, as a result thereof, any overpayment or any underpayment of any Fixed Fees or Reimbursable Expenses has occurred, the amount thereof shall promptly be paid to the Party to whom it is owed by the other Party; provided , that a Party shall only be liable for any amounts hereunder that relate to errors discovered and disclosed within the authorized inspection and audit period.

 

(c)              Notwithstanding Section 6.04(a) , each of PSP and any PSP Project Entity shall be entitled to conduct an audit with respect to any period (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, only a period that is within the last eighteen (18) months) upon the final, non-appealable determination that PEGI or any of its Affiliates have committed actual fraud in connection with the performance of the Services or PEGI’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement. The provisions of Section 6.04(a) and Section 6.04(b) shall apply to any such audit that is conducted by PSP or any PSP Project Entity pursuant to this Section 6.04(c), mutatis mutandis , without limitation to any other rights that PSP or such PSP Project Entity may have under applicable Laws.

 

Section 6.05.       Set-Off . The PSP Project Entity to whom an amount is owed pursuant to this Agreement may exercise a right of set-off in respect of such amount so that any amounts payable by the PSP Project Entity to PEGI shall be reduced to the extent of amounts outstanding to the PSP Project Entity and payable by PEGI.

 

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Article 7
PEGI Property

 

Section 7.01.       PEGI Property . As between the Parties, PEGI shall own all right, title and interest in and to any and all Intellectual Property developed by or on behalf of PEGI or any of its Affiliates, employees, contractors, consultants or other agents in connection with its performance of the Services (“ PEGI IP ”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, PEGI hereby grants to PSP and the PSP Project Entities, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, royalty-free license on an “as is” warranty-free basis, in, to and under the PEGI IP, but solely to the extent necessary for the administration of each applicable Jointly Owned Company during the applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period; provided that following the termination or expiration of the applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period, PSP and the PSP Project Entities may continue to use such PEGI IP but solely to the extent required by PSP or the PSP Project Entities for routine internal compliance, audit or record keeping purposes, in each case related to the Services performed under this Agreement prior to the termination or expiration of the applicable Jointly Owned Company Service Period. The PEGI IP shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of PEGI and subject to the terms and conditions of Article 13.

 

Section 7.02.       Further Assurances . Upon the request of PEGI, during and after the Term, PSP and the PSP Project Entities shall take any and all actions and execute any and all documents reasonably necessary to perfect, confirm and record PEGI’s ownership of the PEGI IP, provided that PEGI shall be solely responsible for any and all out of pocket costs and expenses of PSP and the PSP Project Entities in connection therewith.

 

Article 8
Indemnification

 

Section 8.01.       Indemnification by PEGI . PEGI shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless each PSP Indemnified Party from and against any and all Claims incurred by or asserted against any PSP Indemnified Party in connection with this Agreement arising out of or relating to (i) any violation of Law by PEGI or its Affiliates in connection with the Services or the performance of its duties hereunder, (ii) any taxes imposed on or attributable to the income or property of PEGI; (iii) demands or liens by subcontractors for nonpayment of amounts due as a result of furnishing work or materials to PEGI for the Services (unless such nonpayment is due to a PSP Project Entity’s failure to make payments to PEGI as specified in this Agreement), (iv) injury to or death of any Person, including employees of PEGI, (v) loss of or damage to property, (vi) the failure of PEGI to comply with the terms of this Agreement, including a breach of the standard of performance set forth in Section 10.01 or (vii) actual or alleged infringement or misappropriation by PEGI of any intellectual property of a third party in connection with PEGI’s performance of the Services; provided, however , in each of cases (iv), (v) and (vii) only to the extent that the Claim results from the negligent actions or negligent inactions of or breach of the terms of this Agreement by, or the actual fraud, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith of, any PEGI Indemnified Party; provided , further ,

 

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that PEGI shall not be required to defend, indemnify or hold harmless any PSP Indemnified Party from and against, and no PSP Indemnified Party shall be exculpated from, any Claims to the extent caused by any PSP Indemnified Party or arising from a breach of this Agreement by a PSP Indemnified Party or the negligent actions or inactions by, or the actual fraud, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith of, any PSP Indemnified Party or otherwise not attributable to any PEGI Indemnified Party.

 

Section 8.02.       Indemnification by PSP . The PSP Project Entities (and, solely to the extent that a PSP Project Entity has not executed an Accession Agreement in respect of a Jointly Owned Company in accordance with Section 2.03 , PSP) shall severally, and not jointly or jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each PEGI Indemnified Party from and against any and all Claims incurred by or asserted against such PEGI Indemnified Party in connection with this Agreement arising out of or relating to (i) any a violation of Law to be complied with by such PSP Project Entity hereunder, (ii) any taxes imposed on or attributable to the income or property of such PSP Project Entity or of PSP, (iii) injury to or death of any Person, including employees of such PSP Project Entity, (iv) loss of or damage to property or (v) the failure of such PSP Project Entity to comply with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however , in each of cases (iii) and (iv) only to the extent that the Claim results from the negligent actions or negligent inactions of or breach of the terms of this Agreement by, or actual fraud, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith of, any PSP Indemnified Party; provided , further , however, that a PSP Project Entity shall not be required to defend, indemnify or hold harmless any PEGI Indemnified Party from and against, and no PEGI Indemnified Party shall be exculpated from, any Claims to the extent caused by any PEGI Indemnified Party or arising from a breach of this Agreement by PEGI or any PEGI Indemnified Party or the negligent actions or inactions by, or the actual fraud, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith of, any PEGI Indemnified Party, and provided, further , that no PSP Project Entity shall be liable for any Claim relating to a Jointly Owned Company in which such PSP Project Entity does not hold an interest.

 

Section 8.03.       Indemnification Procedure . When required to indemnify an Indemnified Party in accordance with this Article 8 , PEGI or the relevant PSP Project Entity, as applicable (in such capacity, the “ Indemnifying Party ”) shall assume on behalf of such Indemnified Party and conduct with due diligence and in good faith the defense of any Claim against such Indemnified Party and shall bear the expense thereof, whether or not the Indemnifying Party shall be joined therein, and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense. The Indemnifying Party shall have charge and direction of the defense and settlement of such Claim, provided, however , that without relieving the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder or impairing the Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense or settlement thereof, the Indemnified Party shall be consulted on the defense and settlement of such Claim and may elect to participate through separate counsel in the defense of any such Claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (a) the employment of counsel by such Indemnified Party has been authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party, (b) the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there exists a material conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and such Indemnified Party in the conduct of the defense of such Claim (in which case

 

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the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to control the defense or settlement of such Claim on behalf of such Indemnified Party) or (c) the Indemnifying Party shall not have employed counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party to assume the defense of such Claim within a reasonable time after notice of the commencement thereof. In each of such cases set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party except where the Indemnifying Party is ultimately deemed not to have been required to provide the indemnity sought by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not settle any Claim if the terms of such settlement (x) require the payment of any amount by the Indemnified Party for which the Indemnified Party is not indemnified hereunder or (y) provide for non-monetary damages, in each case without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed.

 

Section 8.04.       Trustee and Agent . Each Party acknowledges that the other Party is acting as trustee and agent for the remaining PSP Indemnified Parties or PEGI Indemnified Parties, as the case may be, on whose behalf and for whose benefit the indemnity in Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 , as the case may be, is provided and that such remaining Indemnified Parties shall have the full right and entitlement to take the benefit of and enforce such indemnity notwithstanding that they may not individually be Parties to this Agreement. Each Party agrees that the other Party may enforce the indemnity for and on behalf of such remaining PSP Indemnified Parties or PEGI Indemnified Parties, as the case may be, and, in such event, the Party from whom indemnification is sought will not in any proceeding to enforce the indemnity by or on behalf of such remaining PSP Indemnified Parties or PEGI Indemnified Parties, as the case may be, assert any defense thereto based on the absence of authority or consideration or privity of contract and irrevocably waives the benefit of any such defense.

 

Section 8.05.       Survival .

 

(a)              Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Article 8 are intended to and shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period of eighteen (18) months after its expiration or termination.

 

(b)              Any rights or obligations that have accrued prior to the termination shall survive notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.

 

Article 9
Termination

 

Section 9.01.       Termination by Either Party . Either PEGI or PSP (“ Terminating Party ”) may terminate this Agreement without limiting any other rights or remedies it may have):

 

(a)              in the case of a termination by PSP, if PEGI fails to make any payment required to be made hereunder when such payment is due and owing under this Agreement and in the case of a termination by PEGI, if a PSP Project Entity fails to make

 

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any payment requirement hereunder when such payment is due and owing under this Agreement (in each case, other than, for certainty, payments in respect of which a dispute notice has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.03(c) ), and such failure shall continue for fifteen (15) days after written notice thereof has been given to the non-paying Party; provided, however , that such right of termination under Section 9.01(a) may not be exercised if PEGI’s or a PSP Project Entity’s failure to make a payment required to be made hereunder arises out of or relates to the Terminating Party’s (or, in the case of a termination by PSP, a PSP Project Entity’s) actual fraud, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith; or

 

(b)              (i) in the case of a termination by PSP, if PEGI under applicable debtor relief Laws, (A) has filed against it a petition under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law of any jurisdiction which are not dismissed within sixty (60) Business Days of the date filed, (B) proposes any dissolution, liquidation, composition, financial reorganization or recapitalization with creditors, (C) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (D) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or under any insolvency or similar Law or consents to the filing of any bankruptcy or reorganization petition against it under any similar Law, or if receivers, trustees, custodians or similar agents are appointed or take possession with respect to any property or business of PEGI, and (ii) in the case of a termination by PEGI, if PSP or a PSP Project Entity under applicable debtor relief Laws, (w) has filed against it a petition under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law of any jurisdiction which are not dismissed within sixty (60) Business Days of the date filed, (x) proposes any dissolution, liquidation, composition, financial reorganization or recapitalization with creditors, (y) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (z) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or under any insolvency or similar Law or consents to the filing of any bankruptcy or reorganization petition against it under any similar Law, or if receivers, trustees, custodians or similar agents are appointed or take possession with respect to any property or business of PSP or such PSP Project Entity.

 

Section 9.02.       Termination by PSP .

 

(a)              PSP shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by delivery of written notice of termination to PEGI (i) if PEGI fails to comply in any material respect with any term, provision or covenant of this Agreement, other than the payment of sums to be paid hereunder but including a breach of the standard of performance set forth in Article 10, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given to PEGI, unless such failure cannot reasonably be cured within said thirty (30) days and PEGI shall have commenced to cure such failure within said period and shall thereafter proceed with reasonable diligence and good faith to cure such failure, in accordance with a schedule reasonably acceptable to PSP, (ii) in the event of actual fraud, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith of PEGI or its Affiliates, in each case in connection with this Agreement or (iii) in the event of the termination or resignation of a majority of the individuals that comprise PEGI’s management team as of immediately prior to a Change of Control that occurs in connection with and substantially concurrently with such Change of Control. For the purpose of this Section 9.02(a), “ Change of Control ” means that any person or group of persons acting jointly or in concert acquires Control of PEGI, where “Control” means (i) holding, whether directly or indirectly, as

 

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owner or other beneficiary (other than solely as the beneficiary of an unrealized security interest) securities or ownership interests of PEGI carrying votes or ownership interests sufficient to elect or appoint more than 50% of the individuals who are responsible for the supervision or management of PEGI, or (ii) the exercise of de facto control of PEGI, whether direct or indirect and whether through the ownership of securities or ownership interests or by contract, trust or otherwise. Any amounts payable by a PSP Project Entity hereunder through the effective date of termination shall be payable pursuant to a final Invoice to be paid in accordance with Section 6.03 .

 

(b)              Each Jointly Owned Company Service Period for a Jointly Owned Company shall terminate automatically, as of the date that such Jointly Owned Company permanently ceases operations (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any wind-up operations).

 

Section 9.03.       Termination by PEGI . PEGI shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by delivery of written notice of termination to PSP if PSP or any PSP Project Entity fails to comply in any material respect with any term, provision or covenant of this Agreement, other than the payment of sums to be paid hereunder, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given to PSP and such PSP Project Entity, unless such failure cannot reasonably be cured within said thirty (30) days and PSP or the relevant PSP Project Entity, as the case may be, shall have commenced to cure such failure within said period and shall thereafter proceed with reasonable diligence and good faith to cure such failure in accordance with a schedule reasonably acceptable to PEGI. In connection with a termination pursuant to this Section 9.03 , any amounts payable by a PSP Project Entity hereunder through the effective date of termination shall be payable pursuant to a final Invoice to be paid in accordance with Section 6.03 .

 

Section 9.04.       Termination for Convenience . PEGI may terminate a Jointly Owned Company Service Period for a Jointly Owned Company for convenience at any time upon twelve (12) months’ prior written notice to PSP. In the event of such termination, all amounts payable hereunder by the relevant PSP Project Entity will continue to be payable pursuant to a final Invoice to be paid in accordance with Section 6.03 . Following delivery of the twelve (12) months’ written notice to PSP:

 

(i)             PEGI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist PSP and the relevant PSP Project Entity in the appointment and commencement of duties of any Person to be appointed by PSP or the relevant PSP Project Entity to provide the services (substantially similar to Services) to PSP or the relevant PSP Project Entity with respect to the applicable Jointly Owned Company (with respect to such Jointly Owned Company, the “ Successor Service Provider ”) so as not to disrupt the normal provision of the Services to the relevant PSP Project Entity with respect to such Jointly Owned Company and shall provide the Successor Service Provider with full access to all relevant information, data and records in PEGI’s possession relating thereto and comply with all reasonable requests made by the Successor Service Provider in connection with preparing for taking over the provision of such services to the relevant PSP Project Entity.

 

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(ii)             PEGI, to the extent allowed by such agreements and as may be required by PSP, shall transfer to the Successor Service Provider, as from the date of termination, its rights as PEGI under all agreements entered into by it in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement that are specific to the provision of the Services to the relevant PSP Project Entity with respect to the applicable Jointly Owned Company. Pending such transfer, PEGI shall hold its rights and interests thereunder for the account and to the order of the relevant PSP Project Entity or (if so required by PSP by written notice) the Successor Service Provider, provided that the relevant PSP Project Entity shall indemnify PEGI for all liabilities incurred by PEGI under these agreements as a result of their continuation and performance by such PSP Project Entity or, as the case may be, the Successor Service Provider.

 

(iii)             For a period of up to ninety (90) days following termination, but prior to the appointment of a Successor Service Provider, PEGI shall cooperate with PSP and the relevant PSP Project Entity to arrange for its personnel, to the extent available, to continue to provide support to the relevant PSP Project Entity in connection with the provision of the Services with respect to the applicable Jointly Owned Company for a mutually agreed fee.

 

Section 9.05.       Completion of Services at End of Term . Upon termination or expiration of a Jointly Owned Company Service Period, all Services with respect to applicable Jointly Owned Company as required under this Agreement shall have been performed through the date of termination.

 

Article 10
Standard of Performance

 

Section 10.01.   Prudent Service Provider Standard . PEGI shall perform its duties hereunder in accordance with the Prudent Service Provider Standard. From time to time, to the extent PEGI believes that a modification of the Services is necessary or desirable to comply with the Prudent Service Provider Standard, PEGI shall have the right to develop and propose such modifications, which shall be subject to the approval by PSP, in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

Article 11
Limitations of Liability

 

Section 11.01.   Total Limitation of Liability . Each Party’s total liability under this Agreement to the PSP Indemnified Parties or PEGI Indemnified Parties, as applicable, with respect to each Jointly Owned Company for all Claims or series of related Claims of any kind, whether based on contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, for all losses or damages arising out of, connected with, or resulting from this Agreement or from the performance or breach thereof, or from any Services relating to such Jointly Owned Company covered by or furnished, in each case, during the eighteen (18) month period after the date hereof or any sequential (without overlap) eighteen month period thereafter, shall in no case exceed the aggregate Fixed

 

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Fees actually payable in the applicable eighteen (18) month period in respect of such Jointly Owned Company (a “ Cap ”); provided that in no event shall PEGI be required to make any payment with respect to a Jointly Owned Company in excess of the Fixed Fees actually paid to PEGI or its designee in the applicable eighteen (18) month period in respect of such Jointly Owned Company (a “ Actual Paid Amount ”); provided further that any amount in excess of the applicable Actual Paid Amount but less than the applicable Cap that is not paid as a result of the foregoing proviso (an “ Accrued Indemnity Amount ”) shall accrue and be payable at such time as an amount equal to the applicable Accrued Indemnity Amount is paid to PEGI or its designee pursuant to Section 6.03 in respect of the applicable eighteen (18) month period. The foregoing limitation on liability shall not apply to (a) damage to a Party arising out of the actual fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith of the other Party with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, (b) any amounts recoverable by a Party as an insurance payment; or (c) amounts owed by a PSP Project Entity to PEGI pursuant to Article 6 in respect of Services performed with respect to such Jointly Owned Company, Reimbursable Expenses, or other costs and expenses expressly owing to PEGI under this Agreement, as provided hereunder. Except as previously asserted by a Party and as provided in Section 9.04 , all of the other Party’s liability under this Agreement shall cease eighteen (18) months after expiration, or earlier termination, of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.02.   Waiver of Consequential Damages . In no event, whether based on contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, shall either Party be liable for special, incidental, exemplary, indirect or consequential damages including, but not limited to, loss of profits or revenue, loss of use of the equipment or any associated equipment, cost of capital, costs in excess of estimates, cost of purchased power, cost of substitute equipment, facilities or services, downtime costs or Claims of customers and/or lenders of PSP or any PSP Project Entity for such damages. In no event shall PEGI be liable under this Agreement for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the failure to discover latent defects or defects inherent in the design of the operating assets of the Jointly Owned Company. If PEGI furnishes PSP or a PSP Project Entity with advice or assistance not required by this Agreement, without separate compensation therefor, PEGI shall not be subject to any liability whatsoever resulting from such advice or assistance.

 

Section 11.03.   General . The liability disclaimers and liability limits set forth in this Agreement shall not preclude or limit any Party in claiming under any available insurance coverage.

 

Article 12
Notices

 

All notices and other communications required or permitted by this Agreement or by Law to be served upon or given to a Party by any other Party shall be in writing and deemed duly served, given and received (i) on the date of service, if served personally or sent by facsimile transmission (with appropriate confirmation of receipt) to the Party to whom notice is to be given, or (ii) on the fourth day after mailing, if mailed by first class

 

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registered or certified mail, postage prepaid or (iii) on the next day if sent by a nationally recognized courier for next day service and so addressed and if there is evidence of acceptance by receipt addressed as follows:

 

To PEGI:

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.
Pier 1, Bay 3
San Francisco, CA, USA, 94111

 

Attention:       General Counsel
Facsimile:         415-362-7900

 

To PSP or a PSP Project Entity:

 

c/o Public Sector Pension Investment Board
1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Suite 1400
Montreal, Québec H3B 5E9

 

Attention:     Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments
Email:             vertuousenergy@investpsp.ca and legalnotices@investpsp.ca

 

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

 

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

 

1501, avenue McGill College
26th Floor
Montréal, Québec H3A 3N9

 

Attention:         Franziska Ruf
Email:                 fruf@dwpv.com

 

The Parties, by like notice in writing, may designate, from time to time, another address or office to which notices shall be given pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Article 13
Confidentiality

 

Section 13.01.   General Confidential Information . Each Party hereby undertakes to keep confidential, except as may be explicitly approved in writing by the other Party, the other Party’s information including all documents and information concerning the other Party, or the information furnished to each Party in connection with the duties contemplated by this Agreement and not otherwise lawfully available to each receiving Party (“ Confidential Information ”); provided that, “Confidential Information” shall not include: (a) public information or information in the public domain at the time of its

 

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receipt by the other Party; (b) information which becomes public through no fault or act of the other Party or its representatives; or (c) information received by the other Party in good faith from a third party lawfully in possession of the information and not in breach of any confidentiality obligations. Each Party agrees to use the other Party’s Confidential Information only in connection with its respective duties and obligations hereunder except to the extent such information can be shown by the disclosing Party to have been previously known by it, in the public domain through no fault of the disclosing Party, or if such disclosure is required by Law.

 

Section 13.02.   Limited Disclosure of Confidential Information . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.01 , each Party shall be entitled to the extent necessary for the performance of its duties hereunder to allow access to the Confidential Information described in Section 13.01 exclusively to any third party as required for the performance of its duties hereunder, and to such of its employees, contractors, consultants, financing parties, and Affiliates who need to know such Confidential Information in order for PEGI, PSP or a PSP Project Entity, as the case may be, to carry out its duties under this Agreement, as well as each Party’s legal and accounting advisors, provided that the Party receiving Confidential Information from the other Party shall inform each of such Persons of the confidential nature of such information and of its obligation of confidentiality in respect of it, and provided that such employees, contractors, consultants, financing parties, and Affiliates are subject to similar confidentiality restrictions against disclosure and that any confidential material is returned to the disclosing party or destroyed, at the option of the receiving Party at the termination of this Agreement, provided that the receiving Party may nevertheless maintain a single confidential copy of the Confidential Information as a record of the material provided hereunder, and the receiving Party shall not be deemed to have retained or failed to destroy any Confidential Information which is in electronic form if such information is deleted from local hard drives so long as no attempt is made to recover such information from servers or back-up sources. Each of PEGI, PSP and each PSP Project Entity acknowledges that it is aware that (a) the Confidential Information being furnished to it may contain material, non-public information regarding PEGI and (b) the United States and Canadian securities Laws prohibit any Persons who have material, nonpublic information concerning a company from purchasing or selling securities of a company using such information or from communicating such information to any Person (including its Affiliates) under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell such securities in reliance upon such information. Each of PEGI, PSP and each PSP Project Entity further confirms that it has in place internal information protection mechanisms to prevent unauthorized use of the Confidential Information. This Article 13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of three (3) years.

 

Article 14
Dispute Resolution

 

Section 14.01.   Procedure .

 

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(a)              The Parties shall attempt, in good faith, to resolve or cure all disputes (including disputes with respect to a claimed breach hereof) by mutual agreement in accordance with this Article 14 before initiating any legal action or attempting to enforce any rights or remedies hereunder (including termination, except for a termination pursuant to Section 9.04 ), at Law or in equity (regardless of whether this Article 14 is referenced in the provision of this Agreement which is the basis for any such dispute). If there is a dispute as to whether a breach has occurred or if any other dispute under this Agreement has arisen, any Party may give notice thereof to the other Parties which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the basis and specifics of the alleged breach or dispute. Within five (5) days after delivery of such notice, the designated representatives of all Parties shall meet to discuss and attempt to resolve or cure such dispute or claimed breach. If such representatives are unable to resolve the dispute or claimed breach within fifteen (15) days after delivery of such notice, the matter shall be referred to a “Senior Officer” of (i) PSP, on behalf of itself and each of the PSP Project Entities, which Senior Officer is unaffiliated with PEGI, and (ii) PEGI, which Senior Officer is unaffiliated with PSP, for resolution or cure. If such Senior Officers are unable to agree on an appropriate cure or resolution within ten (10) days after the matter has been referred to them, the Parties may have recourse to mediation, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution device of their mutual selection. If the Parties cannot agree on an alternative dispute resolution device, each Party may pursue its legal remedies.

 

(b)              Pending final resolution of any dispute, the Parties shall continue to fulfill their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

Article 15
Miscellaneous

 

Section 15.01.   Execution . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different Parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 15.02.   Governing Law . This Agreement, the legal relations among the Parties hereunder and the adjudication and the enforcement thereof, shall in all respects be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the Laws (excluding conflict of Laws rules and principles) of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, including all matters of construction, validity and performance.

 

Each Party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, for any proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. To the extent that service of process by mail is permitted by Law, each Party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any proceeding in such courts by the mailing of such process by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at its address for notices provided for herein. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any Person to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of

 

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venue of any proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT THERETO.

 

Section 15.03.   Amendments, Supplements, Etc . Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms hereof may be amended, supplemented, or modified orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by PEGI and by PSP.

 

Section 15.04.   Headings . The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 15.05.   Assignment . Except as set forth in this Section 15.05 , no Party may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, which may be withheld in the non-assigning Party’s sole and absolute discretion. PEGI may freely assign this Agreement to an Affiliate of PEGI, so long as such Affiliate of PEGI retains the institutional knowledge and personnel to perform this Agreement and PEGI will not be released from its obligations under this Agreement unless the assignee has a similar or better financial ability to perform the obligations of PEGI under this Agreement, as reasonably determined by PSP. PSP and each PSP Project Entity may, without the consent of PEGI, pledge, collaterally assign, or encumber its rights under this Agreement to any lender of PSP or such PSP Project Entity, as the case may be. In such event, PEGI agrees to execute a consent to such assignment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to PSP and consistent with then-current financing practices. PEGI also agrees that it shall, at any time and from time to time during the Term, after receipt of a written request by PSP or a PSP Project Entity, execute and deliver to PSP, a PSP Project Entity and/or their respective lenders, such estoppel statements as may reasonably be requested. PEGI may, without the consent of PSP or any PSP Project Entity, collaterally assign its rights to receive and collect payments due and payable under this Agreement (but no other rights or obligations hereunder) to any lender to PEGI or its Affiliates. If PSP or a PSP Project Entity sells, assigns, disposes of, exchanges, pledges, encumbers, hypothecates or otherwise transfers all or part of its ownership interest in a Jointly Owned Company or any participation or interest therein, whether directly or indirectly (including pursuant to a derivative transaction), or agrees or commits to do any of the foregoing (a “ Transfer ”), it shall require, as a condition to such Transfer, that the transferee assume all of PSP’s or such PSP Project Entity’s, as the case may be, obligations hereunder with respect to the ownership interest to be so Transferred. Any assignment or Transfer in violation of this Section 15.05 shall be null and void.

 

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Section 15.06.   Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent that assignment is permitted hereunder.

 

Section 15.07.   Waiver . No provision of this Agreement may be waived except in writing by the waiving Party. The waiver of any breach of any term or condition hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, whether of like or different nature.

 

Section 15.08.   Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, that provision shall be modified so as to be enforceable and as nearly as possible reflect the original intention of the Parties, it being agreed and understood by the Parties that (a) this Agreement and all the provisions hereof shall be enforceable in accordance with their respective terms to the fullest extent permitted by Law, and (b) the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 15.09.   Construction . Every term and provision of this Agreement shall be construed simply according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any Party.

 

Section 15.10.   Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 15.11.   No Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Parties do not intend to, and this Agreement shall not, confer any benefit hereunder on any Person other than the Parties hereto and their permitted assigns.

 

Section 15.12.   Currency . Except as otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts in this Agreement are expressed in U.S. dollars.

 

Section 15.13.   Survival . The terms and conditions of this Agreement which expressly or implicitly by their nature are intended to survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement shall survive such termination or expiration.

 

Section 15.14.   Change in Law or Agreemen t. If, after the Commencement Date, there is a change in Laws, the terms of this Agreement or any delay caused by any Person other than PEGI, which requires or makes advisable any changes in the scope or magnitude, or increases the cost, of the Services or other responsibility of PEGI under this Agreement, then the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and enter into a Statement of Work in connection with such change. The Statement of Work, to the extent applicable and agreed by the Parties, may provide for an increase in the fees and expenses payable to PEGI under this Agreement.

 

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the Parties have executed this Agreement on behalf of the Parties, all as of the date first stated above.

 

 

  Pattern Energy Group Inc.
   
   
  By: /s/ Esben Pedersen
    Name: Esben Pedersen
    Title: Chief Investment Officer

 

  PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD
   
   
  By: /s/ Guthrie Stewart
    Name: Guthrie Stewart
    Title: Senior Vice President, Global Head of Private Investments
     
  By: /s/ Patrick Samson
    Name: Patrick Samson
    Title: Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A
SCHEDULE OF DEFINITIONS

 

When used in the Agreement (as defined below), unless otherwise defined therein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Affiliate ” shall mean shall mean with respect to a Person, any company or legal Entity that (a) controls, either directly or indirectly, such Person; or (b) is controlled, directly or indirectly by such Person; or (c) is directly or indirectly controlled by a company or Entity which directly or indirectly controls such Person; provided that (x) no Jointly Owned Company shall be deemed an Affiliate of either PEGI or PSP and (y) neither PEGI nor PSP shall be deemed an Affiliate of the other for any purpose hereunder. The phrases “ control ” or “ controlled ” means the power or authority through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise to exercise a controlling influence over the management of the Entity;

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the introductory paragraph of this agreement and shall include all exhibits and schedules hereto and all amendments and supplements hereto made in accordance with this agreement;

 

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by Law to remain closed in New York, NY or Montreal, Quebec and, if the relevant action is required to be taken in respect of a Jointly Owned Company, the jurisdiction in which the applicable Jointly Owned Company operates;

 

Claims ” shall mean claims, actions, damages, expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and disbursements), fines, penalties, losses and liabilities;

 

Commencement Date ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Article 3 ;

 

Confidential Information ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 13.01 ;

 

CPI ” shall mean the Consumer Price Index, “All Urban Consumers; U.S. City Average,” as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or if such index shall cease to be published, such other index as shall be reasonably selected by PEGI and PSP;

 

CPI Adjustment ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.01(d) ;

 

CPI Percentage ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.01(d) ;

 

Entity ” means any Person other than a natural Person;

 

Financial Model ” shall, with respect to any Project or Jointly Owned Company, have the meaning set forth in the purchase and sale agreement between, among others, the relevant PSP Project Entity, PEGI and Pattern Energy Group LP or Pattern Energy

 

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Group 2 LP, as the case may be, for the direct or indirect acquisition of interests in such Jointly Owned Company or Project)

 

Fixed Fee ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.01(a) ;

 

Governmental Authority ” shall mean any federal, provincial, state or local government authority, agency, court or other body, officer or public Entity, including any zoning authority, building inspector, or health or safety inspector;

 

Indemnified Party ” shall mean a PEGI Indemnified Party or a PSP Indemnified Party;

 

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 8.03 ;

 

Initial Jointly Owned Company Service Period ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 3.01 ;

 

Invoice ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.03(a) ;

 

Joint Acquisition Framework ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the recitals to this Agreement;

 

Joint Venture Agreement ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the recitals to this Agreement;

 

Jointly Owned Company ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the preamble to this Agreement;

 

Jointly Owned Company Service Period ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 3.02 ;

 

JV Contractor Agreements ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 4.02 ;

 

Intellectual Property ” shall mean any and all intellectual property or similar proprietary rights throughout the world, including any and all: (i) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and all related provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reexaminations, renewals and extensions; (ii) trademarks, service marks, logos, trade dress, corporate names and Internet domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (iii) copyrights and copyrightable works including all derivative works, moral rights, renewals, extensions, reversions and restorations associated therewith; (iv) rights in computer software, data and databases, and documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (v) trade secrets, know-how, inventions and invention disclosures (whether patentable or not) and proprietary or confidential information (including pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists); (vi) drawings, schematics and other technical plans; (vii) registrations and applications for any of the foregoing; (viii) rights to sue or recover and retain damages and costs and attorneys’ fees for the past, present or future

 

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infringement, dilution, misappropriation or other violation of any of the foregoing; and (ix) all other intellectual property rights.

 

Laws ” shall mean all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements and regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question;

 

MOMA ” means, with respect to a Jointly Owned Company, the management, operation and maintenance agreement entered into by such Jointly Owned Company with PEGI or its Affiliate;

 

PAA ” means, with respect to a Jointly Owned Company, the project administration agreement entered into by such Jointly Owned Company with PEGI or its Affiliate;

 

Party ” or “ Parties ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement;

 

PEGI ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the introductory paragraph of the Agreement, and shall include its successors and permitted assigns, if any, under this Agreement;

 

PEGI Indemnified Party ” shall mean PEGI and its Affiliates, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees and representatives. In no case shall PSP or any of its Subsidiaries, including any PSP Project Entity, be a PEGI Indemnified Party;

 

PEGI IP ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 7.01 .

 

Person ” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint stock company, corporation, trust, unincorporated association or joint venture, a government or any department or agency thereof, or any other Entity;

 

Prime Rate ” means the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal;

 

Project ” means any power generation, storage or transmission facility or project now or hereafter owned, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part by any Jointly Owned Company.

 

Project Distribution ” means any distribution made by a Jointly Owned Company to a PSP Project Entity other than a distribution made on account of the tax liability of such PSP Project Entity;

 

Project Distribution Payment Direction ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.03(b).

 

Project Rate of Return ” means, for any Jointly Owned Company or Project held by a Jointly Owned Company, the 25 year after tax (assuming internal use of any tax benefits and inclusion of the Fixed Fee in taxable income) rate of return of the Parties

 

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(and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to any tax equity) that is reflected in the Financial Model for such Jointly Owned Company or Project.

 

Prudent Service Provider Standard ” shall mean, at a particular time, those practices, standards, methods, means, techniques, equipment and acts that would require a Person to: (a) perform its duties in good faith and as a reasonably prudent service provider would provide similar services, (b) exercise such care, skill, integrity and diligence as a reasonably prudent business company of established reputation engaged in similar services in the wind energy business would exercise in the conduct of its business and for the advancement or protection of its own interests and (c) use sufficient and properly trained and skilled personnel.

 

PSP ” shall have the meaning given thereto in the introductory paragraph of the Agreement, and shall include its successors and permitted assigns, if any, under this Agreement;

 

PSP Indemnified Party ” shall mean PSP and its Affiliates, including any PSP Project Entity, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees and representatives. In no case shall PEGI or any of its Subsidiaries be a PSP Indemnified Party;

 

PSP Project Entity ” means, with respect to a Jointly Owned Company, the Affiliate of PSP that holds an interest in such Jointly Owned Company, and shall include its successors and permitted assigns, if any, under this Agreement;

 

Reimbursable Expenses ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.02 ;

 

Sales Taxes ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 6.01(b) ;

 

Schedule of Definitions ” shall mean this Schedule of Definitions;

 

Services ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 4.01 ;

 

Statement of Work ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 4.03 ;

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Entity, any other Entity of which such Entity (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such legal Entity;

 

Successor Service Provider ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 9.04(i) ;

 

Term ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Article 3 ; and

 

Terminating Party ” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 9.01 .

 

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Exhibit B
SERVICES

 

With respect to each Jointly Owned Company, PEGI shall provide expertise, coordination and/or assistance with the following:

 

· Major Project operational and contracting direction including turbine O&M service, warranty enforcement, contract amendments, and general problem-solving.

 

· Senior management oversight, direction, and ability to leverage relationships.

 

· Project financing optimization including with respect to potential refinancings, plus commercial interfacing with financing parties regarding material amendments and consents.

 

· Maintenance of long-term cash-flow projections and understanding of relevant capital markets, and strategic direction informed by such.

 

· Construction team management for ongoing repair and capex activities.

 

· Procurement team relationships with major equipment suppliers ( e.g. , turbine OEMs) and ability to leverage PEGI’s operational scale in managing spare parts and supply chains.

 

· Legal support from in-house transaction counsel and specialists, plus dedicated real estate legal team.

 

· Environmental and biologist specialists managing ongoing permit compliance and active involvement in industry-wide regulatory efforts.

 

· Power markets and transmission system specialists managing ongoing market participation and interconnection activities and involvement in lobbying regulators with respect to market function.

 

· Meteorological team of in-house scientists providing ongoing forecasting and analysis of weather patterns on both a near-term and long-term basis, to inform O&M activities and strategic direction.

 

· Insurance team ongoing optimization of Project policies and ability to leverage the scale of PEGI’s global insurance program.

 

· IT team maintenance of Project SCADA and server systems and ongoing optimization of technology, plus ability to leverage operational scale.

 

· Media relations, public relations, and public policy teams providing ongoing management of Project stakeholders and information flow, and strong involvement in local and national policy lobbying efforts.

 

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· AP and treasury teams providing payment support and cash management including ongoing cash-flow risk management and hedging.

 

· Accounting support from technical accounting team, consolidations team, and internal audit team, plus ability to leverage PEGI’s overall audit scale in performing efficient Project audits.

 

· HR support for site personnel and others providing MOMA and PAA services.

 

· Corporate governance of Jointly Owned Companies including preparation of board minutes and resolutions, Entity maintenance, etc.

 

· Tax returns for equity partners and tax filings for Jointly Owned Companies.

 

· Bank account management and distributions.

 

· Operational and financial reporting to equity partners in each Jointly Owned Company, as required per the governance documents of the relevant Jointly Owned Company and including details on Fees and Reimbursable Expenses paid or payable by the relevant PSP Project Entity during the relevant period.

 

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Exhibit C
JOINTLY OWNED COMPANIES

 

Project Name Jointly Owned Company Name Fixed Fee
Meikle Project

Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership

 

Meikle Wind Energy Corp.

 

CAD$171,500
Mont Sainte-Marguerite Project

[New JV MSM Holdings LP]

 

Pattern MSM GP Holdings Inc.

 

Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm L.P.

 

Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm Inc.

 

Pattern Development MSM Management ULC

 

CAD$228,830
Panhandle 2 Project

[New Class B Member LLC]

 

Panhandle Wind Holdings 2 LLC

USD$122,500

 

 

 

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Exhibit D
FORM OF ACCESSION AGREEMENT

 

To: Pattern Energy Group Inc. (“PEGI”), [Name of PSP Entity that is party to the SSA] (“PSP”) and each of the other parties to the Sponsor Services Agreement referred to below

 

 

 

Reference is made to the sponsor services agreement dated June n , 2017 between PEGI, PSP and the PSP Project Entities party thereto from time to time (the “ Sponsor Services Agreement ”);

 

AND WHEREAS the undersigned (the “ PSP Project Entity ”) has acquired an interest in [Name of Jointly Owned Company] (the “ Jointly Owned Company ”) and wishes to become a party to the Sponsor Services Agreement as a PSP Project Entity with respect to the Jointly Owned Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby irrevocably acknowledged, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound by this Accession Agreement, covenants and agrees as follows:

 

1. The PSP Project Entity acknowledges and agrees, subject to the terms of the Sponsor Services Agreement, that it shall be bound by, and entitled to the benefits of, the provisions of the Sponsor Services Agreement applicable to PSP with respect to the Jointly Owned Company to the same extent as if the PSP Project Entity was an original party thereto.

 

2. The PSP Project Entity assumes all of the obligations and liabilities of PSP relating to the Jointly Owned Company under the Sponsor Services Agreement, including any obligations and liabilities that arose prior to the date of this Accession Agreement, and shall be entitled to all of the rights and benefits of PSP relating to the Jointly Owned Company under the Sponsor Services Agreement, including any rights and benefits that arose prior to the date of this Accession Agreement.

 

3. The PSP Project Entity represents and warrants to the other Parties to the Accession Agreement on the date hereof that:

 

a. it is duly formed and existing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or its operations requires such qualification;

 

b. the execution, delivery and performance of this Accession Agreement is within its company, corporate or partnership, as the case may be, powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary company, corporate or partnership, as the case may be, action and does not require any approval or consent of any Person that has not been obtained and does not

 

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contravene, conflict with or constitute a default under any of the terms or conditions in its governing documents, any contracts to which it is a party or any Law, judgment, injunction, decree, rule, regulation, order or the like binding upon such Party or its property;

 

c. each of this Accession Agreement and the Sponsor Services Agreement constitutes its legally valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws effecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

d. it is not bankrupt and there are no proceedings pending or being contemplated by it or, to its knowledge, threatened against it which would result in it being or becoming bankrupt; and

 

e. no legal proceeding is pending or threatened against it or, to its knowledge, any of its Affiliates that could materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Accession Agreement or the Sponsor Services Agreement.

 

4. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Accession Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Sponsor Services Agreement.

 

5. This Accession Agreement, the legal relations among the Parties hereunder and the adjudication and the enforcement thereof, shall in all respects be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the Laws (excluding conflict of Laws rules and principles) of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, including all matters of construction, validity and performance.

 

DATED this ___ day of __________, __________.

 

  [NAME OF PSP PROJECT ENTITY]
   
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
     
    Name:
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D- 2

Exhibit 10.8

 

 

 

purchase and sale agreement

 

 

by and among

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.,

 

VERTUOUS ENERGY CANADA INC.,

each, a Purchaser

 

and

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP ,

Seller

 

 

 

Dated as of

 

June 16 , 2017

 

 

 

 

Direct or Indirect Interests

 

in

 

Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership

 

and

 

Meikle Wind Energy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

list of APPENDICES

 

Appendix A-1 General Definitions
   
Appendix A-2 Rules of Construction
   
Appendix B Transaction Terms and Conditions
   
Appendix C Acquired Interests; Ownership Structure; and Wind Project Information
   
Appendix D Documents and Key Counterparties

 

  

list of schedules

 

Schedule 2.5 Seller Consents and Approvals
   
Schedule 3.5 Purchaser Consents and Approvals
   
Schedule 4.2(f) Tax Allocation
   
Schedule 6.4(b) Control of Defense of Third Party Claims

 

 

 

PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT

 

THIS PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 16, 20 17 , is made by and among Pattern Energy Group Inc. , a Delaware corporation (“ Pegi ”), Vertuous Energy Canada Inc. , a corporation incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (“ PSP ,” each of PSP and PEGI a “ Purchaser ,” and together, “ Purchasers ”), and Pattern Energy Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Seller ”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings specified in Appendix A-1 attached hereto.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Seller owns, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates (each such Affiliate, a “ Seller Affiliate ”), some or all of the membership or partnership interest, shares, voting securities, or other equity interests, as applicable, in the project company which owns the wind project (herein referred to as the “ Project Company ”, as described on Part I of Appendix C attached hereto; and the “ Wind Project ”, as described on Part II of Appendix C ); and

 

WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to Purchasers, and Purchasers desire to purchase from Seller, the Acquired Interests defined and described in Part I of Appendix C attached hereto (herein referred to as the “ Acquired Interests ”), with each Purchaser severally purchasing the percentage of the Acquired Interests set forth opposite its name in Part I of Appendix C (such Purchaser’s “ Percentage Portion ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual terms, conditions and agreements set forth 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 hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE ACQUIRED INTERESTS

 

1.1               Agreement to Sell and Purchase . Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (by the party for whose benefit such condition exists) of the conditions set forth in Article 5 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (a) Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey (or, if applicable, cause the Subsidiary Transferors to sell, assign, transfer and convey) the Acquired Interests to Purchasers, and (b) each Purchaser shall severally purchase its Percentage Portion of the Acquired Interests from Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors), for its pro rata portion of the Purchase Price set forth opposite its name in Part I of Appendix B (such Purchaser’s “ Separate Purchase Price ”, and collectively, the “ Aggregate Purchase Price ”).

 

1.2               Signing Date Deliverables . On or prior to the date of this Agreement, Seller has delivered or is delivering to Purchasers the Financial Model for the Project Company as of the date hereof. On the date of this Agreement each of Seller and Purchasers shall deliver to the other party the deliverables set forth in Part II of Appendix B .

 

1.3               Purchase Price . The purchase price payable by each Purchaser to Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferor) for the Acquired Interests at Closing shall be such

 

 

Purchaser’s Separate Purchase Price set forth in Part I of Appendix B . The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment by the Purchase Price Adjustment (if any) set forth in Part I of Appendix B . All payments of the Aggregate Purchase Price and any Purchase Price Adjustment shall be paid by wire transfer of same day funds in the applicable Currency to the applicable accounts set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

1.4             The Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place on the date and at the location specified in Part III of Appendix B or such other time and place as the parties hereto shall mutually agree (including Closing by facsimile or “PDF” electronic mail transmission exchange of executed documents or signature pages followed by the exchange of originals as soon thereafter as practicable), and will be effective as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the day the Closing occurs.

 

1.5              Conduct of Closing .

 

(a)               At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Purchaser:

 

(i) the original certificates representing such Purchaser’s Percentage Portion of the Acquired Interests duly endorsed for transfer by Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) to such Purchaser or with appropriate powers with respect thereto duly endorsed by Seller (or, if applicable, such Subsidiary Transferors); provided, that if the Acquired Interests are not in certificated form, Seller shall deliver to such Purchaser a duly executed assignment agreement or other instrument conveying such Acquired Interests to such Purchaser in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser;

 

(ii) any other documents and certificates contemplated by Article 4 and Article 5 hereof to be delivered by or on behalf of Seller, including the certificate referred to in Section 5.2(d) ;

 

(iii) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to its delivery of a Closing Notice, Seller shall deliver to the Purchasers (A) an updated Financial Model for the Wind Project, which shall be revised pursuant to Part I of Appendix B and which shall be used to determine the Purchase Price Adjustment; and (B) a detailed calculation of the proposed Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchasers shall have a period of five (5) Business Days to review and confirm the updates to the Financial Model and the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment. If any Purchaser disapproves of such updates to the Financial Model and/or the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment, the parties shall have a further period of five (5) Business Days to negotiate same. In the event that the parties cannot agree on such updates to the Financial Model and/or calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment (acting reasonably)

 

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following such five (5) Business Day period, (x) the parties shall resolve any dispute in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.4 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not delay the Closing Date) and (y) the amount in dispute shall be retained by the Purchaser(s) until the dispute is resolved as aforesaid. Subject to the foregoing, Seller shall deliver to Purchasers a signed direction containing the final determination of the Separate Purchase Price (less any disputed amount) for each Purchaser not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and

 

(iv) any other Closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-1 .

 

(b)             At or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver to Seller and the other Purchaser:

 

(i) the documents and certificates contemplated by Article 4 and Article 5 hereof to be delivered by or on behalf of such Purchaser, including the certificate referred to in Section 5.3(d) ; and

 

(ii) any other Closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-2 .

 

ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

 

Except as set forth in, or qualified by any matter set forth in, the Schedules attached hereto, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchasers as set forth in this Article 2 as of (a) the date hereof and (b) if the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date, in each case, unless otherwise specified in the representations and warranties below, in which case the representation and warranty is made as of such date. Whether or not a particular Section of this Article 2 refers to a specific, numbered Schedule, such Section shall, to the extent applicable, be subject to the exceptions, qualifications, and other matters set forth in the Schedules to the extent that the relevance of such exceptions, qualifications or other matters is reasonably apparent on the face thereof.

 

2.1               Organization and Status . Each of Seller and each Subsidiary Transferor (a) is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement or Part I of Appendix C , as applicable, (b) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has all requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the property it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Seller has made available to Purchasers complete and correct copies of the Organization Documents for the Project Company, the General Partner and each of their respective Subsidiaries. Part I of Appendix C sets forth a list of each Subsidiary of the Project Company or the General Partner and for each Subsidiary: (a) its name, (b) the number and type of its outstanding equity securities and a list of the holders thereof and (c) its jurisdiction of organization. Each Subsidiary of the Project Company or the General Partner is a legal entity duly formed, validly existing and in

 

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good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all requisite organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly qualified, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by such Person or the nature of the business conducted by such Person makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, registered or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.2               Power; Authority; Enforceability . Each of Seller and each Subsidiary Transferor has the legal capacity and power to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has been duly authorized, in accordance with its Organization Documents, to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the legal valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

2.3               No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of its obligations under this Agreement, and the performance by each Subsidiary Transferor of this Agreement, in each case including without limitation the sale of the Acquired Interests to the Purchasers, do not, and will not, (a) violate any Governmental Rule to which Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject or the Organization Documents of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (b) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon the Acquired Interests, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor is a party or by which Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor is bound, (d) other than as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any Consent under any Material Contract or (e) other than as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , require any notice under any Material Contract, except in the case of this clause (e), as would not reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the Wind Project or otherwise prevent or materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.4               No Litigation .

 

(a)                 None of Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors or their respective Affiliates is a party to or has received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation against Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors or their respective Affiliates which would reasonably be expected to be material to the ownership of the Acquired Interests or which seeks the issuance of an order

 

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restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                None of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to or has received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the Wind Project or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)                 There are no material disputes with any counterparty to a Material Contract, nor has the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries made any material warranty claim under any Material Contract.

 

2.5               Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , no Consent of any Governmental Authority is required by or with respect to Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Seller, or the consummation by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of the transaction contemplated hereby, except for any Consents which if not obtained or made prior to the Closing would not reasonably be expected to prevent or impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and which can be reasonably expected to be obtained or made in the ordinary course after the Closing.

 

2.6               Acquired Interests . Seller owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Seller Affiliates, of record and beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the Acquired Interests. Part I of Appendix C sets forth the equity capitalization of the Project Company, the General Partner and each of their respective Subsidiaries. All of the interests described in Part I of Appendix C have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully-paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Part I of Appendix C , there are no outstanding (i) equity interests or voting securities of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) securities of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any equity interests or voting securities of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (iii) options or other rights to acquire from the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or other obligation of the Project Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any equity interests or voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity interests or voting securities of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any obligations of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing. The Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) has good and valid title to, and has, or will have, full power and authority to convey, the Acquired Interests, as of the Closing Date. The Acquired Interests have been, or will be, validly issued, and are, or will be, fully paid and non-assessable. No Person other than Purchasers has any written or oral agreement or option or any right or privilege, whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual, capable of becoming an agreement or option for the purchase or acquisition from Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of any of the Acquired Interests. On the Closing Date, Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors)

 

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will convey to Purchasers good and valid title to the Acquired Interests free and clear of all Liens other than (i) any Liens granted by the Purchasers pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and (ii) any obligations imposed under the Organization Documents of the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries or restrictions arising under applicable securities laws.

 

2.7               Solvency . There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings pending against, being contemplated by or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against, Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries. None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries (a) has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers appointed over all or part of its business or its assets, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no application therefor is pending or threatened, (b) is insolvent or presumed to be insolvent under any law or is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due, (c) has made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (d) has taken any action to approve any of the foregoing.

 

2.8               Compliance with Law .

 

(a)                 There has been no actual violation by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of or failure by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                To the Knowledge of Seller, there has been no actual violation by the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries of or failure by the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to be material and relates to the Wind Project or would otherwise reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.9               Taxes .

 

(a)                 Meikle Wind Energy Corp. (the “ General Partner ”) and any Subsidiary Transferor is, and has been at all times, a resident of Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “ Canadian Tax Act ”).

 

(b)                Each of the Project Company and PRHC Holdings LP is a Canadian partnership within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act.

 

(c)                 The Project Company is not a “SIFT Partnership” within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act.

 

(d)                No jurisdiction or authority in or with which the General Partner and the Project Company do not file Tax Returns has alleged that they are required to file such Tax Returns.

 

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(e)                 Each of the General Partner and the Project Company has timely filed all Tax Returns that it is required to file in all applicable jurisdictions and all such Tax Returns are accurate and complete in all material respects, has timely paid or has caused to be timely paid all Taxes it is required to pay to the extent due (other than those Taxes that it is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, with adequate, segregated reserves established for such Taxes) and, to the extent such Taxes are not due, has established or caused to be established reserves that are adequate for the payment thereof as required by GAAP.

 

(f)                 Each of the General Partner and the Project Company has withheld from each payment made to any Person, including a Person who is or is deemed to be a non-resident of Canada, all amounts required by applicable law to be withheld, and has remitted such withheld amounts within the prescribed periods to the appropriate Governmental Authorities.

 

(g)                Each of the General Partner and the Project Company has charged, collected and remitted on a timely basis all Taxes as required under applicable laws on any sale, supply or delivery whatsoever, made by it.

 

(h)                Each of the General Partner and the Project Company is registered under GST/HST Legislation and their registration numbers are 85684 0319 and 83618 0901 respectively.

 

(i)                  Each of the General Partner and the Project Company has maintained and continues to maintain at its place of business in Canada all material records and books of account required to be maintained under applicable Law, including laws relating to sales and use Taxes.

 

(j)                  No reassessments of the Taxes of the General Partner or the Project Company have been issued and are outstanding. None of the Seller, the Subsidiary Transferor, the General Partner or the Project Company has received any indication from any Governmental Authority that an assessment or reassessment of the General Partner or the Project Company is proposed in respect of any Taxes, regardless of its merits. Neither the General Partner nor the Project Company has executed or filed with any Governmental Authority any agreement or waiver extending the period for assessment, reassessment or collection of any Taxes.

 

(k)                The terms and conditions made or imposed in respect of every transaction (or series of transactions) between the General Partner or the Project Company and any Person that is (i) a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, and (ii) not dealing at arm’s length with it for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, do not differ from those that would have been made between persons dealing at arm’s length for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act.

 

(l)                  There are no Liens for Taxes on any of the assets of the General Partner or the Project Company other than Permitted Liens.

 

2.10           Unregistered Securities . Assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchasers in Section 3.8 and Section 3.9 , (i) it is not necessary in connection with the sale of the Acquired Interests, under the circumstances contemplated by this Agreement, to register such Acquired Interests under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”) and (ii) no filings are required pursuant to the securities laws of any province or territory of Canada or under any other applicable securities laws.

 

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2.11           Broker’s Fees . None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation for any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.12           Material Contracts . Parts I , III , IV and V of Appendix D collectively set forth a list of all Material Contracts. At or prior to the date hereof (or, in the case of Material Contracts included in any Updated Disclosure Schedules, at or prior to the date such Updated Disclosure Schedules are delivered) Seller has provided Purchasers with, or access to, copies of all Material Contracts. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Project Company, the General Partner or the Subsidiary that is a party thereto, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each other party thereto, in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. None of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of Seller, any other party thereto (i) is in breach of or default in any material respect under a Material Contract and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and continuing which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach of or default under a Material Contract or would give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, amendment, suspension or revocation of a Material Contract, or (ii) has received any written notice of termination or suspension of any Material Contract, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no action is being taken by any Person to terminate or suspend any Material Contract.

 

2.13           Real Property .

 

(a)                 Except as set forth in Part II of Appendix C , none of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries owns any real property. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Governmental Authority has commenced the exercise of any eminent domain or similar power with respect to any Project Company Real Property owned by the Project Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any such Project Company Real Property.

 

(b)                The Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or, subject to the terms and conditions of the Material Leases, the right to use all Project Company Real Property, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. With respect to the Project Company Real Property it leases or on which it was granted servitudes or superficies pursuant to the Material Leases, the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, have peaceful and undisturbed nonexclusive possession under all Material Leases, servitudes or superficies under which they are leasing or occupying property in accordance with the terms and conditions of the relevant Material Leases, servitude or superficies and subject to the Permitted Liens. All rents and other payments under the Material Leases have been paid in full to the extent due.

 

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(c)                 The Project Company Real Property is sufficient to provide the Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries with continuous, uninterrupted and, together with public roads, contiguous access to the Wind Project sufficient for the operation and maintenance of the Wind Project as currently conducted. All utility services necessary for the construction and operation of the Wind Project for its intended purposes are available or are reasonably expected to be so available as and when required upon commercially reasonable terms.

 

2.14           Permits . Part II of Appendix C sets forth a list of all material Permits acquired or held by the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the operation of the Wind Project. The Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries hold in full force and effect all Permits required for the operation of the Wind Project as presently conducted, other than those Permits required in connection with certain construction and maintenance activities which are ministerial in nature and can reasonably be expected to be obtained in due course on commercially reasonable terms and conditions as and when needed. None of the Project Company, the General Partner nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is in material default or material violation, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and continuing which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or material violation of, or would give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, amendment, suspension or revocation under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Permits held by the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries. There are no legal proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing, relating to the suspension, revocation or modification of any Permits held by the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

2.15           Environmental Matters . Except as set forth in Part II of Appendix D , (i) the Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries, the Project Company Real Property and the Wind Project are in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, (ii) none of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has caused or contributed to the release of any Hazardous Substances in any material respect, and (iii) none of the Seller, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has received written notice from any Governmental Authority of any material Environmental Claim, or any written notice of any investigation, or any written request for information, in each case, under any Environmental Law. None of Seller, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has given any release or waiver of liability that would waive or impair any material claim based on the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under any real property, against a previous owner of any real property or against any Person who may be potentially responsible for the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under any such real property.

 

2.16           Insurance . Part II of Appendix D sets forth a list of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries (the “ Insurance Policies ”). All Insurance Policies are now in full force and effect. All premiums with respect to the Insurance Policies covering all periods to and including the date hereof have been paid and, with respect to premiums due and payable prior to Closing, will be so paid. None of these Insurance Policies have lapsed and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there are no circumstances that have rendered such insurance unenforceable, void or

 

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voidable. None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has received any written notice in the past 12 months from the insurer under any Insurance Policies disclaiming coverage, reserving rights with respect to a particular claim or such Insurance Policy in general or canceling or materially amending any such Insurance Policy. Each of the Project Company, the General Partner and any of their respective Subsidiaries’ assets and properties are insured in amounts no less than as required by applicable Law, applicable Permits or any Material Contract to which such Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which its assets or properties are bound.

 

2.17           Financial Model . The Financial Model has been prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions as to the estimates set forth therein and is consistent in all material respects with the provisions of the Material Contracts.

 

2.18           Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities; No Material Adverse Effect . The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis with prior periods, are correct and complete in all material respects and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of operations of the Project Company as at their respective dates for the periods covered by the respective Financial Statements. None of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any Indebtedness other than (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements or pursuant to the Material Contracts, (ii) incurred since the date of the Financial Statements and disclosed on Appendix D , (iii) incurred after the date hereof in accordance with this Agreement, including Section 4.1(a) , and (iv) interest and fees accrued on any Indebtedness referred to in clause (i) after the date of the Financial Statements. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, none of the Project Company, the General Partner nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has any liabilities that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, other than any liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements and any liabilities contained in the Material Contracts, other than liabilities thereunder arising from contractual breach. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

 

2.19           Personal Property . The Project Company, the General Partner or a Subsidiary of the Project Company or the General Partner has good and valid title to (or a valid leasehold interest in) the Personal Property currently owned or used by the Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries in the operation of the Wind Project (other than Personal Property that individually and in the aggregate are immaterial to such operations), and such title or leasehold interests are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens. All Personal Property that is material to the operation of the Wind Project is in good operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear and maintenance, and is usable in the ordinary course of business.

 

2.20           Employees . None of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has, or has ever had, any employees.

 

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2.21           Employee Benefits . No employee benefit plan is maintained, established or sponsored by the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, nor does the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries participate in or contribute to any such plan.

 

2.22           Labor Matters . None of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement with a labor union or organization or any other Contract with any labor union or other employee representative of a group of employees.

 

2.23           Intellectual Property . The Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries own, license or can acquire on reasonable terms the Intellectual Property necessary to operate the Wind Project. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Intellectual Property required to operate the Wind Project infringes upon or otherwise violates any intellectual property rights of any third party. There are no unresolved pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened actions or claims that allege that the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries has infringed or otherwise violated any material intellectual property rights of any third party. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating rights in any material respect any Intellectual Property of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

2.24           Affiliate Transactions . Except as disclosed on Appendix E , there are no transactions, contracts or liabilities between or among (a) the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries on the one hand, and (b) Seller, any of its Affiliates or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any current representative of the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries, Seller or its Affiliates, or any member of the immediate family of any such representative, on the other hand.

 

2.25           First Nations Matters . There is no pending dispute with, or to the Knowledge of Seller threatened by, any First Nation in respect of aboriginal rights, aboriginal title, treaty rights or any other aboriginal interest of such First Nation in or to all or any portion of the Project Company Real Property or the Wind Project. Other than as disclosed in Part V of Appendix D , none of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement with a First Nations to provide benefits, pecuniary or otherwise, with respect to the Wind Project at any stage of development. Part V of Appendix D lists all First Nations with which the Project Company, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries has had active consultation in developing the Wind Project.

 

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PurchaserS

 

Except as set forth in, or qualified by any matter set forth in, the Schedules attached hereto, each Purchaser hereby severally represents and warrants to Seller as set forth in this Article 3 as of (A) the date hereof and (B) if the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date, in each case, unless otherwise specified in the representations and warranties below, in which case the representation and warranty is made as of such date. Whether or not a particular Section of this Article 3 refers to a specific, numbered Schedule, such Section shall, to

 

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the extent applicable, be subject to the exceptions, qualifications, and other matters set forth in the Schedules to the extent that the relevance of such exceptions, qualifications or other matters is reasonably apparent on the face thereof.

 

3.1               Organization and Status . Such Purchaser (a) is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, (b) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has all requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the property it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Such Purchaser has made available to Seller complete and correct copies of the Organization Documents for such Purchaser.

 

3.2               Power; Authority; Enforceability . Such Purchaser has the legal capacity and power to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has been duly authorized, in accordance with its Organization Documents, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Purchaser and constitutes the legal valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, severally enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

3.3               No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the purchase of the Acquired Interests from Seller or the Subsidiary Transferors, do not, and will not, (a) violate any Governmental Rule to which such Purchaser is subject or the Organization Documents of such Purchaser, or (b) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which such Purchaser is a party or by which such Purchaser is bound.

 

3.4               No Litigation . Such Purchaser is not a party to and has not received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of such Purchaser, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation against such Purchaser, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.5               Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5 , no Consent of any Governmental Authority or any other Person, is required by or with respect to such Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Purchaser, or the consummation by such Purchaser of the transaction contemplated hereby, except for any consents which if not obtained would not reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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3.6             Solvency . There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings pending against, being contemplated by or, to the Knowledge of such Purchaser, threatened against such Purchaser. Such Purchaser (a) has not had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers appointed over all or part of its business or assets, and to the Knowledge of such Purchaser, no application therefor is pending or threatened, (b) is not insolvent or presumed to be insolvent under any Law and is able to pay its debts as and when they fall due, (c) has not made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, and (d) has not taken any action to approve any of the foregoing.

 

3.7             Compliance with Law . To the Knowledge of such Purchaser, there has been no actual violation by such Purchaser of or failure of such Purchaser to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.8             Accredited Investor . Such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Section 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario) if such Purchaser is resident in the Province of Ontario or within the meaning of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions if the Purchaser is resident elsewhere in Canada, and, if the Purchaser is a U.S. Person, the Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of Regulation D, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act (provided that, in each case, upon reasonable request of the Seller at any time, such Purchaser shall provide a written certificate to such effect to the Seller).

 

3.9             Purchase Entirely for Own Account . The Acquired Interests to be acquired by such Purchaser will be acquired for investment for such Purchaser’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and such Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in or otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Agreement, such Purchaser further represents that such Purchaser does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such Person or to any third Person, with respect to any of the Acquired Interests.

 

3.10            Broker’s Fee . Such Purchaser has no liability or obligation for any fees or commissions payable to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS; OTHER OBLIGATIONS

 

4.1             Covenants Between Signing and Closing . If the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4.1 shall apply during the period from the date hereof to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.4 :

 

(a)                 Project Specific Pre-Closing Covenants of Seller . Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the business, operations and affairs of the Project

 

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Company only in the ordinary and normal course of business, subject to the following provisions with respect to any proposed entry into any Material Contract or any proposed amendment, termination or waiver (in whole or in part) of any Material Contract (each such proposal, a “ Material Contract Change ”):

 

(i) Seller shall give prior written notice to Purchasers of, and shall to the extent practicable consult in good faith with Purchasers regarding, any Material Contract Change that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Operating Period; and

 

(ii) Seller may, but shall not be obligated to, seek by written notice the approval of each Purchaser to any Material Contract Change. During the twenty calendar-day period following delivery of any such notice, Seller shall provide to each Purchaser promptly any information within Seller’s possession regarding such Material Contract Change as such Purchaser reasonably requests. Each Purchaser shall, by the end of such twenty calendar-day period, notify Seller whether it approves (acting reasonably) such Material Contract Change. If neither Purchaser approves such Material Contract Change, Seller may (A) abstain from proceeding with such Material Contract Change, (B) proceed with such Material Contract Change (in which case each Purchaser retains its right to assert a failure of a condition precedent to Closing, if applicable), or (C) terminate this Agreement. If either Purchaser approves such Material Contract Change while the other Purchaser does not, Seller may nonetheless proceed with such Material Contract Change. In such event, the non-approving Purchaser shall be deemed to have refused to waive a condition precedent to Closing under Section 5.2 , and Section 5.5(b)(ii) or (c)(ii) shall apply at any time thereafter. If either Purchaser fails to complete the Closing as a result of a proposed Material Contract Change, then the Seller must proceed with such Material Contract Change, or notify the non-approving Purchaser and provide such non-approving Purchaser with the opportunity to complete the Closing.

 

(b)                Access, Information and Documents . Subject to the next sentence, Seller will give to each Purchaser and to such Purchaser’s counsel, accountants and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to all material Books and Records and the Wind Project (subject to all applicable safety and insurance requirements and any limitations on Seller’s rights to, or right to provide others with, access) and will furnish to such Purchaser all such documents and copies of documents and all information, including operational reports, with respect to the affairs of the Project Company, the General Partner, the Seller Affiliates, and the Wind Project as such Purchaser may reasonably request. If, by reason of any confidentiality obligations imposed on Seller by any counterparty to a Contract who deals at arm’s length with Seller, Seller is unable to comply with the foregoing covenant, Seller and such Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents or

 

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waivers required to make the disclosure (which, in the case of such Purchaser, may include the requirement to enter into a reasonable confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement). Each Purchaser agrees to comply with any confidentiality obligations which would be applicable to it under any such Contracts received from Seller hereunder.

 

(c)                 Updating of Disclosure Schedules . Seller shall notify Purchasers in writing of any material changes, additions, or events occurring after the date of this Agreement which require a representation and warranty of Seller (other than any representations or warranties in Sections 2.6 , 2.7 and 2.11 , which, for clarity, may not be updated by Seller) to be supplemented with a new Schedule or cause any material change in or addition to a Schedule promptly after Seller becomes aware of the same by delivery of such new Schedule or appropriate updates to any such Schedule (each, an “ Updated Disclosure Schedule ”) to Purchaser. Each Updated Disclosure Schedule shall (i) expressly state that it is being made pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) , (ii) specify the representations and warranties to which it applies and (iii) describe in reasonable detail the changes, additions or events to which it relates. No Updated Disclosure Schedule delivered pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) shall be deemed to cure any breach of any representation or warranty made to any Purchaser unless such Purchaser specifically agrees thereto in writing or, as provided in and subject to Article 5, consummates the Closing under this Agreement after receipt of such written notification, nor shall any such Updated Disclosure Schedule be considered to constitute or give rise to a waiver by either of the Purchasers of any condition set forth in this Agreement, unless such Purchaser specifically agrees thereto in writing or consummates the Closing under this Agreement after receipt of such written notification.

 

(d)                Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable.

 

4.2             Other Covenants

 

(a)                 Costs, Expenses . Except as may be specified elsewhere in this Agreement, such Purchaser shall pay all costs and expenses, including legal fees and the fees of any broker, environmental consultant, insurance consultant, independent engineer, and title company retained by such Purchaser for its due diligence and its negotiation, performance of and compliance with this Agreement. Seller shall pay all costs and expenses (including in connection with any reports, studies or other documents listed in Part II of Appendix D , unless specifically noted in Part II of Appendix D ), including legal fees and the fees of any broker of Seller or its Affiliates, relating to or resulting from the negotiation, performance of and compliance with this Agreement by Seller.

 

(b)                Public Announcement; Confidentiality . No party hereto shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any public announcement or written statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the other parties, except to the extent required by law (including any disclosure which, in the reasonable judgment of the disclosing party, is necessary or appropriate to comply with Governmental Rules and standards governing disclosures to investors) or in accordance with the

 

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rules, regulations and orders of any stock exchange. Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants advisors and partners not to, disclose any confidential information in or relating to this Agreement other than (i) to its Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors and partners, provided in each case that such recipient is bound by reasonable confidentiality obligations, (ii) as required by applicable law or regulation or (iii) with the prior consent of Purchasers. Seller shall not use, and shall not enable any third party to use, any confidential information in or relating to this Agreement that constitutes material non-public information regarding Purchasers in a manner that is prohibited by the U.S. securities laws.

 

(c)               Regulatory Approvals . Each party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all required regulatory approvals (including the required Governmental Approvals set forth in Part VII of Appendix B ) as promptly as possible and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date. To that end, each of the parties shall make, or cause to be made, all other filings and submissions, and submit all other documentation and information that in the reasonable opinion of any Purchaser is required or advisable, to obtain the regulatory approvals, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy all requests for additional information and documentation received under or pursuant to those filings, submissions and the applicable legislation and any orders or requests made by any Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Purchaser will be required to (i) propose or agree to accept any undertaking or condition, enter into any consent agreement, make any divestiture or accept any operational restriction or other behavioral remedy, (ii) take any action that, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, could be expected to limit the right of such Purchaser to own or operate all or any portion of the business or assets of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or of such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or to conduct their respective affairs in a manner consistent with how they each conduct their affairs as of the date of this Agreement, or (iii) contest or defend any judicial or administrative proceeding brought by any Governmental Authority seeking to prohibit, prevent, restrict or unwind the consummation of all or a part of the transaction contemplated herein.

 

(d)               Consents . Except in respect of regulatory approvals, which shall be governed by Section 4.2(c) , as promptly as possible and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) make or cause to be made all filings required by Law to be made by it in order to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby; and (ii) seek and obtain all Consents required pursuant to Section 2.5 .

 

(e)               Other Obligations of Seller and Purchasers . The parties mutually covenant as follows:

 

(i) to use all reasonable efforts in good faith to obtain promptly the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing of the transactions contemplated herein;

 

(ii) to furnish to the other parties and to the other parties’ counsel all such information as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the foregoing actions, including draft regulatory filings and submissions, provided that such information may be redacted

 

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to render illegible any commercially sensitive portions thereof, and in such event the parties will meet in good faith to agree on protective measures to allow disclosure of such redacted information to counsel in a manner that affords the maximum protection to such commercially sensitive information as is reasonable in the circumstances; and

 

(iii) to advise the other parties promptly if any party determines that any condition precedent to its obligations hereunder will not be satisfied in a timely manner.

 

(f)                 Allocation of Aggregate Purchase Price . The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be allocated between the Acquired Interests based on the percentages set forth on Schedule 4.2(f) and the parties agree to report the transactions contemplated in this Agreement in a manner consistent with such allocation in the preparation, filing and audit of any Tax Return.

 

(g)                Allocation of Partnership Income and Loss . With respect to the income or loss of the Project Company for the fiscal year in which the Closing occurs, the Purchasers shall cause the General Partner to allocate income or loss of the Project Company for the period up to and including the date of Closing to the Seller, and to allocate income or loss of the Project Company for the period after the date of Closing to the Purchasers on a pro rata basis based on their respective interests in the Project Company at the end of the fiscal year.

 

ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING; TERMINATION

 

5.1             Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations to Close . The obligations of the parties to proceed with the Closing under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by all parties in their sole discretion):

 

(a)                 No Violations . The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall not violate any applicable Governmental Rule.

 

(b)                No Adverse Proceeding . No order of any court or administrative agency shall be in effect which restrains or prohibits the transactions contemplated hereby, and there shall not have been threatened, nor shall there be pending, any action or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority challenging any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or seeking monetary relief by reason of the consummation of such transactions.

 

(c)                 No Termination . This Agreement shall not have been terminated pursuant to Section 5.4 .

 

(d)                Other Conditions Precedent to Closing to Each Party’s Obligations . The conditions precedent, if any, set forth on Appendix B-3 shall have been satisfied (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by all parties in their sole discretion).

 

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5.2             Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Purchasers to Close . The obligations of each Purchaser to proceed with the Closing under this Agreement with respect to the purchase of the Acquired Interests are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by such Purchaser in its sole discretion):

 

(a)                 Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Sections 2.1 to 2.7 (inclusive) and 2.11 shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date. All other representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 2 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (other than any representations or warranties that are qualified by materiality, including by reference to Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true in all respects) as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that (i) such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date and (ii) the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                Performance and Compliance . Seller shall have performed, in all material respects, all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

(c)                 Consents . All necessary Consents shall have been obtained, including those set forth in Schedules 2.5 and 3.5 .

 

(d)                Certificate of Seller . Such Purchaser shall have received a certificate of Seller dated the date of the Closing confirming the matters set forth in Sections 5.2(a) and (b) in a form reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser.

 

(e)                 Good Standing Certificate . Such Purchaser shall have received a good standing certificate of Seller, each Subsidiary Transferor, the Project Company, the General Partner and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case issued by the secretary of state of the state or provincial authority of the province (as applicable) of its formation.

 

(f)                 Satisfactory Instruments . All instruments and documents reasonably required on the part of Seller to effectuate and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be delivered to such Purchaser and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser.

 

(g)                Loan Documents . Absence of any material amendment to, or any default under, any Loan Document (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement).

 

(h)                Term Conversion . Term Conversion shall have occurred.

 

(i)                  Material Contracts . Absence of any amendment to, entry into, termination or waiver (in whole or in part) of any Material Contract, except any such amendment, termination or waiver that has been approved by each Purchaser, that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Operating Period.

 

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5.3             Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Seller to Close . Subject to Section 5.5 , the obligations of Seller to proceed with the Closing hereunder with respect to Seller’s sale of the Acquired Interests are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by Seller in its sole discretion):

 

(a)                 Purchase Price . Purchasers shall have transferred in immediately available funds the Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to, in accordance with and into the account or accounts designated in, Part I of Appendix B .

 

(b)                Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties set forth in Article 3 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (other than any representations or warranties that are made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date).

 

(c)                 Performance and Compliance . Purchasers shall have performed all of the covenants and complied, in all material respects, with all the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

(d)                Certificate of Purchaser . Seller shall have received a certificate of each Purchaser dated the date of the Closing confirming the matters set forth in Sections 5.3(b) and (c) in a form reasonably acceptable to Seller.

 

(e)                 Satisfactory Instruments . All instruments and documents required on the part of each Purchaser to effectuate and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be delivered to Seller and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller.

 

(f)                 Other Conditions Precedent to Seller’s Obligation to Close . The conditions precedent, if any, set forth in Appendix B-5 shall have been satisfied or waived in whole or in part by Seller in Seller’s sole discretion.

 

5.4             Termination . If the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the following termination provisions shall be applicable:

 

(a)                 By the Parties . This Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual written consent of Purchasers and Seller.

 

(b)                By Either Party . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by either Seller or either of the Purchasers, if (i) a Governmental Approval required to be obtained as set forth on Part VII of Appendix B shall have been denied and all appeals of such denial have been taken and have been unsuccessful, (ii) one or more courts of competent jurisdiction in the United States or Canada (as applicable), any state, provincial or any other applicable jurisdiction has issued an order permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the Closing, and such order has become final and non-appealable, or (iii) the Closing has not occurred by the Outside Closing Date, but if such failure to close by the Outside Closing Date is due to any breach of this Agreement by any party, such party shall not have any right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (iii).

 

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(c)                 Other Termination Rights . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by the applicable party if and to the extent permitted in Part V of Appendix B .

 

(d)                Termination Procedure . In the event of termination of this Agreement by any or all parties pursuant to this Section 5.4 , written notice thereof will forthwith be given by the terminating party to the other parties and this Agreement will terminate and the transactions contemplated hereby will be abandoned, without further action by any party. If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by this Section 5.4 , such termination shall be without liability of any party (or any stockholder, shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or representative of such party) to the other parties to this Agreement; provided that (i) the foregoing will not relieve any party for any liability for willful and intentional material breaches of its obligations hereunder occurring prior to such termination and (ii) except as specifically set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement shall derogate from the provisions of the Purchase Rights Agreements, which agreements shall remain in full force and effect after termination of this Agreement.

 

5.5              Purchaser Default or Waiver .

 

(a)                 Closing Notice . Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 , Seller shall deliver a notice to Purchasers scheduling the date of the Closing (a “ Closing Notice ”), which shall be at least ten (10) Business Days after the date of delivery of the Closing Notice. Subject to Sections 1.5(a)(iii) and 4.1(a) , if any Purchaser fails to confirm its willingness to proceed with the Closing within three (3) Business Days after delivery of the Closing Notice, or confirms such willingness but subsequently fails to pay its Separate Purchase Price, such Purchaser shall be deemed to be a “ Defaulting Purchaser .” For greater certainty, a Purchaser shall not be considered a Defaulting Purchaser where a condition to Closing in its favor (or a mutual condition to Closing in favor of Purchasers and Seller) has not been fulfilled and it has elected not to waive such condition.

 

(b)                PSP Breach . On the date scheduled for the Closing or within ten (10) days after the Closing, in the event that (i) PSP is a Defaulting Purchaser (a “ PSP Default ”), or (ii) PEGI elects to waive a condition precedent to Closing under Section 5.2 but PSP does not so elect (a “ PEGI Waiver ”), PEGI shall have the right, exercisable in its sole discretion and by written notice to the other parties, to (A) fund the entire Aggregate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) within thirty (30) days following such PSP Default or PEGI Waiver, as applicable, or as may be reasonably extended for PEGI to obtain financing, additional regulatory approvals or applicable internal consents to consummate such funding, in which case, following the consummation of such funding, PEGI shall be the sole Purchaser of the Acquired Interests under this Agreement, (B) decline to fund any amount under this Agreement, or (C) fund PEGI’s Separate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) only.

 

(c)                 PEGI Breach . On the date scheduled for the Closing or within ten (10) days after the Closing, in the event that (i) PEGI is a Defaulting Purchaser (a “ PEGI Default ”), or (ii) PSP elects to waive a condition precedent to Closing under Section 5.2 but PEGI does not so elect (a “ PSP Waiver ”), PSP shall have the right, exercisable in its sole discretion and by written notice to the other parties, to (A) fund the entire Aggregate Purchase Price (including any

 

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Purchase Price Adjustment) within thirty (30) days following such PEGI Default or PSP Waiver, as applicable, or as may be reasonably extended for PSP to obtain financing, additional regulatory approvals or applicable internal consents to consummate such funding, in which case, following the consummation of such funding, PSP shall be the sole Purchaser of the Acquired Interests under this Agreement, (B) decline to fund any amount under this Agreement, or (C) with the consent of Seller, fund PSP’s Separate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) only.

 

(d)                Effect . In the event that either Purchaser funds the entire Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to paragraph (b)(A) or (c)(A) above, as applicable, the other Purchaser (whether or not it is a Defaulting Purchaser) shall not have any further obligations pursuant to this Agreement and Seller shall have no claim against such other Purchaser under this Agreement or at Law. In the event that either Purchaser declines to fund any amount under this Agreement or funds its Separate Purchase Price pursuant to paragraph (b)(B) or (C) or paragraph (c)(B) or (C) above, as applicable, the other Purchaser shall remain subject to all its obligations, and Seller shall retain all its rights against such other Purchaser, pursuant to this Agreement. For greater certainty, Seller shall not have any claim against a Purchaser who elects not to waive a condition to Closing in its favor (or a mutual condition to Closing in favor of Purchasers and Seller).

 

ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES FOR BREACHES OF THIS AGREEMENT

 

6.1             Indemnification.

 

(a)                 By Seller . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 6 and Section 7.14 , from and after the Closing, Seller agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and its Affiliates together with their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (each a “ Purchaser Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all Losses that any Purchaser Indemnified Party incurs by reason of or in connection with any of the following circumstances:

 

(i) any breach by Seller of any representation or warranty made by it in Article 2 (subject to any Updated Disclosure Schedules delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(c) that are deemed to cure a breach of any representation or warranty in accordance with the last sentence of Section 4.1(c) ) or any breach or violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation of Seller contained herein; and

 

(ii) as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

(b)                By Purchasers . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 6 and Section 7.14 , from and after the Closing, each Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Seller and Seller’s Affiliates together with their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (each a “ Seller Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all Losses that any Seller Indemnified Party incurs by reason of or in connection with any of the following circumstances:

 

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(i) any breach by such Purchaser of any representation or warranty made by it in Article 3 or any breach or violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation of such Purchaser contained herein; and

 

(ii) as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.2              Limitations on Seller’s or Purchasers’ Indemnification .

 

(a)                Minimum Limit on Claims . A party required to provide indemnification under this Article 6 (an “ Indemnifying Party ”) shall not be liable under this Article 6 to an Indemnified Party for any Claim for breach of any representation or warranty unless and until the aggregate amount of all Claims for which it would, in the absence of this provision, be liable exceeds: (i) in the event that Seller is the Indemnifying Party, the Basket Amount, and (ii) in the event that a Purchaser is the Indemnifying Party, such Purchaser’s pro rata portion (based on its Percentage Portion) of the Basket Amount, and in each such event the Indemnified Party will be liable for the amount of all Claims, including the Basket Amount; provided that the foregoing limitation shall not apply in the case of actual fraud or willful misrepresentation by the Indemnifying Party.

 

(b)              Maximum Limit on Claims .

 

(i) Limitation on Seller’s Liability . Seller’s maximum aggregate liability for Claims for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement is limited to Seller’s Maximum Liability set forth in Part VI of Appendix B ; provided that the Seller’s Maximum Liability will not apply to any Claim based on (A) actual fraud or willful misrepresentation or (B) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3 , 2.5 , 2.6 , 2.9 , 2.11 and 2.18 (solely with respect to the Indebtedness of the Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries).

 

(ii) Limitation on Purchasers’ Liability . Purchasers’ maximum aggregate liability for Claims for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement is limited to Purchaser’s Maximum Liability set forth in Part VI of Appendix B ; provided that the Purchaser’s Maximum Liability will not apply to any Claim based on (A) actual fraud or willful misrepresentation or (B) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1 , 3.2 , 3.3 , 3.5 and 3.10 .

 

(c)            Time Limit for Claims . No Indemnified Party may make a Claim for indemnification under Section 6.1 in respect of any Claim unless notice in writing of the Claim, incorporating a statement setting out in reasonable detail the grounds on which the Claim is based, has been given by the Indemnified Party prior to the expiration of the applicable Survival Period as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

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6.3              Reimbursements; Refunds .

 

(a)                 Right of Reimbursement . The amount of Losses payable under Section 6.1 by an Indemnifying Party shall be net of any amounts recovered by the Indemnified Party under applicable insurance policies or from any other Person responsible therefor. If the Indemnified Party receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies, or from any other Person responsible for any Losses subsequent to an indemnification payment by the Indemnifying Party and such amounts would result in a duplicative recovery, then such Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for any payment made or expense incurred by such Indemnifying Party in connection with providing such indemnification payment up to the amount received by the Indemnified Party, net of any expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in collecting such amount.

 

(b)                Other Refund Obligations . In addition to the obligations set forth in Section 6.3(a) , the applicable Indemnified Party shall be obligated to reimburse or refund to the Indemnifying Party for payments made by it to such Indemnified Party under this Article 6 as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.4             Right to Control Proceedings for Third Party Claims .

 

(a)                 If a third party shall notify any party with respect to any matter that may give rise to a Claim (a “ Third Party Claim ”), the Indemnified Party must give notice to the Indemnifying Party of the Third Party Claim (a “ Third Party Claim Notice ”) within twenty (20) Business Days after it becomes aware of the existence of the Third Party Claim and that it may constitute a Third Party Claim. The Indemnified Party’s failure to give a Third Party Claim Notice in compliance with this Section 6.4(a) of any Third Party Claim which may give rise to a right of indemnification hereunder shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party unless, and solely to the extent that, the failure to give such notice materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

(b)                The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, or by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party, to assume control of the defense of any Third Party Claim with the Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, in each case at the Indemnifying Party’s own cost and expense (provided that prior to assuming control of such defense, the Indemnifying Party must acknowledge its indemnity obligations under this Article 6 ), and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith in such defense. The Indemnified Party shall have the right, at its own cost and expense, to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim with separate counsel selected by it, subject to the Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense thereof; provided that in such event the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of such separate counsel (i) incurred by the Indemnified Party prior to the date the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the defense of the Third Party Claim, (ii) if such Third Party Claim would reasonably be expected to be materially detrimental to the business, reputation or future prospects of any Indemnified Party or (iii) if representation of both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party by the same counsel would create a conflict of interest. If the Indemnifying Party (i) fails to promptly notify the Indemnified Party in writing of its election to defend or fails to acknowledge its indemnity obligations under this Article 6 as provided in this Agreement, (ii) elects not to defend (or compromise at its sole cost and expense) such Third

 

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Party Claim, (iii) has elected to defend such Third Party Claim but fails to promptly and diligently pursue the defense such Third Party Claim, (iv) otherwise breaches any of its obligations under this Article 6 or (v) as set forth on Schedule 6.4(b) hereto, or if the Third Party Claim is reasonably expected by the Indemnified Party to result in a payment obligation on the Indemnified Party in an amount that exceeds the maximum indemnification then available to the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 6 , then the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume or maintain control of the defense of such Third Party Claim and the Indemnified Party may (by written notice to the Indemnifying Party) assume control of such defense (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Indemnified Party) and/or compromise such Third Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Losses based upon, arising from or relating to such Third Party Claim. The parties shall cooperate with each other in all reasonable respects in connection with the defense of any Third Party Claim.

 

(c)                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into any settlement of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as provided in this Section 6.4(c) . If a firm offer is made to settle a Third Party Claim that (i) does not (A) result in any liability or create any financial or other obligation on the part of the Indemnified Party and (B) result in the loss of any right or benefit on the part of any Indemnified Party, (ii) does not impose injunctive or other equitable relief against any Indemnified Party, and (iii) provides, in customary form, for the unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and agree to such firm offer, then the Indemnifying Party shall give written notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within twenty (20) days after its receipt of such notice, the Indemnified Party may continue to contest or defend such Third Party Claim and in such event, the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party as to such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the amount of such settlement offer. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within such twenty (20) day period and also fails to assume defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party may settle the Third Party Claim upon the terms set forth in such firm offer to settle such Third Party Claim. If the Indemnified Party has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 6.4(b) , it may settle the Third Party Claim; provided that if the settlement is made without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Indemnifying Party shall have no indemnity obligation pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to such Third Party Claim.

 

6.5             Mitigation; Treatment of Indemnification .

 

(a)                 The Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate all Losses relating to a Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Article 6 .

 

(b)                All indemnification payments under this Article 6 shall be deemed adjustments to the Aggregate Purchase Price.

 

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indemnification provisions of this Article 6 and the provisions of Section 7.15 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Seller and Purchasers with respect to any misrepresentation, breach of warranty, covenant or other agreement (other than any Purchase Price Adjustment set forth in Part I of Appendix B ) or other claim arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, effective as of the Closing each of the Purchasers and Seller covenants to the other party that in respect of any matters under or contemplated in this Agreement, it will not make any Claim whatsoever against any Affiliate of the other party or the directors, officers, managers, shareholders, member, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing, in each case in their capacities as such, and its rights in respect of any such Claim for breach of any provision of this Agreement are limited solely to such rights as it may have against Seller or Purchasers, as the case may be, under this Agreement.

 

6.7               Purchaser Indemnification Decisions . Each Purchaser may bring a Claim for indemnification pursuant to this Article 6 . If both Purchasers initiate substantially the same Claim (a “ Joint Claim ”), PEGI shall have the right to assume control of the prosecution of such Joint Claim but may not enter into any settlement with the Indemnifying Party that purports to bind PSP with respect to such Joint Claim without the prior written consent of PSP (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If PEGI has elected to prosecute such Joint Claim but fails to promptly and diligently pursue the same, then PSP may (by written notice to PEGI) assume control of the prosecution of such Joint Claim but may not enter into any settlement with the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Joint Claim that purports to bind PEGI without the prior written consent of PEGI (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Neither Purchaser may enter into any settlement with respect to any Joint Claim solely for itself (i.e., any settlement that does not purport to bind the other Purchaser) without first notifying the other Purchaser and giving the other Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to participate in such settlement. The expenses of the prosecution of any Joint Claim shall be borne by both Purchasers pro rata in accordance with their Percentage Portion.

 

ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1               Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the Schedules and Appendices hereto, each of which is hereby incorporated herein, set forth all of the promises, covenants, agreements, conditions, undertakings, representations and warranties between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied, oral or written.

 

7.2               Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and electronic mail (“ email ”) transmission and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered, telefaxed (with confirmation of transmission), e-mailed (so long as confirmation of receipt is requested and received) or, if mailed, when mailed by United States first-class or Canadian Lettermail or Letter-post (as the case may be), certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, or by any international or national overnight delivery service, to the other party at the addresses as set forth in Part VII of Appendix B (or at such other address as shall be given in writing by any party to the other). All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed

 

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received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.

 

7.3              Successors and Assigns .

 

(a)                 No party shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations herein without the prior written consent of the other parties, in their sole discretion, except as provided herein and except that any party may assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations herein to an Affiliate of such party but the assigning party shall continue to be liable for all of its obligations hereunder following any such assignment. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement, and all rights and powers granted hereby, will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)                Notwithstanding Section 7.3(a) , each of Seller and each Purchaser may assign this Agreement without the consent of the other parties as specified in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

7.4              Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

(a)                 EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(b)                Any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, causes of action, disputes, controversies, and other matters in question arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the alleged breach hereof, or in any way relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the relationship between the parties created by this Agreement (hereafter, a “ Dispute ”), except for any claims for specific performance as set forth in Section 7.15 , shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, including the Procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes (the “ Rules ”) then in force to the extent such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The party or parties commencing arbitration shall deliver to the other party or parties a written notice of intent to arbitrate (a “ Demand ”) in accordance with Rule R-4. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§1 et seq.

 

(i) Selection of Arbitrators . Disputes shall be resolved by a panel of three independent and impartial arbitrators, (the “ Arbitrators ”). The party or parties initiating the arbitration shall appoint an arbitrator in its or their Demand; the responding party or parties shall appoint an arbitrator in its or their answering statement, which is due thirty (30) days after receipt of the Demand. If any party fails or refuses to timely nominate an arbitrator within the time permitted, such arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA from individuals with significant experience in renewable energy

 

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projects from its Large, Complex Commercial Case Panel. Within thirty (30) days of the appointment of the second arbitrator, the two party-appointed arbitrators shall appoint the third arbitrator, who shall act as the chair of the arbitration panel. If the two party-appointed arbitrators fail or refuse to appoint the third arbitrator within such thirty (30)-day period, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA from individuals with significant experience in renewable energy projects from its Large, Complex Commercial Case Panel in accordance with Rule R-12. The Arbitrators, acting by majority vote, shall resolve all Disputes.

 

(ii) Confidentiality . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the arbitration proceedings and award shall be maintained in confidence by the parties.

 

(iii) Place of Arbitration . The place of arbitration shall be New York, New York. Any action in connection therewith shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any New York state court in New York County. Each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding, and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party further agrees to accept service of process out of any of the before mentioned courts in any such dispute by registered or certified mail addressed to the party at the address set forth in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

(iv) Conduct of the Arbitration . The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules and in a manner that effectuates the parties’ intent that Disputes be resolved expeditiously and with minimal expense. The Arbitrators shall endeavor to commence the arbitration hearing within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the third arbitrator’s appointment.

 

(v) Interim Relief . Any party may apply to the Arbitrators seeking injunctive relief until the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved. Any party also may, without waiving any remedy under this Agreement, seek from any court having jurisdiction any interim or provisional relief that is necessary to protect the rights or property of that party, pending the establishment of the arbitral tribunal (or pending the Arbitrators’ determination of the merits of the controversy).

 

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(vi) Discovery . The Arbitrators, upon a showing of good cause, may require and facilitate such limited discovery as it shall determine is appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the needs of the parties, the burden on the parties, and the desirability of making discovery limited, expeditious, and cost-effective. The Arbitrators shall issue orders to protect the confidentiality of proprietary information, trade secrets and other sensitive information disclosed in discovery.

 

(vii) Arbitration Award . The Arbitrators shall endeavor to issue a reasoned, written award within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the arbitration hearing. The Arbitrators shall have the authority to assess some or all of the costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding (including the Arbitrators’ fees and expenses) against any party. The Arbitrators shall also have the authority to award attorneys’ fees and expenses to the prevailing party or parties. In assessing the costs and expenses of the arbitration and/or awarding attorneys’ fee and expenses, the Arbitrators shall consider the relative extent to which each party has prevailed on the disputed issues and the relative importance of those issues. The limitations of Section 7.14 shall apply to any award by the Arbitrators.

 

7.5               Headings; Construction; and Interpretation . The headings preceding the text of the sections and subsections hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the rules of construction set forth in Appendix A-2 shall apply to this Agreement. The parties agree that any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived.

 

7.6               Further Assurances . Each party shall cooperate and take such action as may be reasonably requested by the other party in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.7               Amendment and Waiver . The parties may by mutual agreement amend this Agreement in any respect, and any party, as to such party, may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of any other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in representations by any other party, (c) waive compliance by any other party with any of the agreements contained herein and performance of any obligations by such other party, and (d) waive the fulfillment of any condition that is precedent to the performance by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement. To be effective, any such amendment or waiver must be in writing and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the same is sought.

 

7.8               No Other Beneficiaries . This Agreement is being made and entered into solely for the benefit of Purchasers and Seller, and neither Purchasers nor Seller intends hereby to create any rights in favor of any other Person as a third party beneficiary of this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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7.9               Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction specified in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

7.10           Schedules . References to a Schedule shall include any disclosure expressly set forth on the face of any other Schedule even if not specifically cross-referenced to such other Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such matter is reasonably apparent on the face thereof. The fact that any item of information is contained in a disclosure schedule shall not be construed as an admission of liability under any Governmental Rule, or to mean that such information is material. Such information shall not be used as the basis for interpreting the term “material”, “materially” or any similar qualification in this Agreement.

 

7.11           Limitation of Representations and Warranties . Purchasers acknowledge that except as expressly provided in Article 2 of this Agreement, Seller has not made, and Seller hereby expressly disclaims and negates, and each of the Purchasers hereby expressly waive, any other representation or warranty, express, implied, at Law or otherwise relating to the Acquired Interests, Seller or Seller Affiliates, the Project Company, the Wind Project or this Agreement.

 

7.12           Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile or electronically imaged version of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties hereto and an executed copy of this Agreement may be delivered by one or more parties hereto by facsimile or “PDF” electronic mail pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen, and such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes.

 

7.13           Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, 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 in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

7.14           Limit on Damages . Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that neither party shall be liable to the other party for any punitive damages (except to the extent paid to a third party in respect of a Third Party Claim) or damages that were not reasonably foreseeable.

 

7.15           Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.  
   
     
By:   /s/ Esben Pedersen  
Its: Esben Pedersen    
  Chief Investment Officer    

 

 

 


  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to the Meikle Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

 

VERTUOUS ENERGY CANADA INC.  
   
   
By: /s/ Guthrie Stewart  
Its: Guthrie Stewart  
  Vice-President  
     
     
By: /s/ Patrick Samson  
Its: Patrick Samson  
  Vice President    

 

 

 

 

      
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to the Meikle Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

Pattern Energy Group LP  
   
   
By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort  
Its: Daniel M. Elkort  
  Vice President  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to the Meikle Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

APPENDIX A-1: GENERAL DEFINITIONS
(as applicable and to the extent used in the final Agreement)

 

AAA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Accounting Referee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(f) .

 

Acquired Interests ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, as more fully described in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified, or who holds or beneficially owns 50% or more of the equity interest in the Person specified or 50% or more of any class of voting securities of the Person specified; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (a) Purchasers and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of Seller and (b) Seller and its Affiliates (other than Purchasers and their respective Subsidiaries) shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of any Purchaser.

 

Aggregate Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 , and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement in respect of the Project Company, made as of the date of Closing, among the General Partner and the Purchasers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

Arbitrators ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

ARC ” means an advance ruling certificate issued by the Commissioner of Competition pursuant to subsection 102(1) of the Competition Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Basket Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Books and Records ” means books, Tax Returns, contracts, commitments, and records of a Person.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are authorized to be closed in New York, New York or Montreal, Québec.

 

Canadian Tax Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a) .

 

Centrica Energy ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part II of Appendix C .

 

Claim ” means a claim by an Indemnified Party for indemnification pursuant to Section 6.1 .

 

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Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 .

 

Closing Date ” shall mean the date a Closing occurs.

 

Closing Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

Commissioner of Competition ” means the Commissioner of Competition appointed pursuant to the Competition Act or a Person designated or authorized pursuant to the Competition Act to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Commissioner of Competition.

 

Competition Act ” means the Competition Act (Canada).

 

Competition Act Approval ” means any of: (a) the issuance of an ARC and such ARC has not been rescinded prior to Closing, or (b)  Purchasers and the Seller have given the notice required under Section 114 of the Competition Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable waiting period under Section 123 of the Competition Act has expired or has been terminated in accordance with the Competition Act, or (c) the obligation to give the requisite notice has been waived pursuant to paragraph 113(c) of the Competition Act, and in the case of (b) and (c), Purchasers have been advised in writing by the Commissioner of Competition that the Commissioner of Competition, at that time, does not intend to make an application under Section 92 of the Competition Act in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such advice has not been rescinded prior to Closing.

 

Consent ” means any consent, approval, order or Permit of or from, or registration, declaration or filing with or exemption by any Person, including a Governmental Authority.

 

Contract ” means any agreement, lease, license, obligation, plan, arrangement, purchase order, commitment, evidence of indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract (whether written or oral) entered into by a Person or by which a Person or any of its assets are bound.

 

Defaulting Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

Demand ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Dispute ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America or Canada, as identified in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Environmental Claim ” means any suit, action, demand, directive, claim, Lien, written notice of noncompliance or violation, allegation of liability or potential liability, or proceeding made or brought by any Person in each case (a) alleging any liability under or violation of or noncompliance with any applicable Environmental Law, (b) with respect to the release of or exposure to Hazardous Substances, or (c) with respect to noise pollution or visual impacts, including shadow flicker.

 

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Environmental Law ” means any Law pertaining to the environment, natural resources, human health and safety in connection with exposure to Hazardous Substances, and physical and biological natural resources, including, but not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.), and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Act of 1984, the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act) (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq.), the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 703 et seq.), the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 668 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.), and any similar or analogous state, provincial, local and municipal Laws, in effect as of the date hereof or the Closing Date, as applicable.

 

EPA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix D .

 

Expected Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part III of Appendix B .

 

Financial Model ” means the financial model for the Wind Project.

 

Financial Statements ” means (a) the annual unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of income and cash flows of the Project Company for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the related balance sheet as at December 31, 2016, in each case setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding year; and (b) the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of income and cash flows and the related balance sheet of the Project Company to be delivered prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Appendix B-1 , in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

First Nations ” means any governing body of any first nations, Métis and/or indigenous and/or aboriginal tribe(s) and/or band(s).

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles used by the Project Company to prepare the Financial Statements, consistently applied throughout the specified period and in the immediately prior comparable period.

 

General Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a) .

 

Governmental Authority ” means any federal or national, state, provincial, county, municipal or local government or regulatory or supervisory department, body, political subdivision, commission, agency, instrumentality, ministry, court, judicial or administrative body, taxing authority, or other authority thereof (including any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing) having jurisdiction over the matter or Person in question.

 

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Governmental Rule ” means, with respect to any Person, any applicable law, statute, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code, judgment, decree, injunction or writ issued by any Governmental Authority.

 

GP Interest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

GST/HST ” means taxes imposed under the GST/HST Legislation.

 

GST/HST Legislation ” means Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and any provincial or territorial equivalent.

 

Hazardous Substances ” means all substances, materials, chemicals, wastes or pollutants that are defined, regulated, listed or prohibited under Environmental Law, including without limitation, (i) asbestos or asbestos containing materials, radioactive materials, lead, and polychlorinated biphenyls, any petroleum or petroleum product, solid waste, mold, mycotoxin, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and radon gas; (ii) any waste or substance that is listed, defined, designated or classified as, or otherwise determined by any Environmental Law to be, ignitable, corrosive, radioactive, dangerous, toxic, explosive, infectious, radioactive, mutagenic or otherwise hazardous; (iii) any pollutant, contaminant, waste, chemical, deleterious substances or other material or substance (whether solid, liquid or gas) that is defined as a “solid waste,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” “hazardous constituent,” “special waste,” “toxic substance,” or a word, term, or phrase of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any Environmental Law.

 

HSR Act Approval ” means that the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act will have expired or been terminated.

 

Indebtedness ” means all obligations of a Person (a) for borrowed money (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees due, and any other amounts due), whether or not contingent, (b) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, mortgages or similar instruments or debt securities, (c) for the deferred purchase price of property, goods or services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business and not past due), including all seller notes and “earn out” payments, (d) under capital leases, (e) secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person, whether or not such obligation has been assumed by such Person, (f) with respect to reimbursement obligations for letters of credit, performance bonds and other similar instruments (whether or not drawn), (g) under any interest rate, currency or other hedging agreement (including collars) or commitment therefor, (h) to repay deposits or other amounts advanced by and owing to third parties, (i) under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person, (j) in the nature of guaranties of the obligations described in clauses (a) through (i) above of any other Person or as to which such Person has an obligation substantially the economic equivalent of a guaranty, or (k) in respect of any other amount properly characterized as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP.

 

Indemnified Party ” means either a Purchaser Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified Party, as the case may be.

 

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(c) .

 

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Intellectual Property ” means all intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions, (b) Internet domain names, trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos and corporate names and registration and applications for registration of any item listed in clause (b), together with all of the goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights (registered or unregistered), works of authorship and copyrightable works, and registrations and applications for registration of any item in this clause (c), (d) computer software (whether in source code, object code or other form), data, databases and any documentation related to any item listed in this clause, (e) trade secrets and other confidential information (including confidential and proprietary know how, ideas, formulas, compositions, recipes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), manufacturing and production processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, drawings, blueprints, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information), (f) all rights of privacy and publicity, (g) other intellectual property rights and (h) copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium).

 

Interconnection Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix D .

 

Joint Claim ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.7 .

 

Knowledge ” means (a) with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of the persons identified in Part VII of Appendix B , which shall include at a minimum (i) the senior developer responsible for the Wind Project, (ii) the construction manager responsible for the Wind Project, (iii) the transaction counsel responsible for the financing of the Wind Project and (iv) the finance manager responsible for the financing of the Wind Project and (b) with respect to each Purchaser, the actual knowledge of the persons identified in Part VII of Appendix B opposite the name of such Purchaser.

 

Laws ” means all common law, laws, by-laws, statutes, treaties, rules, Orders, rulings, decisions, judgments, injunctions, awards, decrees, codes, ordinances, standards, regulations, restrictions, official guidelines, policies, directives, interpretations, Permits or like action having the effect of law of any Governmental Authority.

 

Lease ” means a lease, ground lease, sublease, license, concession, easement, right of way, encroachment agreement, municipal right of way agreements, and road user agreements or other written agreement, including any option relating thereto, in each case, governing real property, to which the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party.

 

Lien ” on any asset means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothec, pledge, charge, security interest, restrictive covenant, right of first refusal, right of first offer, easement or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected or effective under applicable law, as well as the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

 

Loss ” means any and all losses (including loss of profit and loss of expected profit), claims, actions, liabilities, damages, expenses, diminution in value or deficiencies of any kind or character including all interest and other amounts payable to third parties, all liabilities on

 

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account of Taxes and all reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any claims or actions, whether or not resulting in any liability.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means any circumstance, matter, condition, development, change, event, occurrence, state of affairs, or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, is or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations, assets or liabilities, financial condition or properties of the Project Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; provided , however , none of the following shall be deemed (either alone or in combination) to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)                 any change in general economic, political or business conditions;

 

(b)                changes resulting from acts of war or terrorism or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(c)                 changes or developments generally affecting the power services industry;

 

(d)                any changes in accounting requirements or principles imposed by GAAP after the date of this Agreement;

 

(e)                 any changes in applicable Law after the date of this Agreement;

 

(f)                 changes in the wind power industry that, in each case, generally affect companies in such industry;

 

provided that the incremental extent of any disproportionate change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter described in clauses (a) through (f) with respect to the Project Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated businesses in the wind power industry may be considered and taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract ” means (i) any Material Lease, (ii) the Contracts set forth in Part I of Appendix D , (iii) the Term Loan Agreement, and (iv) any other Contract not otherwise set forth in Part I of Appendix D that affects the Operating Period to which the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets, is bound (A) providing for past or future payments by or to the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 annually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (B) relating to any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement, (C) relating to any Indebtedness, (D) limiting the freedom of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or granting “most favored nation” or similar status, (E) with Seller or any of its Affiliates, (F) with either Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (G) relating to the

 

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acquisition or disposition of any business or material portion thereof (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), (H) that was not entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Project Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (I) with any First Nations; or (J) the loss of which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract Change ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a) .

 

Material Leases ” means all Leases related to the Wind Project (i) the loss of which would result in a reduction in production of the Wind Project or in its ability to deliver energy to the point of interconnection or would otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that are otherwise material to the operations of the Wind Project.

 

Multi-Tenure Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part II of Appendix C .

 

Operating Period ” means, in respect of the Wind Project, the period commencing on the Commercial Operation Date (however titled) under any power purchase agreement to which the Project Company is a party.

 

Order ” means any writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, decision, order or similar direction of any Governmental Authority, whether preliminary or final.

 

Organization Documents ” means, with respect to (a) any corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws, (b) any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) any limited liability company, its articles or certificate of organization or formation and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, or (d) any other Person, documents of similar substance.

 

Outside Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part III of Appendix B .

 

PCFC ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

PEGI Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(c) .

 

PEGI Waiver ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

Percentage Portion ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Permitted Lien ” means any of the following: (a) Liens for Taxes either not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in the Project Company’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; (b) inchoate mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens for work in progress and workmen’s, repairmen’s, warehousemen’s and carrier’s Liens arising in the ordinary course of business either for amounts not yet due or which have not been perfected, filed or registered in accordance with applicable Law against the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, the Wind Project or the Project Company Real Property; (c) as to any Project Company Real Property, title defects, easements, rights of first refusal, restrictions, irregularities, encumbrances (other than for borrowed money), encroachments, servitudes, rights of way and

 

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statutory Liens that do not or would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the value or use by the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries of the Project Company Real Property; (d) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in (x) any original grant from the Crown or (y) or other grants of real or immovable property that do not or would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the value or use by the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries of such real or immovable property; (e) security given to a public utility or any Governmental Authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of the Project Company in the ordinary course of business; and (f) Liens granted pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Permit ” means filings, registrations, licenses, permits, notices, technical assistance letters, decrees, certificates, approvals, consents, waivers, Orders, authorizations, agreements, directions, instructions, grants, easements, exemptions, exceptions, variances and authorizations to or from any Governmental Authority.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, business trust, estate, joint venture, unincorporated association, limited liability company, cooperative, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Personal Property ” means all office equipment, machinery, equipment, supplies, vehicles, tractors, trailers, tools, spare parts, production supplies, furniture and fixtures and other items of tangible personal property owned by any of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries used primarily in connection with ownership, maintenance or operation of the Wind Project.

 

Post-Closing Contingency Receipt ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Project Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part IV of Appendix D .

 

Project Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix C of the Agreement.

 

Project Company Real Property ” means all real property of the Project Company, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures of the Wind Project thereon, (i) held pursuant to a Material Lease or (ii) required to be set forth on Part II of Appendix C .

 

PSP Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

PSP Waiver ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(c) .

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Purchase Rights Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2017 by and among Seller, Pattern Energy Group Inc. and, solely with respect to Article IV thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP and Pattern Energy GP LLC, as such agreement is amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement

 

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dated as of June 16, 2017 by and among Pattern Energy Group 2 LP, Pattern Energy Group Inc. and, solely with respect to Article III thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP and Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, as such agreement is amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

 

Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Purchaser Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a) .

 

Purchaser’s Maximum Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Rules ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Securities Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.10 .

 

Seller ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Seller Affiliate ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Seller Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) .

 

Seller Receipt ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Seller’s Maximum Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Separate Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 , and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Shareholder Agreement ” means the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement in respect of the General Partner, made as of the date of Closing, among the General Partner and the Purchasers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

Subsidiary Transferor ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Survival Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means, collectively all federal, provincial, territorial, state and local or foreign income, estimated, payroll, withholding, excise, sales, goods and services, harmonized, value-added, use, real and personal property, corporation, use and occupancy, business and occupation, mercantile, transfer, capital stock and franchise or other taxes, levies, duties, assessments, reassessments or other charges of any kind whatsoever (including interest, additions and penalties thereon) , whether disputed or not, and for greater certainty includes Canada Pension Plan, Québec Pension Plan and employment insurance premiums.

 

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Tax Returns ” means any return, declaration, notice, form, report, claim for refund or information return or statement relating to the determination, assessment, collection or payment of Taxes or to the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any legal requirement pertaining to Taxes, including, for greater certainty, any schedule or attachment thereto.

 

Term Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Term Loan Agreement.

 

Term Loan Agreement ” shall have the meaning described in Part III of Appendix D .

 

Third Party Claim ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a) .

 

Third Party Claim Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a) .

 

TSA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix D .

 

Wind Project ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part II of Appendix C of the Agreement.

 

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APPENDIX A-2: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

1. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

 

2. The word “or” is not exclusive.

 

3. A reference to a Governmental Rule includes any amendment or modification to such Governmental Rule, and all regulations, rulings and other Governmental Rules promulgated under such Governmental Rule.

 

4. A reference to a Person includes its successors and permitted assigns.

 

5. Accounting terms have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP, as applied by the accounting entity to which they refer.

 

6. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” are not limiting and shall be deemed to mean “include, without limitation”, “includes, without limitation” or “including, without limitation”.

 

7. A reference to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule or Appendix is to the Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule or Appendix of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

8. Any reference to “this Agreement”, “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

 

9. Any reference to another agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to that other agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, varied, amended, supplemented, substituted, novated, assigned or otherwise transferred.

 

10. References to “days” shall mean calendar days, unless the term “Business Days” shall be used. References to a time of day shall mean such time in New York, New York, unless otherwise specified.

 

11. This Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, Seller, Purchaser, and their respective counsel. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of the parties thereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against either Seller or Purchaser.

 

12. The words “will” and “shall” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect.

 

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Appendix B: Transaction Terms and Conditions

 

Meikle Transaction

I.             Purchase Price

 

Aggregate Purchase Price ”:

 

$167,500,000

 

Separate Purchase Price ”:

PEGI : $85,425,000

 


PSP : $82,075,000

 

Currency:

Canadian Dollar, and all references to Dollar or $ or CAD$ shall refer to such currency.

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ”:

 

The Purchase Price Adjustment at Closing shall be calculated to maintain the 25 year after tax IRR (assuming internal use of any tax benefits) of the Purchasers based on the updated Financial Model delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iii) , which has been updated solely to reflect the following:

 

(i)     change in the timing of Closing and the amount and date of the initial distribution to the Purchasers (considering any distributions received by the Seller prior to Closing, and with the Seller leaving a reasonable amount of working capital in the project to fund near-term payables);

 

(ii)     changes to reflect amendments to or new Material Contracts that have an economic impact on the Operating Period (including the terms of any project debt and tax equity financing and changes to the length of the term of any power purchase agreement);

 

(iii)     changes in the amounts and timing of material acquired assets and liabilities not associated with operating the business in the ordinary course (including post-construction refunds, reserve amounts, outstanding debt balances, capital expenditures, etc); and

 

(iv)     manifest errors.

 

Payment Mechanics and Payee Information:

 

Bank Name: HSBC Bank Canada

Bank Address: 885 West Georgia St.

Vancouver, BC V6C 3Gl

Canada

Bank No.: 016

Transit No. 10270

Swift Code: HKBCCATT

Account Name: Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC

Account Type: Business Checking Account

Account Number : 270 -215956-001

Currency: Canadian Dollar  

 

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II.             Signing Date Deliverables

 

Seller’s Signing Date Deliverables:

 

Not applicable

 

Purchaser’s Signing Date Deliverables: Not applicable

III.             Closing

 

Closing Location:

 

At the offices of PEGI:

Pier 1, Bay 3

San Francisco, CA 94111

 

Expected Closing Date:

August 14, 2017

 

Outside Closing Date:

 

October 13, 2017

 

IV.             Closing Deliverables & Conditions Precedent to Closing

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of Seller:

In addition to the closing deliverables set forth in Section 1.5(a) of the Agreement, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchasers the additional closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-1 .

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of Purchasers:

In addition to the closing deliverables set forth in Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement, Purchasers shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Seller the additional closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-2 .

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations to Close:

In addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement, the obligation of Purchasers and Seller to Close is subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Appendix B-3 .

 

V.             Additional Termination Rights

 

By Either Party:

 

Not applicable

By Purchasers:

 

Not applicable

By Seller:

 

Not applicable

VI.            Indemnification Provisions

 

Additional Seller Indemnity Obligations:

 

For a period from the Closing Date until the date that is three years after the Closing Date, the Seller agrees to indemnify each Purchaser, and each Purchaser’s successors and assigns, in respect of, and hold each of them harmless from and against, any Losses suffered by such Purchaser in respect of any actual reimbursement costs paid to BC Hydro pursuant to Section 4.4 of the EPA that are in excess of the established $6 million reserve account, up to a limit of $8,100,000. For greater certainty, the foregoing indemnity is not subject to the limitations contained in

 

 

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Sections 6.2(a) or 6.2(b)(i) .

 

Additional Purchasers Indemnity Obligations:

 

Not applicable

 

Survival Period:

 

Until the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except for (i) the representations and warranties in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3(a) , 2.6 and 2.11 and any claim for any breach of any representation or warranty involving actual fraud or willful misrepresentation, which shall survive until the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations, (ii) the representation and warranty in Section 2.18 with respect to the Indebtedness of the Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries, which shall survive until the date that is the later of: (A) 6 months after the Closing; and (B) 3 months following the completion of the Project Company's first annual audited financial statements, and (iii) the representations and warranties in Section 2.9 , which shall survive until the date that is 60 days after the expiration of the period, if any, during which an assessment, reassessment or other form of recognized written demand assessing liability for Tax, interest or penalties under applicable Law in respect of any taxation year to which such representations and warranties relate could be issued to the Project Company or the General Partner, as applicable (the “ Survival Period ”).

 

Limitation on Liability:

Basket Amount ”:

 

1% of the Aggregate Purchase Price

 

Seller’s Maximum Liability ”:

11% of the Aggregate Purchase Price

 

Purchaser’s Maximum Liability ”:

 

11% of the Aggregate Purchase Price

 

Additional Refund or Reimbursement Obligations:

 

By Purchasers or Purchaser Indemnified Party:

1.      None

 

By Seller or Seller Indemnified Party:

 

1.      None

VII.            Additional Transaction Terms

 

Required Governmental Approvals:

1.      By Closing, the Competition Act Approval shall have been obtained.

 

Persons with Knowledge:

Seller’s Persons with Knowledge: Michael Thompson, Amy Smolen, John Bodt, Daniel Elkort and Andrew Collingwood

 

PEGI’s Persons with Knowledge: Esben Pederson, Michael Lyon and Dyann Blaine

 

PSP’s Persons with Knowledge: Guthrie Stewart and Patrick Samson

 

 

 

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Additional Assignment Rights:

 

Assignment Rights of Seller: None

 

Assignment Rights of Purchaser: None

 

Governing Law:

New York

 

Notice Information:

To Seller:

 

c/o Pattern Energy Group LP

Pier 1, Bay 3

San Francisco, CA 94111

Attention: General Counsel

Phone: 415-283-4000

Fax: 415-362-7900

 

To PEGI:

c/o Pattern Energy Group Inc.

Pier 1, Bay 3

San Francisco, CA 94111

Attention: General Counsel

Phone: 415-283-4000

Fax: 415-362-7900

To PSP:

 

c/o Public Sector Pension Investment Board
1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West.
Suite 1400
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3B 5E9

 

Attention: Managing Director,

Infrastructure Investments
Facsimile: (514) 937-0403
E-mail:           vertuousenergy@investpsp.ca

and legalnotices@investpsp.ca

 

with a copy to:

 

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501, avenue McGill College
26 th Floor
Montreal, Québec
Canada H3A 3N9

 

Attention:         Franziska Ruf
Facsimile:         (514) 841-6499
E-mail:              fruf@dwpv.com

 

 

 

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Appendix B-1:

 

1. To the extent available, unaudited consolidated financial statements of income and cash flows and related balance sheet of the Project Company for the most recent fiscal quarter of the Project Company ending prior to the Closing Date (but in any event after the date of this Agreement), in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Appendix B-2:

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of purchasers

 

In the case of PEGI:

 

1. A counterpart signature page to the Shareholder Agreement, executed by the General Partner and PCFC.

 

2. A counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, executed by the General Partner and PCFC.

 

In the case of PSP:

 

1. A counterpart signature page to the Shareholder Agreement, executed by PSP.

 

2. A counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, executed by PSP.

 

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Appendix B-3:

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to

Each Party’s Obligations to Close

 

 

1. Receipt of all necessary Governmental Approvals set forth on Part VII of Appendix B .

 

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  Appendix C: Acquired Interests; Ownership Structure;

 

and Wind Project Information

 

Meikle Transaction

 

I.             Acquired Interests & Ownership Structure

 

Project Company:

 

Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership
Purchasers:

PSP and Pattern Canada Finance Company ULC (“ PCFC ”)

 

Acquired Interests:

 

PEGI (indirectly acquired by PCFC):

 

50.99% limited partner interest in the Project Company

 

70% of the issued and outstanding shares of the General Partner (which owns a 0.02% general partner interest in the Project Company)

 

PSP :

 

48.99% limited partner interest in the Project Company

 

30% of the issued and outstanding shares of the General Partner (which owns a 0.02% general partner interest in the Project Company)

 

Subsidiary Transferor(s) ”:

PRHC Holdings LP

 

Direct or Indirect Co-Owners of Project Company:

Immediately prior to the Closing:

 

1.       PRHC Holdings LP will hold (a) a 99.98% limited partner interest in Pattern Meikle LP Holdings LP and (b) 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern Meikle GP Holdings Inc.;

 

2.       Pattern Meikle GP Holdings Inc. will hold (a) 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the General Partner and (b) 0.02% general partner interest in Pattern Meikle LP Holdings LP;

 

3.       The General Partner will hold a 0.02% general partnership interest in the Project Company; and

 

4.       Pattern Meikle LP Holdings LP will hold a 99.98% limited partnership interest in the Project Company.

 

At Closing:

 

1.       Pattern Meikle LP Holdings LP is dissolved, in accordance with the terms of its limited partnership agreement, and its assets will be transferred as follows:

 

 

 

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(a)    0.02% of a 99.98% limited partnership interest in the Project Company (the “ GP Interest ”) will be transferred to Pattern Meikle GP Holdings Inc.; and

 

(b)   99.98% of a 99.98% limited partnership interest in the Project Company will be transferred to PRHC Holdings LP.

 

2.      Pattern Meikle GP Holdings Inc. will then transfer the GP Interest to PRHC Holdings LP, such that PRHC Holdings LP will own a 99.98% limited partnership interest in the Project Company.

 

3.      Pattern Meikle GP Holdings Inc. will be dissolved and its assets will be distributed to its sole shareholder PRHC Holdings LP, such that PRHC Holdings LP will own 100% of the shares in the capital of the General Partner.

 

4.      PRHC Holdings LP will then:

 

(a)    sell to PEGI (indirectly through PCFC) a 50.99% limited partnership interest in the Project Company and 70% of the shares in the capital of the General Partner; and

 

(b)   sell to PSP a 48.99% limited partnership interest in the Project Company and 30% of the shares in the capital of the General Partner.

 

Consequently, immediately following the Closing:

 

1.      PEGI will indirectly hold a 50.99% limited partnership interest in the Project Company;

 

2.      PEGI will hold 70% of the shares in the capital of the General Partner;

 

3.      PSP will indirectly hold a 48.99% limited partnership interest in the Project Company; and

 

4.      PSP will hold 30% of the shares in the capital of the General Partner.

 

II.             Wind Project Information

 

Wind Project:

 

Expected nameplate capacity: 178.8 MW

 

Location: Peace River Regional District of the Province of British Columbia

 

Turbine type and manufacturer: General Electric Canada

 

Number of turbines: 61

 

Commercial Operation Date (or Expected

 

January 31, 2017

 

 

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Commercial Operation Date) of Wind Project:

 

 

Permits & Governmental Approvals:

 

1.      BC Hydro Interconnection System Impact Study dated November 2015.

 

2.      BC Hydro Interconnection Facilities Study and Project Plan dated March 25, 2015, as amended by an amendment dated March 3, 2016.

 

3.      EAO Environmental Assessment Certificate #E14-01, issued by the Minister of Environment and Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister response for Core review, dated June 24, 2014, as amended by Amendment #1 to Certificate E14-01, dated January 15, 2015.

 

4.      Land Use Proposal Approval from NAV Canada dated June 23, 2015.

 

5.      Transport Canada Aeronautical Assessment Form for Obstruction Marking and Lighting from Transport Canada, dated February 24, 2015.

 

6.      Occupant License to Cut L49747, issued by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and National Resource Operations, dated October 8, 2013, as amended by Amendment Number 1, dated October 14, 2014.

 

7.     Authorization for Vegetation Clearing under Section 52 of the Forest Act, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Land and National Resource Operations and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, dated March 27, 2015.

 

8.     License for the use of explosives under Section 7 of the Explosives Act, Government of Canada, Department of Natural Resources.

 

9.     Section 9 Notifications re Culverts (#145979) and Installation of Underground Collector Line Cables (#156862-167043) under the Water Act, submitted to the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and National Resource Operations and dated August 27, 2014 and February 17, 2015.

 

10.     Inspection Permit for Archeological Investigation under the Heritage Conservation Act, issued by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and National Resource Operations (as required by applicable Governmental Authority).

 

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Real Property Interests:

 

1.     Multi-tenure agreement referenced as File No. 8015444 (Disposition No. 893356) dated September 30, 2014, and as amended on May 19, 2015 and June 19, 2015, between the Project Company and the Crown (the “ Multi-Tenure Agreement ”)

 

2.      License of occupation (Licence No. 815640) dated June 1, 2015 between the Project Company and the Crown.

 

3.      Crossing agreement (File X-208.5) dated April 14, 2015 between the Project Company and CQ Energy Canada Resources Partnership, by its manager, Direct Energy Marketing Limited, operating as Centrica Energy (“ Centrica Energy ”).

 

4.      Crossing agreement (File X-208.6) dated April 14, 2015 between the Project Company and Centrica Energy.

 

5.       Reciprocal master road use agreement dated April 14, 2015 between the Project Company and Centrica Energy.

 

6.       Mutual existence agreement dated October 15, 2014 between the Project Company and Doug Connors.

 

Legal Description as set out in the Multi-Tenure Agreement: That parcel or tract of unsurveyed Crown land in the vicinity of Meikle Creek (within Block A, 93-P-05 and Block D, 93-P-06), Peace River District containing 1,382.4 hectares more or less and shown on the sketch attached to the Multi-Tenure Agreement.

 

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Appendix D: Documents & Key Counterparties

 

I.            Material Project Agreements

 

Certain documents referenced in the Term Loan Agreement:

1.       A balance of plant agreement dated as of June 29, 2015 between Borea Construction ULC and the Project Company.

 

2.      A guarantee agreement dated as of June 29, 2015 by Blattner Holding Company and Pomerleau, Inc., in favour of the Project Company.

 

3.      A contract for the sale of power generation equipment and related services agreement dated as of June 29, 2015 between the General Electric Company and the Project Company (the “ TSA ”).

 

4.       A full service agreement dated as of June 29, 2015 between the General Electric Company and the Project Company.

 

5.       A guarantee provided by the General Electric Company.

 

6.       A letter of credit issued to the Project Company and the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) as co-beneficiaries, in an amount equal to at least 10% of the amounts invoiced and paid to General Electric Canada by the Project Company pursuant to the TSA and issued to secure the Project Company’s Builders’ Lien Act (British Columbia) holdback requirements

 

7.       The Multi-Tenure Agreement (as defined in Part II of Appendix C).

 

8.       A management, operation and maintenance services agreement dated as of June 29, 2015 between the Project Company and Pattern Operators Canada ULC with respect to the Wind Project.

 

9.       A project administration agreement between the Project Company and Pattern Operators Canada ULC dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

10.     The Project Agreement (as defined in Part IV below)

 

11.    An electricity purchase agreement dated on April 22, 2010 between BC Hydro and the Project Company, as transferred from Finavera Renewables Inc. to the Project Company pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement), as amended on March 14, 2014 between BC Hydro and the Project Company (the “ EPA ”).

 

12.     A mutual benefit agreement between the Project Company and Saulteau First Nation dated September 18, 2014.

 

13.     A community benefits agreement between the Project Company and

 

 

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   McLeod Lake Indian Band dated January 16, 2014.

 

14.    A benefits agreement between Finavera Wind Energy Inc., the Project Company and Halfway River First Nation dated October 14, 2011, as amended by an amending agreement between the Project Company and Halfway River First Nation dated April 10, 2015.

 

15.    A benefits agreement between Finavera Wind Energy Inc., the Project Company and West Moberly First Nations dated December 7, 2012, as amended by an amending agreement between the Project Company and West Moberly First Nations dated June 25, 2015.

 

16.     A memorandum of understanding between Finavera Wind Energy Inc., the Project Company and Doig River First Nation, dated January 14, 2012, as amended by an amending agreement between the Project Company and Doig River First Nation dated May 11, 2015.

 

17.     A “Standard Generator Interconnection Agreement” entered into between the Project Company, as transferred from Finavera Renewables Inc. to the Project Company pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) and BC Hydro on June 28, 2011, as amended on April 27, 2015 and July 1, 2016 (the “ Interconnection Agreement ”).

 

18.    A purchase agreement for the main power transformers dated as of April 20, 2016 between the Project Company and Hyosung Corporation.

Certain other documents:

 

Nil.

 

II.            Reports, Other .Deliverables and Consultants

 

Environmental Consultant:

 

TerraWest Environmental Inc.

Environmental Reports:

 

Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment dated March 31, 2015

Independent Engineer:

 

GL Garrad Hassan Canada, Inc.

Independent Engineer’s Report:

 

Independent Engineer Closing Report dated June 26, 2015, as supplemented by Construction Supplement dated April 21, 2017

Title Company:

 

Not applicable

Title Policy:

 

Not applicable

Wind Consultant:

 

GL Garrad Hassan Canada, Inc.

Wind Energy and Resource Assessment Report:

Energy Production Assessment of the Proposed Meikle Wind Farm dated June 5, 2015

 

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Insurance Consultant: Moore-McNeil, LLC

Insurance Consultant’s Report:

 

Insurance Consultant’s Report dated June 26, 2015
Insurance Policies:

General Liability CAD (Part of Master CAD Program), Policy Number CGL324204

 

Umbrella Liability CAD (Part of Master CAD Program), Policy Number WXBC324811

 

Property & Business Interruption for Canada Ops Wind & MET Tower, Policy Number PER 16 WPO0067

 

Pollution Liability Policy for Canada, Policy Number 0310-1573

 

An insurers reservation of right was submitted in the ordinary course in connection with a construction period contractor claim (Boreo Construction, date of loss 6/26/2-16, total estimated loss $2,910,259)

 

Local Content Consultant:

 

Not Applicable

Local Content Report:

 

Not Applicable

Transmission Consultant:

 

Not Applicable

Transmission Consultant’s Report:

 

Not Applicable
Cost Segregation Consultant: Not Applicable

Cost Segregation Report:

 

Not Applicable

Accountant:

 

Not Applicable

III.             Financing Arrangements

Term Loan Agreement:

 

C redit Agreement dated June 29, 2015 between Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership, as borrower, Meikle Wind Energy Corp., as guarantor, Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, Bank of Montreal, as collateral agent and account bank, and Bank of Montreal, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, KeyBank National Association, National Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of Canada, as lenders (as amended in accordance with this Agreement, the “ Term Loan Agreement ”)

 

Other Financing Arrangements:

 

1.       The documents listed in clauses (a) through (n) of the definition of “Loan Documents” in the Term Loan Agreement, in each case without any amendments thereto.

 

2.       The documents listed in clauses (a) through (g) of Section 10.01(1) of the Term Loan Agreement.

 

 

 

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3.     1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between Bank of Montreal and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

4.    1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

5.     1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between KeyBank National Association and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

6.     1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between National Bank of Canada and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

7.     1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between Royal Bank of Canada and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

8.     1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between Société Générale and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

9.     1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency–Cross Border) and related Schedule between Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, New York Branch and the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Borrower, dated as of June 29, 2015.

 

Indirect Financing Arrangements:

 

Not applicable.

 

Amendments to any document in this Part III of Appendix D

 

An Amendment to the Term Loan Agreement is in the process of being drafted.

IV.             Equity and Co-Ownership Arrangements & Key Counterparties

 

Equity Capital Contribution Agreement (“ ECCA ”):

 

Not Applicable

Tax Equity Investors:

 

Not Applicable

 

 

App. D

 

 

Project Agreement:

 

Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership dated April 15, 2014 (as amended in accordance with its terms, and together with any counterparts and acknowledgements related thereto, the “ Project Agreement ”)

 

V.             First Nations Matters

 

Agreements with First Nations:

1.       A mutual benefit agreement between the Project Company and Saulteau First Nation dated September 18, 2014.

 

2.        A community benefits agreement between the Project Company and McLeod Lake Indian Band dated January 16, 2014.

 

3.         A benefits agreement between Finavera Wind Energy Inc., the Project Company and Halfway River First Nation dated October 14, 2011, as amended by an amending agreement between the Project Company and Halfway River First Nation dated April 10, 2015.

 

4.       A benefits agreement between Finavera Wind Energy Inc., the Project Company and West Moberly First Nations dated December 7, 2012, as amended by an amending agreement between the Project Company and West Moberly First Nations dated June 25, 2015.

 

5.        A memorandum of understanding between Finavera Wind Energy Inc., the Project Company and Doig River First Nation, dated January 14, 2012, as amended by an amending agreement between the Project Company and Doig River First Nation dated May 11, 2015.

 

First Nations with which the Project Company or its Subsidiaries has had active consultation in developing the Wind Project:

 

Salteau First Nation

McLeod Lake Indian Band

Halfway River First Nation
West Morbley First Nations
Doig River First Nation

 

First Nations with which the Project Company or its Subsidiaries has had limited consultation in developing the Wind Project:

The Project Company consulted in a limited manner with the Kelly Lake Cree Nation, to a similar extent to which it has consulted with other third party stakeholders. The Project Company was had no duty to consult with the Kelly Lake Cree Nation by any Governmental Authority. There are no agreements between the Kelly Lake Cree Nation and Project Company and Project Company has not agreed to provide any future benefits to the Kelly Lake Cree Nation.

 

App. D

 

Appendix E:

 

Affiliate Transactions

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

App. E

 

Schedule 2.5

 

Seller Consents and Approvals

 

1. Consent from BC Hydro under the EPA (as defined in Part I of Appendix D ).

 

2. Notice to the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) regarding Permitted Transfer (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) of the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Schedule 2.5

 

Schedule 3.5

 

Purchaser Consents and Approvals

 

1. Competition Act Approval.

 

Schedule 3.5

 

Schedule 4.2(f)

 

Tax Allocation

 

 

Acquired Interests   Allocation % Allocation $
99.98% Limited Partnership Interest in Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership 99.98% $167,466,500
       
0.02% General Partnership Interest in Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership 0.02% $33,500

 

 


 

Schedule 6.4(b)

 

Schedule  6.4(b)

 

Control of Defense of Third Party Claims

 

Not applicable.

 

Schedule 6.4(b)

Exhibit 10.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

purchase and sale agreement

 

 

 

 

by and among

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.,

 

VERTUOUS ENERGY CANADA INC.,

 

each, a Purchaser

 

and

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP LP ,

 

Seller

 

 

 

Dated as of

 

June 16, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Direct or Indirect Interests

 

in

 

MONT SAINTE-MARGUERITE WIND FARM L.p.

 

and

 

MONT SAINTE-MARGUERITE WIND FARM INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

list of APPENDICES

 

Appendix A-1   General Definitions
     
Appendix A-2   Rules of Construction
     
Appendix B   Transaction Terms and Conditions
     
Appendix C   Acquired Interests; Ownership Structure; and Wind Project Information
     
Appendix D   Documents and Key Counterparties

 

  

 

list of schedules

 

Schedule 2.5 Seller Consents and Approvals
   
Schedule 3.5 Purchaser Consents and Approvals
   
Schedule 4.2(f) Tax Allocation
   
Schedule 6.4(b) Control of Defense of Third Party Claims
 
 

PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT

 

THIS PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 16, 20 17 , is made by and among Pattern Energy Group Inc. , a Delaware corporation (“ PEGI ”), Vertuous Energy Canada, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the federal laws of Canada (“ PSP ,” each of PSP and PEGI a “ Purchaser ,” and together, “ Purchasers ”), and Pattern Energy Group LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Seller ”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings specified in Appendix A-1 attached hereto.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Seller owns, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates (each such Affiliate, a “ Seller Affiliate ”), some or all of the membership or partnership interest, shares, voting securities, or other equity interests, as applicable, in the project company which owns the wind project (herein referred to as the “ Project Company ”, as described on Part I of Appendix C attached hereto; and the “ Wind Project ”, as described on Part II of Appendix C ); and

 

WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to Purchasers, and Purchasers desire to purchase from Seller, the Acquired Interests defined and described in Part I of Appendix C attached hereto (herein referred to as the “ Acquired Interests ”), with each Purchaser severally purchasing the percentage of the Acquired Interests set forth opposite its name in Part I of Appendix C (such Purchaser’s “ Percentage Portion ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual terms, conditions and agreements set forth 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 hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE ACQUIRED INTERESTS

 

1.1        Agreement to Sell and Purchase . Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (by the party for whose benefit such condition exists) of the conditions set forth in Article 5 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (a) Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey (or, if applicable, cause the Subsidiary Transferors to sell, assign, transfer and convey) the Acquired Interests to Purchasers, and (b) each Purchaser shall severally purchase its Percentage Portion of the Acquired Interests from Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors), for its pro rata portion of the Purchase Price set forth opposite its name in Part I of Appendix B (such Purchaser’s “ Separate Purchase Price ”, and collectively, the “ Aggregate Purchase Price ”).

 

1.2        Signing Date Deliverables . On or prior to the date of this Agreement, Seller has delivered or is delivering to Purchasers the Financial Model for the Project Company as of the date hereof. On the date of this Agreement each of Seller and Purchasers shall deliver to the other party the deliverables set forth in Part II of Appendix B .

 

 
 

1.3        Purchase Price . The purchase price payable by each Purchaser to Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferor) for the Acquired Interests at Closing shall be such Purchaser’s Separate Purchase Price set forth in Part I of Appendix B . The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment by the Purchase Price Adjustment (if any) set forth in Part I of Appendix B . All payments of the Aggregate Purchase Price and any Purchase Price Adjustment shall be paid by wire transfer of same day funds in the applicable Currency to the applicable accounts set forth in Part I of Appendix B . The Post-Closing Adjustment shall be paid as set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

1.4        The Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place on the date and at the location specified in Part III of Appendix B or such other time and place as the parties hereto shall mutually agree (including Closing by facsimile or “PDF” electronic mail transmission exchange of executed documents or signature pages followed by the exchange of originals as soon thereafter as practicable), and will be effective as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the day the Closing occurs.

 

1.5        Conduct of Closing .

 

(a)       At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Purchaser:

 

(i) the original certificates representing such Purchaser’s Percentage Portion of the Acquired Interests duly endorsed for transfer by Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) to such Purchaser or with appropriate powers with respect thereto duly endorsed by Seller (or, if applicable, such Subsidiary Transferors); provided, that if the Acquired Interests are not in certificated form, Seller shall deliver to such Purchaser a duly executed assignment agreement or other instrument conveying such Acquired Interests to such Purchaser in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser;

 

(ii) any other documents and certificates contemplated by Article 4 and Article 5 hereof to be delivered by or on behalf of Seller, including the certificate referred to in Section 5.2(d) ;

 

(iii) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to its delivery of a Closing Notice, Seller shall deliver to the Purchasers (A) an updated Financial Model for the Wind Project, which shall be revised pursuant to Part I of Appendix B and which shall be used to determine the Purchase Price Adjustment; and (B) a detailed calculation of the proposed Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchasers shall have a period of five (5) Business Days to review and confirm the updates to the Financial Model and the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment. If any Purchaser disapproves of such updates to the Financial Model and/or the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment, the parties shall have a further period

 

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of five (5) Business Days to negotiate same. In the event that the parties cannot agree on such updates to the Financial Model and/or calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment (acting reasonably) following such five (5) Business Day period, (x) the parties shall resolve any dispute in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.4 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not delay the Closing Date) and (y) the amount in dispute shall be retained by the Purchaser(s) until the dispute is resolved as aforesaid. Subject to the foregoing, Seller shall deliver to Purchasers a signed direction containing the final determination of the Separate Purchase Price (less any disputed amount) for each Purchaser not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and

 

(iv) any other Closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-1 .

 

(b)       At or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver to Seller and the other Purchaser:

 

(i) the documents and certificates contemplated by Article 4 and Article 5 hereof to be delivered by or on behalf of such Purchaser, including the certificate referred to in Section 5.3(d) ; and

 

(ii) any other Closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-2 .

 

ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

 

Except as set forth in, or qualified by any matter set forth in, the Schedules attached hereto, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchasers as set forth in this Article 2 as of (a) the date hereof and (b) if the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date, in each case, unless otherwise specified in the representations and warranties below, in which case the representation and warranty is made as of such date. Whether or not a particular Section of this Article 2 refers to a specific, numbered Schedule, such Section shall, to the extent applicable, be subject to the exceptions, qualifications, and other matters set forth in the Schedules to the extent that the relevance of such exceptions, qualifications or other matters is reasonably apparent on the face thereof.

 

2.1        Organization and Status . Each of Seller and each Subsidiary Transferor (a) is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement or Part I of Appendix C , as applicable, (b) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has all requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the property it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Seller has made available to Purchasers complete and correct copies of the Organization Documents for the Acquired Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries. Part I of Appendix C sets forth a list of each Subsidiary of each Acquired Entity and for each Subsidiary: (a) its name, (b) the

 

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number and type of its outstanding equity securities and a list of the holders thereof and (c) its jurisdiction of organization. Each Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a legal entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all requisite organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly qualified, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by such Person or the nature of the business conducted by such Person makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, registered or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.2        Power; Authority; Enforceability . Each of Seller and each Subsidiary Transferor has the legal capacity and power to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has been duly authorized, in accordance with its Organization Documents, to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the legal valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

2.3        No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of its obligations under this Agreement, and the performance by each Subsidiary Transferor of this Agreement, in each case including without limitation the sale of the Acquired Interests to the Purchasers, do not, and will not, (a) violate any Governmental Rule to which Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, each Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject or the Organization Documents of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (b) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon the Acquired Interests, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor is a party or by which Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor is bound, (d) other than as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any Consent under any Material Contract or (e) other than as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , require any notice under any Material Contract, except in the case of this clause (e), as would not reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the Wind Project or otherwise prevent or materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.4        No Litigation .

 

(a)       None of Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors or their respective Affiliates is a party to or has received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation against Seller, the

 

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Subsidiary Transferors or their respective Affiliates which would reasonably be expected to be material to the ownership of the Acquired Interests or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)       None of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to or has received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Acquired Entities, any of their respective Subsidiaries or the Wind Project or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)       There are no material disputes with any counterparty to a Material Contract, nor has any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries made any material warranty claim under any Material Contract.

 

2.5        Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , no Consent of any Governmental Authority is required by or with respect to Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Seller, or the consummation by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of the transaction contemplated hereby, except for any Consents which if not obtained or made prior to the Closing would not reasonably be expected to prevent or impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and which can be reasonably expected to be obtained or made in the ordinary course after the Closing.

 

2.6        Acquired Interests . Seller owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Seller Affiliates, of record and beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the Acquired Interests. Part I of Appendix C sets forth the equity capitalization of the Acquired Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries. All of the interests described in Part I of Appendix C have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully-paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Part I of Appendix C , there are no outstanding (i) equity interests or voting securities of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) securities of each of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any equity interests or voting securities of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (iii) options or other rights to acquire from any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or other obligation of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries to issue, any equity interests or voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity interests or voting securities of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any obligations of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing. The Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) has good and valid title to, and has, or will have, full power and authority to convey, the Acquired Interests, as of the Closing Date. The Acquired Interests have been, or will be, validly issued, and are, or will be, fully paid and non-assessable. No Person other than Purchasers has any written or oral agreement or option or any right or privilege, whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual, capable of becoming an agreement or option for the purchase or acquisition from Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of

 

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any of the Acquired Interests. On the Closing Date, Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) will convey to Purchasers good and valid title to the Acquired Interests free and clear of all Liens, other than (i) any Liens granted by the Purchasers pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and (ii) any obligations imposed under the Organization Documents of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries or restrictions arising under applicable securities laws.

 

2.7        Solvency . There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings pending against, being contemplated by or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against, Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries. None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries (a) has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers appointed over all or part of its business or its assets, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no application therefor is pending or threatened, (b) is insolvent or presumed to be insolvent under any law or is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due, (c) has made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (d) has taken any action to approve any of the foregoing.

 

2.8        Compliance with Law .

 

(a)       There has been no actual violation by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of or failure by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)       To the Knowledge of Seller, there has been no actual violation by any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries of or failure by any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to be material and relates to the Wind Project or would otherwise reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.9        Taxes .

 

(a)       Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm Inc. (the “ General Partner ”), any Subsidiary Transferor and each of Pattern MSM GP Holdco and Pattern MSM Management is, and has been at all times, a resident of Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “ Canadian Tax Act ”).

 

(b)       Each of the Project Company and PRHC Holdings LP is a Canadian partnership within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act.

 

(c)       The Project Company is not a “SIFT Partnership” within the meaning of the Canadian Tax Act.

 

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(d)       No jurisdiction or authority in or with which the Acquired Entities do not file Tax Returns has alleged that they are required to file such Tax Returns.

 

(e)       Each of the Acquired Entities has timely filed all Tax Returns that it is required to file in all applicable jurisdictions and all such Tax Returns are accurate and complete in all material respects, has timely paid or has caused to be timely paid all Taxes it is required to pay to the extent due (other than those Taxes that it is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, with adequate, segregated reserves established for such Taxes) and, to the extent such Taxes are not due, has established or caused to be established reserves that are adequate for the payment thereof as required by GAAP.

 

(f)       Each of the Acquired Entities has withheld from each payment made to any Person, including a Person who is or is deemed to be a non-resident of Canada, all amounts required by applicable law to be withheld, and has remitted such withheld amounts within the prescribed periods to the appropriate Governmental Authorities.

 

(g)       Each of the Acquired Entities has charged, collected and remitted on a timely basis all Taxes as required under applicable laws on any sale, supply or delivery whatsoever, made by it.

 

(h)       Each of the Acquired Entities is registered under GST/QST Legislation and their registration numbers are as follows:

 

(i) Project Company: 81535 9989

 

(ii) General Partner: 81850 2197

 

(iii) Pattern MSM GP Holdco: 73025 1923

 

(iv) Pattern MSM Management: 81571 7186.

 

(i)       Each of the Acquired Entities has maintained and continues to maintain at its place of business in Canada all material records and books of account required to be maintained under applicable Law, including laws relating to sales and use Taxes.

 

(j)       No reassessments of the Taxes of any Acquired Entity have been issued and are outstanding. None of the Seller, the Subsidiary Transferor or any Acquired Entity has received any indication from any Governmental Authority that an assessment or reassessment of any Acquired Entity is proposed in respect of any Taxes, regardless of its merits. No Acquired Entity has executed or filed with any Governmental Authority any agreement or waiver extending the period for assessment, reassessment or collection of any Taxes.

 

(k)       The terms and conditions made or imposed in respect of every transaction (or series of transactions) between an Acquired Entity and any Person that is (i) a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, and (ii) not dealing at arm’s length with it for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act, do not differ from those that would have been made between persons dealing at arm’s length for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act.

 

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(l)       There are no Liens for Taxes on any of the assets of the Acquired Entities other than Permitted Liens.

 

2.10        Unregistered Securities . Assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchasers in Section 3.8 and Section 3.9 , (i) it is not necessary in connection with the sale of the Acquired Interests, under the circumstances contemplated by this Agreement, to register such Acquired Interests under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”) and (ii) no filings are required pursuant to the securities laws of any province or territory of Canada or under any other applicable securities laws.

 

2.11        Broker’s Fees . None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation for any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.12        Material Contracts . Parts I , III , IV and V of Appendix D collectively set forth a list of all Material Contracts. At or prior to the date hereof (or, in the case of Material Contracts included in any Updated Disclosure Schedules, at or prior to the date such Updated Disclosure Schedules are delivered) Seller has provided Purchasers with, or access to, copies of all Material Contracts. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the applicable Acquired Entity or Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each other party thereto, in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. No Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of Seller, any other party thereto (i) is in breach of or default in any material respect under a Material Contract and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and continuing which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach of or default under a Material Contract or would give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, amendment, suspension or revocation of a Material Contract, or (ii) has received any written notice of termination or suspension of any Material Contract, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no action is being taken by any Person to terminate or suspend any Material Contract.

 

2.13        Real Property .

 

(a)       Except as set forth in Part II of Appendix C , no Acquired Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Governmental Authority has commenced the exercise of any eminent domain or similar power with respect to any Project Company Real Property owned by the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any such Project Company Real Property.

 

(b)       The interests of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries in all Project Company Real Property are insured under the Title Policy identified in Part II of Appendix D . The Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or, subject to the terms and conditions of the Material Leases, the right to use all Project

 

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Company Real Property, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. With respect to the Project Company Real Property any such Person leases or on which such Person was granted servitudes or superficies pursuant to the Material Leases, the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, have peaceful and undisturbed nonexclusive possession under all Material Leases, servitudes or superficies under which they are leasing or occupying property in accordance with the terms and conditions of the relevant Material Leases, servitude or superficies and subject to the Permitted Liens. All rents and other payments under the Material Leases have been paid in full to the extent due.

 

(c)       The Project Company Real Property is sufficient to provide the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries with continuous, uninterrupted and, together with public roads, contiguous access to the Wind Project sufficient for the operation and maintenance of the Wind Project as currently conducted. All utility services necessary for the construction and operation of the Wind Project for its intended purposes are available or are reasonably expected to be so available as and when required upon commercially reasonable terms.

 

2.14        Permits . Part II of Appendix C sets forth a list of all material Permits acquired or held by the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the operation of the Wind Project. The Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries hold in full force and effect all Permits required for the operation of the Wind Project as presently conducted, other than those Permits required in connection with certain construction and maintenance activities which are ministerial in nature and can reasonably be expected to be obtained in due course on commercially reasonable terms and conditions as and when needed. None of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in material default or material violation, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and continuing which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or material violation of, or would give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, amendment, suspension or revocation under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Permits held by the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries. There are no legal proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing, relating to the suspension, revocation or modification of any Permits held by the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

2.15        Environmental Matters . Except as set forth in Part II of Appendix D , (i) each of the Acquired Entities and its Subsidiaries, the Project Company Real Property and the Wind Project are in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, (ii) none of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries has caused or contributed to the release of any Hazardous Substances in any material respect, and (iii) neither Seller nor any Acquired Entity has received written notice from any Governmental Authority of any material Environmental Claim, or any written notice of any investigation, or any written request for information, in each case, under any Environmental Law. None of Seller, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries has given any release or waiver of liability that would waive or impair any material claim based on the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under any real property, against a previous owner of any real property or against any Person who may be potentially responsible for the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under any such real property.

 

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2.16        Insurance . Part II of Appendix D sets forth a list of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries (the “ Insurance Policies ”). All Insurance Policies are now in full force and effect. All premiums with respect to the Insurance Policies covering all periods to and including the date hereof have been paid and, with respect to premiums due and payable prior to Closing, will be so paid. None of these Insurance Policies have lapsed and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there are no circumstances that have rendered such insurance unenforceable, void or voidable. None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries has received any written notice in the past 12 months from the insurer under any Insurance Policies disclaiming coverage, reserving rights with respect to a particular claim or such Insurance Policy in general or canceling or materially amending any such Insurance Policy. Each of the Acquired Entities and any of its Subsidiaries’ assets and properties are insured in amounts no less than as required by applicable Law, applicable Permits or any Material Contract to which such Person is a party or by which its assets or properties are bound.

 

2.17        Financial Model . The Financial Model has been prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions as to the estimates set forth therein and is consistent in all material respects with the provisions of the Material Contracts.

 

2.18        Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities; No Material Adverse Effect . The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis with prior periods, are correct and complete in all material respects and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of operations of the Project Company as at their respective dates for the periods covered by the respective Financial Statements. No Acquired Entity has any Indebtedness other than (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements or pursuant to the Material Contracts, (ii) incurred since the date of the Financial Statements and disclosed on Appendix D , (iii) incurred after the date hereof with Purchasers’ prior written consent, and (iv) interest and fees accrued on any Indebtedness referred to in clause (i) after the date of the Financial Statements. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, none of the Acquired Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has any liabilities that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, other than any liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements and any liabilities contained in the Material Contracts, other than liabilities thereunder arising from contractual breach. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

 

2.19        Personal Property . The Acquired Entities or a Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity has good and valid title to (or a valid leasehold interest in) the Personal Property currently owned or used by the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries in the operation of the Wind Project (other than Personal Property that individually and in the aggregate are immaterial to such operations), and such title or leasehold interests are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens. All Personal Property that is material to the operation of the Wind Project is in good operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear and maintenance, and is usable in the ordinary course of business.

 

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2.20        Employees . None of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries has, or has ever had, any employees.

 

2.21        Employee Benefits . No employee benefit plan is maintained, established or sponsored by any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries nor does any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries participate in or contribute to any such plan.

 

2.22        Labor Matters . None of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement with a labor union or organization or any other Contract with any labor union or other employee representative of a group of employees.

 

2.23        Intellectual Property . The Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries own, license or can acquire on reasonable terms the Intellectual Property necessary to operate the Wind Project. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Intellectual Property required to operate the Wind Project infringes upon or otherwise violates any intellectual property rights of any third party. There are no unresolved pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened actions or claims that allege that any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries has infringed or otherwise violated any material intellectual property rights of any third party. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating rights in any material respect any Intellectual Property of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

2.24        Affiliate Transactions . Except as disclosed on Appendix E , there are no transactions, contracts or liabilities between or among (a) any of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries on the one hand, and (b) Seller, any of its Affiliates or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any current representative of any of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, Seller or its Affiliates, or any member of the immediate family of any such representative, on the other hand.

 

2.25        First Nations Matters . Other than as disclosed in Part V of Appendix D (i) there is no pending dispute with, or to the Knowledge of Seller threatened by, any First Nation in respect of aboriginal rights, aboriginal title, treaty rights or any other aboriginal interest of such First Nation in or to all or any portion of the Project Company Real Property or the Wind Project and (ii) no Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement with a First Nations to provide benefits, pecuniary or otherwise, with respect to the Wind Project at any stage of development. Part V of Appendix D lists all First Nations with which the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries has had active consultation in developing the Wind Project.

 

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PurchaserS

 

Except as set forth in, or qualified by any matter set forth in, the Schedules attached hereto, each Purchaser hereby severally represents and warrants to Seller as set forth in this Article 3 as of (A) the date hereof and (B) if the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date, in each case, unless otherwise specified in the representations and warranties below, in which case the representation and warranty is made as of such date. Whether or not a particular Section of this Article 3 refers to a specific, numbered Schedule, such Section shall, to

 

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the extent applicable, be subject to the exceptions, qualifications, and other matters set forth in the Schedules to the extent that the relevance of such exceptions, qualifications or other matters is reasonably apparent on the face thereof.

 

3.1        Organization and Status . Such Purchaser (a) is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, (b) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has all requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the property it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Such Purchaser has made available to Seller complete and correct copies of the Organization Documents for such Purchaser.

 

3.2        Power; Authority; Enforceability . Such Purchaser has the legal capacity and power to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has been duly authorized, in accordance with its Organization Documents, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Purchaser and constitutes the legal valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, severally enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

3.3        No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the purchase of the Acquired Interests from Seller or the Subsidiary Transferors, do not, and will not, (a) violate any Governmental Rule to which such Purchaser is subject or the Organization Documents of such Purchaser, or (b) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which such Purchaser is a party or by which such Purchaser is bound.

 

3.4        No Litigation . Such Purchaser is not a party to and has not received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of such Purchaser, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation against such Purchaser, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.5        Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5 , no Consent of any Governmental Authority or any other Person, is required by or with respect to such Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Purchaser, or the consummation by such Purchaser of the transaction contemplated hereby, except for any consents which if not obtained would not reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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3.6        Solvency . There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings pending against, being contemplated by or, to the Knowledge of such Purchaser, threatened against such Purchaser. Such Purchaser (a) has not had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers appointed over all or part of its business or assets, and to the Knowledge of such Purchaser, no application therefor is pending or threatened, (b) is not insolvent or presumed to be insolvent under any Law and is able to pay its debts as and when they fall due, (c) has not made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, and (d) has not taken any action to approve any of the foregoing.

 

3.7        Compliance with Law . To the Knowledge of such Purchaser, there has been no actual violation by such Purchaser of or failure of such Purchaser to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.8        Accredited Investor . Such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Section 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario) if such Purchaser is resident in the Province of Ontario or within the meaning of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions if the Purchaser is resident elsewhere in Canada, and, if the Purchaser is a U.S. Person, the Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of Regulation D, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act (provided that, in each case, upon reasonable request of the Seller at any time, such Purchaser shall provide a written certificate to such effect to the Seller).

 

3.9        Purchase Entirely for Own Account . The Acquired Interests to be acquired by such Purchaser will be acquired for investment for such Purchaser’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and such Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in or otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Agreement, such Purchaser further represents that such Purchaser does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such Person or to any third Person, with respect to any of the Acquired Interests.

 

3.10        Broker’s Fee . Such Purchaser has no liability or obligation for any fees or commissions payable to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS; OTHER OBLIGATIONS

 

4.1        Covenants Between Signing and Closing . If the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4.1 shall apply during the period from the date hereof to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.4 :

 

(a)        Project Specific Pre-Closing Covenants of Seller . Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the business, operations and affairs of the each of the

 

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Acquired Entities only in the ordinary and normal course of business, subject to the following provisions with respect to any proposed entry into any Material Contract or any proposed amendment, termination or waiver (in whole or in part) of any Material Contract (each such proposal, a “ Material Contract Change ”):

 

(i) Seller shall give prior written notice to Purchasers of, and shall to the extent practicable consult in good faith with Purchasers regarding, any Material Contract Change that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Operating Period; and

 

(ii) Seller may, but shall not be obligated to, seek by written notice the approval of each Purchaser to any Material Contract Change. During the twenty calendar-day period following delivery of any such notice, Seller shall provide to each Purchaser promptly any information within Seller’s possession regarding such Material Contract Change as such Purchaser reasonably requests. Each Purchaser shall, by the end of such twenty calendar-day period, notify Seller whether it approves (acting reasonably) such Material Contract Change. If neither Purchaser approves such Material Contract Change, Seller may (A) abstain from proceeding with such Material Contract Change, (B) proceed with such Material Contract Change (in which case each Purchaser retains its right to assert a failure of a condition precedent to Closing, if applicable), or (C) terminate this Agreement. If either Purchaser approves such Material Contract Change while the other Purchaser does not, Seller may nonetheless proceed with such Material Contract Change. In such event, the non-approving Purchaser shall be deemed to have refused to waive a condition precedent to Closing under Section 5.2 , and Section 5.5(b)(ii) or (c)(ii) shall apply at any time thereafter. If either Purchaser fails to complete the Closing as a result of a proposed Material Contract Change, then the Seller must proceed with such Material Contract Change, or notify the non-approving Purchaser and provide such non-approving Purchaser with the opportunity to complete the Closing.

 

(b)        Access, Information and Documents . Subject to the next sentence, Seller will give to each Purchaser and to such Purchaser’s counsel, accountants and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to all material Books and Records and the Wind Project (subject to all applicable safety and insurance requirements and any limitations on Seller’s rights to, or right to provide others with, access) and will furnish to such Purchaser all such documents and copies of documents and all information, including operational reports, with respect to the affairs of the Acquired Entities, the Seller Affiliates, and the Wind Project as such Purchaser may reasonably request. If, by reason of any confidentiality obligations imposed on Seller by any counterparty to a Contract who deals at arm’s length with

 

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Seller, Seller is unable to comply with the foregoing covenant, Seller and such Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents or waivers required to make the disclosure (which, in the case of such Purchaser, may include the requirement to enter into a reasonable confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement). Each Purchaser agrees to comply with any confidentiality obligations which would be applicable to it under any such Contracts received from Seller hereunder.

 

(c)        Updating of Disclosure Schedules . Seller shall notify Purchasers in writing of any material changes, additions, or events occurring after the date of this Agreement which require a representation and warranty of Seller (other than any representations or warranties in Sections 2.6 , 2.7 and 2.11 , which, for clarity, may not be updated by Seller) to be supplemented with a new Schedule or cause any material change in or addition to a Schedule promptly after Seller becomes aware of the same by delivery of such new Schedule or appropriate updates to any such Schedule (each, an “ Updated Disclosure Schedule ”) to Purchaser. Each Updated Disclosure Schedule shall (i) expressly state that it is being made pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) , (ii) specify the representations and warranties to which it applies and (iii) describe in reasonable detail the changes, additions or events to which it relates. No Updated Disclosure Schedule delivered pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) shall be deemed to cure any breach of any representation or warranty made to any Purchaser unless such Purchaser specifically agrees thereto in writing or, as provided in and subject to Article 5, consummates the Closing under this Agreement after receipt of such written notification, nor shall any such Updated Disclosure Schedule be considered to constitute or give rise to a waiver by either of the Purchasers of any condition set forth in this Agreement, unless such Purchaser specifically agrees thereto in writing or consummates the Closing under this Agreement after receipt of such written notification.

 

(d)        Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable.

 

4.2        Other Covenants

 

(a)        Costs, Expenses . Except as may be specified elsewhere in this Agreement, such Purchaser shall pay all costs and expenses, including legal fees and the fees of any broker, environmental consultant, insurance consultant, independent engineer, and title company retained by such Purchaser for its due diligence and its negotiation, performance of and compliance with this Agreement. Seller shall pay all costs and expenses (including in connection with any reports, studies or other documents listed in Part II of Appendix D , unless specifically noted in Part II of Appendix D ), including legal fees and the fees of any broker of Seller or its Affiliates, relating to or resulting from the negotiation, performance of and compliance with this Agreement by Seller.

 

(b)        Public Announcement; Confidentiality . No party hereto shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any public announcement or written statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the other parties, except to the extent required by law (including any disclosure which, in the

 

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reasonable judgment of the disclosing party, is necessary or appropriate to comply with Governmental Rules and standards governing disclosures to investors) or in accordance with the rules, regulations and orders of any stock exchange. Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants advisors and partners not to, disclose any confidential information in or relating to this Agreement other than (i) to its Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors and partners, provided in each case that such recipient is bound by reasonable confidentiality obligations, (ii) as required by applicable law or regulation or (iii) with the prior consent of Purchasers. Seller shall not use, and shall not enable any third party to use, any confidential information in or relating to this Agreement that constitutes material non-public information regarding Purchasers in a manner that is prohibited by the U.S. securities laws.

 

(c)        Regulatory Approvals . Each party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all required regulatory approvals (including the required Governmental Approvals set forth in Part VII of Appendix B ) as promptly as possible and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date. To that end, each of the parties shall make, or cause to be made, all other filings and submissions, and submit all other documentation and information that in the reasonable opinion of any Purchaser is required or advisable, to obtain the regulatory approvals, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy all requests for additional information and documentation received under or pursuant to those filings, submissions and the applicable legislation and any orders or requests made by any Governmental Authority. For the purposes of obtaining Competition Act Approval, PEGI shall be responsible for making any and all notification filings and related applications and submissions on behalf of New MSM LP Holdco, and the Purchasers shall share equally the responsibility for the payment of all required filing fees to the Commissioner of Competition with respect to obtaining the Competition Act Approval. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Purchaser will be required to (i) propose or agree to accept any undertaking or condition, enter into any consent agreement, make any divestiture or accept any operational restriction or other behavioral remedy, (ii) take any action that, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, could be expected to limit the right of such Purchaser to own or operate all or any portion of the business or assets of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or of such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or to conduct their respective affairs in a manner consistent with how they each conduct their affairs as of the date of this Agreement, or (iii) contest or defend any judicial or administrative proceeding brought by any Governmental Authority seeking to prohibit, prevent, restrict or unwind the consummation of all or a part of the transaction contemplated herein.

 

(d)        Consents . Except in respect of regulatory approvals, which shall be governed by Section 4.2(c) , as promptly as possible and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) make or cause to be made all filings required by Law to be made by it in order to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby; and (ii) seek and obtain all Consents required pursuant to Section 2.5 .

 

(e)        Other Obligations of Seller and Purchasers . The parties mutually covenant as follows:

 

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(i) to use all reasonable efforts in good faith to obtain promptly the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing of the transactions contemplated herein;

 

(ii) to furnish to the other parties and to the other parties’ counsel all such information as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the foregoing actions, including draft regulatory filings and submissions, provided that such information may be redacted to render illegible any commercially sensitive portions thereof, and in such event the parties will meet in good faith to agree on protective measures to allow disclosure of such redacted information to counsel in a manner that affords the maximum protection to such commercially sensitive information as is reasonable in the circumstances; and

 

(iii) to advise the other parties promptly if any party determines that any condition precedent to its obligations hereunder will not be satisfied in a timely manner.

 

(f)        Allocation of Aggregate Purchase Price . The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be allocated between the Acquired Interests based on the percentages set forth on Schedule 4.2(f) and the parties agree to report the transactions contemplated in this Agreement in a manner consistent with such allocation in the preparation, filing and audit of any Tax Return.

 

(g)        Allocation of Partnership Income and Loss . With respect to the income or loss of the Project Company for the fiscal year in which the Closing occurs, the Purchasers shall cause the General Partner to allocate income or loss of the Project Company for the period up to and including the date of Closing to the Seller, and to allocate income or loss of the Project Company for the period after the date of Closing to New MSM LP Holdco.

 

4.3        Governance Documents . From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall negotiate in good faith the definitive Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, Shareholder Agreement and ULC Shareholder Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING; TERMINATION

 

5.1        Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations to Close . The obligations of the parties to proceed with the Closing under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by all parties in their sole discretion):

 

(a)        No Violations . The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall not violate any applicable Governmental Rule.

 

(b)        No Adverse Proceeding . No order of any court or administrative agency shall be in effect which restrains or prohibits the transactions contemplated hereby, and there

 

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shall not have been threatened, nor shall there be pending, any action or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority challenging any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or seeking monetary relief by reason of the consummation of such transactions.

 

(c)        No Termination . This Agreement shall not have been terminated pursuant to Section 5.4 .

 

(d)        Other Conditions Precedent to Closing to Each Party’s Obligations . The conditions precedent, if any, set forth on Appendix B-3 shall have been satisfied (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by all parties in their sole discretion).

 

5.2        Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Purchasers to Close . The obligations of each Purchaser to proceed with the Closing under this Agreement with respect to the purchase of the Acquired Interests are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by such Purchaser in its sole discretion):

 

(a)        Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Sections 2.1 to 2.7 (inclusive) and 2.11 shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date. All other representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 2 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (other than any representations or warranties that are qualified by materiality, including by reference to Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true in all respects) as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that (i) such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date and (ii) the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)        Performance and Compliance . Seller shall have performed, in all material respects, all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

(c)        Consents . All necessary Consents shall have been obtained, including those set forth in Schedules 2.5 and 3.5 .

 

(d)        Certificate of Seller . Such Purchaser shall have received a certificate of Seller dated the date of the Closing confirming the matters set forth in Sections 5.2(a) and (b) in a form reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser.

 

(e)        Good Standing Certificate . Such Purchaser shall have received a good standing certificate of Seller, each Subsidiary Transferor, each of the Acquired Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case issued by the secretary of state of the state or provincial authority of the province (as applicable) of its formation.

 

(f)        Satisfactory Instruments . All instruments and documents reasonably required on the part of Seller to effectuate and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby

 

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shall be delivered to such Purchaser and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser.

 

(g)        Loan Documents . Absence of any material amendment to, or any default under, any Loan Document (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement).

 

(h)        Term Conversion . Term Conversion shall have occurred.

 

(i)        Material Contracts . Absence of any amendment to, entry into, termination or waiver (in whole or in part) of any Material Contract, except any such amendment, termination or waiver that has been approved by each Purchaser, that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Operating Period.

 

5.3        Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Seller to Close . Subject to Section 5.5 , the obligations of Seller to proceed with the Closing hereunder with respect to Seller’s sale of the Acquired Interests are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by Seller in its sole discretion):

 

(a)        Purchase Price . Purchasers shall have transferred in immediately available funds the Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to, in accordance with and into the account or accounts designated in, Part I of Appendix B .

 

(b)        Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties set forth in Article 3 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (other than any representations or warranties that are made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date).

 

(c)        Performance and Compliance . Purchasers shall have performed all of the covenants and complied, in all material respects, with all the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

(d)        Certificate of Purchaser . Seller shall have received a certificate of each Purchaser dated the date of the Closing confirming the matters set forth in Sections 5.3(b) and (c) in a form reasonably acceptable to Seller.

 

(e)        Satisfactory Instruments . All instruments and documents required on the part of each Purchaser to effectuate and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be delivered to Seller and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller.

 

(f)        Other Conditions Precedent to Seller’s Obligation to Close . The conditions precedent, if any, set forth in Appendix B-5 shall have been satisfied or waived in whole or in part by Seller in Seller’s sole discretion.

 

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5.4        Termination . If the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the following termination provisions shall be applicable:

 

(a)        By the Parties . This Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual written consent of Purchasers and Seller.

 

(b)        By Either Party . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by either Seller or either of the Purchasers, if (i) a Governmental Approval required to be obtained as set forth on Part VII of Appendix B shall have been denied and all appeals of such denial have been taken and have been unsuccessful, (ii) one or more courts of competent jurisdiction in the United States or Canada (as applicable), any state, provincial or any other applicable jurisdiction has issued an order permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the Closing, and such order has become final and non-appealable, or (iii) the Closing has not occurred by the Outside Closing Date, but if such failure to close by the Outside Closing Date is due to any breach of this Agreement by any party, such party shall not have any right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (iii).

 

(c)        Other Termination Rights . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by the applicable party if and to the extent permitted in Part V of Appendix B .

 

(d)        Termination Procedure . In the event of termination of this Agreement by any or all parties pursuant to this Section 5.4 , written notice thereof will forthwith be given by the terminating party to the other parties and this Agreement will terminate and the transactions contemplated hereby will be abandoned, without further action by any party. If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by this Section 5.4 , such termination shall be without liability of any party (or any stockholder, shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or representative of such party) to the other parties to this Agreement; provided that (i) the foregoing will not relieve any party for any liability for willful and intentional material breaches of its obligations hereunder occurring prior to such termination and (ii) except as specifically set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement shall derogate from the provisions of the Purchase Rights Agreements, which agreements shall remain in full force and effect after termination of this Agreement.

 

 

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5.5        Purchaser Default or Waiver .

 

(a)        Closing Notice . Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 , Seller shall deliver a notice to Purchasers scheduling the date of the Closing (a “ Closing Notice ”), which shall be at least ten (10) Business Days after the date of delivery of the Closing Notice. Subject to Sections 1.5(a)(iii) and 4.1(a) , if any Purchaser fails to confirm its willingness to proceed with the Closing within three (3) Business Days after delivery of the Closing Notice, or confirms such willingness but subsequently fails to pay its Separate Purchase Price, such Purchaser shall be deemed to be a “ Defaulting Purchaser .” For greater certainty, a Purchaser shall not be considered a Defaulting Purchaser where a condition to Closing in its favor (or a mutual condition to Closing in favor of Purchasers and Seller) has not been fulfilled and it has elected not to waive such condition.

 

(b)        PSP Breach . On the date scheduled for the Closing or within ten (10) days after the Closing, in the event that (i) PSP is a Defaulting Purchaser (a “ PSP Default ”), or (ii) PEGI elects to waive a condition precedent to Closing under Section 5.2 but PSP does not so elect (a “ PEGI Waiver ”), PEGI shall have the right, exercisable in its sole discretion and by written notice to the other parties, to (A) fund the entire Aggregate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) within thirty (30) days following such PSP Default or PEGI Waiver, as applicable, or as may be reasonably extended for PEGI to obtain financing, additional regulatory approvals or applicable internal consents to consummate such funding, in which case, following the consummation of such funding, PEGI shall be the sole Purchaser of the Acquired Interests under this Agreement, (B) decline to fund any amount under this Agreement, or (C) fund PEGI’s Separate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) only.

 

(c)        PEGI Breach . On the date scheduled for the Closing or within ten (10) days after the Closing, in the event that (i) PEGI is a Defaulting Purchaser (a “ PEGI Default ”), or (ii) PSP elects to waive a condition precedent to Closing under Section 5.2 but PEGI does not so elect (a “ PSP Waiver ”), PSP shall have the right, exercisable in its sole discretion and by written notice to the other parties, to (A) fund the entire Aggregate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) within thirty (30) days following such PEGI Default or PSP Waiver, as applicable, or as may be reasonably extended for PSP to obtain financing, additional regulatory approvals or applicable internal consents to consummate such funding, in which case, following the consummation of such funding, PSP shall be the sole Purchaser of the Acquired Interests under this Agreement, (B) decline to fund any amount under this Agreement, or (C) with the consent of Seller, fund PSP’s Separate Purchase Price (including any Purchase Price Adjustment) only.

 

(d)        Effect . In the event that either Purchaser funds the entire Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to paragraph (b)(A) or (c)(A) above, as applicable, the other Purchaser (whether or not it is a Defaulting Purchaser) shall not have any further obligations pursuant to this Agreement and Seller shall have no claim against such other Purchaser under this Agreement or at Law. In the event that either Purchaser declines to fund any amount under this Agreement or funds its Separate Purchase Price pursuant to paragraph (b)(B) or (C) or paragraph (c)(B) or (C) above, as applicable, the other Purchaser shall remain subject to all its obligations, and Seller shall retain all its rights against such other Purchaser, pursuant to this Agreement. For greater

 

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certainty, Seller shall not have any claim against a Purchaser who elects not to waive a condition to Closing in its favor (or a mutual condition to Closing in favor of Purchasers and Seller).

 

ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES FOR BREACHES OF THIS AGREEMENT

 

6.1        Indemnification.

 

(a)        By Seller . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 6 and Section 7.14 , from and after the Closing, Seller agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and its Affiliates together with their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (each a “ Purchaser Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all Losses that any Purchaser Indemnified Party incurs by reason of or in connection with any of the following circumstances:

 

(i) any breach by Seller of any representation or warranty made by it in Article 2 (subject to any Updated Disclosure Schedules delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(c) that are deemed to cure a breach of any representation or warranty in accordance with the last sentence of Section 4.1(c) ) or any breach or violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation of Seller contained herein; and

 

(ii) as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

(b)        By Purchasers . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 6 and Section 7.14 , from and after the Closing, each Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Seller and Seller’s Affiliates together with their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (each a “ Seller Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all Losses that any Seller Indemnified Party incurs by reason of or in connection with any of the following circumstances:

 

(i) any breach by such Purchaser of any representation or warranty made by it in Article 3 or any breach or violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation of such Purchaser contained herein; and

 

(ii) as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.2        Limitations on Seller’s or Purchasers’ Indemnification .

 

(a)        Minimum Limit on Claims . A party required to provide indemnification under this Article 6 (an “ Indemnifying Party ”) shall not be liable under this Article 6 to an Indemnified Party for any Claim for breach of any representation or warranty unless and until the aggregate amount of all Claims for which it would, in the absence of this provision, be liable exceeds: (i) in the event that Seller is the Indemnifying Party, the Basket Amount, and (ii) in the event that a Purchaser is the Indemnifying Party, such Purchaser’s pro rata portion (based on its Percentage Portion) of the Basket Amount, and in each such event the Indemnified Party will be liable for the amount of all Claims, including the Basket Amount; provided that the foregoing

 

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limitation shall not apply in the case of actual fraud or willful misrepresentation by the Indemnifying Party.

 

(b)        Maximum Limit on Claims .

 

(i) Limitation on Seller’s Liability . Seller’s maximum aggregate liability for Claims for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement is limited to Seller’s Maximum Liability set forth in Part VI of Appendix B ; provided that the Seller’s Maximum Liability will not apply to any Claim based on (A) actual fraud or willful misrepresentation or (B) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3 , 2.5 , 2.6 , 2.9 , 2.11 and 2.18 (solely with respect to the Indebtedness of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries).

 

(ii) Limitation on Purchasers’ Liability . Purchasers’ maximum aggregate liability for Claims for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement is limited to Purchaser’s Maximum Liability set forth in Part VI of Appendix B ; provided that the Purchaser’s Maximum Liability will not apply to any Claim based on (A) actual fraud or willful misrepresentation or (B) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1 , 3.2 , 3.3 , 3.5 and 3.10 .

 

(c)        Time Limit for Claims . No Indemnified Party may make a Claim for indemnification under Section 6.1 in respect of any Claim unless notice in writing of the Claim, incorporating a statement setting out in reasonable detail the grounds on which the Claim is based, has been given by the Indemnified Party prior to the expiration of the applicable Survival Period as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.3        Reimbursements; Refunds .

 

(a)        Right of Reimbursement . The amount of Losses payable under Section 6.1 by an Indemnifying Party shall be net of any amounts recovered by the Indemnified Party under applicable insurance policies or from any other Person responsible therefor. If the Indemnified Party receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies, or from any other Person responsible for any Losses subsequent to an indemnification payment by the Indemnifying Party and such amounts would result in a duplicative recovery, then such Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for any payment made or expense incurred by such Indemnifying Party in connection with providing such indemnification payment up to the amount received by the Indemnified Party, net of any expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in collecting such amount.

 

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Indemnifying Party for payments made by it to such Indemnified Party under this Article 6 as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.4        Right to Control Proceedings for Third Party Claims .

 

(a)       If a third party shall notify any party with respect to any matter that may give rise to a Claim (a “ Third Party Claim ”), the Indemnified Party must give notice to the Indemnifying Party of the Third Party Claim (a “ Third Party Claim Notice ”) within twenty (20) Business Days after it becomes aware of the existence of the Third Party Claim and that it may constitute a Third Party Claim. The Indemnified Party’s failure to give a Third Party Claim Notice in compliance with this Section 6.4(a) of any Third Party Claim which may give rise to a right of indemnification hereunder shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party unless, and solely to the extent that, the failure to give such notice materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

(b)       The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, or by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party, to assume control of the defense of any Third Party Claim with the Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, in each case at the Indemnifying Party’s own cost and expense (provided that prior to assuming control of such defense, the Indemnifying Party must acknowledge its indemnity obligations under this Article 6 ), and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith in such defense. The Indemnified Party shall have the right, at its own cost and expense, to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim with separate counsel selected by it, subject to the Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense thereof; provided that in such event the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of such separate counsel (i) incurred by the Indemnified Party prior to the date the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the defense of the Third Party Claim, (ii) if such Third Party Claim would reasonably be expected to be materially detrimental to the business, reputation or future prospects of any Indemnified Party or (iii) if representation of both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party by the same counsel would create a conflict of interest. If the Indemnifying Party (i) fails to promptly notify the Indemnified Party in writing of its election to defend or fails to acknowledge its indemnity obligations under this Article 6 as provided in this Agreement, (ii) elects not to defend (or compromise at its sole cost and expense) such Third Party Claim, (iii) has elected to defend such Third Party Claim but fails to promptly and diligently pursue the defense such Third Party Claim, (iv) otherwise breaches any of its obligations under this Article 6 or (v) as set forth on Schedule 6.4(b) hereto, or if the Third Party Claim is reasonably expected by the Indemnified Party to result in a payment obligation on the Indemnified Party in an amount that exceeds the maximum indemnification then available to the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 6 , then the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume or maintain control of the defense of such Third Party Claim and the Indemnified Party may (by written notice to the Indemnifying Party) assume control of such defense (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Indemnified Party) and/or compromise such Third Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Losses based upon, arising from or relating to such Third Party Claim. The parties shall cooperate with each other in all reasonable respects in connection with the defense of any Third Party Claim.

 

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(c)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into any settlement of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as provided in this Section 6.4(c) . If a firm offer is made to settle a Third Party Claim that (i) does not (A) result in any liability or create any financial or other obligation on the part of the Indemnified Party and (B) result in the loss of any right or benefit on the part of any Indemnified Party, (ii) does not impose injunctive or other equitable relief against any Indemnified Party, and (iii) provides, in customary form, for the unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and agree to such firm offer, then the Indemnifying Party shall give written notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within twenty (20) days after its receipt of such notice, the Indemnified Party may continue to contest or defend such Third Party Claim and in such event, the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party as to such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the amount of such settlement offer. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within such twenty (20) day period and also fails to assume defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party may settle the Third Party Claim upon the terms set forth in such firm offer to settle such Third Party Claim. If the Indemnified Party has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 6.4(b) , it may settle the Third Party Claim; provided that if the settlement is made without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Indemnifying Party shall have no indemnity obligation pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to such Third Party Claim.

 

6.5        Mitigation; Treatment of Indemnification .

 

(a)       The Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate all Losses relating to a Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Article 6 .

 

(b)       All indemnification payments under this Article 6 shall be deemed adjustments to the Aggregate Purchase Price.

 

6.6        Exclusive Remedy . Seller and Purchasers acknowledge and agree that, should the Closing occur, and excluding liability for actual fraud or willful misrepresentation, the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Article 6 and the provisions of Section 7.15 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Seller and Purchasers with respect to any misrepresentation, breach of warranty, covenant or other agreement (other than any Purchase Price Adjustment set forth in Part I of Appendix B ) or other claim arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, effective as of the Closing each of the Purchasers and Seller covenants to the other party that in respect of any matters under or contemplated in this Agreement, it will not make any Claim whatsoever against any Affiliate of the other party or the directors, officers, managers, shareholders, member, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing, in each case in their capacities as such, and its rights in respect of any such Claim for breach of any provision of this Agreement are limited solely to such rights as it may have against Seller or Purchasers, as the case may be, under this Agreement.

 

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6.7        Purchaser Indemnification Decisions . Each Purchaser may bring a Claim for indemnification pursuant to this Article 6 . If both Purchasers initiate substantially the same Claim (a “ Joint Claim ”), PEGI shall have the right to assume control of the prosecution of such Joint Claim but may not enter into any settlement with the Indemnifying Party that purports to bind PSP with respect to such Joint Claim without the prior written consent of PSP (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). If PEGI has elected to prosecute such Joint Claim but fails to promptly and diligently pursue the same, then PSP may (by written notice to PEGI) assume control of the prosecution of such Joint Claim but may not enter into any settlement with the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Joint Claim that purports to bind PEGI without the prior written consent of PEGI (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Neither Purchaser may enter into any settlement with respect to any Joint Claim solely for itself (i.e., any settlement that does not purport to bind the other Purchaser) without first notifying the other Purchaser and giving the other Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to participate in such settlement. The expenses of the prosecution of any Joint Claim shall be borne by both Purchasers pro rata in accordance with their Percentage Portion.

 

ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1        Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the Schedules and Appendices hereto, each of which is hereby incorporated herein, set forth all of the promises, covenants, agreements, conditions, undertakings, representations and warranties between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied, oral or written.

 

7.2        Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and electronic mail (“ email ”) transmission and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered, telefaxed (with confirmation of transmission), e-mailed (so long as confirmation of receipt is requested and received) or, if mailed, when mailed by United States first-class or Canadian Lettermail or Letter-post (as the case may be), certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, or by any international or national overnight delivery service, to the other party at the addresses as set forth in Part VII of Appendix B (or at such other address as shall be given in writing by any party to the other). All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.

 

7.3        Successors and Assigns .

 

(a)       No party shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations herein without the prior written consent of the other parties, in their sole discretion, except as provided herein and except that any party may assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations herein to an Affiliate of such party but the assigning party shall continue to be liable for all of its obligations hereunder following any such assignment. Subject to the foregoing, this

 

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Agreement, and all rights and powers granted hereby, will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)       Notwithstanding Section 7.3(a) , each of Seller and each Purchaser may assign this Agreement without the consent of the other parties as specified in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

7.4        Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

(a)       EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(b)       Any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, causes of action, disputes, controversies, and other matters in question arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the alleged breach hereof, or in any way relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the relationship between the parties created by this Agreement (hereafter, a “ Dispute ”), except for any claims for specific performance as set forth in Section 7.15 , shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, including the Procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes (the “ Rules ”) then in force to the extent such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The party or parties commencing arbitration shall deliver to the other party or parties a written notice of intent to arbitrate (a “ Demand ”) in accordance with Rule R-4. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§1 et seq.

 

(i) Selection of Arbitrators . Disputes shall be resolved by a panel of three independent and impartial arbitrators, (the “ Arbitrators ”). The party or parties initiating the arbitration shall appoint an arbitrator in its or their Demand; the responding party or parties shall appoint an arbitrator in its or their answering statement, which is due thirty (30) days after receipt of the Demand. If any party fails or refuses to timely nominate an arbitrator within the time permitted, such arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA from individuals with significant experience in renewable energy projects from its Large, Complex Commercial Case Panel. Within thirty (30) days of the appointment of the second arbitrator, the two party-appointed arbitrators shall appoint the third arbitrator, who shall act as the chair of the arbitration panel. If the two party-appointed arbitrators fail or refuse to appoint the third arbitrator within such thirty (30)-day period, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA from individuals with significant experience in renewable energy projects from its Large, Complex Commercial Case Panel in accordance with Rule R-12. The Arbitrators, acting by majority vote, shall resolve all Disputes.

 

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(ii) Confidentiality . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the arbitration proceedings and award shall be maintained in confidence by the parties.

 

(iii) Place of Arbitration . The place of arbitration shall be New York, New York. Any action in connection therewith shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any New York state court in New York County. Each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding, and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party further agrees to accept service of process out of any of the before mentioned courts in any such dispute by registered or certified mail addressed to the party at the address set forth in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

(iv) Conduct of the Arbitration . The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules and in a manner that effectuates the parties’ intent that Disputes be resolved expeditiously and with minimal expense. The Arbitrators shall endeavor to commence the arbitration hearing within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the third arbitrator’s appointment.

 

(v) Interim Relief . Any party may apply to the Arbitrators seeking injunctive relief until the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved. Any party also may, without waiving any remedy under this Agreement, seek from any court having jurisdiction any interim or provisional relief that is necessary to protect the rights or property of that party, pending the establishment of the arbitral tribunal (or pending the Arbitrators’ determination of the merits of the controversy).

 

(vi) Discovery . The Arbitrators, upon a showing of good cause, may require and facilitate such limited discovery as it shall determine is appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the needs of the parties, the burden on the parties, and the desirability of making discovery limited, expeditious, and cost-effective. The Arbitrators shall issue orders to protect the confidentiality of proprietary information, trade secrets and other sensitive information disclosed in discovery.

 

(vii) Arbitration Award . The Arbitrators shall endeavor to issue a reasoned, written award within thirty (30) days of the conclusion

 

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of the arbitration hearing. The Arbitrators shall have the authority to assess some or all of the costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding (including the Arbitrators’ fees and expenses) against any party. The Arbitrators shall also have the authority to award attorneys’ fees and expenses to the prevailing party or parties. In assessing the costs and expenses of the arbitration and/or awarding attorneys’ fee and expenses, the Arbitrators shall consider the relative extent to which each party has prevailed on the disputed issues and the relative importance of those issues. The limitations of Section 7.14 shall apply to any award by the Arbitrators.

 

7.5        Headings; Construction; and Interpretation . The headings preceding the text of the sections and subsections hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the rules of construction set forth in Appendix A-2 shall apply to this Agreement. The parties agree that any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived.

 

7.6        Further Assurances . Each party shall cooperate and take such action as may be reasonably requested by the other party in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.7        Amendment and Waiver . The parties may by mutual agreement amend this Agreement in any respect, and any party, as to such party, may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of any other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in representations by any other party, (c) waive compliance by any other party with any of the agreements contained herein and performance of any obligations by such other party, and (d) waive the fulfillment of any condition that is precedent to the performance by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement. To be effective, any such amendment or waiver must be in writing and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the same is sought.

 

7.8        No Other Beneficiaries . This Agreement is being made and entered into solely for the benefit of Purchasers and Seller, and neither Purchasers nor Seller intends hereby to create any rights in favor of any other Person as a third party beneficiary of this Agreement or otherwise.

 

7.9        Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction specified in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

7.10        Schedules . References to a Schedule shall include any disclosure expressly set forth on the face of any other Schedule even if not specifically cross-referenced to such other Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such matter is reasonably apparent on the face thereof. The fact that any item of information is contained in a disclosure schedule shall not be construed as an admission of liability under any Governmental Rule, or to mean that such information is material. Such information shall not be used as the basis for interpreting the term “material”, “materially” or any similar qualification in this Agreement.

 

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7.11        Limitation of Representations and Warranties . Purchasers acknowledge that except as expressly provided in Article 2 of this Agreement, Seller has not made, and Seller hereby expressly disclaims and negates, and each of the Purchasers hereby expressly waive, any other representation or warranty, express, implied, at Law or otherwise relating to the Acquired Interests, Seller or Seller Affiliates, the Acquired Entities, the Wind Project or this Agreement.

 

7.12        Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile or electronically imaged version of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties hereto and an executed copy of this Agreement may be delivered by one or more parties hereto by facsimile or “PDF” electronic mail pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen, and such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes.

 

7.13        Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, 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 in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

7.14        Limit on Damages . Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that neither party shall be liable to the other party for any punitive damages (except to the extent paid to a third party in respect of a Third Party Claim) or damages that were not reasonably foreseeable.

 

7.15        Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc.

 

By: /s/ Esben Pedersen
Its:   Esben Pedersen

Chief Investment Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to the MSM Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

 

VERTUOUS ENERGY CANADA INC.

 

By: /s/ Guthrie Stewart
Its:   Guthrie Stewart 

Vice-President

 

By: /s/ Patrick Samson 

Its:   Patrick Samson 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ Signature Page to the MSM Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pattern Energy Group LP

 

By: /s/ Daniel M. Elkort
Its:  Daniel M. Elkort 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

[ Signature Page to the MSM Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

 

     

APPENDIX A-1: GENERAL DEFINITIONS
(as applicable and to the extent used in the final Agreement)

 

AAA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Accounting Referee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(f) .

 

Acquired Entities ” means, collectively, the Project Company, the General Partner, Pattern MSM GP Holdco and Pattern MSM Management.

 

Acquired Interests ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, as more fully described in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified, or who holds or beneficially owns 50% or more of the equity interest in the Person specified or 50% or more of any class of voting securities of the Person specified; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (a) Purchasers and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of Seller and (b) Seller and its Affiliates (other than Purchasers and their respective Subsidiaries) shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of any Purchaser.

 

Aggregate Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 , and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement in respect of New MSM LP Holdco, made as of the date of Closing, among Pattern MSM GP Holdco and the Purchasers, substantially in the form of the amended and restated limited partnership agreement entered into between the Purchasers and Meikle Wind Energy Corp., as general partner of Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership.

 

Arbitrators ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

ARC ” means an advance ruling certificate issued by the Commissioner of Competition pursuant to subsection 102(1) of the Competition Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Basket Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Books and Records ” means books, Tax Returns, contracts, commitments, and records of a Person.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are authorized to be closed in New York, New York or Montreal, Québec.

 

Canadian Tax Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a) .

 

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Claim ” means a claim by an Indemnified Party for indemnification pursuant to Section 6.1 .

 

Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 .

 

Closing Date ” shall mean the date a Closing occurs.

 

Closing Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

Commissioner of Competition ” means the Commissioner of Competition appointed pursuant to the Competition Act or a Person designated or authorized pursuant to the Competition Act to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Commissioner of Competition.

 

Competition Act ” means the Competition Act (Canada).

 

Competition Act Approval ” means any of: (a) the issuance of an ARC and such ARC has not been rescinded prior to Closing, or (b)  Purchasers and the Seller have given the notice required under Section 114 of the Competition Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable waiting period under Section 123 of the Competition Act has expired or has been terminated in accordance with the Competition Act, or (c) the obligation to give the requisite notice has been waived pursuant to paragraph 113(c) of the Competition Act, and in the case of (b) and (c), Purchasers have been advised in writing by the Commissioner of Competition that the Commissioner of Competition, at that time, does not intend to make an application under Section 92 of the Competition Act in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such advice has not been rescinded prior to Closing.

 

Consent ” means any consent, approval, order or Permit of or from, or registration, declaration or filing with or exemption by any Person, including a Governmental Authority.

 

Contract ” means any agreement, lease, license, obligation, plan, arrangement, purchase order, commitment, evidence of indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract (whether written or oral) entered into by a Person or by which a Person or any of its assets are bound.

 

Defaulting Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

Demand ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Dispute ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America or Canada, as identified in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Environmental Claim ” means any suit, action, demand, directive, claim, Lien, written notice of noncompliance or violation, allegation of liability or potential liability, or proceeding made or brought by any Person in each case (a) alleging any liability under or violation of or noncompliance with any applicable Environmental Law, (b) with respect to the release of or

 

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exposure to Hazardous Substances, or (c) with respect to noise pollution or visual impacts, including shadow flicker.

 

Environmental Law ” means any Law pertaining to the environment, natural resources, human health and safety in connection with exposure to Hazardous Substances, and physical and biological natural resources, including, but not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.), and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Act of 1984, the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act) (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq.), the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 703 et seq.), the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 668 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.), and any similar or analogous state, provincial, local and municipal Laws, in effect as of the date hereof or the Closing Date, as applicable.

 

ESA ” has the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix D .

 

Expected Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part III of Appendix B .

 

Financial Model ” means the financial model for the Wind Project.

 

Financial Statements ” means the (a) unaudited balance sheet of the Project Company as at December 31, 2016; and (b) the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of income and cash flows and the related balance sheet of the Project Company to be delivered prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Appendix B-1 , in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

First Nations ” means any governing body of any first nations, Métis and/or indigenous and/or aboriginal tribe(s) and/or band(s).

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles used by the Project Company to prepare the Financial Statements, consistently applied throughout the specified period and in the immediately prior comparable period.

 

General Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a) .

 

Governmental Authority ” means any federal or national, state, provincial, county, municipal or local government or regulatory or supervisory department, body, political subdivision, commission, agency, instrumentality, ministry, court, judicial or administrative body, taxing authority, or other authority thereof (including any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing) having jurisdiction over the matter or Person in question.

 

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Governmental Rule ” means, with respect to any Person, any applicable law, statute, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code, judgment, decree, injunction or writ issued by any Governmental Authority.

 

GST/QST ” means taxes imposed under the GST/QST Legislation.

 

GST/QST Legislation ” means Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) and An Act Respecting the Québec Sales Tax (Quebec).

 

Hazardous Substances ” means all substances, materials, chemicals, wastes or pollutants that are defined, regulated, listed or prohibited under Environmental Law, including without limitation, (i) asbestos or asbestos containing materials, radioactive materials, lead, and polychlorinated biphenyls, any petroleum or petroleum product, solid waste, mold, mycotoxin, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and radon gas; (ii) any waste or substance that is listed, defined, designated or classified as, or otherwise determined by any Environmental Law to be, ignitable, corrosive, radioactive, dangerous, toxic, explosive, infectious, radioactive, mutagenic or otherwise hazardous; (iii) any pollutant, contaminant, waste, chemical, deleterious substances or other material or substance (whether solid, liquid or gas) that is defined as a “solid waste,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” “hazardous constituent,” “special waste,” “toxic substance,” or a word, term, or phrase of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any Environmental Law.

 

HSR Act Approval ” means that the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act will have expired or been terminated.

 

Indebtedness ” means all obligations of a Person (a) for borrowed money (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees due, and any other amounts due), whether or not contingent, (b) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, mortgages or similar instruments or debt securities, (c) for the deferred purchase price of property, goods or services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business and not past due), including all seller notes and “earn out” payments, (d) under capital leases, (e) secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person, whether or not such obligation has been assumed by such Person, (f) with respect to reimbursement obligations for letters of credit, performance bonds and other similar instruments (whether or not drawn), (g) under any interest rate, currency or other hedging agreement (including collars) or commitment therefor, (h) to repay deposits or other amounts advanced by and owing to third parties, (i) under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person, (j) in the nature of guaranties of the obligations described in clauses (a) through (i) above of any other Person or as to which such Person has an obligation substantially the economic equivalent of a guaranty, or (k) in respect of any other amount properly characterized as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP.

 

Indemnified Party ” means either a Purchaser Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified Party, as the case may be.

 

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(c) .

 

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Intellectual Property ” means all intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions, (b) Internet domain names, trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos and corporate names and registration and applications for registration of any item listed in clause (b), together with all of the goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights (registered or unregistered), works of authorship and copyrightable works, and registrations and applications for registration of any item in this clause (c), (d) computer software (whether in source code, object code or other form), data, databases and any documentation related to any item listed in this clause, (e) trade secrets and other confidential information (including confidential and proprietary know how, ideas, formulas, compositions, recipes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), manufacturing and production processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, drawings, blueprints, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information), (f) all rights of privacy and publicity, (g) other intellectual property rights and (h) copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium).

 

Joint Claim ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.7 .

 

Knowledge ” means (a) with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of the persons identified in Part VII of Appendix B , which shall include at a minimum (i) the senior developer responsible for the Wind Project, (ii) the construction manager responsible for the Wind Project, (iii) the transaction counsel responsible for the financing of the Wind Project and (iv) the finance manager responsible for the financing of the Wind Project and (b) with respect to each Purchaser, the actual knowledge of the persons identified in Part VII of Appendix B opposite the name of such Purchaser.

 

Laws ” means all common law, laws, by-laws, statutes, treaties, rules, Orders, rulings, decisions, judgments, injunctions, awards, decrees, codes, ordinances, standards, regulations, restrictions, official guidelines, policies, directives, interpretations, Permits or like action having the effect of law of any Governmental Authority.

 

Lease ” means a lease, ground lease, sublease, license, binding right of superficies, concession, easement, servitude, right of way, encroachment agreement, municipal right of way agreements, and road user agreements or other written agreement, including any option relating thereto, in each case, governing real property, to which the any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

 

Lien ” on any asset means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothec, pledge, charge, security interest, restrictive covenant, right of first refusal, right of first offer, easement or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected or effective under applicable law, as well as the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

 

Loss ” means any and all losses (including loss of profit and loss of expected profit), claims, actions, liabilities, damages, expenses, diminution in value or deficiencies of any kind or character including all interest and other amounts payable to third parties, all liabilities on

 

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account of Taxes and all reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any claims or actions, whether or not resulting in any liability.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means any circumstance, matter, condition, development, change, event, occurrence, state of affairs, or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, is or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations, assets or liabilities, financial condition or properties of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; provided , however , none of the following shall be deemed (either alone or in combination) to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)       any change in general economic, political or business conditions;

 

(b)       changes resulting from acts of war or terrorism or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(c)       changes or developments generally affecting the power services industry;

 

(d)       any changes in accounting requirements or principles imposed by GAAP after the date of this Agreement;

 

(e)       any changes in applicable Law after the date of this Agreement;

 

(f)       changes in the wind power industry that, in each case, generally affect companies in such industry;

 

provided that the incremental extent of any disproportionate change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter described in clauses (a) through (f) with respect to the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated businesses in the wind power industry may be considered and taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract ” means (i) any Material Lease, (ii) the Contracts set forth in Part I of Appendix D , (iii) the Term Loan Agreement, and (iv) any other Contract not otherwise set forth in Part I of Appendix D that affects the Operating Period to which an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which such Person, or any of its assets, is bound (A) providing for past or future payments by or to any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 annually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (B) relating to any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement, (C) relating to any Indebtedness, (D) limiting the freedom of any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or granting “most favored nation” or similar status, (E) with Seller or any of its Affiliates, (F) with either Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (G) relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business or material portion thereof (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of

 

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assets or otherwise), (H) that was not entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (I) with any First Nations; or (J) the loss of which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract Change ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a) .

 

Material Leases ” means all Leases related to the Wind Project (i) the loss of which would result in a reduction in production of the Wind Project or in its ability to deliver energy to the point of interconnection or would otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that are otherwise material to the operations of the Wind Project.

 

New MSM LP Holdco ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Operating Period ” means, in respect of the Wind Project, the period commencing on the Commercial Operation Date (however titled) under any power purchase agreement to which the Project Company is a party.

 

Order ” means any writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, decision, order or similar direction of any Governmental Authority, whether preliminary or final.

 

Organization Documents ” means, with respect to (a) any corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws, (b) any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) any limited liability company, its articles or certificate of organization or formation and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, or (d) any other Person, documents of similar substance.

 

Outside Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part III of Appendix B .

 

PEGI Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(c) .

 

PEGI Waiver ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

Percentage Portion ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Permitted Lien ” means any of the following: (a) Liens for Taxes either not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in the Project Company’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; (b) inchoate mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens for work in progress and workmen’s, repairmen’s, warehousemen’s and carrier’s Liens arising in the ordinary course of business either for amounts not yet due or which have not been perfected, filed or registered in accordance with applicable Law against an Acquired Entity, the Wind Project or the Project Company Real Property; (c) as to any Project Company Real Property, title defects, easements, rights of first refusal, restrictions, irregularities, encumbrances (other than for borrowed money), encroachments, servitudes, rights of way and statutory Liens that do not or would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the value or use by the Acquired Entities of the Project Company Real Property; (d) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in (x)

 

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any original grant from the Crown or (y) other grants of real or immovable property that do not or would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the value or use by the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries of such real or immovable property; (e) security given to a public utility or any Governmental Authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of the Project Company in the ordinary course of business; (f) Liens in respect of which the Project Company is insured against loss or damage pursuant to the Title Policy identified in Part II of Appendix D ; and (g) Liens granted pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Permit ” means filings, registrations, licenses, permits, notices, technical assistance letters, decrees, certificates, approvals, consents, waivers, Orders, authorizations, agreements, directions, instructions, grants, easements, exemptions, exceptions, variances and authorizations to or from any Governmental Authority.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, business trust, estate, joint venture, unincorporated association, limited liability company, cooperative, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Personal Property ” means all office equipment, machinery, equipment, supplies, vehicles, tractors, trailers, tools, spare parts, production supplies, furniture and fixtures and other items of tangible personal property owned by any of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries used primarily in connection with ownership, maintenance or operation of the Wind Project.

 

Project Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part IV of Appendix D .

 

Project Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix C of the Agreement.

 

Project Company Real Property ” means all real property of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures of the Wind Project thereon, (i) held pursuant to a Material Lease or (ii) required to be set forth on Part II of Appendix C .

 

PSP Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) .

 

PSP Waiver ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(c) .

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Purchase Rights Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2017 by and among Seller, Pattern Energy Group Inc. and, solely with respect to Article IV thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP and Pattern Energy GP LLC, as such agreement is amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2017 by and among Pattern Energy Group 2 LP, Pattern Energy Group Inc. and, solely with respect to Article III thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP and Pattern

 

App. A-1- 8  

 

Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, as such agreement is amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

 

Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Purchaser Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a) .

 

Purchaser’s Maximum Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Rules ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b) .

 

Securities Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.10 .

 

Seller ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Seller Affiliates ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Seller Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) .

 

Seller Receipt ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Seller’s Maximum Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Separate Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 , and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Shareholder Agreement ” means the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement in respect of Pattern MSM GP Holdco, made as of the date of Closing, among Pattern MSM GP Holdco and the Purchasers, substantially in the form of the unanimous shareholder agreement entered into between the Purchasers and Meikle Wind Energy Corp.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

Subsidiary Transferor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Part I of Appendix C .

 

Survival Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means, collectively all federal, provincial, territorial, state and local or foreign income, estimated, payroll, withholding, excise, sales, goods and services, harmonized, value-added, use, real and personal property, corporation, use and occupancy, business and occupation, mercantile, transfer, capital stock and franchise or other taxes, levies, duties, assessments, reassessments or other charges of any kind whatsoever (including interest, additions and penalties thereon) , whether disputed or not, and for greater certainty includes Canada Pension Plan, Québec Pension Plan and employment insurance premiums.

 

App. A-1- 9  

 

Tax Returns ” means any return, declaration, notice, form, report, claim for refund or information return or statement relating to the determination, assessment, collection or payment of Taxes or to the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any legal requirement pertaining to Taxes, including, for greater certainty, any schedule or attachment thereto.

 

Term Conversion ” means the Construction Completion Date (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement).

 

Term Loan Agreement ” shall have the meaning described in Part III of Appendix D .

 

Third Party Claim ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a) .

 

Third Party Claim Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a) .

 

ULC Shareholder Agreement ” means the Unanimous Shareholder Agreement in respect of Pattern MSM GP Holdco, made as of the date of Closing, among Pattern MSM Management and the Purchasers, substantially in the form of the unanimous shareholder agreement entered into between the Purchasers and Meikle Wind Energy Corp.

 

Wind Project ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part II of Appendix C of the Agreement.

 

 

App. A-1- 10  

 

APPENDIX A-2: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

1. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

 

2. The word “or” is not exclusive.

 

3. A reference to a Governmental Rule includes any amendment or modification to such Governmental Rule, and all regulations, rulings and other Governmental Rules promulgated under such Governmental Rule.

 

4. A reference to a Person includes its successors and permitted assigns.

 

5. Accounting terms have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP, as applied by the accounting entity to which they refer.

 

6. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” are not limiting and shall be deemed to mean “include, without limitation”, “includes, without limitation” or “including, without limitation”.

 

7. A reference to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule or Appendix is to the Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule or Appendix of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

8. Any reference to “this Agreement”, “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

 

9. Any reference to another agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to that other agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, varied, amended, supplemented, substituted, novated, assigned or otherwise transferred.

 

10. References to “days” shall mean calendar days, unless the term “Business Days” shall be used. References to a time of day shall mean such time in New York, New York, unless otherwise specified.

 

11. This Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, Seller, Purchaser, and their respective counsel. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of the parties thereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against either Seller or Purchaser.

 

12. The words “will” and “shall” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect.

 

 App. A-2- 1

 

Appendix B: Transaction Terms and Conditions

 

MSM Transaction

I.        Purchase Price

 

Aggregate Purchase Price ”:

 

$104,000,000

 

Separate Purchase Price ”:

PEGI : $53,040,000

 


PSP : $50,960,000

 

Currency:

Canadian Dollar, and all references to Dollar or $ of CAD$ shall refer to such currency.

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ”:

 

The Purchase Price Adjustment at Closing shall be calculated to maintain the 25 year after tax IRR (assuming internal use of any tax benefits and excluding any amount paid under the Sponsor Services Agreement between PEGI and PSP) of the Purchasers based on the updated Financial Model delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iii), which has been updated solely to reflect the following:

 

(i)    change in the timing of Closing and the amount and date of the initial distribution to the Purchasers (considering any distributions received by the Seller prior to Closing, and with the Seller leaving a reasonable amount of working capital in the project to fund near-term payables);

 

(ii)   changes to reflect amendments to or new Material Contracts that have an economic impact on the Operating Period (including the terms of any project debt and tax equity financing and changes to the length of the term of any power purchase agreement);

 

(iii)   changes in the amounts and timing of material acquired assets and liabilities not associated with operating the business in the ordinary course, including post-construction refunds (including refunds of interconnection costs, construction security, and construction QST/GST), reserve amounts, outstanding debt balances (including the construction bridge facility), capital expenditures, liquidated damages related to domestic content requirements, etc.;

 

(iv)  manifest errors; and

 

(v)   changes to the net capacity factor (NCF) directly attributable to any changes to as-built conditions.

 

 App. B- 1

 
Post-Closing Adjustment

The Post-Closing Adjustment shall be calculated as the difference between (i) the amount of the interconnection cost refunds actually received from Hydro-Quebec Transmission and (ii) the amount of such interconnection cost refunds assumed at Closing. Within 90 days following the date on which the interconnection cost refunds are received by the Project Company, (x) if the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount is positive, then each Purchaser shall pay its Percentage Portion of the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount to Seller and (y) if the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount is negative, Seller shall pay to each Purchaser such Purchaser’s Percentage Portion of the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount.

 

Payment Mechanics and Payee Information:

 

Bank Name: HSBC Bank Canada 

Bank Address: 885 West Georgia St. 

Vancouver, BC V6C 3Gl 

Canada 

Bank No.: 016 

Transit No. 10270 

Swift Code: HKBCCATT 

Account Name: Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC 

Account Type: Business Checking Account 

Account Number : 270 -215956-001 

Currency: Canadian Dollar

 

II.        Signing Date Deliverables

 

Seller’s Signing Date Deliverables:

 

Not applicable

 

Purchaser’s Signing Date Deliverables: Not applicable

III.        Closing

 

Closing Location:

 

At the offices of PEGI:

Pier 1, Bay 3

San Francisco, CA 94111

 

Expected Closing Date

 

January 2, 2018

 

Outside Closing Date:

 

The date that is ninety (90) days following the Construction Completion Date (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement).

 

IV.        Closing Deliverables & Conditions Precedent to Closing

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of Seller:

In addition to the closing deliverables set forth in Section 1.5(a) of the Agreement, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchasers the additional closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-1 .

 

 App. B- 2

 
Additional Closing Deliverables of Purchasers:

In addition to the closing deliverables set forth in Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement, Purchasers shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Seller the additional closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-2 .

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations to Close:

In addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement, the obligation of Purchasers and Seller to Close is subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Appendix B-3 .

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to Purchasers’ Obligations to Close:

In addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 of the Agreement, the obligation of Purchasers to Close is subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Appendix B-4 .

 

V.        Additional Termination Rights

 

By Either Party:

 

Not applicable

By Purchasers:

 

Not applicable

By Seller:

 

Not applicable

VI.        Indemnification Provisions

 

Additional Seller Indemnity Obligations:

 

Not applicable

Additional Purchasers Indemnity Obligations:

 

Not applicable

 

Survival Period:

 

Until the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except for (i) the representations and warranties in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3(a) , 2.6 and 2.11 and any claim for any breach of any representation or warranty involving actual fraud or willful misrepresentation, which shall survive until the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations, (ii) the representation and warranty in Section 2.18 with respect to the Indebtedness of the Project Company, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries, which shall survive until the date that is the later of: (A) 6 months after the Closing; and (B) 3 months following the completion of the Project Company's first annual audited financial statements, and (iii) the representations and warranties in Section 2.9 , which shall survive until the date that is 60 days after the expiration of the period, if any, during which an assessment, reassessment or other form of recognized written demand assessing liability for Tax, interest or penalties under applicable Law in respect of any taxation year to which such representations and warranties relate could be issued to the Project Company (the “ Survival Period ”).

 

Limitation on Liability:

Basket Amount ”:

 

1% of the Aggregate Purchase Price

 

Seller’s Maximum Liability ”:

11% of the Aggregate Purchase Price

 

Purchaser’s Maximum Liability ”:

 

11% of the Aggregate Purchase Price

 

 

 App. B- 3

 

  

Additional Refund or Reimbursement Obligations:

 

By Purchasers or Purchaser Indemnified Party: 

1.       None

 

By Seller or Seller Indemnified Party: 

1.       None

 

VII.        Additional Transaction Terms

 

Required Governmental Approvals:

1.       By Closing, the Competition Act Approval shall have been obtained.

 

Persons with Knowledge:

Seller’s Persons with Knowledge: Colin Edwards, Kim Sachtlebean, Daniel Elkort, Alex Hoffer, Andrew Collingwood and William Shemie

 

PEGI’s Persons with Knowledge: Esben Pederson, Michael Lyon and Dyann Blaine

 

PSP’s Persons with Knowledge: Guthrie Stewart and Patrick Samson

 

Additional Assignment Rights:

 

Assignment Rights of Seller: None

 

Assignment Rights of Purchaser: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, PSP and PCFC (on behalf of PEGI) shall assign their rights to acquire the Project Company Acquired Interests to New MSM LP Holdco, as contemplated by Part I of Appendix C .

 

Governing Law:

New York

 

Notice Information:

To Seller:

 

c/o Pattern Energy Group LP 

Pier 1, Bay 3 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Attention: General Counsel 

Phone: 415-283-4000 

Fax: 415-362-7900

 

To PEGI:

c/o Pattern Energy Group Inc. 

Pier 1, Bay 3 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Attention: General Counsel 

Phone: 415-283-4000 

Fax: 415-362-7900

 

 

 

 App. B- 4

 

 

 

 

To PSP:

 

c/o Public Sector Pension Investment Board
1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West.
Suite 1400
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3B 5E9

 

Attention: Managing Director,

Infrastructure Investments
Facsimile:  (514) 937-0403
E-mail:       vertuousenergy@investpsp.ca

and legalnotices@investpsp.ca

 

with a copy to:

 

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501, avenue McGill College
26 th Floor
Montreal, Québec
Canada H3A 3N9

 

Attention: Franziska Ruf
Facsimile:  (514) 841-6499
E-mail:         fruf@dwpv.com

 

 

 

 

 

 App. B- 5

 

  

Appendix B-1:

 

1. To the extent available, unaudited consolidated financial statements of income and cash flows and related balance sheet of the Project Company for the most recent fiscal quarter and fiscal year end of the Project Company ending prior to the Closing Date (but in any event after the date of this Agreement), in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

 

 

 App. B-1- 1

 

Appendix B-2:

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of purchasers

 

In the case of PEGI:

 

1. A counterpart signature page to the Shareholder Agreement, executed by the Pattern MSM GP Holdco and PCFC.

 

2. A counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, executed by the Pattern MSM GP Holdco and PCFC.

 

3. A counterpart signature page to the ULC Shareholder Agreement, executed by the Pattern MSM Management and PCFC.

 

In the case of PSP:

 

1. A counterpart signature page to the Shareholder Agreement, executed by PSP.

 

2. A counterpart signature page to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, executed by PSP.

 

3. A counterpart signature page to the ULC Shareholder Agreement, executed by PSP.

 

 

 App. B-2- 1

 

 

 

Appendix B-3:

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to  

Each Party’s Obligations to Close

 

1. Receipt of all necessary Governmental Approvals set forth on Part VII of Appendix B .

 

 

 

 App. B-3- 1

 

 

Appendix B-4:

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to

PURCHASERs’ Obligations to Close

 

1. Receipt of a reliance letter from the Environmental Consultant confirming that the Environmental Report may be relied upon by the Project Company, as though such report had been addressed to the Project Company.

 

 

 

 

 App. B-4- 1

 

 

Appendix C: Acquired Interests; Ownership Structure;  

and Wind Project Information

 

MSM Transaction

 

I.        Acquired Interests & Ownership Structure

 

Project Company:

 

Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm LP
Purchasers:

PSP and Pattern Canada Finance Company ULC (“ PCFC ”)

 

Acquired Interests:

 

PEGI (indirectly acquired by PCFC):

 

50.99% limited partner interest in the Project Company (the “ PEGI Project Company Acquired Interests ”)

 

70% interest in Pattern MSM GP Holdings Inc. (“ Pattern MSM GP Holdco ”) (which shall, following the Closing, own a 0.02% general partner interest in New MSM LP Holdco (as defined below))

 

70% interest in Pattern Development MSM Management ULC (“ Pattern MSM Management )

 

PSP :

 

48.99% limited partner interest in the Project Company (together with the PEGI Project Company Acquired Interests, the “ Project Company Acquired Interests ”)

 

30% interest in Pattern MSM GP Holdco (which shall, following the Closing, own a 0.02% general partner interest in New MSM LP Holdco)

 

30% interest in Pattern MSM Management

 

Subsidiary Transferor(s):

PRHC Holdings LP ( PRHC Holdings” )

 

Direct or Indirect Co-Owners of Project Company:

Immediately prior to the Closing:

 

1.       Pattern MSM LP Holdings LP (“ MSM LP Holdings ”) will hold 100% of the economic interests in the Project Company;

 

2.       MSM LP Holdings will hold 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM Management;

 

3.        PRHC Holdings will hold 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM GP Holdco;

 

4.       Pattern MSM GP Holdco will hold 50% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the General Partner;

 

 App. C- 1

 
 

5.       The General Partner will hold a non-economic general partnership interest in the Project Company; and

 

6.       PCFC will hold 99.98% of the interests of a new limited partnership to be created prior to Closing (“ New MSM LP Holdco ”) and a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of PCFC (“ New JV Inc. ) will hold, as general partner of New MSM LP Holdco, the remaining 0.02% interest of New MSM LP Holdco.

 

At Closing:

 

1.       MSM LP Holdings will be dissolved so that PRHC Holdings and Pattern MSM GP Holdco will be the holder of 99.98% of the interests in the Project Company and 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM Management;

 

2.       Pattern MSM GP Holdco shall then transfer its interests in the Project Company and Pattern MSM Management to PRHC Holdings, such that PRHC Holdings holds 100% of the interests in the Project Company and 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM Management;

 

3.       PCFC will subscribe for 51% of the new units of New MSM LP Holdco to be issued for an aggregate amount equal to the value of 50.99% of the aggregate interests in the Project Company;

 

4.       PSP will subscribe for 49% of the new units of New MSM LP Holdco to be issued for an aggregate amount equal to the value of 48.99% of the aggregate interests in the Project Company;

 

5.       PCFC will acquire from PRHC Holding 70% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM GP Holdco;

 

6.       PSP will acquire from PRHC Holding 30% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM GP Holdco;

 

7.       PCFC will acquire from PRHC Holding 70% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM Management;

 

8.       PSP will acquire from PRHC Holding 30% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Pattern MSM Management;

 

9.       PCFC and PSP shall assign their rights to acquire the Project Company Acquired Interests to New MSM LP Holdco, and New MSM LP Holdco will acquire from PRHC Holdings 100% of the economic interests in the Project Company;

 

10.       Pattern MSM GP Holdco will acquire from New JV Inc. its interests as general partner in New MSM LP Holdco;

 

 App. C- 2

 
 

Consequently, immediately following the Closing:

 

1.       PCFC will hold a 50.99% interest in New MSM LP Holdco which owns 100% of the economic interests in the Project Company;

 

2.       PCFC will hold a 70% interest in Pattern MSM GP Holdco;

 

3.       PCFC will hold a 70% interest in Pattern MSM Management;

 

4.       PSP will hold a 48.99% interest in New MSM LP Holdco which owns 100% of the economic interests in the Project Company;

 

5.       PSP will hold a 30% interest in Pattern MSM GP Holdco; and

 

6.       PSP will hold a 30% interest in Pattern MSM Management.

 

II.        Wind Project Information

 

Wind Project:

 

Expected nameplate capacity: 143.2 MW

 

Location: Province of Quebec, in particular in the Municipalities of Saint-Sylvestre (MRC de Lotbinière), Saint Séverin (MRC Robert-Cliche), Saint Frédéric (MRC Robert-Cliche) and Sacré-Coeur-De-Jésus (MRC des Appalaches)

 

Turbine type and manufacturer: Siemens 3.2 Direct Drive, 113 Meter Rotor Diameter; Siemens Wind Power Limited

 

Number of turbines: 46

 

Commercial Operation Date (or Expected Commercial Operation Date) of Wind Project:

 

December 1, 2017 (expected).

Permits & Governmental Approvals:

 

1. Decision of the commission de protection du territoire agricole du Quebec dated August 31, 2016 (record identification # 410067-410137-410140-410197), as supplemented by decision of the commission de protection du territoire agricole due Quebec dated May 31, 2017 (record identification # 410067-410137).

 

2. Environmental Decree issued by the Government of Quebec on October 19, 2016 (Reference Number 900 – 2016).

 

3. Certificate of Authorization (No. 1) dated December 1, 2016 issued by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Action against Climate Change (Reference Number 3211-12-212), as modified by Modification dated December 14, 2016 and Modification dated May 4,

 

 App. C- 3

 
 

2017.

 

4. Certificate of Authorization (No. 2) dated March 15, 2017 issued by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Action against Climate Change (Reference Number 3211-12-212).

 

5. Certificate of Authorization (No. 3) dated April 28, 2017 issued by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Action against Climate Change (Reference Number 3211-12-212).

 

6. Certificate of Authorization (No. 4) dated May 11, 2017 issued by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Action against Climate Change (Reference Number 3211-12-212).

 

7. NAV Canada – Land Use Proposal Submission Clearance Letter dated October 21, 2016 (NAV Canada File No. 16-2577).

 

8. Transport Canada revised approval (Transport Canada File No. 17-037 and 17-084) dated March 9, 2017. Initial Approval (Transport Canada File No. 16-159 and 16-206) dated August 3, 2016.

 

9. Permission dated December 19, 2016 issued by Hydro-Quebec authorizing crossing of the collection and fibre optic system across certain public utility servitudes in favour of Hydro-Quebec.

 

10. Permission dated February 1, 2017 issued by Hydro-Quebec authorizing crossing of the collection and fibre optic system across certain public utility servitudes in favour of Hydro-Quebec.

 

11. Permission dated November 28, 2016 issued by TELUS Communications authorizing the crossing of the power transmission facilities and access roads across certain servitudes in favour of TELUS.

 

12. Permission dated November 1, 2016 issued by Bell Canada authorizing work within certain servitudes in favour of Bell Canada.

 

13. Notice of compliance with the Fisheries Act issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada dated October 31, 2016 (DFO File No. 16-HQUE-00249), updated April 5, 2017 (DFO File No. 17-HQUE-00077).

 

Legal description of Wind Project site (i.e., real property description):

The only interests in real property necessary for the construction or operation of the Wind Project are those obtained by the Project Company pursuant to the terms of Leases. The legal description of the Wind Project site is attached as Exhibit I to this Appendix C .

 

 App. C- 4

 

 

Exhibit I to Appendix C

 

Legal Description of Site

 

All of the constructions, works, improvements, buildings, erections and installations (comprised, without limitation, of towers and bases, foundations, switching stations, substations, transmission and interconnection facilities, electrical transmission lines, wind turbines and all associated switching and transmission equipment and installations including, without limitation, all electrical transformers, telecommunications equipment, energy production equipment, meteorological observation towers, wind measuring equipment, control facilities, grounding systems and all other installations and equipment used for the generating, storing and transmission of electricity, all wires, cables, poles, equipment, conduits and other accessories (such as junction boxes and circuit breaker panels together with the grounding system), located overhead or underground, which are used for the purposes of electrical or communication transmission, distribution or transfer, and all members and other relevant and necessary apparatus and installations used in connection with such equipment) owned by the Project Company as superficiary or otherwise which are located in, on, under and over the following lands situated in the Municipalities of of Saint-Sylvestre (MRC de Lotbinière), Saint Séverin (MRC Robert-Cliche), Saint Frédéric (MRC Robert-Cliche) and Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus (MRC des Appalaches), in the Province of Quebec

 

DESCRIPTION

 

1. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Gestion Jean-Claude Grondin Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 806 157.

 

1.1 PARCELLE 1 : MÂT MÉTÉOROLOGIQUE MMV2

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DIX-NEUF MILLE NEUF CENT TRENTE-SIX (4 219 936 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, à l'est, au sud et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 219 936.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 936, le point A, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 70°30’46”, sur une distance de 295,02 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 355°33’59”, sur une distance de 49,50 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°33’59”, sur une distance de 15,45 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 109°43’54”, sur une distance de 37,86 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 175°33’59”, sur une distance de 34,00 mètres; et de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°33’59”, sur une distance de 50,00 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 207,3 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 5

 
1.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente-six (4 219 936 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 935 et à l'est, au nord-est, au sud, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 219 936.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 936, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°15'25", sur une distance de 418,08 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°15'25", sur une distance de 7,94 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 175°20'15", sur une distance de 0,68 mètre, puis, sur une distance de 23,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 64,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 195°57'08", sur une distance de 70,58 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 175°33'59", sur une distance de 29,61 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 5,75 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°33'59", sur une distance de 11,91 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 5,75 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 355°33'59", sur une distance de 29,61 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,77 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 64,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 15°57'08", sur une distance de 70,58 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,54 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 887,2 mètres carrés.

 

1.3 PARCELLE 3 : ÉOLIENNE T41

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DIX-NEUF MILLE NEUF CENT SOIXANTE-TROIS (4 219 963 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 963, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 210°03’07”, sur une distance de 470,29 mètres à partir du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 219 931 et 4 219 963 et de l’emprise sud-ouest du 4 e Rang Nord (lot 4 220 566).

 

1.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DIX-NEUF MILLE NEUF CENT SOIXANTE-TROIS (4 219 963 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

 App. C- 6

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 931 et à l'est, au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 219 963.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 219 931 et 4 219 963 et de l’emprise sud-ouest du 4e Rang Nord (lot 4 220 566), le point D, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°15’25”, sur une distance de 570,01 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 194°54’41”, sur une distance de 14,56 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 223,82 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 77,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 28°21’52”, sur une distance de 55,37 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 118°21’52”, sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 208°21’52”, sur une distance de 55,37 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 253,79 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 89,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°15’25”, sur une distance de 22,81 mètres jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 616,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11305 de ses minutes.

 

2. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Colette Fecteau and Yves Galarneau to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 060.

 

2.1 PARCELLES 1 ET 2 : ÉOLIENNE T38

 

Une partie des lots 4 529 084 et 4 529 085 du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce, étant un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés. Le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 58°24’27”, sur une distance de 248,44 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 085.

 

2.1.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T38 – SEGMENT LOT 4 529 085 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-cinq (4 529 085 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 529 084 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 529 085.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 085, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 215,13 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 55,93 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance

 

 App. C- 7

 

de 308,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 10 430,5 mètres carrés.

 

2.1.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T38 – SEGMENT LOT 4 529 084 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-quatre (4 529 084 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 529 084 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 529 085.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 084, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 215,13 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 58,32 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°30'31", sur une distance de 55,93 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 269,5 mètres carrés.

 

2.2 PARCELLE 3 : ÉOLIENNE T37

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-cinq (4 529 085 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 529 085, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 244°26’29”, sur une distance de 267,57 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 529 085.

 

2.3 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS CINQ CENT VINGT-NEUF MILLE QUATRE-VINGT-CINQ (4 529 085 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 529 084, à l'est, au sud-est, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 529 085.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 085, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 518,52 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 13,49 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de

 

 App. C- 8

 

163°39'05", sur une distance de 59,10 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 47,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 204°04'00", sur une distance de 72,55 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 56,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 252°40'30", sur une distance de 107,51 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 342°40'30", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 72°40'30", sur une distance de 107,51 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 46,66 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 24°04'00", sur une distance de 72,55 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 38,80 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 343°39'05", sur une distance de 52,95 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 970,4 mètres carrés.

 

2.4 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-cinq (4 529 085 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 566 (4e Rang Nord), au sud, au sud-est, à l'est, au sud, à l'ouest, au sud, au sud-est et au sud par une partie du lot 4 529 085, au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 529 084, par une partie du lot 4 529 085 et par une partie du lot 4 529 084 et au nord-ouest et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 529 085.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 529 085, le point C, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 322°54'20", sur une distance de 6,04 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 35,10 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 273°17'46", sur une distance de 62,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 253°35'13", sur une distance de 67,91 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 33,70 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 218°28'41", sur une distance de 28,97 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 42,68 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 174°01'15", sur une distance de 20,34 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 264°01'15", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 354°01'15", sur une distance de 11,02 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 18,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 218°28'41", sur une distance de 56,82 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 231°32'09", sur une distance de 144,16 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 210°03'43", sur une distance de 94,62 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 236°38'02",

 

 App. C- 9

 

sur une distance de 57,80 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 11,13 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 246°08'55", sur une distance de 89,18 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 13,90 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 31,43 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 66°08'55", sur une distance de 73,37 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 9,13 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 56°38'02", sur une distance de 57,80 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,51 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 30°03'43", sur une distance de 94,62 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,11 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 51°32'09", sur une distance de 144,16 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 38°28'41", sur une distance de 134,59 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 36,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 73°35'13", sur une distance de 67,91 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 23,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 93°17'46", sur une distance de 62,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,79 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 140°00'11", sur une distance de 0,86 mètre, puis, dans une direction de 142°54'20", sur une distance de 27,01 mètres jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 10 349,1 mètres carrés.

 

2.5 PARCELLE 6 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-quatre (4 529 084 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 932, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 529 084, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 529 085 et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 529 084.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 084, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 518,52 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 343°39'05", sur une distance de 39,54 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 30,78 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°31'49", sur une distance de 28,56 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 48,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 163°39'05", sur une distance de 33,39 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°30'31", sur une distance de 13,49 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 891,6 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 10

 
2.6 PARCELLE 7 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-quatre (4 529 084 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 932, au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 529 084, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 529 085 et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 529 084.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 084, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°30'31", sur une distance de 681,53 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 15,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 271°13'34", sur une distance de 48,61 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,47 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°31'49", sur une distance de 28,56 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 9,51 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 91°13'34", sur une distance de 48,61 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 66°08'55", sur une distance de 15,81 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°30'31", sur une distance de 31,43 mètres jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 122,7 mètres carrés.

 

2.7 PARCELLE 8 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent vingt-neuf mille quatre-vingt-quatre (4 529 084 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 529 084 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 529 085.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 529 084, le point G, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°30'31", sur une distance de 150,37 mètres jusqu'au point H, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°30'31", sur une distance de 36,33 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 38°28'41", sur une distance de 10,40 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 26,25 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point H, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 48,7 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 11

 
2.8 PARCELLE 9 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente-deux (4 219 932 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 932 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 529 084, par une autre partie du lot 4 219 932 et par une autre partie du lot 4 529 084.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 932, le point I, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°31'49", sur une distance de 548,97 mètres jusqu'au point J, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 85,51 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°31'49", sur une distance de 28,56 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,86 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 226°31'49", sur une distance de 28,56 mètres jusqu'au point J, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 698,7 mètres carrés.

 

2.9 PARCELLE 10 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente-sept (4 219 937 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 538, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 219 937, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 565 (4 e Rang Nord) et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 219 937.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 937, le point K, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 140°48'12", sur une distance de 40,28 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 145°43'50", sur une distance de 15,05 mètres jusqu'au point L, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 19°19'01", sur une distance de 92,85 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 81°38'41", sur une distance de 6,77 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 199°19'01", sur une distance de 100,42 mètres; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 325°43'50", sur une distance de 7,46 mètres jusqu'au point L, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 579,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11306 de ses minutes.

 

3. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Ferme C.L.R. Jacques SENC to Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 255.

 

 App. C- 12

 
3.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T22

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent six (4 212 406 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 406, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 309°40'58", sur une distance de 862,55 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 406.

 

3.2 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent six (4 212 406 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 406, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 478, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 406 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 404.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 406, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°02'45", sur une distance de 935,64 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 13,12 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 231°13'05", sur une distance de 143,19 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,68 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 210°43'03", sur une distance de 0,89 mètre; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°01'39", sur une distance de 12,40 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 21,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 51°13'05", sur une distance de 143,19 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 11,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°02'45", sur une distance de 12,55 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 121,4 mètres carrés.

 

3.3 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent six (4 212 406 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 406.

 

 App. C- 13

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 406, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 310°55'35", sur une distance de 948,65 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 141°13'04", sur une distance de 75,12 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 232°58'36", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°13'04", sur une distance de 74,93 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 51°13'05", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 450,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11307 de ses minutes.

 

4. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Réal Jacques to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 778 224.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre (4 212 404 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 404, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 406, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 404 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 400.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 404, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°16'35", sur une distance de 37,81 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°16'35", sur une distance de 12,46 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 30°43'03", sur une distance de 372,89 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 2,38 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°01'39", sur une distance de 12,40 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 210°43'03", sur une distance de 375,34 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 503,7 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11308 de ses minutes.

 

 App. C- 14

 
5. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Ferme Guy Berthiaume Inc. to the Secured Party under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 527.

 

PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingts (4 212 480 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 480, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 481, au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 480 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 479.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 480, le point C, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°47'50", sur une distance de 172,96 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°47'50", sur une distance de 12,08 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 53°24'01", sur une distance de 128,32 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 62,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 106°26'40", sur une distance de 162,84 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 11,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°31'06", sur une distance de 16,38 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 25,78 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 286°26'40", sur une distance de 162,84 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 50,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 233°24'01", sur une distance de 126,93 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 386,2 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11309 de ses minutes.

 

6. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Steve Gagnon to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 019.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille quatre-vingt-quatorze (4 220 094 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

 App. C- 15

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 093, au nord-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 220 094, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 220 080 et à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 220 094.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 220 094, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°35'08", sur une distance de 249,69 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 141°05'05", sur une distance de 30,70 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 38,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 173°43'04", sur une distance de 95,28 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 2,80 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°35'31", sur une distance de 13,95 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 11,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 353°43'04", sur une distance de 95,28 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 31,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 321°05'05", sur une distance de 29,75 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°35'08", sur une distance de 12,04 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 007,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11310 de ses minutes.

 

7. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Gestion Steve Gagnon et Fils Inc. to the Projet Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 196.

 

7.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T14

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent quatre-vingts (4 212 380 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 380 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 352°45'19", sur une distance de 334,72 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 380.

 

7.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent quatre-vingts (4 212 380 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

 App. C- 16

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord, à l'est, au nord-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 380 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 973.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 380, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 314°22'23", sur une distance de 47,33 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 321°06'51", sur une distance de 15,73 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°06'51", sur une distance de 21,19 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 302°25'11", sur une distance de 2,90 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 348°57'06", sur une distance de 3,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,70 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 332°36'00", sur une distance de 72,26 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 57,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 21°50'26", sur une distance de 130,25 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 111°50'26", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 201°50'26", sur une distance de 130,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 47,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 152°36'00", sur une distance de 72,26 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 19,12 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 168°57'06", sur une distance de 23,82 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 419,6 mètres carrés.

 

7.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent quatre-vingts (4 212 380 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 330, au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 380, au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 973, au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 380.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et ouest du lot 4 212 380, le point C, de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°00'51", sur une distance de 37,18 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°00'51", sur une distance de 12,09 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 104°55'04", sur une distance de 8,03 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 53,54 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 150°42'18", sur une distance de 5,80 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 263°40'29", sur une distance de 13,03 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 330°42'18", sur une distance de 0,72 mètre, puis, sur une distance de 43,95 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 284°55'04", sur une distance de 9,52 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 729,4 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 17

 
7.4 PARCELLE 4 : ÉOLIENNE T19

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-dix-huit (4 212 498 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 498 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 28°20'42", sur une distance de 332,56 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 498.

 

7.5 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-dix-huit (4 212 498 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-est, au sud-est, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 498 et au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 845 (Route Sainte Catherine).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et nord-ouest du lot 4 212 498, le point E, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 96°06'29", sur une distance de 6,82 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 60,21 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 38,82 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 106,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 46°33'44", sur une distance de 180,48 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 47,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 86°46'48", sur une distance de 122,63 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 67,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 144°23'44", sur une distance de 56,65 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 234°23'44", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 324°23'44", sur une distance de 56,65 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 55,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 266°46'48", sur une distance de 122,63 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 38,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 226°33'44", sur une distance de 180,48 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 32,47 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 94,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 206°46'05", sur une distance de 20,01 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 16,32 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 15,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 276°06'29", sur une distance de 52,14 mètres jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 6 731,1 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 18

 

 

7.6 PARCELLE 6 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent trente-deux (4 212 632 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 632, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 845 (Route Sainte Catherine), à l'est et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 632 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 494.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et nord-ouest du lot 4 212 632, le point G, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 313°05'26", sur une distance de 137,14 mètres jusqu'au point H, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 313°05'26", sur une distance de 12,53 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 59°47'48", sur une distance de 188,01 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 46°56'55", sur une distance de 63,09 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 90,63 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 312°32'24", sur une distance de 4,61 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 38,46 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 118,14 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 2,49 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 73,77 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°56'55", sur une distance de 63,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,02 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 239°47'48", sur une distance de 184,41 mètres jusqu'au point H, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 178,0 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11311 de ses minutes.

 

8. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Isabelle Lamonde to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 390.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente et un (4 219 931 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au nord-ouest et au nord par une partie du lot 4 219 931, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 566 (4e Rang Nord), au sud, au sud-est

 

 App. C- 19

 

et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 219 931 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 219 963.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 219 931, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°55'47", sur une distance de 109,47 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 53,41 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 254°38'47", sur une distance de 67,79 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 56,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 344,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 245°11'50", sur une distance de 38,52 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 60,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 194,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 227°23'03", sur une distance de 74,76 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 50,88 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 174°22'40", sur une distance de 163,87 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 194°54'41", sur une distance de 125,33 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°15'25", sur une distance de 22,81 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 4,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 89,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 14°54'41", sur une distance de 139,90 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,71 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 354°22'40", sur une distance de 163,87 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 61,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 47°23'03", sur une distance de 74,76 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 64,04 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 206,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 65°11'50", sur une distance de 38,52 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 58,71 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 356,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 74°38'47", sur une distance de 67,79 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 28,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 5,41 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 6,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 141°48'01", sur une distance de 32,81 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 8 657,5 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11312 de ses minutes.

 

9. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Groupe A.J.C. Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 827 888.

 

9.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent trente (4 212 330 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

 App. C- 20

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, au nord-ouest et au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 330, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 380, au sud, au sud-est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 330 et à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 329.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et ouest du lot 4 212 330, le point A, de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 20°51'21", sur une distance de 69,16 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 20°51'21", sur une distance de 12,89 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 89°29'17", sur une distance de 31,58 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,15 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 105°51'55", sur une distance de 55,29 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 39,02 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 65°12'52", sur une distance de 140,08 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 46,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 104°55'04", sur une distance de 80,47 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°00'51", sur une distance de 12,09 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 284°55'04", sur une distance de 78,98 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 38,11 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 245°12'52", sur une distance de 140,08 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 47,54 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 285°51'55", sur une distance de 55,29 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,72 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 269°29'17", sur une distance de 36,27 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 944,0 mètres carrés.

 

9.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent trente-huit (4 212 938 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 872 (Rang Saint-Paul), au sud-est, au nord-est, à l'est, au nord-est, à l'est et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 938, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 939 et au nord-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 938.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 938, le point C, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 36,54 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 75,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 69,65 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 52,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 115°11'39", sur une distance de 35,91 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 163,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 96,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 195°45'30", sur une distance de 5,95 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 56,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 137°06'00", sur une distance de 32,19 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de

 

 App. C- 21

 

82,08 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 207°17'44", sur une distance de 42,46 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 203°22'18", sur une distance de 8,18 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°46'48", sur une distance de 13,08 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°22'18", sur une distance de 3,39 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 27°17'44", sur une distance de 42,87 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 67,38 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 317°06'00", sur une distance de 32,19 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 68,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 15°45'30", sur une distance de 4,52 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 356°04'19", sur une distance de 33,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 69,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 87,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 44,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 84,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 273°54'34", sur une distance de 15,23 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 119,20 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 2,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 49°17'59", sur une distance de 23,04 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 57°24'36", sur une distance de 24,74 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 8 042,8 mètres carrés.

 

9.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent trente-neuf (4 212 939 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 939, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 938, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 939 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 840.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 939, le point D, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°43'20", sur une distance de 458,47 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°22'18", sur une distance de 102,55 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°46'48", sur une distance de 13,08 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°22'18", sur une distance de 102,54 mètres; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°43'20", sur une distance de 13,07 mètres jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 230,5 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 22

 
9.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent quarante (4 212 940 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 940, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 939, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 940 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 941.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 940, le point D, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°43'20", sur une distance de 458,47 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°43'20", sur une distance de 13,07 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°22'18", sur une distance de 102,45 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°39'53", sur une distance de 13,06 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°22'18", sur une distance de 102,47 mètres jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 229,5 mètres carrés.

 

9.5 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent quarante et un (4 212 941 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 941, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 940, à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 941 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 921.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 941, le point F, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°32'55", sur une distance de 624,55 mètres jusqu'au point G, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 0°59'32", sur une distance de 14,62 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 96,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 12°08'10", sur une distance de 186,24 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 13,14 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°22'18", sur une distance de 5,17 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°39'53", sur une distance de 13,06 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 10,79 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 192°08'10", sur une distance de 186,24 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,34 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 84,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 180°59'32", sur une distance de 26,85 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°32'55", sur une distance de 17,14 mètres jusqu'au point G, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 868,3 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 23

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11313 de ses minutes.

 

10. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Germain Labrecque to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 044.

 

10.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T7

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent six (4 212 606 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 606 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 248°09'17", sur une distance de 506,62 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et est du lot 4 212 606.

 

10.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent six (4 212 606 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'est, au sud-ouest, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord et au nord-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 606.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord et est du lot 4 212 606, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°37'30", sur une distance de 392,55 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 175°56'40", sur une distance de 18,46 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°24'09", sur une distance de 18,82 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 34,99 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 278°57'12", sur une distance de 92,73 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 8°57'12", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 98°57'12", sur une distance de 92,73 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 42,62 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 135°24'09", sur une distance de 4,79 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 720,2 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 6 octobre 2016 sous le numéro 11499 de ses minutes.

 

 App. C- 24

 
11. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Germain Labrecque to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 113.

 

11.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T8

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DOUZE MILLE SIX CENT SIX (4 212 606 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 606, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 195°42'29", sur une distance de 238,76 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et est du lot 4 212 606.

 

11.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DOUZE MILLE SIX CENT SIX (4 212 606 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'est par une partie des lots 4 212 745 et 4 212 744, au sud, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord, à l'est, au sud, au sud-est, au nord-est et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 212 606.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites est et sud du lot 4 212 606, le point A, de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 355°04'38", sur une distance de 48,41 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 6,23 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 291°16'17", sur une distance de 259,64 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 28,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 315°24'09", sur une distance de 114,68 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 355°56'40", sur une distance de 18,46 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°24'09", sur une distance de 52,56 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 31,21 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 15,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 96,35 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 98°36'18", sur une distance de 112,08 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 188°36'18", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 278°36'18", sur une distance de 112,08 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 137,46 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°24'09", sur une distance de 4,56 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 23,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 111°16'17", sur une distance de 259,64 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 0,46 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de

 

 App. C- 25

 

là vers le sud, dans une direction de 175°04'38", sur une distance de 13,05 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 7 988,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 6 octobre 2016 sous le numéro 11500 de ses minutes.

 

12. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Germain Nault to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 803 793.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille neuf cent vingt et un (4 211 921 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 941, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 211 921, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 5 092 295 et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 211 921.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 211 921, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°32'55", sur une distance de 624,55 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°32'55", sur une distance de 17,14 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 180°59'32", sur une distance de 252,38 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 6,34 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°26'42", sur une distance de 16,68 mètres; et de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 0°59'32", sur une distance de 259,06 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 107,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11315 de ses minutes.

 

13. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Martin Laflamme Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 803 715.

 

13.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T3

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions quatre-vingt-douze mille deux cent quatre-vingt-quinze (5 092 295 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot

 

 App. C- 26

 

5 092 295 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 144°42'28", sur une distance de 842,50 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 5 092 295.

 

13.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions quatre-vingt-douze mille deux cent quatre-vingt-quinze (5 092 295 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 211 921 et au sud-est, au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 5 092 295.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 5 092 295, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°26'42", sur une distance de 809,75 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°26'42", sur une distance de 16,68 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 48,87 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 228°12'30", sur une distance de 62,91 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 318°12'30", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 48°12'30", sur une distance de 62,91 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 45,32 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 0°59'32", sur une distance de 5,56 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 352,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11316 de ses minutes.

 

14. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Léo Ferland to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 812.

 

14.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T16

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quinze (4 212 495 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 495 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 27

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 182°14'52", sur une distance de 545,79 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 495.

 

14.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T17

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quinze (4 212 495 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 495 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 6°56'46", sur une distance de 135,42 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud du lot 4 212 495.

 

14.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quinze (4 212 495 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 494 et au nord-est, au nord, à l'est, au sud et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 495.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 495, le point A, de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°28'23", sur une distance de 500,15 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 140°39'42", sur une distance de 64,94 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 44,38 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 94°25'33", sur une distance de 77,82 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 184°25'33", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 274°25'33", sur une distance de 77,82 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 54,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 320°39'42", sur une distance de 58,51 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°28'23", sur une distance de 13,61 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 265,2 mètres carrés.

 

14.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quinze (4 212 495 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

 App. C- 28

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 633, au sud-est, à l'est, au nord-est, à l'est, au sud, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 495.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 495, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°57'27", sur une distance de 260,40 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 131°33'27", sur une distance de 12,18 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 211°45'02", sur une distance de 22,94 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 62,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 146°42'57", sur une distance de 63,99 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,88 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 162°51'39", sur une distance de 57,49 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,39 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 176°01'26", sur une distance de 249,15 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 194°29'21", sur une distance de 130,56 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 284°29'21", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 14°29'21", sur une distance de 130,56 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 17,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 356°01'26", sur une distance de 249,15 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 342°51'39", sur une distance de 57,49 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 15,50 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 326°42'57", sur une distance de 63,99 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 76,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 31°45'02", sur une distance de 25,02 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 7 743,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11317 de ses minutes.

 

15. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Joseph-Émile Ferland to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 847.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent trente-trois (4 212 633 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est et au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 846 (Route Sainte-Catherine), au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 633, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 495 et au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 633.

 

 App. C- 29

 

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 633, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 312°32'58", sur une distance de 44,12 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 311°33'27", sur une distance de 5,57 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 311°33'27", sur une distance de 12,18 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 31°45'02", sur une distance de 27,28 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 6,82 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 24°38'30", sur une distance de 114,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,10 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 40°58'42", sur une distance de 80,14 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 63,48 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 122°42'29", sur une distance de 33,74 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 100°19'17", sur une distance de 13,19 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 220°58'42", sur une distance de 142,01 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,68 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 204°38'30", sur une distance de 114,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 8,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 211°45'02", sur une distance de 29,35 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 210,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 22 août 2016 sous le numéro 11318 de ses minutes.

 

16. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Boisé CSD Ferland S.E.N.C. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 726 and 22 828 371.

 

16.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T15

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quatorze (4 212 494 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 494, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 228°03'22", sur une distance de 439,98 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et est du lot 4 212 494.

 

16.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quatorze (4 212 494 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec,

 

 App. C- 30

 

circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 632, au sud-est, à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 494, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 495 et au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 494.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et est du lot 4 212 494, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 311°31'10", sur une distance de 37,23 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 313°05'26", sur une distance de 137,14 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 239°47'48", sur une distance de 49,84 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 68,04 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 168°54'47", sur une distance de 171,97 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 30,91 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 195°20'51", sur une distance de 105,16 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 4,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 198°59'12", sur une distance de 78,01 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 173°22'05", sur une distance de 49,79 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 31,40 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 140°39'42", sur une distance de 21,36 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°28'23", sur une distance de 13,61 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 320°39'42", sur une distance de 27,79 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 38,25 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 353°22'05", sur une distance de 49,79 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 29,96 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 18°59'12", sur une distance de 35,47 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 42,77 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 20,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 256°27'05", sur une distance de 71,64 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 346°27'05", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 76°27'05", sur une distance de 82,84 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 58,66 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 15°20'51", sur une distance de 68,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,38 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 348°54'47", sur une distance de 171,97 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 82,89 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 59°47'48", sur une distance de 46,24 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 133°05'26", sur une distance de 12,53 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 9 581,9 mètres carrés.

 

16.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-quatorze (4 212 494 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec,

 

 App. C- 31

 

circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, à l'est, au nord, à l'est, au sud, au sud-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 494.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et est du lot 4 212 494, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 213°48'37", sur une distance de 420,19 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le sud, sur une distance de 6,20 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 292°11'13", sur une distance de 95,40 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 2,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 346°27'05", sur une distance de 9,79 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 76°27'05", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 166°27'05", sur une distance de 8,25 mètres; et de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 112°11'13", sur une distance de 92,33 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 625,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11322 de ses minutes.

 

17. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Claude Boily to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 827 901.

 

17.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T25

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent dix-neuf (4 212 919 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 919, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 193°09'17", sur une distance de 160,80 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 919.

 

17.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-quatorze (4 212 474 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

 App. C- 32

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 958, au nord-est, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 474, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 919, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-est, au sud, au sud-est, au sud et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 474, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite) et au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 474.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 474, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°41'51", sur une distance de 193,30 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°41'51", sur une distance de 14,10 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 293°59'45", sur une distance de 32,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 35,52 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 256°59'50", sur une distance de 133,12 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 25,95 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 229°57'48", sur une distance de 104,21 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 8,25 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 221°22'05", sur une distance de 74,59 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 23,72 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 241°39'13", sur une distance de 83,63 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 17,85 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 223°03'48", sur une distance de 75,00 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 96,36 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 694,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 215°06'27", sur une distance de 40,42 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 33,17 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 243°28'30", sur une distance de 69,06 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 30,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 269°38'56", sur une distance de 20,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,54 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 254°30'24", sur une distance de 53,36 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 17,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 236°12'03", sur une distance de 35,85 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,75 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 252°14'05", sur une distance de 22,40 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 18,62 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 298°50'49", sur une distance de 43,74 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 16,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 20,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 72°14'05", sur une distance de 43,70 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 15,39 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 56°12'03", sur une distance de 35,85 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,41 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 74°30'24", sur une distance de 53,36 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 17,71 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 89°38'56", sur une distance de 20,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,13 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 63°28'30", sur une distance de 69,06 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 27,23 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de

 

 App. C- 33

 

55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 35°06'27", sur une distance de 40,42 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 98,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 706,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 43°03'48", sur une distance de 75,00 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 61°39'13", sur une distance de 83,63 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,47 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 41°22'05", sur une distance de 74,59 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 10,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 49°57'48", sur une distance de 138,36 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 89,85 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°21'28", sur une distance de 186,54 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 57°22'06", sur une distance de 12,23 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°21'28", sur une distance de 184,20 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 80,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 22,30 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 10,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 76°59'50", sur une distance de 97,31 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 43,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 113°59'45", sur une distance de 39,41 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 16 900,9 mètres carrés.

 

17.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent dix-neuf (4 212 919 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 474 et au nord-est, au nord, à l'est, au sud et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 919.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 919, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°41'51", sur une distance de 193,30 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 113°59'45", sur une distance de 38,55 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 7,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 106°15'37", sur une distance de 72,67 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 196°15'37", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 286°15'37", sur une distance de 72,67 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 9,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 293°59'45", sur une distance de 45,96 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 55°41'51", sur une distance de 14,10 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 477,9 mètres carrés.

 

 App. C- 34

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11323 de ses minutes.

 

18. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Groupement Forestier Chaudière Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 095.

 

18.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T45

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille quatre-vingt-treize (4 220 093 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 220 093, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 197°43'11", sur une distance de 652,46 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 220 093.

 

18.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille quatre-vingt-treize (4 220 093 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 570 (2 e Rang), à l'est, au nord-est, à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 093, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 220 094, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud-est, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 220 093.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 220 093, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°57'42", sur une distance de 88,56 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°41'22", sur une distance de 19,10 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 143°36'27", sur une distance de 38,04 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 142°49'19", sur une distance de 1,02 mètre; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 24,15 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 176°56'08", sur une distance de 93,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 154°58'51", sur une distance de 72,06 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 11,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 164°52'47", sur une distance de 54,51 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 192°10'44", sur une distance de 139,95 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 49,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 141°05'05", sur une distance de

 

 App. C- 35

 

48,23 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°35'08", sur une distance de 12,04 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°05'05", sur une distance de 49,17 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 59,75 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 12°10'44", sur une distance de 3,27 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 19,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 7,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 215°06'22", sur une distance de 54,70 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 232°22'14", sur une distance de 42,03 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 230°00'52", sur une distance de 35,10 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 63,21 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 284°04'16", sur une distance de 126,20 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 14°04'16", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 104°04'16", sur une distance de 126,20 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 51,89 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°00'52", sur une distance de 35,34 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 52°22'14", sur une distance de 42,27 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 35°06'22", sur une distance de 106,43 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 12°10'44", sur une distance de 60,21 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 26,21 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 344°52'47", sur une distance de 54,51 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 9,50 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 334°58'51", sur une distance de 72,06 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 25,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 356°56'08", sur une distance de 93,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,62 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 335°27'24", sur une distance de 50,53 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 5,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 11 689,9 mètres carrés.

 

18.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille quatre-vingt-treize (4 220 093 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest, au nord, à l'est, au sud et au sud-est, par une autre partie du lot 4 220 093 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 528 (3 e Rang).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 220 093, le point C, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°17'09", sur une distance de 258,13 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°10'20", sur une distance de 415,22 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 47°24'39", sur une distance de 463,14 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 49°53'32", sur une distance

 

 App. C- 36

 

de 50,62 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 7,56 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 104°04'16", sur une distance de 13,54 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 194°04'16", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 284°04'16", sur une distance de 13,54 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 1,89 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 2,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 229°53'32", sur une distance de 50,49 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 227°24'39", sur une distance de 463,16 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 230°10'20", sur une distance de 415,59 mètres; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 322°18'09", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 684,3 mètres carrés.

 

18.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille deux cent vingt-trois (4 219 223 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 223, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 528 (3 e Rang), au sud-est, à l'est, au sud-est, au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 219 223 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 566 (4 e Rang Nord).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 219 223, le point E, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 324°14'51", sur une distance de 94,06 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 232°39'08", sur une distance de 103,93 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 225°28'37", sur une distance de 401,92 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 194°34'11", sur une distance de 120,92 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 238°28'43", sur une distance de 183,81 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 257°00'23", sur une distance de 198,87 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 230°01'34", sur une distance de 375,18 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°38'05", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°01'34", sur une distance de 376,46 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 77°00'23", sur une distance de 199,33 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 58°28'43", sur une distance de 180,42 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 14°34'11", sur une distance de 120,16 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 45°28'37", sur une distance de 403,96 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 52°39'08", sur une distance de 104,26 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°18'09", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 8 307,7 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11324 de ses minutes.

 

 App. C- 37

 
19. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Micheline Grenier and Ghislain Gagné to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 804 921.

 

19.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T46

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille quatre-vingts (4 220 080 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 220 080, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 197°48'08", sur une distance de 431,04 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 220 080.

 

19.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille quatre-vingts (4 220 080 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 094, à l'est, au nord-est, au sud-est, au sud-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 220 080.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 220 080, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°35'31", sur une distance de 307,56 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, sur une distance de 17,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 153°01'13", sur une distance de 188,94 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 243°01'13", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 333°01'13", sur une distance de 188,94 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 12,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°35'31", sur une distance de 13,95 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 446,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11325 de ses minutes.

 

20. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Jean-Berchmans Grondin to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 342.

 

 App. C- 38

 
20.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T35

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille soixante-quatre (4 220 064 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 220 064, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 201°06'14", sur une distance de 134,20 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et nord-est du lot 4 220 064.

 

20.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T36

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille soixante-quatre (4 220 064 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 220 064, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 153°04'22", sur une distance de 573,68 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et nord-est du lot 4 220 064.

 

20.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille soixante-quatre (4 220 064 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 219 987 et à l'est, au nord-est, au nord, à l'est, au sud, au sud-est, au nord-est, au sud-est, au sud-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 220 064.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-ouest et nord du lot 4 220 064, le point A, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 91°47'24", sur une distance de 65,98 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'est, dans une direction de 91°47'24", sur une distance de 12,89 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 160°24'39", sur une distance de 80,32 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 15,77 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 143°58'41", sur une distance de 15,44 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 42,65 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 99°32'45", sur une distance de 30,76 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 189°32'45", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 279°32'45", sur une distance de 21,39 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 18,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 143°58'41", sur une distance de 173,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,04 mètres le

 

 App. C- 39

 

long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 122°03'17", sur une distance de 189,88 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 148°50'47", sur une distance de 95,59 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 238°50'47", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 328°50'47", sur une distance de 95,59 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,72 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 302°03'17", sur une distance de 189,88 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 323°58'41", sur une distance de 247,88 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 340°24'39", sur une distance de 85,01 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 8 933,3 mètres carrés.

 

20.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille soixante-quatre (4 220 064 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-est, à l'est, au nord-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 220 064 et au sud par une partie du lot 4 220 546 (Rang Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et sud-ouest du lot 4 220 064, le point C, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 91°12'51", sur une distance de 75,64 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 358°11'38", sur une distance de 38,97 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 346°31'18", sur une distance de 86,96 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 55,39 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 77,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 305°18'21", sur une distance de 47,20 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 302°51'25", sur une distance de 82,55 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 324°56'36", sur une distance de 41,75 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 28,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 97,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 308°23'14", sur une distance de 58,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 32,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 35,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 1°41'58", sur une distance de 50,27 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 349°59'28", sur une distance de 61,76 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 94,85 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 147,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 313°01'23", sur une distance de 29,88 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 302°00'08", sur une distance de 89,33 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 311°00'25", sur une distance de 41,28 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 302°50'40", sur une distance de 42,07 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 42,17 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 72,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 45,39 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 43,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 329°45'45", sur une distance de 40,10 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 320°09'27",

 

 App. C- 40

 

 

sur une distance de 45,38 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 327°45'58", sur une distance de 53,61 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 306°09'22", sur une distance de 18,55 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 328°50'47", sur une distance de 40,95 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 7,85 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 58°50'47", sur une distance de 5,03 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 148°50'47", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 238°50'47", sur une distance de 4,03 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 148°50'47", sur une distance de 38,75 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 126°09'22", sur une distance de 18,49 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 147°45'58", sur une distance de 54,35 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 140°09'27", sur une distance de 45,48 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 149°45'45", sur une distance de 40,61 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 39,06 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 37,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 45,69 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 78,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 122°50'40", sur une distance de 42,50 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 131°00'25", sur une distance de 41,24 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 122°00'08", sur une distance de 89,44 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 133°01'23", sur une distance de 30,45 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 98,72 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 153,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 169°59'28", sur une distance de 62,38 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 181°41'58", sur une distance de 50,88 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 26,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 29,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 128°23'14", sur une distance de 58,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 29,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 103,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 144°56'36", sur une distance de 40,58 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 122°51'25", sur une distance de 81,51 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 125°18'21", sur une distance de 47,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 59,71 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 83,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 166°31'18", sur une distance de 87,58 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 178°11'38", sur une distance de 39,90 mètres; et de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 271°12'51", sur une distance de 6,01 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 7 062,0 mètres carrés.

 

20.5 PARCELLE 5 : ÉOLIENNE T44

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante et un (4 544 661 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 544 661, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 103°13'46", sur une distance de 229,02 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 544 661.

 

App. C - 41

 

 

20.6 PARCELLE 6 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante et un (4 544 661 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 544 664 et à l'est, au sud-est, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 544 661.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 544 661, le point E, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°17'25", sur une distance de 258,20 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 170°00'17", sur une distance de 121,69 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 196°52'43", sur une distance de 232,67 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 66,21 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 253°29'43", sur une distance de 79,13 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 343°29'43", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 73°29'43", sur une distance de 79,13 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 54,35 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 16°52'43", sur une distance de 232,67 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,80 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 350°00'17", sur une distance de 113,68 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°17'25", sur une distance de 14,43 mètres jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 6 220,5 mètres carrés.

 

20.7 PARCELLE 7 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante et un (4 544 661 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 544 664, au nord par une partie du lot 4 544 661, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 544 720 et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 544 661.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 544 661, le point E, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°17'25", sur une distance de 37,41 mètres jusqu'au point G, point de départ. De là vers l'est, dans une direction de 93°26'41", sur une distance de 48,17 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 143°47'30", sur une distance de 15,59 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°26'41", sur une distance de 69,25 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°17'25", sur une distance de 16,37 mètres jusqu'au point G, le point de départ.

 

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Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 704,5 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11326 de ses minutes.

 

21. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Dave Gilbert and Keven Gilbert to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 806 181.

 

21.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T42

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante-trois (4 544 663 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 544 663, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 267°41'07", sur une distance de 344,87 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 544 663.

 

21.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante-trois (4 544 663 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 544 664 et au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest et au nord-est par une autre partie du lot 4 544 663.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 544 663, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°58'22", sur une distance de 208,60 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°58'22", sur une distance de 12,72 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 297°34'11", sur une distance de 92,82 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 311°26'16", sur une distance de 108,36 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 41°26'16", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 131°26'16", sur une distance de 108,36 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 13,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 117°34'11", sur une distance de 97,05 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 616,7 mètres carrés.

 

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Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11327 de ses minutes.

 

22. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Stéphanie Roy to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 827 920.

 

22.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T43

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante-quatre (4 544 664 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 544 664, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 206°50'00", sur une distance de 437,36 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 544 664.

 

22.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille six cent soixante-quatre (4 544 664 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 544 663, au nord-est et au nord par une partie du lot 4 544 664, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 544 661, au sud, au sud-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 544 664, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 544 661 et à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord, à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 544 664.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 544 664, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°17'25", sur une distance de 37,41 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°17'25", sur une distance de 16,37 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°26'41", sur une distance de 40,39 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,86 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 247°33'05", sur une distance de 64,49 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 74,44 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 170°00'17", sur une distance de 55,45 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°17'25", sur une distance de 14,43 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 350°00'17", sur une distance de 63,46 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 30,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 17,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là

 

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vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 247°33'05", sur une distance de 157,08 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 337°33'05", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 67°33'05", sur une distance de 252,81 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 12,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 15,08 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 302°37'56", sur une distance de 145,50 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 4,86 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 297°34'11", sur une distance de 76,15 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°58'22", sur une distance de 12,72 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 117°34'11", sur une distance de 71,93 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 5,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 122°37'56", sur une distance de 145,50 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 28,02 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 93°26'41", sur une distance de 87,24 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 8 936,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11328 de ses minutes.

 

23. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Johanne Thivierge to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 803 901.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille sept cent vingt (4 544 720 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 544 720, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 545 622 (4 Rang Nord), au sud, au sud-est, au sud, au sud-est, à l'est, au sud-est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 544 720 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 544 661.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 544 720, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 143°47'30", sur une distance de 35,62 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'est, dans une direction de 93°26'41", sur une distance de 69,28 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 158,10 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 94,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 357°04'46", sur une distance de 65,02 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 56,96 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 45°47'23", sur une distance de 331,31 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 43,13 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 82°40'15", sur une distance de 50,30 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,78

 

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mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 62°03'41", sur une distance de 99,52 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 152°32'57", sur une distance de 6,27 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 144°54'01", sur une distance de 33,89 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 58,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 242°03'41", sur une distance de 55,83 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 24,10 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 262°40'15", sur une distance de 50,30 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 35,40 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 225°47'23", sur une distance de 331,31 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 46,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 177°04'46", sur une distance de 65,02 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 178,28 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 106,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°26'41", sur une distance de 59,33 mètres; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 323°47'30", sur une distance de 15,59 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 11 040,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11329 de ses minutes.

 

24. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Louis-Aimé Lachance to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 287.

 

24.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T20

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-sept (4 219 987 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 987, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 136°57'42", sur une distance de 342,71 mètres à partir du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 219 987 et 4 220 066 avec la limite sud du lot 4 220 561 (Rang Killarney).

 

24.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T32

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-sept (4 219 987 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 987, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36

 

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mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 292°36'17", sur une distance de 140,75 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et est du lot 4 219 987.

 

24.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-sept (4 219 987 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 220 561 (Rang Killarney), au sud, au sud-est, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord, à l'est, au sud, au sud-est, au nord-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 219 987, au sud par une partie du lot 4 220 064 et à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 219 987.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 219 987 et 4 220 066 avec la limite sud du lot 4 220 561 (Rang Killarney), le point A, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 251°48'50", sur une distance de 65,97 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 75,63 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 173°01'31", sur une distance de 77,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 151°25'44", sur une distance de 69,05 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,41 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 138°30'00", sur une distance de 45,73 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 9,04 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 129°04'40", sur une distance de 97,58 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 83,87 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 41°42'42", sur une distance de 115,17 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 131°42'42", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 221°42'42", sur une distance de 115,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 42,30 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 17,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 129°04'40", sur une distance de 53,49 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,09 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 114°23'43", sur une distance de 65,32 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 48,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 155°53'53", sur une distance de 85,69 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 11,44 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 143°58'40", sur une distance de 5,62 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 42,65 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 99°32'45", sur une distance de 30,76 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 189°32'45", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 279°32'45", sur une distance de 21,39 mètres; de là

 

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vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 18,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 143°58'40", sur une distance de 71,45 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 160°24'39", sur une distance de 213,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 271°47'24", sur une distance de 12,89 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 340°24'39", sur une distance de 208,30 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 15,77 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 323°58'40", sur une distance de 136,26 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 13,94 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 335°53'53", sur une distance de 85,69 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 39,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 294°23'43", sur une distance de 65,32 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 17,17 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 309°04'40", sur une distance de 209,52 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 11,02 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 318°30'00", sur une distance de 45,73 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,12 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 331°25'44", sur une distance de 69,05 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 25,25 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 353°01'31", sur une distance de 77,09 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 94,11 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 4,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 94°17'22", sur une distance de 26,40 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 78°32'28", sur une distance de 35,74 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 81°47'57", sur une distance de 1,07 mètre jusqu'au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 16 783,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11330 de ses minutes.

 

25. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Léo-Paul Lachance to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 811 618.

 

25.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T34

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix (4 219 990 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 990, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

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Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 198°01'25", sur une distance de 83,96 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 220 067.

 

25.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix (4 219 990 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 990, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 067, à l'est, au sud-est, à l'est et au nord-est par une autre partie du lot 4 219 990 et au sud par une partie du lot 4 220 561 (Rang Killarney).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 219 990, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 293°46'25", sur une distance de 90,41 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 197°04'14", sur une distance de 8,71 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 43,86 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 234°34'53", sur une distance de 134,48 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 95,49 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°06'26", sur une distance de 117,47 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 23,41 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 270°09'21", sur une distance de 22,68 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 268°46'42", sur une distance de 10,84 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 12,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 10,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°06'26", sur une distance de 107,12 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 114,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 22,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 30,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 10°07'31", sur une distance de 44,35 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 100°07'31", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 190°07'31", sur une distance de 24,77 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 18,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 54°34'53", sur une distance de 87,75 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 36,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 17°04'14", sur une distance de 10,12 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 113°46'25", sur une distance de 12,08 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 797,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11331 de ses minutes.

 

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26. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Les Gouttières Citadelle (2000) Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 546.

 

26.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T33

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille soixante-sept (4 220 067 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 220 067, est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 199°19'31", sur une distance de 206,97 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord du lot 4 220 067.

 

26.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent vingt mille soixante-sept (4 220 067 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est, au sud, au sud-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 220 067 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 219 990.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 220 067, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 114°34'49", sur une distance de 89,01 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 17°04'14", sur une distance de 125,07 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 34,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 46°11'12", sur une distance de 333,23 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 52,18 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 90°48'30", sur une distance de 52,34 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 40,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 48°30'29", sur une distance de 40,91 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 47°44'28", sur une distance de 58,30 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 44°44'48", sur une distance de 86,75 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 51°04'55", sur une distance de 114,45 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 141°04'55", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 231°04'55", sur une distance de 113,79 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 224°44'48", sur une distance de 86,40 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 227°44'28", sur une distance de 58,69 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 228°30'29", sur une distance de 40,99 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 49,46 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 270°48'30", sur une distance de 52,34 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 42,83 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-

 

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ouest, dans une direction de 226°11'12", sur une distance de 333,23 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 27,95 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 197°04'14", sur une distance de 126,48 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 293°46'25", sur une distance de 12,08 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 11 220,3 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 23 août 2016 sous le numéro 11332 de ses minutes.

 

27. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by 9228-0908 Québec Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 803 635.

 

27.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions quatre cent cinquante-trois mille quatre cent vingt (5 453 420 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-est, au sud-ouest et à l'est par une partie du lot 5 453 420, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 461, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 5 453 420 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 857.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 857, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 147°21'21", sur une distance de 5,40 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 28°25'22", sur une distance de 26,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,96 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 49°46'10", sur une distance de 45,41 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 68°12'42", sur une distance de 22,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 65,46 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 126,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 97°58'36", sur une distance de 156,47 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 30,17 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 126,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 111°41'50", sur une distance de 163,80 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 36,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 114,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 93°31'26", sur une distance de 190,02 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 127,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°22'39", sur une distance de 5,70 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°09'58", sur une distance de 13,02 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°22'39", sur une distance de 0,66 mètre; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 104,49 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°31'26", sur une distance de 190,02 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 39,97 mètres le

 

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long d'un arc de cercle de 126,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 291°41'50", sur une distance de 163,80 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 27,30 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 114,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 277°58'36", sur une distance de 156,47 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 59,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 114,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 248°12'42", sur une distance de 22,33 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 17,70 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 229°46'10", sur une distance de 45,41 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,49 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 208°25'22", sur une distance de 32,88 mètres; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 327°21'21", sur une distance de 13,71 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 10 778,0 mètres carrés.

 

27.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille huit cent cinquante-sept (4 212 857 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 857, au nord-est par une partie du lot 5 453 420, au sud-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 857 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 856.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 857, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 147°21'21", sur une distance de 5,40 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 147°21'21", sur une distance de 13,71 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 208°25'22", sur une distance de 58,58 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 55,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 114,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 180°44'42", sur une distance de 131,62 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 50,78 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 206,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 224°24'38", sur une distance de 27,30 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 71,63 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 194,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 0°44'42", sur une distance de 131,62 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 60,87 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 126,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 28°25'22", sur une distance de 65,21 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 746,1 mètres carrés.

 

27.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille huit cent cinquante-six (4 212 856 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 52

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 856, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 857, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 856 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 812.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 856, le point C, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 121°14'58", sur une distance de 4,16 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 24,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 270,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 23°49'36", sur une distance de 114,30 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 6,52 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 194,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 44°24'38", sur une distance de 27,30 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 32,20 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 206,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°49'36", sur une distance de 114,30 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 26,47 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 282,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 301°14'58", sur une distance de 12,01 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 918,4 mètres carrés.

 

27.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille huit cent douze (4 212 812 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 812, au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 5 453 420 et par une partie du lot 4 212 812, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 856, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 812 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 844 (Route Sainte-Catherine).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 812, le point C, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 121°14'58", sur une distance de 4,16 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 121°14'58", sur une distance de 12,01 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 76,79 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 282,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 224°48'26", sur une distance de 219,06 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°46'49", sur une distance de 12,09 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 44°48'26", sur une distance de 33,99 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 3,08 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 84,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 44°48'08", sur une distance de 30,60 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,39 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 72,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 44°48'26", sur une distance de 140,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 73,95 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 270,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 580,7 mètres carrés.

 

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27.5 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions quatre cent cinquante-trois mille quatre cent vingt (5 453 420 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 5 453 420, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 812, au sud par une autre partie du lot 5 453 420 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 844 (Route Sainte-Catherine).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 812, le point E, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°46'49", sur une distance de 22,92 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°46'49", sur une distance de 25,57 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 82,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 72,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 224°48'08", sur une distance de 30,60 mètres; et de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 40,83 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 84,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 701,6 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11371 de ses minutes.

 

28. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by La Terre à Mathias S.E.N.C. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 422.

 

28.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T18

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante et un (4 212 461 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 461 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 185°09'07", sur une distance de 254,71 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 461.

 

28.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante et un (4 212 461 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 54

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 5 453 420, à l'est, au sud et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 461.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 461, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°09'58", sur une distance de 75,30 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°09'58", sur une distance de 13,02 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°22'39", sur une distance de 195,84 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 292°22'39", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; et de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°22'39", sur une distance de 200,88 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 380,3 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11372 de ses minutes.

 

29. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Conrad Labbé to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 23, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 828 017.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent quarante et un (4 212 541 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 542, au nord-est, à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 541 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 543, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 541.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 541, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°21'06", sur une distance de 206,01 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 146°38'08", sur une distance de 15,87 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 163°15'30", sur une distance de 66,25 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 155°43'45", sur une distance de 11,72 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 225°36'09", sur une distance de 6,39 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 335°43'45", sur une distance de 14,31 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 343°15'30", sur une distance de 65,77 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 326°38'08", sur une distance de 13,90 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°21'06", sur une distance de 6,10 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 563,4 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 55

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11373 de ses minutes.

 

30. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Thérèse Vachon to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 746.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent quarante-trois (4 212 543 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 541, au nord-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 543, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 539 et à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 543.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 543, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 225°36'09", sur une distance de 243,67 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 155°43'45", sur une distance de 17,58 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 162°27'58", sur une distance de 30,63 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 228°48'43", sur une distance de 6,55 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 342°27'58", sur une distance de 32,91 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 335°43'45", sur une distance de 15,02 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 45°36'09", sur une distance de 6,39 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 288,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11374 de ses minutes.

 

31. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Germain Cliche to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 001.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent quarante (4 212 540 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 522, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 540, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 542 et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 540.

 

App. C - 56

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 540, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°33'42", sur une distance de 24,60 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 167°51'21", sur une distance de 70,57 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 172°29'08", sur une distance de 70,38 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 171°28'40", sur une distance de 68,97 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°24'24", sur une distance de 7,33 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 351°28'40", sur une distance de 73,24 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 352°29'08", sur une distance de 70,19 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 347°51'21", sur une distance de 66,68 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°33'42", sur une distance de 7,02 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 260,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11375 de ses minutes.

 

32. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Marie-Michèle Cloutier and François Goulet to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 7, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 805 219.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent quarante-deux (4 212 542 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 540, à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 542, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 541 et au sud-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 542.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 542, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°24'24", sur une distance de 137,57 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 171°28'40", sur une distance de 62,27 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 164°01'06", sur une distance de 48,03 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 146°38'08", sur une distance de 81,57 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°21'06", sur une distance de 6,10 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 326°38'08", sur une distance de 83,57 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 344°01'06", sur une distance de 49,34 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 351°28'40", sur une distance de 58,45 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°24'24", sur une distance de 7,33 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 149,7 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 57

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11376 de ses minutes.

 

33. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Romuald Doyon and Lisette Boucher to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 474.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent trente-neuf (4 212 539 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 543, à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 539, au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 538 et au sud-ouest et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 539.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud du lot 4 212 539, le point A, de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 274°08'52", sur une distance de 7,54 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 274°08'52", sur une distance de 7,02 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 332°53'18", sur une distance de 72,56 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 331°58'35", sur une distance de 246,47 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 317°51'04", sur une distance de 32,72 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 330°56'05", sur une distance de 59,18 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 342°27'58", sur une distance de 14,98 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 48°48'43", sur une distance de 6,55 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 162°27'58", sur une distance de 17,01 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 150°56'05", sur une distance de 57,88 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 137°51'04", sur une distance de 32,78 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 151°58'35", sur une distance de 247,26 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 152°53'18", sur une distance de 76,25 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 571,3 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11377 de ses minutes.

 

34. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Sylvain Cloutier to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 778 193.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

App. C - 58

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent trente-huit (4 212 538 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 539, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 538, au sud par une partie du lot 4 219 937 et à l'ouest, au sud et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 538.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 539 et 4 212 544 avec la limite nord du lot 4 212 538, le point A, de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 274°08'52", sur une distance de 7,54 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 152°53'18", sur une distance de 5,92 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 147°44'35", sur une distance de 35,92 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 97°57'03", sur une distance de 150,64 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 8,85 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 199°19'01", sur une distance de 2,40 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 261°38'41", sur une distance de 6,77 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 19°19'01", sur une distance de 4,33 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 277°57'03", sur une distance de 149,88 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 4,35 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 327°44'35", sur une distance de 36,65 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 332°53'18", sur une distance de 9,83 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 94°08'52", sur une distance de 7,02 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 228,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11378 de ses minutes.

 

35. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Érablière Charco ENR. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 804 636.

 

35.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T39

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente-cinq (4 219 935 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 935 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 215°42'18", sur une distance de 458,75 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 219 935.

 

App. C - 59

 

35.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T40

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente-cinq (4 219 935 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 935 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 69°03'19", sur une distance de 355,26 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 935.

 

35.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent trente-cinq (4 219 935 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 566, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-est, au sud, au sud-est, au sud, au sud-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 219 935, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 219 936, à l'ouest, au sud, au sud-est, au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-ouest et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 219 935.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 219 935, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 322°51'48", sur une distance de 2,68 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 317°52'27", sur une distance de 5,13 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 73,97 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 240°48'48", sur une distance de 71,94 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 217°11'40", sur une distance de 29,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 13,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 203°34'48", sur une distance de 40,74 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,34 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 230°23'02", sur une distance de 115,56 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,20 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 249°22'14", sur une distance de 52,71 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 18,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 230°04'13", sur une distance de 137,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 216°48'20", sur une distance de 71,75 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 66,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 106,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 252°36'03", sur une distance de 83,73 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 51,06 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 94,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 221°28'45", sur une distance de 81,95 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 217°59'58", sur une distance de 17,28 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 43,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle

 

App. C - 60

 

de 58,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 175°20'15", sur une distance de 147,01 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°15'25", sur une distance de 7,94 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 4,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 355°20'15", sur une distance de 143,34 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 19,18 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 217°59'58", sur une distance de 14,30 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,06 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 236°00'34", sur une distance de 74,74 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 326°00'34", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 56°00'34", sur une distance de 74,74 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 17,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 37°59'58", sur une distance de 83,94 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 41°28'45", sur une distance de 82,31 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 57,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 106,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 72°36'03", sur une distance de 83,73 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 58,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 94,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 36°48'20", sur une distance de 71,75 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,51 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 50°04'13", sur une distance de 137,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 69°22'14", sur une distance de 18,17 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 18,89 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 6,24 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 299°26'31", sur une distance de 82,03 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 29°26'31", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 119°26'31", sur une distance de 82,03 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 66,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°23'02", sur une distance de 96,27 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 23°34'48", sur une distance de 40,74 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 37°11'40", sur une distance de 29,09 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 27,62 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 60°48'48", sur une distance de 71,94 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 45,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 1,42 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°20'03", sur une distance de 6,42 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 129°43'23", sur une distance de 22,39 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 142°51'48", sur une distance de 17,12 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 16 689,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 8 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11379 de ses minutes.

 

App. C - 61

 

36. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Jean-Luc Berthiaume to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 768 373.

 

36.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DOUZE MILLE HUIT CENT CINQUANTE (4 212 850 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 850, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 848 (Chemin Handkerchief), au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 981 et par le lot 4 212 849 (Chemin Handkerchief), au nord-ouest, au sud-ouest et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 850 et au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 745.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord et sud du lot 4 212 850, le point A, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 250°05'54", sur une distance de 45,08 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 48°31'08", sur une distance de 4,54 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 14,04 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 79,09 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 594,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 239°59'22", sur une distance de 57,05 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 237°05'09", sur une distance de 245,07 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 3,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°54'14", sur une distance de 18,83 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 20,23 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 57°05'09", sur une distance de 245,38 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 59°59'22", sur une distance de 57,35 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 49,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 606,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°52'38", sur une distance de 77,71 mètres jusqu'au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 773,4 mètres carrés.

 

36.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DOUZE MILLE NEUF CENT SOIXANTE-TREIZE (4 212 973 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 380, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 973, au nord-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 380, à l'est et au nord-est, par une partie du lot 4 212 973, au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 974 et au sud et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 973.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud du lot 4 212 973, le point B, de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°52'47", sur une distance de 94,12 mètres

 

App. C - 62

 

jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°52'47", sur une distance de 37,56 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 291°23'11", sur une distance de 120,62 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 45,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 330°42'18", sur une distance de 89,83 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 83°40'29", sur une distance de 13,03 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 150°42'18", sur une distance de 84,74 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 37,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 111°23'11", sur une distance de 116,55 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 17,10 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 348°57'06", sur une distance de 139,52 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 122°25'11", sur une distance de 2,90 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 141°06'51", sur une distance de 21,19 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 168°57'06", sur une distance de 110,76 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 33,69 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 071,6 mètres carrés.

 

36.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DOUZE MILLE NEUF CENT SOIXANTE-QUATORZE (4 212 974 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 973, au nord-est, au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 974, au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 980 et au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 974.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord et nord-est du lot 4 212 974, le point B, de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°52'47", sur une distance de 94,12 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 21,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 111°23'11", sur une distance de 78,45 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 26,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 134°06'32", sur une distance de 26,05 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°52'14", sur une distance de 16,09 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 314°06'32", sur une distance de 15,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 291°23'11", sur une distance de 133,37 mètres; et de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°52'47", sur une distance de 37,56 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 035,2 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 63

 

36.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DOUZE MILLE NEUF CENT QUATRE-VINGTS (4 212 980 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 974, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 980, au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 848 (Chemin Handkerchief) et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 980.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud du lot 4 212 980, le point D, de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 261°33'22", sur une distance de 34,88 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 261°33'22", sur une distance de 16,47 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 314°06'32", sur une distance de 32,54 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°52'14", sur une distance de 16,09 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 134°06'32", sur une distance de 21,03 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 10,89 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 384,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré aux plans annexés à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11401 de ses minutes.

 

37. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Pierrette Côté to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 768 386.

 

37.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T12

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-un (4 212 981 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 981 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 114°55'01", sur une distance de 200,68 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et sud du lot 4 212 328.

 

37.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-un (4 212 981 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 64

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 849 (Chemin Handkerchief), à l'est, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est, à l'est et au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 981, au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 327, au sud et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 981.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord et sud du lot 4 212 328, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 225°16'25", sur une distance de 91,41 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 189°36'59", sur une distance de 11,29 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 98,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 86°44'14", sur une distance de 80,74 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,55 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 60°07'09", sur une distance de 83,37 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 150°07'09", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 240°07'09", sur une distance de 58,63 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 18,63 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 106°42'56", sur une distance de 62,80 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 9,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 265°54'14", sur une distance de 31,81 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 286°42'56", sur une distance de 55,74 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,18 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 266°44'14", sur une distance de 98,58 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 104,69 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 34°32'54", sur une distance de 9,17 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 28°32'16", sur une distance de 19,50 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 677,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11402 de ses minutes.

 

38. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Érablière Daniel Létourneau Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 23, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 828 059.

 

38.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T13

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent vingt-sept (4 212 327 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 327 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 65

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 73°50'45", sur une distance de 740,74 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud et ouest du lot 4 212 327.

 

38.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent vingt-sept (4 212 327 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 981 et au nord-est, au nord, à l'est, au sud, au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 327.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord du lot 4 212 327, le point A, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°54'14", sur une distance de 313,03 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°54'14", sur une distance de 31,81 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 31,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 141°57'06", sur une distance de 87,26 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,48 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 116°26'47", sur une distance de 88,64 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 11,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 104°19'13", sur une distance de 84,17 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 194°19'13", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 284°19'13", sur une distance de 84,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,18 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 296°26'47", sur une distance de 88,64 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 29,83 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 321°57'06", sur une distance de 87,26 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 33,82 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 286°42'56", sur une distance de 20,10 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 106,3 mètres carrés.

 

38.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille sept cent quarante-cinq (4 212 745 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 606, au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 745, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 850, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 745 et au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 744.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites ouest et sud-est du lot 4 212 745, le point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 355°04'38", sur une distance de 9,51 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 69,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de

 

App. C - 66

 

55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 38°36'34", sur une distance de 138,43 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 1,37 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 85°54'14", sur une distance de 18,83 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 14,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 218°36'34", sur une distance de 138,43 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 10,17 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 66,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 111,14 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 357,0 mètres carrés.

 

38.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille sept cent quarante-quatre (4 212 744 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 606, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 745 et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 744.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites ouest et nord-ouest du lot 4 212 744, le point C, point de départ. De là vers l'est, sur une distance de 66,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 111,14 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 68,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 355°04'38", sur une distance de 3,54 mètres jusqu'au point C' le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 282,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11403 de ses minutes.

 

39. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Alain Bolduc to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Mario Bergeron, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 785 288.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent vingt-neuf (4 212 329 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 626, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 329, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 330 et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 329.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites est et sud du lot 4 212 329, le point A, de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 20°51'21", sur une distance de 69,16 mètres jusqu'au

 

App. C - 67

 

point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 269°29'17", sur une distance de 115,70 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 8,34 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 260°47'46", sur une distance de 91,68 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°19'19", sur une distance de 14,08 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 80°47'46", sur une distance de 84,32 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 10,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 89°29'17", sur une distance de 120,40 mètres; et de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 200°51'21", sur une distance de 12,89 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 583,6 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11404 de ses minutes.

 

40. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Paul Bolduc to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 328 and 22 828 350.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent vingt-six (4 212 626 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 627, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 626, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 329 et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 626.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud du lot 4 212 626, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 22°55'32", sur une distance de 16,11 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 22°55'32", sur une distance de 12,76 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 57,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 75°30'21", sur une distance de 168,85 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 6,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 80°47'46", sur une distance de 7,91 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°19'19", sur une distance de 14,08 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 260°47'46", sur une distance de 0,55 mètre, puis, sur une distance de 5,08 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 255°30'21", sur une distance de 168,85 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 64,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 875,3 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 68

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11405 de ses minutes.

 

41. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by René Bolduc to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 264 and 22 828 345.

 

41.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T11

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent vingt-sept (4 212 627 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 627 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 47°11'14", sur une distance de 219,06 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 627.

 

41.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille six cent vingt-sept (4 212 627 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 627 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 626.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 627, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 22°55'32", sur une distance de 16,11 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 60,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 2°23'42", sur une distance de 182,27 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 92°23'42", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 182°23'42", sur une distance de 182,27 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 45,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 202°55'32", sur une distance de 12,76 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 822,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11406 de ses minutes.

 

App. C - 69

 

42. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Commerçant d’équipements Robert Parsons Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on January 20, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 861 285.

 

42.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE A7

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent vingt-deux (4 212 522 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 522 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 23°47'16", sur une distance de 588,46 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 524.

 

42.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent vingt-deux (4 212 522 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 921 et au nord, à l'est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 522.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 921, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°38'46", sur une distance de 362,00 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°38'46", sur une distance de 12,04 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 69,99 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 68°51'45", sur une distance de 138,10 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 158°51'45", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; et de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 248°51'45", sur une distance de 138,10 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 84,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 582,3 mètres carrés.

 

42.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent vingt-deux (4 212 522 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 846 (Route de Saint-Séverin), à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 522, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 540 et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 522.

 

App. C - 70

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 540, le point C, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°33'42", sur une distance de 24,60 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°33'42", sur une distance de 7,02 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 347°51'21", sur une distance de 3,28 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 340°54'35", sur une distance de 51,86 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°54'37", sur une distance de 6,57 mètres; et de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 160°54'35", sur une distance de 54,89 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 330,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11407 de ses minutes.

 

43. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Denis Sylvain, Gilles Sylvain and Lucie Sylvain to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 674.

 

43.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T30

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent cinquante-six (4 219 956 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 956 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 308°55'20", sur une distance de 654,80 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 983.

 

43.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T31

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent cinquante-six (4 219 956 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 219 956 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 273°38'05", sur une distance de 241,93 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord et sud-ouest du lot 4 219 983.

 

43.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent dix-neuf mille neuf cent cinquante-six (4 219 956 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 71

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, à l'est, au nord, à l'est, au sud, à l'ouest, au nord-est, au nord-ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-est, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord et au nord-est, par une autre partie du lot 4 219 956 et au sud par une partie du lot 4 220 547 (Rang Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud du lot 4 219 956, le point A, de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 270°29'34", sur une distance de 18,62 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 270°29'34", sur une distance de 26,75 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 10,50 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 10,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 317°29'06", sur une distance de 108,72 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,80 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 290°36'14", sur une distance de 53,22 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 34,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 319°54'00", sur une distance de 748,47 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 24,99 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 341°16'29", sur une distance de 104,22 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 23,80 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 316°29'00", sur une distance de 299,04 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 312°28'24", sur une distance de 106,56 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 318°05'35", sur une distance de 51,43 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 311°34'23", sur une distance de 77,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 19,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 328°18'38", sur une distance de 238,37 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 33,28 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 293°38'35", sur une distance de 112,41 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 209,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 61,82 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 99°15'23", sur une distance de 66,06 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 189°15'23", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 279°15'23", sur une distance de 66,06 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 250,45 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 73,82 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 113°38'35", sur une distance de 86,59 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 20,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 328°18'38", sur une distance de 87,25 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 50,06 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 276°09'33", sur une distance de 155,83 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 81,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 345°55'14", sur une distance de 93,37 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 75°55'14", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 165°55'14", sur une distance de 93,37 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 66,97 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 96°09'33", sur une distance de 155,83 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 60,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 148°18'38", sur une distance de 389,52 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,07 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00

 

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mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 131°34'23", sur une distance de 77,85 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 138°05'35", sur une distance de 51,52 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 132°28'24", sur une distance de 106,39 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 136°29'00", sur une distance de 299,46 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 28,99 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 161°16'29", sur une distance de 104,22 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 20,52 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 139°54'00", sur une distance de 748,47 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 28,12 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 110°36'14", sur une distance de 53,22 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 31,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 137°29'06", sur une distance de 119,15 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 34 755,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11408 de ses minutes.

 

44. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Bertrand Côté to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 778 164.

 

44.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T23

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-dix-huit (4 212 478 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 478 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 340°54'44", sur une distance de 236,80 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 478.

 

44.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-dix-huit (4 212 478 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 479 et au sud, à l'ouest et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 212 478.

 

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Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 478, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°15'36", sur une distance de 204,27 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 260°13'02", sur une distance de 85,51 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 350°13'02", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 80°13'02", sur une distance de 77,43 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°15'36", sur une distance de 14,47 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 977,6 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11409 de ses minutes.

 

45. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Bertrand Côté and Jules Côté to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 768 398.

 

45.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T24

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-quinze (4 212 475 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 475 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 40°22'04", sur une distance de 303,42 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 475.

 

45.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-quinze (4 212 475 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord, au nord-est, au sud-est, au sud-ouest, au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 475 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 475, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 134°21'16", sur une distance de 93,07 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'est, dans une direction de 112°15'02", sur une distance de 14,20 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 76,62 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 32°26'00", sur une distance de 121,22 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 31,89

 

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mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 59°42'05", sur une distance de 55,53 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 67,99 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 117°50'43", sur une distance de 68,57 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 207°50'43", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 297°50'43", sur une distance de 68,57 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 55,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 239°42'05", sur une distance de 55,53 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 26,18 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 212°26'00", sur une distance de 121,22 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 57,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 12,88 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 304°20'49", sur une distance de 16,89 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 311°03'35", sur une distance de 31,36 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 094,6 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11410 de ses minutes.

 

46. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Johanne Lachance to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 321.

 

PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-dix-neuf (4 212 479 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 479, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 480, au sud-est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 479 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 478.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 479, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°15'36", sur une distance de 204,27 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°15'36", sur une distance de 14,47 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 80°13'02", sur une distance de 55,93 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,13 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 64°27'10", sur une distance de 113,01 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 10,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 53°24'01", sur une distance de 1,26 mètre; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°47'50", sur une distance de 12,08 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction

 

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de 233°24'01", sur une distance de 2,65 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,92 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 244°27'10", sur une distance de 113,01 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 18,43 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 260°13'02", sur une distance de 47,85 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 344,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11411 de ses minutes.

 

47. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Germain Giroux to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 206.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cents (4 212 400 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 400, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 404, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 400 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 829 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 401 et 4 212 404 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 212 400, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°16'35", sur une distance de 37,81 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 210°43'03", sur une distance de 173,41 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 8,52 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 314°26'38", sur une distance de 12,09 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 5,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 30°43'03", sur une distance de 176,76 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°16'35", sur une distance de 12,46 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 186,0 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11412 de ses minutes.

 

48. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Gestion Daniel Gauthier Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 171.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

App. C - 76

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-un (4 212 481 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 481, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 443 104, au sud, au sud-est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 481 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 480.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud du lot 4 212 481, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°13'20", sur une distance de 29,38 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 1,91 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 246°49'02", sur une distance de 76,65 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 20,56 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°31'06", sur une distance de 16,38 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 26,99 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 66°49'02", sur une distance de 66,45 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 7,44 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°13'20", sur une distance de 13,30 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 200,0 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11413 de ses minutes.

 

49. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by William Lehoux to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 507.

 

49.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent cinquante-huit (4 212 958 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au sud-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 958, au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 477, au sud-est, à l'est et au nord-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 958 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 474.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 958, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 52°33'10", sur une distance de 21,21 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 57°22'06", sur une distance de 14,41 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°21'28", sur une distance de 13,86 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,04 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 328°21'49", sur une distance

 

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de 69,86 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 105,49 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 58°34'15", sur une distance de 240,12 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 60,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 55°32'08", sur une distance de 13,52 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 79,98 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 238°34'15", sur une distance de 240,12 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 86,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 148°21'49", sur une distance de 69,86 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 11,52 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 136°21'28", sur une distance de 16,20 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 237°22'06", sur une distance de 12,23 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 6 046,3 mètres carrés.

 

49.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent cinquante-huit (4 212 958 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 959, au sud-est, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 958.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 958, le point C, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 137°09'13", sur une distance de 4,80 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 137°09'13", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 229°06'39", sur une distance de 102,37 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 225°47'23", sur une distance de 44,83 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 246°52'40", sur une distance de 108,19 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 235°31'17", sur une distance de 15,91 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 6,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 55°31'17", sur une distance de 13,22 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 66°52'40", sur une distance de 107,67 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 45°47'23", sur une distance de 43,89 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 49°06'39", sur une distance de 102,34 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 614,8 mètres carrés.

 

49.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent cinquante-neuf (4 212 959 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 78

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 959, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 825 (Rang Fermanagh), au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 959 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 958.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 958, le point C, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 137°09'13", sur une distance de 4,80 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 49°06'39", sur une distance de 3,11 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 95°10'12", sur une distance de 543,89 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 239°28'37", sur une distance de 10,28 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 275°10'12", sur une distance de 532,98 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 229°06'39", sur une distance de 0,36 mètre; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 317°09'13", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 241,0 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11414 de ses minutes.

 

50. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Réjean Berthiaume to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 570 and 22 828 379.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent soixante-dix-sept (4 212 477 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 443 104, au nord-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 477, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 958 et à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 477.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 481 et 4 443 104 avec la limite nord du lot 4 212 477, le point A, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 68°10'23", sur une distance de 9,73 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 60°17'48", sur une distance de 24,29 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 60°17'48", sur une distance de 15,82 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 145°04'16", sur une distance de 21,02 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 29,35 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°32'08", sur une distance de 13,52 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 29,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 325°04'16", sur une distance de 2,48 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,45 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

App. C - 79

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 637,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11415 de ses minutes.

 

51. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Léandre Berthiaume & Fils Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 260.

 

51.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille quatre cent quatre-vingt-trois (4 212 483 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 483, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 505, au sud-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 483 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 443 104.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 483, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°06'37", sur une distance de 222,58 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°06'37", sur une distance de 18,12 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 357°34'18", sur une distance de 159,63 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 67,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 55°08'55", sur une distance de 10,65 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°16'31", sur une distance de 12,15 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°08'55", sur une distance de 12,52 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 55,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 177°34'18", sur une distance de 173,21 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 871,6 mètres carrés.

 

51.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions quatre cent quarante-trois mille cent quatre (4 443 104 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 443 104, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 483, à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 443 104, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 477, au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 443 104 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 481.

 

App. C - 80

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 443 104, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°06'37", sur une distance de 222,58 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, dans une direction de 177°34'18", sur une distance de 14,40 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,04 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 165°01'29", sur une distance de 48,13 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 184°00'11", sur une distance de 70,40 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 37,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 145°04'16", sur une distance de 31,10 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 240°17'48", sur une distance de 15,82 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 52,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°13'20", sur une distance de 13,30 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 66,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 4°00'11", sur une distance de 71,14 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,22 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 345°01'29", sur une distance de 48,13 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 357°34'18", sur une distance de 27,99 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°06'37", sur une distance de 18,12 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 273,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11416 de ses minutes.

 

52. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Thérèse Tardif to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 722.

 

52.1 PARCELLES 1 ET 2 : ÉOLIENNE T28

 

Une partie des lots 4 443 107 et 4 443 108 du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés. Le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 336°47'38", sur une distance de 419,24 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 443 106.

 

52.1.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T28 – SEGMENT LOT 4 443 107 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions quatre cent quarante-trois mille cent sept (4 443 107 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 81

 

Borné au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 443 108 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 443 107.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud du lot 4 443 107, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°38'09", sur une distance de 454,53 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 256,87 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°38'09", sur une distance de 94,32 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 9 116,7 mètres carrés.

 

52.1.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T28 – SEGMENT LOT 4 443 108 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions quatre cent quarante-trois mille cent huit (4 443 108 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 443 107 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 443 108.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et sud-ouest du lot 4 443 108, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°38'09", sur une distance de 454,53 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°38'09", sur une distance de 94,32 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 109,82 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 583,3 mètres carrés.

 

52.2 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent cinq (4 212 505 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 505, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 443 106, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 505 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 483.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 505, le point C, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°40'07", sur une distance de 382,88 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°08'55", sur une distance de 174,30 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°16'31", sur une distance de 12,15 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 55°08'55", sur une distance de 174,38 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°40'07", sur une distance de 12,13 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

App. C - 82

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 092,1 mètres carrés.

 

52.3 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions quatre cent quarante-trois mille cent six (4 443 106 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 443 106, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 443 107, au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 443 106 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 505.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 443 106, le point C, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°40'07", sur une distance de 382,88 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°40'07", sur une distance de 12,13 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 55°08'55", sur une distance de 146,61 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 52°18'02", sur une distance de 33,63 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°39'29", sur une distance de 12,06 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 232°18'02", sur une distance de 35,11 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 235°08'55", sur une distance de 145,12 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 162,9 mètres carrés.

 

52.4 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions quatre cent quarante-trois mille cent sept (4 443 107 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-ouest, au nord-est et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 443 107 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 443 106.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 443 106, le point E, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°39'29", sur une distance de 401,85 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°39'29", sur une distance de 12,06 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 52°18'02", sur une distance de 132,39 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°18'02", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 232°18'02", sur une distance de 131,20 mètres jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 581,5 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11417 de ses minutes.

 

App. C - 83

 

53. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Bernadette Poulin and David Gilbert to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under numbers 22 750 105 and 22 755 694.

 

PARCELLE 1 : POSTE DE TRANSFORMATION

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions cinq cent quarante-quatre mille huit cent quarante-cinq (4 544 845 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce ; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure carrée, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 545 743 (chemin de fer) et au nord-est, au sud-est et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 544 845.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 544 887 et 4 544 888 avec la limite sud-est du lot 4 545 743 (chemin de fer), le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 230°44'05", sur une distance de 124,16 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 140°44'05", sur une distance de 100,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 230°44'05", sur une distance de 100,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 320°44'05", sur une distance de 100,00 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°44'05", sur une distance de 100,00 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 10 000 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 29 août 2016 sous le numéro 11340 de ses minutes.

 

54. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Érablière des 2 F SENC to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 600.

 

54.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T29

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent cinquante et un (4 212 951 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 951 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 44°46'43", sur une distance de 82,23 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 952.

 

App. C - 84

 

54.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent cinquante et un (4 212 951 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 535 et au sud, au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord-est et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 212 951.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et est du lot 4 212 951, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°10'03", sur une distance de 65,77 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 84,39 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 52,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 307°09'36", sur une distance de 263,08 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 37°09'36", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 127°09'36", sur une distance de 263,08 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 67,49 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 40,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°10'03", sur une distance de 12,35 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 068,1 mètres carrés.

 

54.3 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent trente-cinq (4 212 535 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 535, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 823 (Rang Fermanagh Nord) et au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 535 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 951.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 535, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°10'03", sur une distance de 65,77 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°10'03", sur une distance de 12,35 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 31,46 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 40,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 345°25'38", sur une distance de 33,04 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 151°27'13", sur une distance de 25,19 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 146°59'47", sur une distance de 37,91 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 154°53'17", sur une distance de 18,27 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 32,36 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 15,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 2,62 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 52,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 832,6 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 85

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11418 de ses minutes.

 

55. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Pierre Beaudet, Colette Laplante and Yvon Laplante to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 498 and 22 828 358.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions sept cent vingt-six mille neuf cent quarante-deux (4 726 942 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 726 942, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 829 (Route Sainte-Marguerite), au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 726 942 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 348.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 726 942, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°25'06", sur une distance de 197,92 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 63°28'51", sur une distance de 166,78 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 17,34 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 134°26'38", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 21,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 243°28'51", sur une distance de 163,10 mètres; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°25'06", sur une distance de 12,55 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 211,3 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11419 de ses minutes.

 

56. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Germain Blais to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 637 and 22 828 363.

 

56.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T21

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent quarante-huit (4 212 348 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 348 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 86

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 305°20'04", sur une distance de 455,19 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 348.

 

56.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille trois cent quarante-huit (4 212 348 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 726 942 et au sud-est, au sud-ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 348.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 348, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°25'06", sur une distance de 413,56 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 243°28'51", sur une distance de 80,15 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 333°28'51", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 63°28'51", sur une distance de 76,46 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°25'06", sur une distance de 12,55 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 939,7 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 15 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11420 de ses minutes.

 

57. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Ferme Jessa Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 250.

 

57.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T26

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent un (4 212 501 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 501 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 64°59'13", sur une distance de 851,48 mètres à partir du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 501 et 4 212 919 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

57.2 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T27

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent un (4 212 501 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite

 

App. C - 87

 

partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 501 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 35°42'35", sur une distance de 244,15 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 501.

 

57.3 PARCELLE 3 : MAT MÉTÉOROLOGIQUE MMV1

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent un (4 212 501 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au nord, au nord-est et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 501.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 501 et 4 212 919 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite), le point A, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 74°29'19", sur une distance de 520,32 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 346°50'27", sur une distance de 55,38 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 16°50'27", sur une distance de 34,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 106°50'27", sur une distance de 50,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°50'28", sur une distance de 21,66 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°50'28", sur une distance de 82,14 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 409,3 mètres carrés.

 

57.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent un (4 212 501 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord, à l'est, au sud, au sud-est, à l'est, au sud-est, à l'est, au sud-est à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 501 et au sud-est et au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 501 et 4 212 919 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite), le point A, de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 101°57'47", sur une distance de 385,93 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 60°48'25", sur une distance de 20,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 48°01'48", sur une distance de 61,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 47,89 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres

 

App. C - 88

 

de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 358°08'19", sur une distance de 55,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 56,95 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°50'28", sur une distance de 111,04 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 23,51 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 22°21'03", sur une distance de 67,95 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 56,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 70°28'15", sur une distance de 115,92 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 160°28'15", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 250°28'15", sur une distance de 115,92 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 46,19 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 202°21'03", sur une distance de 67,95 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 28,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 226°50'28", sur une distance de 111,04 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 46,75 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 178°08'19", sur une distance de 55,17 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 58,34 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 228°01'48", sur une distance de 36,83 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 3,50 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 245°59'40", sur une distance de 19,46 mètres; et de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 249°17'47", sur une distance de 37,62 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 7 176,2 mètres carrés.

 

57.5 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent un (4 212 501 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au sud-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 501 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 830 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 501, le point D, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 298°56'42", sur une distance de 38,01 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 298°56'42", sur une distance de 10,12 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 296°14'45", sur une distance de 27,39 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 35,60 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 60°08'32", sur une distance de 105,63 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,30 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 33°47'28", sur une distance de 94,60 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 123°47'28", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 213°47'28", sur une distance de 94,60 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 30,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 240°08'32",

 

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sur une distance de 108,43 mètres; et de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 13,97 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 10,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 116,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11433 de ses minutes.

 

58. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Jean-Yves Martineau to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 582.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent soixante-dix (4 212 270 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 276, à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 270, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 230 et à l'ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 270.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 270, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°46'09", sur une distance de 44,17 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°46'09", sur une distance de 12,85 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 168,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 239°22'02", sur une distance de 9,84 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 330°56'19", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 59°22'02", sur une distance de 9,51 mètres; et de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 142,83 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 986,5 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11434 de ses minutes.

 

59. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Régis Nadeau to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 827 976.

 

App. C - 90

 

59.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent soixante-seize (4 212 276 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 232, au nord, au nord-ouest et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 276, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 862 (Rang Saint-Frédéric) et à l'est, au sud-est et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 276.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 212 276, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 305°39'59", sur une distance de 27,85 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud, sur une distance de 1,79 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 3,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 133,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°48'10", sur une distance de 137,52 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°39'50", sur une distance de 12,76 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 93°48'10", sur une distance de 133,18 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 127,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°26'51", sur une distance de 11,20 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 122°28'11", sur une distance de 12,40 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 125°39'59", sur une distance de 20,19 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 251,3 mètres carrés.

 

59.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent soixante-seize (4 212 276 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 276, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 270, au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 276 et au sud-ouest et au sud par une partie du lot 4 212 230.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 276, le point C, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°46'09", sur une distance de 44,17 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 34,97 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 234°08'34", sur une distance de 1,50 mètre; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 330°56'19", sur une distance de 3,64 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 292°19'08", sur une distance de 9,86 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 54°08'34", sur une distance de 6,27 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 47,67 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers

 

App. C - 91

 

le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°46'09", sur une distance de 12,85 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 531,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11435 de ses minutes.

 

60. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Michel Proulx and Nelson Turmel to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 631.

 

60.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T9

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions trois cent soixante-quatre mille six cent deux (5 364 602 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 5 364 602 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 35°43'51", sur une distance de 387,66 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 5 364 602.

 

60.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions trois cent soixante-quatre mille six cent deux (5 364 602 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 5 364 602, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 232 et par une autre partie du lot 5 364 602 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 230.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 5 364 602, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°29'07", sur une distance de 140,86 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 227°49'31", sur une distance de 115,70 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 228°40'28", sur une distance de 15,81 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 321°16'14", sur une distance de 12,01 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 48°40'28", sur une distance de 15,18 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 47°49'31", sur une distance de 142,14 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°29'07", sur une distance de 29,12 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 733,0 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 92

 

60.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot cinq millions trois cent soixante-quatre mille six cent deux (5 364 602 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 5 364 602, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 232, au sud-est et à l'est par une autre partie du lot 5 364 602 et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 232.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 5 364 602, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°29'07", sur une distance de 295,17 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord, dans une direction de 357°28'24", sur une distance de 82,98 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 42,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 312°50'58", sur une distance de 20,07 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 42°50'58", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 132°50'58", sur une distance de 10,99 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 18,90 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 357°28'24", sur une distance de 84,80 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 66,93 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 54°42'36", sur une distance de 100,06 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 7,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 47°09'04", sur une distance de 76,20 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,28 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°29'07", sur une distance de 22,31 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 227°09'04", sur une distance de 75,73 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 8,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 234°42'36", sur une distance de 100,06 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 54,94 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 177°28'24", sur une distance de 202,33 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°29'07", sur une distance de 27,36 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 6 228,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11436 de ses minutes.

 

61. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Diane Demers to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 681.

 

App. C - 93

 

61.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente-deux (4 212 232 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 5 364 602, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 232, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 276 et au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 232.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 279, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 203°39'50", sur une distance de 77,76 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 203°39'50", sur une distance de 12,76 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°48'10", sur une distance de 0,76 mètre, puis, sur une distance de 7,86 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 280°31'14", sur une distance de 84,93 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 10,28 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 269°48'50", sur une distance de 57,68 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 40,95 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 227°09'04", sur une distance de 0,47 mètre; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°29'07", sur une distance de 22,31 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 29,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 89°48'50", sur une distance de 57,68 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,52 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 100°31'14", sur une distance de 84,93 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 6,45 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 93°48'10", sur une distance de 5,09 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 386,1 mètres carrés.

 

61.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente-deux (4 212 232 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 5 364 602, au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 232 232, au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 5 364 602 et à l'est et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 232.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 212 232 et 5 364 602 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 212 230, le point C, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°29'07", sur une distance de 140,86 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°29'07", sur une distance de 29,12 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 47°49'31", sur une distance de 45,46 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 48,33 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans

 

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une direction de 357°28'24", sur une distance de 41,16 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 23°29'07", sur une distance de 27,36 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 177°28'24", sur une distance de 65,75 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 58,88 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 227°49'31", sur une distance de 71,98 mètres jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 989,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11437 de ses minutes.

 

62. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Léandre Landry to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 467.

 

62.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE A1

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente (4 212 230 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 212 230 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 190°40'45", sur une distance de 158,80 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 276.

 

62.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente (4 212 230 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 5 364 602, au sud-est, au nord-est, au nord, au nord-est, à l'est, au nord-est, au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 230, au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 276 et au sud-est, au sud, au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 230.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 276, le point A, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 150°56'19", sur une distance de 3,64 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 234°08'34", sur une distance de 50,12 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 42,31 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 270°19'19", sur une distance de 55,57 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 83,93 mètres le long d'un

 

App. C - 95

 

arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 342°05'56", sur une distance de 61,06 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 76,10 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 262°49'37", sur une distance de 98,94 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 170,55 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 48°40'28", sur une distance de 180,96 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 141°16'14", sur une distance de 12,01 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 228°40'28", sur une distance de 180,41 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 140,00 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 82°49'37", sur une distance de 98,94 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 92,70 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 162°05'56", sur une distance de 61,06 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 68,90 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 90°19'19", sur une distance de 55,57 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 34,73 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 54°08'34", sur une distance de 45,35 mètres; et de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 112°19'08", sur une distance de 9,86 mètres jusqu'au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 9 594,4 mètres carrés.

 

62.3 PARCELLE 3 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente (4 212 230 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure trapézoïdale, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 270 et au sud-est, au sud-ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 230.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 276, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 150°56'19", sur une distance de 113,32 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 150°56'19", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 239°22'02", sur une distance de 88,17 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 329°22'02", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 59°22'02", sur une distance de 88,50 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 060,0 mètres carrés.

 

62.4 PARCELLE 4 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente (4 212 230 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 96

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 233, au nord par une partie des lots 4 212 751 et 4 212 230, au nord-ouest par une partie des lots 4 212 230 et 4 212 751, au nord par une partie du lot 4 212 751, au nord-est par une partie des lots 4 212 230 et 5 364 602 et au nord-est, au sud-est, au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-est, au sud et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 230.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud du lot 4 212 751, le point C, point de départ. De là vers l'est, dans une direction de 100°19'49", sur une distance de 25,74 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 107°04'29", sur une distance de 68,56 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 99°30'17", sur une distance de 40,91 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 93°53'25", sur une distance de 40,02 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°26'14", sur une distance de 19,58 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 54°58'00", sur une distance de 36,15 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 71°23'00", sur une distance de 39,40 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 82°43'36", sur une distance de 37,61 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 96°15'01", sur une distance de 38,10 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 117°55'59", sur une distance de 58,16 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 114°39'18", sur une distance de 53,01 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 119°57'49", sur une distance de 27,77 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 125°19'17", sur une distance de 20,45 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 132°10'09", sur une distance de 12,52 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 228°40'28", sur une distance de 6,04 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 312°10'09", sur une distance de 11,47 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 305°19'17", sur une distance de 19,81 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 299°57'49", sur une distance de 27,22 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 294°39'18", sur une distance de 52,90 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 297°55'59", sur une distance de 57,19 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 276°15'01", sur une distance de 36,24 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 262°43'36", sur une distance de 36,30 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 251°23'00", sur une distance de 37,93 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 234°58'00", sur une distance de 35,05 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 230°26'14", sur une distance de 21,73 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 273°53'25", sur une distance de 42,70 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 279°30'17", sur une distance de 41,60 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 287°04'29", sur une distance de 68,61 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 280°19'49", sur une distance de 27,74 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 323°07'44", sur une distance de 11,45 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 296°35'36", sur une distance de 17,43 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 113°56'59", sur une distance de 28,28 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 149,0 mètres carrés.

 

62.5 PARCELLE 5 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente (4 212 230 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 97

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 230, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 233, au sud-ouest et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 212 230 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 870.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 212 230, le point D, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°34'20", sur une distance de 3,88 mètres jusqu'au point E, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 142°34'20", sur une distance de 13,58 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 314°35'48", sur une distance de 7,72 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 236°55'03", sur une distance de 59,24 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 232°50'54", sur une distance de 80,82 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 231°18'06", sur une distance de 19,99 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 322°12'06", sur une distance de 6,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 51°18'06", sur une distance de 19,98 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 52°50'54", sur une distance de 81,11 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 56°55'03", sur une distance de 60,07 mètres jusqu'au point E, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 971,0 mètres carrés.

 

62.6 PARCELLE 6 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent trente-trois (4 212 233 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 233, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 230 et par une autre partie des lots 4 212 233 et 4 212 230.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud du lot 4 212 751, le point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 293°56'59", sur une distance de 28,28 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 296°35'36", sur une distance de 18,80 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 306°20'18", sur une distance de 15,99 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 321°42'34", sur une distance de 32,78 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 314°35'48", sur une distance de 3,18 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 322°34'20", sur une distance de 13,58 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 7,09 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,23 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 134°35'48", sur une distance de 11,89 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 141°42'34", sur une distance de 32,34 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 126°20'18", sur une distance de 14,67 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 116°35'36", sur une distance de 37,13 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 143°07'44", sur une distance de 10,51 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 610,4 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11438 de ses minutes.

 

App. C - 98

 

63. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by 9037-8365 Québec Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 23, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 828 092.

 

63.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent soixante-sept (4 212 267 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, au nord-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 267, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 213 042, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 267 et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 267, le point A, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°29'27", sur une distance de 34,20 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers l'est, sur une distance de 47,56 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 121°06'25", sur une distance de 108,22 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 60,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 172°38'42", sur une distance de 69,38 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°29'27", sur une distance de 19,87 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 352°38'42", sur une distance de 53,55 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 49,47 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 301°06'25", sur une distance de 108,22 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 30,11 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°29'27", sur une distance de 15,52 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 162,0 mètres carrés.

 

63.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille deux cent soixante-sept (4 212 267 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est, au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 267, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 872 (Rang Saint-Paul), au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 267 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 213 042, le point C, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°49'34", sur une distance de 81,30 mètres jusqu'au point D, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°49'34", sur une distance de 414,98 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de

 

App. C - 99

 

7,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 11,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 136°28'51", sur une distance de 222,57 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 138°15'53", sur une distance de 37,99 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 39,91 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 287,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 130°17'53", sur une distance de 15,46 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 37,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 103,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 101,27 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 92,67 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 88°43'03", sur une distance de 67,86 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 49,80 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 522,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 83°15'04", sur une distance de 47,91 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 45,71 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 543,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 78°25'42", sur une distance de 39,56 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 3,75 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 121°23'21", sur une distance de 3,08 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°24'35", sur une distance de 11,10 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 245°08'12", sur une distance de 5,99 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 335°08'11", sur une distance de 1,66 mètre, puis, sur une distance de 2,68 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 2,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 258°25'42", sur une distance de 26,85 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 46,21 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 549,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 263°15'04", sur une distance de 47,91 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 50,38 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 528,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 268°43'03", sur une distance de 67,86 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 50,57 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 98,67 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point D, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 226,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11439 de ses minutes.

 

64. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Ferme Desy Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 758.

 

64.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T1

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille huit cent quatre-vingt-deux (4 211 882 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 211 882 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 297°10'58", sur une distance de 496,08 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 211 880.

 

App. C - 100

 

64.2 PARCELLES 2 ET 3 : ÉOLIENNE T4

 

Une partie des lots 4 211 923 et 4 213 042 du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés. Le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 235°26'23", sur une distance de 81,74 mètres à partir du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 211 924 et 4 212 267 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 213 042.

 

64.2.1 PARCELLE 2 : ÉOLIENNE T4 – SEGMENT LOT 4 211 923 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille neuf cent vingt-trois (4 211 923 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 213 042 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 211 923.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 211 923, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 1 050,28 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 148,05 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°57'03", sur une distance de 111,42 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 3 351,7 mètres carrés.

 

64.2.2 PARCELLE 3 : ÉOLIENNE T4 – SEGMENT LOT 4 213 042 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions deux cent treize mille quarante-deux (4 213 042 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 923 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 213 042, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 1 050,28 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 111,42 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 218,64 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 7 348,3 mètres carrés.

 

App. C - 101

 

64.3 PARCELLES 4 ET 5 : ÉOLIENNE T5

 

Une partie des lots 4 211 923 et 4 213 042 du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés. Le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 337°10'58", sur une distance de 515,72 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 211 923.

 

64.3.1 PARCELLE 4 : ÉOLIENNE T5 – SEGMENT LOT 4 211 923 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille neuf cent vingt-trois (4 211 923 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 213 042 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 211 923.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 211 923, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 437,22 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 181,66 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°57'03", sur une distance de 116,71 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 251,6 mètres carrés.

 

64.3.2 PARCELLE 5 : ÉOLIENNE T5 – SEGMENT LOT 4 213 042 PTIE

 

Le segment du cercle faisant partie du lot quatre millions deux cent treize mille quarante-deux (4 213 042 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford, étant plus amplement décrit comme suit, savoir :

 

Borné au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 923 et de toute autre part par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 213 042, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 437,22 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 116,71 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 185,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 58,36 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 448,4 mètres carrés.

 

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64.4 PARCELLE 7 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille huit cent quatre-vingt-deux (4 211 882 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 211 922 et au sud-est, au sud-ouest et au nord-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 211 882.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 211 882, le point D, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°19'56", sur une distance de 1 039,47 mètres jusqu'au point F, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 21,08 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 216°19'47", sur une distance de 119,95 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 25,66 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 238°16'16", sur une distance de 208,89 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,65 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 218°50'23", sur une distance de 125,41 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 308°50'23", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 38°50'23", sur une distance de 125,41 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 22,72 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 58°16'16", sur une distance de 208,89 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 21,06 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 36°19'47", sur une distance de 119,95 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 23,14 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°19'56", sur une distance de 12,22 mètres jusqu'au point F, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 6 244,8 mètres carrés.

 

64.5 PARCELLE 8 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille neuf cent vingt-trois (4 211 923 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord, au nord-est, au nord et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 923, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 213 042, au sud-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 211 923, au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 922, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 211 923 et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 211 922.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 211 923, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 771,46 mètres jusqu'au point G, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 45,66 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 182°35'44", sur une distance de 195,38 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°08'43", sur une distance de 16,56 mètres; de là vers le nord,

 

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dans une direction de 2°35'44", sur une distance de 164,16 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 88,42 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 270°29'23", sur une distance de 162,57 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 4,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°08'43", sur une distance de 19,76 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 99°46'16", sur une distance de 9,80 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 8,91 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 90°29'23", sur une distance de 162,57 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 54,65 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 13,36 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 41°33'45", sur une distance de 26,68 mètres; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°57'03", sur une distance de 12,65 mètres jusqu'au point G, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 921,0 mètres carrés.

 

64.6 PARCELLE 9 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent treize mille quarante-deux (4 213 042 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et à l'ouest par une partie du lot 4 213 042, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 267, à l'est, au nord-est, à l'est, au sud, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 923.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 211 923, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 771,46 mètres jusqu'au point G, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 315°57'03", sur une distance de 12,65 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 41°33'45", sur une distance de 50,96 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 46,96 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 352°38'42", sur une distance de 15,84 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°29'27", sur une distance de 19,87 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 58,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 18,17 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 51,03 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 136°22'24", sur une distance de 94,53 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 30,23 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 162°13'22", sur une distance de 97,74 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 252°13'22", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 342°13'22", sur une distance de 97,74 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 24,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 316°22'24", sur une distance de 94,53 mètres; et de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 82,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point G, le point de départ.

 

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Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 4 947,4 mètres carrés.

 

64.7 PARCELLE 10 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent treize mille quarante-deux (4 213 042 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 267 et au sud, à l'ouest et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection de la ligne séparative des lots 4 211 924 et 4 212 267 avec la limite nord-est du lot 4 213 042, le point H, de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°29'27", sur une distance de 34,20 mètres jusqu'au point I, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°29'27", sur une distance de 15,52 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 9,23 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 260°07'33", sur une distance de 80,11 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 350°07'33", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 80°07'33", sur une distance de 80,11 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 0,37 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point I, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 017,6 mètres carrés.

 

64.8 PARCELLE 11 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent treize mille quarante-deux (4 213 042 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 267 et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 213 042, le point J, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°49'34", sur une distance de 81,30 mètres jusqu'au point K, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 57,26 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 98,67 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 10,60 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 97,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°49'34", sur une distance de 66,81 mètres jusqu'au point K, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 224,7 mètres carrés.

 

64.9 PARCELLE 12 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent treize mille quarante-deux (4 213 042 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

App. C - 105

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 267 et au sud-ouest, au sud, au sud-est, à l'ouest, au nord-ouest et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 213 042.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 213 042, le point J, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°49'34", sur une distance de 176,30 mètres jusqu'au point L, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 310°17'53", sur une distance de 12,17 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 40,74 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 293,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 318°15'53", sur une distance de 37,90 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 316°28'51", sur une distance de 222,48 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 8,00 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 5,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 224°47'01", sur une distance de 78,13 mètres; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 342°13'22", sur une distance de 6,76 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 44°47'01", sur une distance de 75,01 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 10,23 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 11,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 136°49'34", sur une distance de 319,98 mètres jusqu'au point L, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 396,0 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11440 de ses minutes.

 

65. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Jean-Charles Dion to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 559.

 

PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille neuf cent vingt-deux (4 211 922 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest et au nord par une partie du lot 4 211 922, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 211 923, au sud et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 211 922 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 882.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 211 922, le point A, de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°19'56", sur une distance de 1 039,47 mètres jusqu'au point C, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 316°19'56", sur une distance de 12,22 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 2,53 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 58°17'06", sur une distance de 106,36 mètres; de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 48,51 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 99°46'16", sur une distance de 70,38 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans

 

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une direction de 136°08'43", sur une distance de 19,76 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 6,12 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 279°46'16", sur une distance de 80,18 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 39,82 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 238°17'06", sur une distance de 106,36 mètres jusqu'au point C, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 763,1 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11441 de ses minutes.

 

66. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Sylvie Laflamme to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 357.

 

66.1 PARCELLE 1 : ÉOLIENNE T2

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille huit cent quatre-vingts (4 211 880 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie, bornée de toute part par une autre partie du lot 4 211 880 , est un cercle centré sur la position projetée de l’éolienne, d’un rayon de 58,36 mètres, d’une circonférence de 366,69 mètres et d’une superficie de 10 700,0 mètres carrés.

 

Pour fin de rattachement, le centre du cercle est situé dans une direction de 345°25'38", sur une distance de 395,68 mètres à partir du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 211 880.

 

66.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent onze mille huit cent quatre-vingts (4 211 880 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au sud-ouest, à l'ouest, au sud-ouest, au nord-ouest, au nord-est, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 211 880, au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 211 882, au sud-est, à l'est, au nord-est et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 211 880 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 872 (Rang Saint-Paul).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limite nord-est et sud-est du lot 4 211 880, le point A, de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 223°41'41", sur une distance de 77,68 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 228°40'42", sur une distance de 62,92 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 228°40'42", sur une distance de 41,15 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 10,30 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon, puis, sur une distance de 53,29 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 322°11'12",

 

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sur une distance de 91,08 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 18,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 338°13'47", sur une distance de 51,41 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 41,16 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 295°21'00", sur une distance de 66,89 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 25°21'05", sur une distance de 12,00 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 115°21'00", sur une distance de 71,05 mètres; de là vers le nord-est, sur une distance de 16,90 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord, dans une direction de 354°19'15", sur une distance de 61,02 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 50,69 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 37°40'19", sur une distance de 62,31 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 137°05'17", sur une distance de 12,16 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 217°40'19", sur une distance de 60,32 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 41,61 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 174°19'15", sur une distance de 89,33 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 15,45 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 158°13'47", sur une distance de 51,41 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, sur une distance de 15,40 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 142°11'12", sur une distance de 91,08 mètres; et de là vers l'est, sur une distance de 82,01 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 6 566,9 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11442 de ses minutes.

 

67. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Jean Ferland to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 879.

 

67.1 PARCELLE 1 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille cinq cent vingt et un (4 212 521 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 846 (Route Sainte-Catherine), à l'est et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 521, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 921 et au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 212 521.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 521, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°15'52", sur une distance de 662,22 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 300°46'10", sur une distance de 53,46 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 20,41 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 318°13'29",

 

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sur une distance de 50,91 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 68,06 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 47°52'39", sur une distance de 61,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 25,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 25,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 138°13'29", sur une distance de 81,90 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 16,76 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 120°46'10", sur une distance de 56,78 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°15'52", sur une distance de 12,45 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 720,1 mètres carrés.

 

67.2 PARCELLE 2 : RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot quatre millions deux cent douze mille neuf cent vingt et un (4 212 921 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 521, au nord-est, à l'est, au sud-est et à l'est par une partie du lot 4 212 921, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 212 522 et à l'ouest, au nord-ouest, à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par une autre partie du lot 4 212 921.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 212 921, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°15'52", sur une distance de 662,22 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 46°15'52", sur une distance de 12,45 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 120°46'10", sur une distance de 50,00 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 119,84 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 223°14'55", sur une distance de 86,93 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 14,20 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 106,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 230°55'27", sur une distance de 89,19 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 85,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 226°38'46", sur une distance de 12,04 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 105,32 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 67,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°55'27", sur une distance de 89,19 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 12,59 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 94,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 43°14'55", sur une distance de 86,93 mètres; de là vers le nord, sur une distance de 98,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 55,00 mètres de rayon; et de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 300°46'10", sur une distance de 53,33 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 5 348,8 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 21 septembre 2016 sous le numéro 11443 de ses minutes.

 

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68. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Municipalité de la paroisse de Saint-Séverin to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on January 20, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 861 588.

 

Un immeuble sis et situé en la Municipalité de Saint-Séverin, province de Québec, connu et désigné comme étant le lot SIX MILLIONS SEPT MILLE DEUX CENT SOIXANTE-DIX-HUIT (6 007 278) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce.

 

69. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Viateur Sylvain to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 1, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 881 717.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT DIX-NEUF MILLE NEUF CENT ONZE (4 219 911 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure triangulaire, bornée au nord-ouest et au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 219 911 et au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 957 239.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-est du lot 4 957 239, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 56°01’31”, sur une distance de 11,45 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 33°56’01”, sur une distance de 17,27 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 77°37’10”, sur une distance de 17,65 mètres; et de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 236°01’31”, sur une distance de 32,42 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 105,3 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 16 janvier 2017 sous le numéro 11718 de ses minutes.

 

70. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Les Entreprises Giguère & Sylvain Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 3, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 884 132.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS NEUF CENT CINQUANTE-SEPT MILLE DEUX CENT TRENTE-NEUF (4 957 239 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

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De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie des lots 4 957 239 et 4 219 911, au nord par une autre partie du lot 4 957 239, au sud-est, au sud, au sud-est et au sud par une partie du lot 4 220 563 (Rang Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-est du lot 4 957 239, le point A, de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 56°01’31”, sur une distance de 11,45 mètres jusqu'au point B, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 56°01’31”, sur une distance de 32,42 mètres; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 77°37’10”, sur une distance de 43,25 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 89°18’02”, sur une distance de 22,79 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 240°57’37”, sur une distance de 29,73 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 259°01’16”, sur une distance de 35,62 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 242°44’07”, sur une distance de 12,48 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, dans une direction de 259°44’00”, sur une distance de 22,42 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 33°56’01”, sur une distance de 3,93 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 940,7 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 16 janvier 2017 sous le numéro 11719 de ses minutes.

 

71. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Lacard S.E.N.C. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 6, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 887 391 .

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT VINGT MILLE CINQ CENT QUATRE-VINGT-SIX (4 220 586 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 529 069, au nord-est et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 220 586 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 575 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 220 586, le point A, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 55°20’17”, sur une distance de 9,94 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 147°05’37”, sur une distance de 17,31 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 207°07’47”, sur une distance de 14,74 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 333°58’18”, sur une distance de 22,84 mètres, puis, sur une distance de 1,70 mètre le long d'un arc de cercle de 51,16 mètres de rayon jusqu'au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 230,1 mètres carrés.

 

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Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 16 janvier 2017 sous le numéro 11717 de ses minutes.

 

72. Lands subject to superficies and servitudes granted by Jean-Denis Sylvain to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 1, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 881 706.

 

PARCELLE RÉSEAU COLLECTEUR

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS CINQ CENT VINGT-NEUF MILLE SOIXANTE-NEUF (4 529 069 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord et au nord-est par une autre partie du lot 4 529 069, au sud-est par une partie du lot 4 220 586 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 575 (Route Sainte-Marguerite).

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites sud-est et sud-ouest du lot 4 529 069, le point A, point de départ. De là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 54,18 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 51,16 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'est, dans une direction de 69°15’25”, sur une distance de 18,61 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 94°20’57”, sur une distance de 16,09 mètres; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 138°19’17”, sur une distance de 19,21 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 147°05’37”, sur une distance de 12,82 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 235°20’17”, sur une distance de 9,94 mètres jusqu'au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 541,3 mètres carrés.

 

Le tout tel que montré au plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, le 16 janvier 2017 sous le numéro 11716 de ses minutes.

 

1. Lands subject to servitudes granted by 9035-1495 Québec Inc. to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 232.

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS QUATRE CENT QUARANTE-TROIS MILLE SOIXANTE ET UN (4 443 061 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 212 866 (Rang Saint-Paul), au nord-ouest et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 864 (Rang Saint-Frédéric), et au sud-est, au sud, au sud-ouest et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 443 061.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord-est du lot 4 443 061, représenté par le point A sur le plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, en date du 21 octobre 2016, sous le numéro 11538

 

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de ses minutes, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans la direction de 132 o 48’08’’, sur une distance de 84,41 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 131 o 15’43’’, sur une distance de 4,28 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 8,10 mètres le long d’un arc de cercle de 10,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l’ouest, dans une direction de 268 o 32’34’’, sur une distance de 10,97 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 63,20 mètres le long d’un arc de cercle de 60,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 315 o 58’07’’, sur une distance de 10,55 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, sur une distance de 33,12 mètres le long d’un arc de cercle de 50,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 29 o 52’01’’, sur une distance de 33,80 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 53 o 38’13’’, sur une distance de 7,33 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 47 o 45’05’’, sur une distance de 13,41 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 40 o 53’03’’, sur une distance de 7,75 mètres jusqu’au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 2 423,5 mètres carrés.

 

2. Lands subject to servitudes granted by Jean-Louis Drouin to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 237.

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT ONZE MILLE NEUF CENT QUARANTE (4 211 940 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Thetford; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par la Route 216 étant une partie des lots 4 212 879 et 4 212 797, au nord et au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 212 836 (Route du Radar) et au sud, au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot 4 211 940.

 

Partant du point d'intersection des limites nord-ouest et nord du lot 4 211 940, représenté par le point A sur le plan annexé à la description technique préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, en date du 21 octobre 2016, sous le numéro 11539 de ses minutes point de départ. De là vers l'est, sur une distance de 12,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 8,53 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 135°22'26", sur une distance de 71,64 mètres; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 42,81 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 48,50 mètres de rayon; de là vers le nord-ouest, sur une distance de 33,14 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 50,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 39,37 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 50,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 250°12'35", sur une distance de 2,29 mètres; et de là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 50°54'47", sur une distance de 41,10 mètres jusqu'au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 477,5 mètres carrés.

 

3. Lands subject to servitudes granted by Denis Pomerleau to the Project Company under a Deed executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 806 226.

 

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PARCELLE 1

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT VINGT MILLE CENT SOIXANTE ET UN (4 220 161 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord par une partie du lot 4 220 567 (Route du 2 e  Rang), au nord-est par une partie du lot 4 220 568 (Chemin du 1 er  Rang) et au sud-ouest et au sud par une autre partie du lot  4 220 161.

 

Partant du point d’intersection des limites nord et nord-est du lot 4 220 161, représenté par le point A sur le plan 1/2 annexé à la description technique (la «  Description technique  ») préparée par Michel Asselin, arpenteur-géomètre, en date du 21 octobre 2016, sous le numéro 11540 de ses minutes, point de départ. De là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 143°11’20", sur une distance de 12,79 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 143°25’56", sur une distance de 12,16 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 306°05’41", sur une distance de 6,78 mètres; de là vers l’ouest, sur une distance de 39,95 mètres le long d’un arc de cercle de 51,00 mètres de rayon, puis, dans une direction de 261°12’45", sur une distance de 19,64 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 267°34’06", sur une distance de 17,27 mètres; et de là vers l’est, dans une direction de 80°47’08", sur une distance de 65,92 mètres jusqu’au point A, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 274,8 mètres carrés.

 

PARCELLE 2

 

Une partie du lot QUATRE MILLIONS DEUX CENT VINGT MILLE CENT SOIXANTE ET UN (4 220 161 PTIE) du cadastre du Québec, circonscription foncière de Beauce; ladite partie étant plus amplement décrite comme suit, savoir :

 

De figure irrégulière, bornée au nord-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 567 (Route du 2 e  Rang), à l'est, au sud-est, à l'est, au nord-est et au sud-est par une autre partie du lot 4 220 161 et au sud-ouest par une partie du lot 4 220 570 (Chemin du 2 e  Rang).

 

Partant du point d'intersection des limites nord-ouest et sud-ouest du lot 4 220 161, représenté par le point B sur le plan 2/2 annexé à la Description technique, point de départ. De là vers le nord-est, dans une direction de 53°25'22", sur une distance de 79,68 mètres; de là vers le sud, dans une direction de 192°19'00", sur une distance de 3,50 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 231°27'58", sur une distance de 22,21 mètres; de là vers le sud, sur une distance de 77,58 mètres le long d'un arc de cercle de 51,00 mètres de rayon; de là vers le sud-est, dans une direction de 144°18'30", sur une distance de 27,97 mètres; de là vers le sud-ouest, dans une direction de 234°18'30", sur une distance de 4,15 mètres; de là vers le nord-ouest, dans une direction de 324°18'30", sur une distance de 17,84 mètres, puis, dans une direction de 322°15'59", sur une distance de 63,32 mètres jusqu'au point B, le point de départ.

 

Contenant en superficie, ladite parcelle, 1 156,5 mètres carrés.

 

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Appendix D: Documents & Key Counterparties

 

MSM Transaction

 

I.        Material Project Agreements

 

Certain documents referenced in the Term Loan Agreement:

1. Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement dated February 24, 2017 between Borea Construction ULC and the Project Company (the “ EPC Contract ”).

 

2. Parent Company Guarantee dated February 24, 2017 by Blattner Holding Company and by Pomerleau Inc. in favor of the Project Company in respect of the EPC Contract.

 

3. Leases described in Exhibit I to this Appendix D that are Material Leases.

 

4. Deed of servitudes by Jean-Louis Drouin in favour of the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 237.

 

5. Deed of servitudes by Denis Pomerleau in favour of the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 806 226.

 

6. Deed of servitudes by 9035-1495 Québec Inc. in favour of the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 232.

 

7. Management, Operation and Maintenance Services Agreement dated March 3, 2017 between Pattern Operators Canada ULC ( Operator ) and the Project Company.

 

8. Project Administration Agreement dated March 3, 2017 between Operator and the Project Company.

 

9. Convention de société en commandite (limited partnership agreement) in respect of the Project Company dated as of January 15, 2015 between Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm Inc. ( GP ), as general partner, and Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. ( RES Canada ), as initial limited partner, as such agreement was supplemented pursuant to (i) a joinder agreement dated as of February 5, 2015 by Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC ( Pattern ) in favour of RES Canada, the Project Company and the GP, (ii) a joinder agreement dated as of February 14, 2017 by PRHC GP Inc. ( PRHC GP ) in favour of Pattern, the Project Company and the GP, (iii) a joinder agreement dated as of February 14, 2017 by PRHC Holdings LP ( PRHC L P) in favour of Pattern, PRHC GP, the Project Company and the GP, (iv) a joinder agreement dated as of February 14, 2017 by Pattern GP in favour

 

 

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of PRHC LP, the Project Company and the GP, and (v) a joinder agreement dated as of February 14, 2017 by Pattern LP in favour of PRHC LP, Pattern GP, the Project Company and the GP.

 

10. Contrat d’approvisionnement en électricité (Electricity Supply Contract) dated as of February 6, 2015 between the Project Company and Hydro Quebec Distribution, Quebec, as amended on August 11, 2016.

 

11. Wind turbine generator and tower supply and commissioning agreement dated as of March 3, 2017 between the Project Company and Siemens Wind Power Limited ( Turbine Supply Agreement ).

 

12. Parent company guarantee and consent dated as of March 3, 2017 among the Project Company, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, as collateral agent, and Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (the Turbine Supplier Parent ) in respect of the Turbine Supply Agreement, as amended by an amendment dated March 3, 2017 executed by the Turbine Supplier Parent.

 

13. Service and maintenance agreement dated as of March 3, 2017 between the Project Company and the Siemens Wind Power Limited.

 

14. Convention de gestion (management agreement) dated as of January 15, 2015 among the Project Company and Opérations Éoliennes RES Canada S.E.C., as such agreement was assigned from Opérations Éoliennes RES Canada S.E.C. to Pattern Development MSM Management ULC (the Manager ) pursuant to an assignment and assumption of management agreement dated as of February 5, 2015 and was acknowledged by the GP and Pattern pursuant to an acknowledgement and confirmation dated January 26, 2017 and accepted by the Manager on the same date.

 

15. Convention de collaboration amendée et refondue relativement au parc éolien Mont Sainte-Marguerite (Amended and Restated Cooperation Agreement for the Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm) dated as of April 1, 2016 between the Project Company and the municipalities of Saint-Séverin, Saint-Sylvestre and Saint-Coeur-de-Jésus.

 

16. Entente de raccordement pour l’intégration d’une centrale au réseau d’Hydro-Québec (Connection Agreement for the Integration of a Power Plant into the Hydro-Québec System) dated as of December 22, 2015 between the Project Company and Hydro-Québec (acting through its Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie division).

 

17. Road Use Agreements (i) dated as of September 21, 2016 entered into between the Project Company and the municipalities of Saint-Séverin (as amended by an amending agreement dated February 9, 2017), Saint-Sylvestre and Saint-Coeur-de-Jésus and (ii) dated as of December 13, 2016 entered into between the Project Company and the municipality of Saint-Frédéric.

 

18. Purchase Agreement for the main power transformer dated as of February 6, 2017 between the Project Company and HICO America Sales

 

 

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and Technology, Inc.

 

19. Padmount transformer purchase agreement between the Project Company and CG Power Systems USA Inc. dated February 8, 2017.

Certain other documents:

 

None.

 

II.        Reports, Other Deliverables and Consultants

 

Consents from any Governmental Authority with respect to the Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors, the Project Company and any of the Project Company’s Subsidiaries:

With respect to the Seller : Not applicable.

 

With respect to the Subsidiary Transferors : Not applicable.

 

With respect to the Project Company : Consent of Hydro-Quebec Distribution, a division of Hydro-Quebec under that certain electricity supply agreement ( Contrat d’approvisionnement en électricité) dated February 6, 2015, as amended by an amendment agreement ( Convention relative aux modifications apportées au contrat d’approvisionnement en électricité ) dated as of August 11, 2016 between Hydro-Quebec Distribution, a division of Hydro-Quebec, and the Project Company.

 

Environmental Consultant:

 

DNV GL

Environmental Reports:

 

See Phase One Environmental Site Assessment dated November 18, 2016 attached as Exhibit II to this Appendix D .

Independent Engineer:

 

DNV GL

Independent Engineer’s Report:

 

See Independent Engineer’s report dated March 1, 2017 attached as Exhibit III to this Appendix D .

Title Company:

 

Chicago Title Insurance Company

Title Policy:

 

Owner's Policy of Title Insurance dated February 23, 2017, issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company in favour of Parc éolien Mont Sainte-Marguerite S.E.C./ Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm L.P., Policy No. 11-07122016-538751-2 and attached as Exhibit IV to this Appendix D .

 

Wind Consultant:

 

DNV GL

Wind Energy and Resource Assessment Report:

 

See report dated November 4, 2016 prepared by the Wind Consultant and entitled “Energy Assessment of the Proposed Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm” attached as Exhibit V to this Appendix D .
Insurance Consultant:

Moore-McNeil, LLC

 

Insurance Consultant’s Report:

 

See Insurance Consultant’s report dated as of February 28, 2017 attached as Exhibit VI to this Appendix D .

 

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Insurance Policies:

Construction – Property Damage & Delay in Startup, Policy Number WI174583301

 

Owner’s Interest Liability (Construction & Ops), Policy Number WI174583301

 

Local Content Consultant:

PowerHub Inc.

 

Local Content Report: See latest report dated February 6, 2017 attached as Exhibit VII to this Appendix D .

Transmission Consultant:

 

Not Applicable

Transmission Consultant’s Report:

 

Not Applicable
Cost Segregation Consultant: Not Applicable

Cost Segregation Report:

 

Not Applicable

Accountant:

 

Not Applicable
III. Financing Arrangements

Term Loan Agreement:

 

Credit agreement made as of March 3, 2017 among, inter alios , the Project Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, as administrative agent, collateral agent and co-lead arranger

Other Financing Arrangements:

 

Not Applicable

Indirect Financing Arrangements:

 

Not Applicable

Amendments to any document in this Part III of Appendix D

 

Not Applicable
Other Indebtedness:

A deferred payment of purchase price equal to $1,472,000 is owed to Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated February 5, 2015

 

A deferred payment of purchase price equal to $450,000 is owed to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. pursuant to an assets purchase agreement dated July 14, 2015

IV.        Equity and Co-Ownership Arrangements & Key Counterparties

 

Equity Capital Contribution Agreement (“ ECCA ”):

 

Not Applicable

Tax Equity Investors:

 

Not Applicable

 

 

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Project Agreement:

 

Not Applicable

V.        First Nations Matters

 

Potential Disputes: Claim set forth in the letter dated April 28, 2017 by Konrad H. Sioui, Grand Chief of the Huron Wendat Nation, to Mr. Pierre Arcand, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Quebec

 

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Exhibit I to Appendix D

 

Leases

 

1. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Gestion Jean-Claude Grondin Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 806 157.

 

2. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Colette Fecteau and Yves Galarneau to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 060.

 

3. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Ferme C.L.R. Jacques SENC to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 255.

 

4. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Réal Jacques to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 778 224.

 

5. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Ferme Guy Berthiaume Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 527.

 

6. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Steve Gagnon to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 019.

 

7. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Gestion Steve Gagnon et Fils Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 196.

 

8. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Isabelle Lamonde to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 390.

 

9. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Groupe A.J.C. Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 827 888.

 

10. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Germain Labrecque to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the

 

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Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 044.

 

11. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Germain Labrecque to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 113.

 

12. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Germain Nault to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 803 793.

 

13. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Martin Laflamme Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 803 715.

 

14. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Léo Ferland to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 812.

 

15. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Joseph-Émile Ferland to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 847.

 

16. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Boisé CSD Ferland S.E.N.C. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 726 and 22 828 371.

 

17. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Claude Boily to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 827 901.

 

18. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Groupement Forestier Chaudière Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 095.

 

19. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Micheline Grenier and Ghislain Gagné to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 804 921.

 

20. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Jean-Berchmans Grondin to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 805 342.

 

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21. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Dave Gilbert and Keven Gilbert to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 806 181.

 

22. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Stéphanie Roy to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 827 920.

 

23. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Johanne Thivierge to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 803 901.

 

24. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Louis-Aimé Lachance to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 287.

 

25. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Léo-Paul Lachance to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 811 618.

 

26. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Les Gouttières Citadelle (2000) Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 546.

 

27. Deed of superficies and servitudes by 9228-0908 Québec Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 803 635.

 

28. Deed of superficies and servitudes by La Terre à Mathias S.E.N.C. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 422.

 

29. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Conrad Labbé to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 23, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 828 017.

 

30. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Thérèse Vachon to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 746.

 

31. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Germain Cliche to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 001.

 

32. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Marie-Michèle Cloutier and François Goulet to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 7, 2016 and

 

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published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 805 219.

 

33. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Romuald Doyon and Lisette Boucher to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 474.

 

34. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Sylvain Cloutier to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 778 193.

 

35. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Érablière Charco ENR. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 804 636.

 

36. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Jean-Luc Berthiaume to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 768 373.

 

37. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Pierrette Côté to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 768 386.

 

38. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Érablière Daniel Létourneau Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 23, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 828 059.

 

39. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Alain Bolduc to the Project Company executed before Mario Bergeron, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 785 288.

 

40. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Paul Bolduc to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 328 and 22 828 350.

 

41. Deed of superficies and servitudes by René Bolduc to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 264 and 22 828 345.

 

42. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Commerçant d’équipements Robert Parsons Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on January 20, 2017 and

 

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published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 861 285.

 

43. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Denis Sylvain, Gilles Sylvain and Lucie Sylvain to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 782 674.

 

44. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Bertrand Côté to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 778 164.

 

45. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Bertrand Côté and Jules Côté to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 768 398.

 

46. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Johanne Lachance to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 321.

 

47. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Germain Giroux to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 206.

 

48. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Gestion Daniel Gauthier Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 171.

 

49. Deed of superficies and servitudes by William Lehoux to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 507.

 

50. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Réjean Berthiaume to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 570 and 22 828 379.

 

51. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Léandre Berthiaume & Fils Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 260.

 

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52. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Thérèse Tardif to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 722.

 

53. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Bernadette Poulin and David Gilbert to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under numbers 22 750 105 and 22 755 694.

 

54. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Érablière des 2 F SENC to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 600.

 

55. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Pierre Beaudet, Colette Laplante and Yvon Laplante to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 498 and 22 828 358.

 

56. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Germain Blais to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under numbers 22 750 637 and 22 828 363.

 

57. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Ferme Jessa Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 806 250.

 

58. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Jean-Yves Martineau to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 582.

 

59. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Régis Nadeau to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 827 976.

 

60. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Michel Proulx and Nelson Turmel to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 631.

 

61. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Diane Demers to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 681.

 

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62. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Léandre Landry to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 467.

 

63. Deed of superficies and servitudes by 9037-8365 Québec Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on December 23, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 828 092.

 

64. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Ferme Desy Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 758.

 

65. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Jean-Charles Dion to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 559.

 

66. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Sylvie Laflamme to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 782 357.

 

67. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Jean Ferland to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on November 10, 2016 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Divisions of Thetford and Beauce under number 22 804 879.

 

68. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Municipalité de la paroisse de Saint-Séverin to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on January 20, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 861 588.

 

69. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Viateur Sylvain to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 1, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 881 717.

 

70. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Les Entreprises Giguère & Sylvain Inc. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 3, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 884 132.

 

71. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Lacard S.E.N.C. to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 6, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 887 391.

 

72. Deed of superficies and servitudes by Jean-Denis Sylvain to the Project Company executed before Alain Bolduc, Notary, on February 1, 2017 and published at the Registry Office for the Registration Division of Beauce under number 22 881 706.

 

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Exhibit II to Appendix D

 

Environmental Report

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit III to Appendix D

 

Independent Engineer Report

 

See attached.

 

App. D - 14

 

Exhibit IV to Appendix D

 

Title Insurance

 

See attached.

 

App. D - 15

 

Exhibit V to Appendix D

 

Wind Consultant Report

 

See attached.

 

App. D - 16

 

Exhibit VI to Appendix D

 

Insurance Consultant Report

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit VII to Appendix D

 

Local Content Report

 

See attached.

 

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Appendix E:

 

Affiliate Transactions

 

None.

 

App. E

 

Schedule 2.5

 

Seller Consents and Approvals

 

1. Consent from Hydro-Quebec Distribution under the ESA (as defined in Part I of Appendix D ).

 

2. Notice to the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) regarding Permitted Transfer (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) of the Term Loan Agreement.

 

Schedule 2.5

 

Schedule 3.5

 

Purchaser Consents and Approvals

 

1. Competition Act Approval.

 

Schedule 3.5

 

Schedule 4.2(f)

 

Tax Allocation

 

Acquired Interests Allocation % Allocation $
99.98% Limited Partnership Interest in 99.98% $ 103,979,200
Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind Farm LP    
     
100% interest in 0.02 % $ 20,800
Pattern MSM GP Holdings Inc.    
     
100% interest in 0% $0
Pattern Development MSM Management ULC    

 

 

 

Schedule 4.2(f) - 1

 

Schedule 6.4(b)

 

Control of Defense of Third Party Claims

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 6.4(b) - 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exhibit 10.10

 

 

 

 

PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT

 

 

 

by and among

 

VERTUOUS ENERGY LLC,

Purchaser

 

and

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC. ,

Seller

 

 

 

Dated as of

 

June 16, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Indirect Interests

 

in

 

Panhandle wind holdings 2 llc

 

 

 

 

 

 

list of APPENDICES

 

Appendix A-1 General Definitions
   
Appendix A-2 Rules of Construction
   
Appendix B Transaction Terms and Conditions
   
Appendix C Acquired Interests; Ownership Structure; and Wind Project Information
   
Appendix D Documents and Key Counterparties
   
Appendix E Affiliate Transactions

 

 

list of schedules

 

Schedule 2.5 Seller Consents and Approvals
   
Schedule 3.5 Purchaser Consents and Approvals
   
Schedule 6.4(b) Control of Defense of Third Party Claims
   

 

 

PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT

 

THIS PURCHASE and Sale AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 16 , 20 17 , is made by and among Vertuous Energy LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Purchaser ”), and Pattern Energy Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Seller ”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings specified in Appendix A-1 attached hereto.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Seller owns, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates (each such Affiliate, a “ Seller Affiliate ”), some or all of the membership interests in Panhandle Wind Holdings 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (herein referred to as “ HoldCo ”, as described on Part I of Appendix C attached hereto) which owns all of the membership interests in Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (herein referred to as the “ Project Company ”, as described on Part I of Appendix C ) which owns and operates the wind project (herein referred to as the “ Wind Project ”, as described on Part II of Appendix C ); and

 

WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from Seller, the Acquired Interests defined and described in Part I of Appendix C attached hereto (herein referred to as the “ Acquired Interests ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual terms, conditions and agreements set forth 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 hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE ACQUIRED INTERESTS

 

1.1        Agreement to Sell and Purchase . Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (by the party for whose benefit such condition exists) of the conditions set forth in Article 5 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (a) Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey (or, if applicable, cause the Subsidiary Transferors to sell, assign, transfer and convey) the Acquired Interests to Purchaser, and (b) the Purchaser shall purchase the Acquired Interests from Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors), for the Purchase Price set forth in Part I of Appendix B (the “ Purchase Price ”).

 

1.2        Signing Date Deliverables . On or prior to the date of this Agreement, Seller has delivered or is delivering to Purchaser the Financial Model for the Project Company as of the date hereof. On the date of this Agreement each of Seller and Purchaser shall deliver to the other party the deliverables set forth in Part II of Appendix B .

 

1.3        Purchase Price . The purchase price payable by the Purchaser to Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferor) for the Acquired Interests at Closing shall be the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment by the Purchase Price Adjustment (if any) set forth in Part I of Appendix B . All payments of the Purchase Price and any Purchase

 

 

 

Price Adjustment shall be paid by wire transfer of same day funds in the applicable Currency to the applicable accounts set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

1.4        The Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place on the date and at the location specified in Part III of Appendix B or such other time and place as the parties hereto shall mutually agree (including Closing by facsimile or “PDF” electronic mail transmission exchange of executed documents or signature pages followed by the exchange of originals as soon thereafter as practicable), and will be effective as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the day the Closing occurs.

 

1.5        Conduct of Closing .

 

(a)       At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Purchaser:

 

(i) the original certificates representing the Acquired Interests duly endorsed for transfer by Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) to the Purchaser or with appropriate powers with respect thereto duly endorsed by Seller (or, if applicable, such Subsidiary Transferors); provided, that if the Acquired Interests are not in certificated form, Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a duly executed assignment agreement or other instrument conveying such Acquired Interests to the Purchaser in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;

 

(ii) any other documents and certificates contemplated by Article 4 and Article 5 hereof to be delivered by or on behalf of Seller, including the certificate referred to in Section 5.2(d) ;

 

(iii) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to its delivery of a Closing Notice, Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser (A) an updated Financial Model for the Wind Project, which shall be revised pursuant to Part I of Appendix B and which shall be used to determine the Purchase Price Adjustment; and (B) a detailed calculation of the proposed Purchase Price Adjustment. The Purchaser shall have a period of five (5) Business Days to review and confirm the updates to the Financial Model and the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment. If the Purchaser disapproves of such updates to the Financial Model and/or the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment, the parties shall have a further period of five (5) Business Days to negotiate same. In the event that the parties cannot agree on such updates to the Financial Model and/or calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment (acting reasonably) following such five (5) Business Day period, (x) the parties shall resolve any dispute in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.5 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not delay the Closing Date) and (y) the amount in dispute shall be retained by

 

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the Purchaser until the dispute is resolved as aforesaid. Subject to the foregoing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a signed direction containing the final determination of the Purchase Price (less any disputed amount) for the Purchaser not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and

 

(iv) any other Closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-1 .

 

(b)       At or prior to the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to Seller:

 

(i) the documents and certificates contemplated by Article 4 and Article 5 hereof to be delivered by or on behalf of the Purchaser, including the certificate referred to in Section 5.3(d) ; and

 

(ii) any other Closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-2 .

 

ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

 

Except as set forth in, or qualified by any matter set forth in, the Schedules attached hereto, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as set forth in this Article 2 as of (a) the date hereof (or, in the case of representations and warranties related to NewCo, as of the date of its formation) and (b) if the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date, in each case, unless otherwise specified in the representations and warranties below, in which case the representation and warranty is made as of such date. Whether or not a particular Section of this Article 2 refers to a specific, numbered Schedule, such Section shall, to the extent applicable, be subject to the exceptions, qualifications, and other matters set forth in the Schedules to the extent that the relevance of such exceptions, qualifications or other matters is reasonably apparent on the face thereof.

 

2.1        Organization and Status . Each of Seller and each Subsidiary Transferor (a) is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement or Part I of Appendix C , as applicable, (b) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has all requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the property it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Seller has made available to Purchaser complete and correct copies of the Organization Documents for Seller, each Subsidiary Transferor, HoldCo and each of its Subsidiaries. Part I of Appendix C sets forth a list of each Subsidiary of HoldCo and for each Subsidiary: (a) its name, (b) the number and type of its outstanding equity securities and a list of the holders thereof and (c) its jurisdiction of organization. Holdco and each Subsidiary of HoldCo is a legal entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all requisite organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly qualified, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by such Person or the nature of the business conducted by

 

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such Person makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, registered or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. When formed, NewCo will be a legal entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and it will have all requisite organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business, and it will be duly qualified, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign entity and will be in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified, registered or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.2        Power; Authority; Enforceability . Each of Seller and each Subsidiary Transferor has the legal capacity and power to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has been duly authorized, in accordance with its Organization Documents, to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the legal valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

2.3        No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of its obligations under this Agreement, and the performance by each Subsidiary Transferor of this Agreement, in each case including without limitation the sale of the Acquired Interests to the Purchaser, do not, and will not, (a) violate any Governmental Rule to which Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or the Organization Documents of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon the Acquired Interests, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any such Person is bound, (d) other than as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any Consent under any Material Contract or (e) other than as set forth in Schedule 2.5 , require any notice under any Material Contract, except in the case of this clause (e), as would not reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the Wind Project or otherwise prevent or materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.4        No Litigation .

 

(a)       None of Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors or their respective Affiliates is a party to or has received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation against Seller, the

 

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Subsidiary Transferors or their respective Affiliates which would reasonably be expected to be material to the ownership of the Acquired Interests or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)       None of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or has received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation which would reasonably be expected to be material to NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries or the Wind Project or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c)       There are no material disputes with any counterparty to a Material Contract, nor has HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries made any material warranty claim under any Material Contract.

 

2.5        Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth on Schedule 2.5 , no Consent of any Governmental Authority is required by or with respect to Seller, the Subsidiary Transferors, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Seller, or the consummation by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of the transaction contemplated hereby, except for any Consents which if not obtained or made prior to the Closing would not reasonably be expected to prevent or impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and which can be reasonably expected to be obtained or made in the ordinary course after the Closing.

 

2.6        Acquired Interests . Seller owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Seller Affiliates, of record and beneficially one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests of HoldCo. As of immediately prior to the Closing, Seller will own, directly or indirectly through one or more Seller Affiliates, of record and beneficially, one hundred percent (100%) of the Acquired Interests. Part I of Appendix C sets forth the equity capitalization (or proposed equity capitalization) of NewCo, HoldCo and each of its Subsidiaries. All of the interests described in Part I of Appendix C have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully-paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Part I of Appendix C , there are no outstanding (i) equity interests or voting securities of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) securities of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any equity interests or voting securities of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) options or other rights to acquire from NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligation of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any equity interests or voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity interests or voting securities of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, or any obligations of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing. The Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) has good and valid title to, and has, or will have, full power and authority to convey, the Acquired Interests, as of the Closing Date. The Acquired Interests have been, or will be, validly issued, and are, or will be, fully paid and non-assessable. No Person other than Purchaser has any written or oral agreement or option or any right or privilege, whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual, capable of becoming an agreement or option for the purchase or acquisition from Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of any of the Acquired

 

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Interests. On the Closing Date, Seller (or, if applicable, the Subsidiary Transferors) will convey to Purchaser good and valid title to the Acquired Interests free and clear of all Liens other than any obligations imposed under the Organization Documents of NewCo, HoldCo or its Subsidiaries or restrictions arising under applicable securities laws.

 

2.7        Solvency . There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings pending against, being contemplated by or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against, Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries. None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries (a) has had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers appointed over all or part of its business or its assets, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no application therefor is pending or threatened, (b) is insolvent or presumed to be insolvent under any law or is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due, (c) has made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (d) has taken any action to approve any of the foregoing.

 

2.8        Compliance with Law .

 

(a)       There has been no actual violation by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor of or failure by Seller or any Subsidiary Transferor to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)       To the Knowledge of Seller, there has been no actual violation by NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries of or failure by NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to be material and relates to the Wind Project or would otherwise reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.9        Taxes .

 

(a)       Each of NewCo and HoldCo has been, at all times since its formation, a partnership or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(b)       No jurisdiction or authority in or with which NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries do not file Tax Returns has alleged that they are required to file Tax Returns.

 

(c)       Each of NewCo, HoldCo and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all Tax Returns that it is required to file, has timely paid or has caused to be timely paid all Taxes it is required to pay to the extent due (other than those Taxes that it is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, with adequate, segregated reserves established for such Taxes) and, to the extent such Taxes are not due, has established or caused to be established reserves that are adequate for the payment thereof as required by GAAP.

 

(d)       Each of NewCo, HoldCo and its Subsidiaries has withheld from each payment made to any Person, all amounts required by applicable law to be withheld, and has

 

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remitted such withheld amounts within the prescribed periods to the appropriate Governmental Authorities.

 

(e)       Each of NewCo, HoldCo and its Subsidiaries has charged, collected and remitted on a timely basis all Taxes as required under applicable laws on any sale, supply or delivery whatsoever, made by it.

 

(f)       Each of NewCo, HoldCo and its Subsidiaries has maintained and continues to maintain at its place of business all records and books of account required to be maintained under applicable Law, including laws relating to sales and use Taxes.

 

(g)       No reassessments of the Taxes of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries have been issued and are outstanding. None of the Seller, the Subsidiary Transferor, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has received any indication from any Governmental Authority that an assessment or reassessment of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is proposed in respect of any Taxes, regardless of its merits. None of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has executed or filed with any Governmental Authority any agreement or waiver extending the period for assessment, reassessment or collection of any Taxes.

 

2.10        Unregistered Securities . It is not necessary in connection with the sale of the Acquired Interests, under the circumstances contemplated by this Agreement, to register such Acquired Interests under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”), or under any other applicable securities laws.

 

2.11        Broker’s Fees . None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation for any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.12        Material Contracts . Parts I and V of Appendix D set forth, collectively, a list of all Material Contracts. At or prior to the date hereof (or, in the case of Material Contracts included in any Updated Disclosure Schedules, at or prior to the date such Updated Disclosure Schedules are delivered) Seller has provided Purchaser with, or access to, copies of all Material Contracts. To the extent any obligations of or for the benefit of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries are outstanding under such Material Contracts as of the Closing Date, each Material Contract is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of HoldCo or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each other party thereto, in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. None of HoldCo nor any of its Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of Seller, any other party thereto (i) is in breach of or default in any material respect under a Material Contract and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and continuing which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach of or default under a Material Contract or would give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, amendment, suspension or revocation of a Material Contract, or (ii) has received

 

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any written notice of termination or suspension of any Material Contract, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no action is being taken by any Person to terminate or suspend any Material Contract.

 

2.13        Real Property .

 

(a)       Except as set forth in Part V of Appendix D , none of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Governmental Authority has commenced the exercise of any eminent domain or similar power with respect to any Project Company Real Property owned by HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any such Project Company Real Property.

 

(b)       The interests of HoldCo and/or its Subsidiaries in all Project Company Real Property are insured under the Title Policy identified in Part II of Appendix D . HoldCo and/or its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or, subject to the terms and conditions of the Material Leases, the right to use all Project Company Real Property, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. With respect to the Project Company Real Property it leases or on which it was granted servitudes or superficies pursuant to the Material Leases, HoldCo or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, have peaceful and undisturbed nonexclusive possession under all Material Leases, servitudes or superficies under which they are leasing or occupying property in accordance with the terms and conditions of the relevant Material Leases, servitude or superficies and subject to the Permitted Liens. All rents and other payments under the Material Leases have been paid in full to the extent due.

 

(c)       The Project Company Real Property is sufficient to provide HoldCo and its Subsidiaries with continuous, uninterrupted and, together with public roads, contiguous access to the Wind Project sufficient for the operation and maintenance of the Wind Project as currently conducted. All utility services necessary for the construction and operation of the Wind Project for its intended purposes are available or are reasonably expected to be so available as and when required upon commercially reasonable terms.

 

2.14        Permits . Part II of Appendix C sets forth a list of all material Permits acquired or held by HoldCo or its Subsidiaries in connection with the operation of the Wind Project. HoldCo or its Subsidiaries holds in full force and effect all Permits required for the operation of the Wind Project as presently conducted, other than those Permits required in connection with certain construction and maintenance activities which are ministerial in nature and can reasonably be expected to be obtained in due course on commercially reasonable terms and conditions as and when needed. Neither HoldCo nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material default or material violation, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and continuing which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or material violation of, or would give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, amendment, suspension or revocation under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Permits held by HoldCo or its Subsidiaries. There are no legal proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing, relating to the suspension, revocation or modification of any Permits held by HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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2.15        Environmental Matters . Except as set forth in Part II of Appendix D , (i) HoldCo and its Subsidiaries, the Project Company Real Property and the Wind Project are in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, (ii) neither HoldCo nor any of its Subsidiaries has caused or contributed to the release of any Hazardous Substances in any material respect, and (iii) neither Seller nor HoldCo has received written notice from any Governmental Authority of any material Environmental Claim, or any written notice of any investigation, or any written request for information, in each case, under any Environmental Law. None of Seller, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has given any release or waiver of liability that would waive or impair any material claim based on the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under any real property, against a previous owner of any real property or against any Person who may be potentially responsible for the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under any such real property.

 

2.16        Insurance . Part II of Appendix D sets forth a list of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Insurance Policies ”). All Insurance Policies are now in full force and effect. All premiums with respect to the Insurance Policies covering all periods to and including the date hereof have been paid and, with respect to premiums due and payable prior to Closing, will be so paid. None of these Insurance Policies have lapsed and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there are no circumstances that have rendered such insurance unenforceable, void or voidable. None of Seller, any Subsidiary Transferor, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice in the past 12 months from the insurer under any Insurance Policies disclaiming coverage, reserving rights with respect to a particular claim or such Insurance Policy in general or canceling or materially amending any such Insurance Policy. Each of HoldCo and each of its Subsidiaries’ assets and properties are insured in amounts no less than as required by applicable Law, applicable Permits or any Material Contract to which HoldCo or such Subsidiary is a party or by which its assets or properties are bound.

 

2.17        Financial Model . The Financial Model has been prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions as to the estimates set forth therein and is consistent in all material respects with the provisions of the Material Contracts.

 

2.18        Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities; No Material Adverse Effect . The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis with prior periods, are correct and complete in all material respects and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of operations of HoldCo as at their respective dates for the periods covered by the respective Financial Statements. None of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has Indebtedness other than (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements or pursuant to the Material Contracts, (ii) incurred since the date of the Financial Statements and disclosed on Appendix D , (iii) incurred after the date hereof in accordance with this Agreement, including Section 4.1(a) , and (iv) interest and fees accrued on any Indebtedness referred to in clause (i) after the date of the Financial Statements. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, neither HoldCo nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, other than any liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements and any liabilities contained in the Material Contracts, other than liabilities thereunder arising from contractual breach. Since

 

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the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

 

2.19        Personal Property . HoldCo or the Project Company has good and valid title to (or a valid leasehold interest in) the Personal Property currently owned or used by HoldCo or the Project Company in the operation of the Wind Project (other than Personal Property that individually and in the aggregate are immaterial to such operations), and such title or leasehold interests are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens. All Personal Property that is material to the operation of the Wind Project is in good operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear and maintenance, and is usable in the ordinary course of business.

 

2.20        Employees . None of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has, or has ever had, any employees.

 

2.21        Employee Benefits . None of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has, or has ever had, any employee benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA).

 

2.22        Labor Matters . None of NewCo, HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement with a labor union or organization or any other Contract with any labor union or other employee representative of a group of employees.

 

2.23        Intellectual Property . HoldCo or its Subsidiaries own, license or can acquire on reasonable terms the Intellectual Property necessary to operate the Wind Project. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Intellectual Property required to operate the Wind Project infringes upon or otherwise violates any intellectual property rights of any third party. There are no unresolved pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened actions or claims that allege that HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries has infringed or otherwise violated any material intellectual property rights of any third party. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating rights in any material respect any Intellectual Property of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

2.24        Affiliate Transactions . Except as disclosed on Appendix E , there are no transactions, contracts or liabilities between or among (a) NewCo, HoldCo or its Subsidiaries on the one hand, and (b) Seller, any of its Affiliates or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any current representative of NewCo, HoldCo or its Subsidiaries, Seller or its Affiliates, or any member of the immediate family of any such representative, on the other hand.

 

2.25        NewCo . From and after its formation, NewCo shall not have any assets or liabilities other than as related to its ownership of the HoldCo Transferred Interests.

 

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF Purchaser

 

Except as set forth in, or qualified by any matter set forth in, the Schedules attached hereto, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller as set forth in this Article 3 as of (A) the date hereof and (B) if the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date, in each case, unless otherwise specified in the representations and warranties below, in which case the representation and warranty is made as of such date. Whether or not a particular

 

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Section of this Article 3 refers to a specific, numbered Schedule, such Section shall, to the extent applicable, be subject to the exceptions, qualifications, and other matters set forth in the Schedules to the extent that the relevance of such exceptions, qualifications or other matters is reasonably apparent on the face thereof.

 

3.1        Organization and Status . The Purchaser (a) is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, (b) is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has all requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the property it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Purchaser has made available to Seller complete and correct copies of the Organization Documents for the Purchaser.

 

3.2        Power; Authority; Enforceability . The Purchaser has the legal capacity and power to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has been duly authorized, in accordance with its Organization Documents, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes the legal valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

3.3        No Violation . The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the purchase of the Acquired Interests from Seller or the Subsidiary Transferors, do not, and will not, (a) violate any Governmental Rule to which the Purchaser is subject or the Organization Documents of the Purchaser, or (b) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound.

 

3.4        No Litigation . The Purchaser is not a party to and has not received written notice of any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened litigation, action, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation against the Purchaser, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or which seeks the issuance of an order restraining, enjoining, altering or materially delaying the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.5        Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5 , no Consent of any Governmental Authority or any other Person, is required by or with respect to the Purchaser in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, or the consummation by the Purchaser of the transaction contemplated hereby, except for any consents which if not obtained would not reasonably be expected to materially impair or delay the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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3.6        Solvency . There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings pending against, being contemplated by or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser. The Purchaser (a) has not had a receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers appointed over all or part of its business or assets, and to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, no application therefor is pending or threatened, (b) is not insolvent or presumed to be insolvent under any Law and is able to pay its debts as and when they fall due, (c) has not made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, and (d) has not taken any action to approve any of the foregoing.

 

3.7        Compliance with Law . To the Knowledge of the Purchaser, there has been no actual violation by the Purchaser of or failure of the Purchaser to comply with any Governmental Rule that is applicable to it, or allegation by any Governmental Authority of such a violation, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.8        Investment Intent . The Purchaser is acquiring the Acquired Interests for its own account, for investment and with no view to the distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

 

3.9        Accredited Investor . The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) of the Securities Act, and is able to bear the economic risk of losing its entire investment in the Acquired Interests.

 

3.10        Broker’s Fee . The Purchaser has no liability or obligation for any fees or commissions payable to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS; OTHER OBLIGATIONS

 

4.1        Covenants Between Signing and Closing . If the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4.1 shall apply during the period from the date hereof to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.4 :

 

(a)        Project Specific Pre-Closing Covenants of Seller . Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the business, operations and affairs of the Project Company only in the ordinary and normal course of business, subject to the following provisions with respect to any proposed entry into any Material Contract or any proposed amendment, termination or waiver (in whole or in part) of any Material Contract (each such proposal, a “ Material Contract Change ”):

 

(i) Seller shall give prior written notice to Purchaser of, and shall to the extent practicable consult in good faith with Purchaser regarding, any Material Contract Change that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Operating Period; and

 

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(ii) Seller may, but shall not be obligated to, seek by written notice the approval of the Purchaser to any Material Contract Change. During the twenty calendar-day period following delivery of any such notice, Seller shall provide to the Purchaser promptly any information within Seller’s possession regarding such Material Contract Change as the Purchaser reasonably requests. The Purchaser shall, by the end of such twenty calendar-day period, notify Seller whether it approves (acting reasonably) such Material Contract Change. If Purchaser does not approve such Material Contract Change, Seller may (A) abstain from proceeding with such Material Contract Change, (B) proceed with such Material Contract Change (in which case the Purchaser retains its right to assert a failure of a condition precedent to Closing, if applicable), or (C) terminate this Agreement. If Purchaser fails to complete the Closing as a result of a proposed Material Contract Change, then the Seller must proceed with such Material Contract Change, or notify the Purchaser and provide the Purchaser with the opportunity to complete the Closing.

 

(b)        Access, Information and Documents . Subject to the next sentence, Seller will give to the Purchaser and to the Purchaser’s counsel, accountants and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to all material Books and Records and the Wind Project (subject to all applicable safety and insurance requirements and any limitations on Seller’s rights to, or right to provide others with, access) and will furnish to the Purchaser all such documents and copies of documents and all information, including operational reports, with respect to the affairs of HoldCo and its Subsidiaries, the Seller Affiliates and the Wind Project as the Purchaser may reasonably request. If, by reason of any confidentiality obligations imposed on Seller by any counterparty to a Contract who deals at arm’s length with Seller, Seller is unable to comply with the foregoing covenant, Seller and the Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents or waivers required to make the disclosure (which, in the case of the Purchaser, may include the requirement to enter into a reasonable confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement). The Purchaser agrees to comply with any confidentiality obligations which would be applicable to it under any such Contracts received from Seller hereunder.

 

(c)        Updating of Disclosure Schedules . Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing of any material changes, additions, or events occurring after the date of this Agreement which require a representation and warranty of Seller (other than any representations or warranties in Sections 2.6 , 2.7 and 2.11 , which, for clarity, may not be updated by Seller) to be supplemented with a new Schedule or cause any material change in or addition to a Schedule promptly after Seller becomes aware of the same by delivery of such new Schedule or appropriate updates to any such Schedule (each, an “ Updated Disclosure Schedule ”) to Purchaser. Each Updated Disclosure Schedule shall (i) expressly state that it is being made pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) , (ii) specify the representations and warranties to which it applies and (iii) describe in reasonable detail the changes, additions or events to which it relates. No Updated Disclosure Schedule delivered pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) shall be deemed to cure any breach of any representation or warranty made to the Purchaser unless the Purchaser specifically agrees thereto in writing or,

 

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as provided in and subject to Article 5, consummates the Closing under this Agreement after receipt of such written notification, nor shall any such Updated Disclosure Schedule be considered to constitute or give rise to a waiver by either of the Purchaser of any condition set forth in this Agreement, unless the Purchaser specifically agrees thereto in writing or consummates the Closing under this Agreement after receipt of such written notification.

 

(d)        Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable.

 

4.2        Other Covenants

 

(a)        Costs, Expenses . Except as may be specified elsewhere in this Agreement, the Purchaser shall pay all costs and expenses, including legal fees and the fees of any broker, environmental consultant, insurance consultant, independent engineer, and title company retained by the Purchaser for its due diligence and its negotiation, performance of and compliance with this Agreement. Seller shall pay all costs and expenses (including in connection with any reports, studies or other documents listed in Part II of Appendix D , unless specifically noted in Part II of Appendix D ), including legal fees and the fees of any broker of Seller or its Affiliates, relating to or resulting from the negotiation, performance of and compliance with this Agreement by Seller.

 

(b)        Public Announcement; Confidentiality . No party hereto shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any public announcement or written statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the other parties, except to the extent required by law (including any disclosure which, in the reasonable judgment of the disclosing party, is necessary or appropriate to comply with Governmental Rules and standards governing disclosures to investors) or in accordance with the rules, regulations and orders of any stock exchange. Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants advisors and partners not to, disclose any confidential information in or relating to this Agreement other than (i) to its Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors and partners, provided in each case that such recipient is bound by reasonable confidentiality obligations, (ii) as required by applicable law or regulation or (iii) with the prior consent of Purchaser. Seller shall not use, and shall not enable any third party to use, any confidential information in or relating to this Agreement that constitutes material non-public information regarding Purchaser in a manner that is prohibited by the U.S. securities laws.

 

(c)        Regulatory Approvals . Each party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all required regulatory approvals (including the required Governmental Approvals set forth in Part VII of Appendix B ) as promptly as possible and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date. To that end, each of the parties shall make, or cause to be made, all other filings and submissions, and submit all other documentation and information that in the reasonable opinion of the Purchaser is required or advisable, to obtain the regulatory approvals, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy all requests for additional information and documentation received under or pursuant to those filings, submissions and the applicable

 

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legislation and any orders or requests made by any Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Purchaser will not be required to (i) propose or agree to accept any undertaking or condition, enter into any consent agreement, make any divestiture or accept any operational restriction or other behavioral remedy, (ii) take any action that, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, could be expected to limit the right of the Purchaser to own or operate all or any portion of the business or assets of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, or of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or to conduct their respective affairs in a manner consistent with how they each conduct their affairs as of the date of this Agreement, or (iii) contest or defend any judicial or administrative proceeding brought by any Governmental Authority seeking to prohibit, prevent, restrict or unwind the consummation of all or a part of the transaction contemplated herein.

 

(d)        Consents . Except in respect of regulatory approvals, which shall be governed by Section 4.2(c) , as promptly as possible and, in any event, prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) make or cause to be made all filings required by Law to be made by it in order to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby; and (ii) seek and obtain all Consents required pursuant to Section 2.5 .

 

(e)        Other Obligations of Seller and Purchaser . The parties mutually covenant as follows:

 

(i) to use all reasonable efforts in good faith to obtain promptly the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing of the transactions contemplated herein;

 

(ii) to furnish to the other parties and to the other parties’ counsel all such information as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the foregoing actions, including draft regulatory filings and submissions, provided that such information may be redacted to render illegible any commercially sensitive portions thereof, and in such event the parties will meet in good faith to agree on protective measures to allow disclosure of such redacted information to counsel in a manner that affords the maximum protection to such commercially sensitive information as is reasonable in the circumstances; and

 

(iii) to advise the other parties promptly if any party determines that any condition precedent to its obligations hereunder will not be satisfied in a timely manner.

 

4.3        Tax Covenants .

 

(a)       Seller and Purchaser shall cause HoldCo to have an election under Section 754 of the Code and any corresponding election for U.S. state or local tax purposes (collectively, a “ 754 Election ”) (to the extent any such election has not been made by HoldCo) in effect for the taxable year of HoldCo in which the Closing takes place. Seller and Purchaser shall cause each direct and indirect Subsidiary of HoldCo or the Project Company that is classified as a

 

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partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes to have a 754 Election (to the extent such election has not been made by the relevant Subsidiary of HoldCo or the Project Company) in effect for the taxable year of such Subsidiary in which the Closing takes place.

 

(b)       Seller and Purchaser agrees that Seller or an Affiliate of Seller shall be the “tax matters partner” of NewCo (pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code) or the “partnership representative” of NewCo (as defined in Section 6223(a) of the Code, as in effect for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) for the taxable years that includes the Closing Date and for each taxable year thereafter.

 

4.4        Governance Documents . From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the Seller shall negotiate in good faith a definitive limited liability company agreement to govern the affairs of NewCo (the “ NewCo LLC Agreement ”), which shall reflect the material terms of (i) the amended and restated limited partnership agreement entered into between Seller, Vertuous Energy Canada Inc. and Meikle Wind Energy Corp., as general partner, of Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership and (ii) the unanimous shareholder agreement entered into between Seller, Vertuous Energy Canada Inc. and Meikle Wind Energy Corp., in each case subject to any changes thereto to reflect the different jurisdiction and entity form.

 

ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING; TERMINATION

 

5.1        Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations to Close . The obligations of the parties to proceed with the Closing under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by all parties in their sole discretion):

 

(a)        No Violations . The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall not violate any applicable Governmental Rule.

 

(b)        No Adverse Proceeding . No order of any court or administrative agency shall be in effect which restrains or prohibits the transactions contemplated hereby, and there shall not have been threatened, nor shall there be pending, any action or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority challenging any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or seeking monetary relief by reason of the consummation of such transactions.

 

(c)        No Termination . This Agreement shall not have been terminated pursuant to Section 5.4 .

 

(d)        Other Conditions Precedent to Closing to Each Party’s Obligations . The conditions precedent, if any, set forth on Appendix B-3 shall have been satisfied (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by all parties in their sole discretion).

 

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5.2        Conditions Precedent to Obligations of Purchaser to Close . The obligations of the Purchaser to proceed with the Closing under this Agreement with respect to the purchase of the Acquired Interests are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by the Purchaser in its sole discretion):

 

(a)        Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Sections 2.1 to 2.7 (inclusive) and 2.11 shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date. All other representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 2 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (other than any representations or warranties that are qualified by materiality, including by reference to Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true in all respects) as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that (i) such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date and (ii) the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, taken in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)        Performance and Compliance . Seller shall have performed, in all material respects, all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

(c)        Consents . All necessary Consents shall have been obtained, including those set forth in Schedules 2.5 and 3.5 .

 

(d)        Certificate of Seller . The Purchaser shall have received a certificate of Seller dated the date of the Closing confirming the matters set forth in Sections 5.2(a) and (b) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.

 

(e)        Good Standing Certificate . The Purchaser shall have received a good standing certificate of Seller, each Subsidiary Transferor, HoldCo and each of its Subsidiaries, in each case issued by the secretary of state of the state of its formation.

 

(f)        Satisfactory Instruments . All instruments and documents reasonably required on the part of Seller to effectuate and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be delivered to the Purchaser and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser.

 

(g)        Material Contracts . Absence of any amendment to, entry into, termination or waiver (in whole or in part) of any Material Contract, except any such amendment, termination or waiver that has been approved by the Purchaser, that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Operating Period.

 

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5.3        Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Seller to Close . Subject to Section 5.5 , the obligations of Seller to proceed with the Closing hereunder with respect to Seller’s sale of the Acquired Interests are subject to the fulfillment prior to or at Closing of the following conditions (any one or more of which may be waived in whole or in part by Seller in its sole discretion):

 

(a)        Purchase Price . The Purchaser shall have transferred in immediately available funds the Purchase Price pursuant to, in accordance with and into the account or accounts designated in, Part I of Appendix B .

 

(b)        Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties set forth in Article 3 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (other than any representations or warranties that are made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date).

 

(c)        Performance and Compliance . The Purchaser shall have performed all of the covenants and complied, in all material respects, with all the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

(d)        Certificate of Purchaser . Seller shall have received a certificate of the Purchaser dated the date of the Closing confirming the matters set forth in Sections 5.3(b) and (c) in a form reasonably acceptable to Seller.

 

(e)        Satisfactory Instruments . All instruments and documents required on the part of the Purchaser to effectuate and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be delivered to Seller and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller.

 

(f)        Other Conditions Precedent to Seller’s Obligation to Close . The conditions precedent, if any, set forth in Appendix B-5 shall have been satisfied or waived in whole or in part by Seller in Seller’s sole discretion.

 

5.4        Termination . If the Closing Date is not the date of this Agreement, the following termination provisions shall be applicable:

 

(a)        By the Parties . This Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual written consent of Purchaser and Seller.

 

(b)        By Either Party . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by either Seller or the Purchaser, if (i) a Government Approval required to be obtained as set forth on Part VII of Appendix B shall have been denied and all appeals of such denial have been taken and have been unsuccessful, (ii) one or more courts of competent jurisdiction in the United States, or any state or any other applicable jurisdiction has issued an order permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the Closing, and such order has become final and non-appealable, or (iii) the Closing has not occurred by the Outside Closing Date, but if such failure to close by the Outside Closing Date is due to any breach of this Agreement by any party, such party shall not have any right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (iii).

 

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(c)        Other Termination Rights . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by the applicable party if and to the extent permitted in Part V of Appendix B .

 

(d)        Termination Procedure . In the event of termination of this Agreement by any or all parties pursuant to this Section 5.4 , written notice thereof will forthwith be given by the terminating party to the other parties and this Agreement will terminate and the transactions contemplated hereby will be abandoned, without further action by any party. If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by this Section 5.4 , such termination shall be without liability of any party (or any stockholder, shareholder, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or representative of such party) to the other parties to this Agreement; provided that (i) the foregoing will not relieve any party for any liability for willful and intentional material breaches of its obligations hereunder occurring prior to such termination and (ii) except as specifically set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement shall derogate from the provisions of the Purchase Rights Agreements, which agreements shall remain in full force and effect after termination of this Agreement.

 

5.5        Closing Notice . Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 , Seller shall deliver a notice to Purchaser scheduling the date of the Closing (a “ Closing Notice ”), which shall be at least ten (10) Business Days after the date of delivery of the Closing Notice.

 

ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES FOR BREACHES OF THIS AGREEMENT

 

6.1        Indemnification.

 

(a)        By Seller . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 6 and Section 7.15 , from and after the Closing, Seller agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its Affiliates together with their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (each a “ Purchaser Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all Losses that any Purchaser Indemnified Party incurs by reason of or in connection with any of the following circumstances:

 

(i) any breach by Seller of any representation or warranty made by it in Article 2 (subject to any Updated Disclosure Schedules delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(c) that are deemed to cure a breach of any representation or warranty in accordance with the last sentence of Section 4.1(c) ) or any breach or violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation of Seller contained herein; and

 

(ii) as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

(b)        By Purchaser . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 6 and Section 7.15 , from and after the Closing, the Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Seller and Seller’s Affiliates together with their respective directors, officers, managers, employees and agents (each a “ Seller Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all Losses

 

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that any Seller Indemnified Party incurs by reason of or in connection with any of the following circumstances:

 

(i) any breach by the Purchaser of any representation or warranty made by it in Article 3 or any breach or violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Purchaser contained herein; and

 

(ii) as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.2        Limitations on Seller’s or Purchaser’s Indemnification .

 

(a)        Minimum Limit on Claims . A party required to provide indemnification under this Article 6 (an “ Indemnifying Party ”) shall not be liable under this Article 6 to an Indemnified Party for any Claim for breach of any representation or warranty unless and until the aggregate amount of all Claims for which it would, in the absence of this provision, be liable exceeds the Basket Amount, and in such event the Indemnified Party will be liable for the amount of all Claims, including the Basket Amount; provided that the foregoing limitation shall not apply in the case of actual fraud or willful misrepresentation by the Indemnifying Party.

 

(b)        Maximum Limit on Claims .

 

(i) Limitation on Seller’s Liability . Seller’s maximum aggregate liability for Claims for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement is limited to Seller’s Maximum Liability set forth in Part VI of Appendix B ; provided that the Seller’s Maximum Liability will not apply to any Claim based on (A) actual fraud or willful misrepresentation or (B) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3 , 2.5 , 2.6 , 2.9 , 2.11 and 2.18 (solely with respect to the Indebtedness of HoldCo and its Subsidiaries).

 

(ii) Limitation on Purchaser’s Liability . The Purchaser’s maximum aggregate liability for Claims for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement is limited to the Purchaser’s Maximum Liability set forth in Part VI of Appendix B ; provided that the Purchaser’s Maximum Liability will not apply to any Claim based on (A) actual fraud or willful misrepresentation or (B) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1 , 3.2 , 3.3 , 3.5 and 3.10 .

 

(c)        Time Limit for Claims . No Indemnified Party may make a Claim for indemnification under Section 6.1 in respect of any Claim unless notice in writing of the Claim, incorporating a statement setting out in reasonable detail the grounds on which the Claim is based, has been given by the Indemnified Party prior to the expiration of the applicable Survival Period as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

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6.3        Reimbursements; Refunds .

 

(a)        Right of Reimbursement . The amount of Losses payable under Section 6.1 by an Indemnifying Party shall be net of any amounts recovered by the Indemnified Party under applicable insurance policies or from any other Person responsible therefor. If the Indemnified Party receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies, or from any other Person responsible for any Losses subsequent to an indemnification payment by the Indemnifying Party and such amounts would result in a duplicative recovery, then such Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for any payment made or expense incurred by such Indemnifying Party in connection with providing such indemnification payment up to the amount received by the Indemnified Party, net of any expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in collecting such amount.

 

(b)        Other Refund Obligations . In addition to the obligations set forth in Section 6.3(a) , the applicable Indemnified Party shall be obligated to reimburse or refund to the Indemnifying Party for payments made by it to such Indemnified Party under this Article 6 as set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

6.4        Right to Control Proceedings for Third Party Claims .

 

(a)       If a third party shall notify any party with respect to any matter that may give rise to a Claim (a “ Third Party Claim ”), the Indemnified Party must give notice to the Indemnifying Party of the Third Party Claim (a “ Third Party Claim Notice ”) within twenty (20) Business Days after it becomes aware of the existence of the Third Party Claim and that it may constitute a Third Party Claim. The Indemnified Party’s failure to give a Third Party Claim Notice in compliance with this Section 6.4(a) of any Third Party Claim which may give rise to a right of indemnification hereunder shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party unless, and solely to the extent that, the failure to give such notice materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

(b)       The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, or by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party, to assume control of the defense of any Third Party Claim with the Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, in each case at the Indemnifying Party’s own cost and expense (provided that prior to assuming control of such defense, the Indemnifying Party must acknowledge its indemnity obligations under this Article 6 ), and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith in such defense. The Indemnified Party shall have the right, at its own cost and expense, to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim with separate counsel selected by it, subject to the Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense thereof; provided that in such event the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of such separate counsel (i) incurred by the Indemnified Party prior to the date the Indemnifying Party assumes control of the defense of the Third Party Claim, (ii) if such Third Party Claim would reasonably be expected to be materially detrimental to the business, reputation or future prospects of any Indemnified Party or (iii) if representation of both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party by the same counsel would create a conflict of interest. If the Indemnifying Party (i) fails to promptly notify the Indemnified Party in writing of its election to defend or fails to acknowledge its indemnity obligations under this Article 6 as provided in this Agreement, (ii) elects not to defend (or compromise at its sole cost and expense) such Third

 

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Party Claim, (iii) has elected to defend such Third Party Claim but fails to promptly and diligently pursue the defense such Third Party Claim, (iv) otherwise breaches any of its obligations under this Article 6 or (v) as set forth on Schedule 6.4(b) hereto, or if the Third Party Claim is reasonably expected by the Indemnified Party to result in a payment obligation on the Indemnified Party in an amount that exceeds the maximum indemnification then available to the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article 6 , then the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume or maintain control of the defense of such Third Party Claim and the Indemnified Party may (by written notice to the Indemnifying Party) assume control of such defense (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Indemnified Party) and/or compromise such Third Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Losses based upon, arising from or relating to such Third Party Claim. The parties shall cooperate with each other in all reasonable respects in connection with the defense of any Third Party Claim.

 

(c)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into any settlement of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as provided in this Section 6.4(c) . If a firm offer is made to settle a Third Party Claim that (i) does not (A) result in any liability or create any financial or other obligation on the part of the Indemnified Party and (B) result in the loss of any right or benefit on the part of any Indemnified Party, (ii) does not impose injunctive or other equitable relief against any Indemnified Party, and (iii) provides, in customary form, for the unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and agree to such firm offer, then the Indemnifying Party shall give written notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within twenty (20) days after its receipt of such notice, the Indemnified Party may continue to contest or defend such Third Party Claim and in such event, the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party as to such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the amount of such settlement offer. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within such twenty (20) day period and also fails to assume defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party may settle the Third Party Claim upon the terms set forth in such firm offer to settle such Third Party Claim. If the Indemnified Party has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 6.4(b) , it may settle the Third Party Claim; provided that if the settlement is made without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Indemnifying Party shall have no indemnity obligation pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to such Third Party Claim.

 

6.5        Mitigation; Treatment of Indemnification .

 

(a)       The Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate all Losses relating to a Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Article 6 .

 

(b)       All indemnification payments under this Article 6 shall be deemed adjustments to the Purchase Price.

 

6.6        Exclusive Remedy . Seller and Purchaser acknowledge and agree that, should the Closing occur, and excluding liability for actual fraud or willful misrepresentation, the foregoing

 

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indemnification provisions of this Article 6 and the provisions of Section 7.16 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Seller and Purchaser with respect to any misrepresentation, breach of warranty, covenant or other agreement (other than any Purchase Price Adjustment set forth in Part I of Appendix B ) or other claim arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, effective as of the Closing each of the Purchaser and Seller covenants to the other party that in respect of any matters under or contemplated in this Agreement, it will not make any Claim whatsoever against any Affiliate of the other party or the directors, officers, managers, shareholders, member, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing, in each case in their capacities as such, and its rights in respect of any such Claim for breach of any provision of this Agreement are limited solely to such rights as it may have against Seller or Purchaser, as the case may be, under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1        Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the Schedules and Appendices hereto, each of which is hereby incorporated herein, set forth all of the promises, covenants, agreements, conditions, undertakings, representations and warranties between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied, oral or written.

 

7.2        Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and electronic mail (“ email ”) transmission and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered, telefaxed (with confirmation of transmission), e-mailed (so long as confirmation of receipt is requested and received) or, if mailed, when mailed by United States first-class or Canadian Lettermail or Letter-post (as the case may be), certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, or by any international or national overnight delivery service, to the other party at the addresses as set forth in Part VII of Appendix B (or at such other address as shall be given in writing by any party to the other). All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.

 

7.3        Successors and Assigns .

 

(a)       No party shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations herein without the prior written consent of the other parties, in their sole discretion, except as provided herein and except that any party may assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations herein to an Affiliate of such party but the assigning party shall continue to be liable for all of its obligations hereunder following any such assignment. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement, and all rights and powers granted hereby, will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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(b)       Notwithstanding Section 7.3(a) , each of Seller and the Purchaser may assign this Agreement without the consent of the other parties as specified in Part VII of Appendix B.

 

7.4        Tax Treatment . Each of the parties acknowledges that, absent a change in Law, it shall not treat the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as causing any portion of the assets held by the Project Company or its Subsidiaries to be treated as “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code.

 

7.5        Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

(a)       EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(b)       Any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, causes of action, disputes, controversies, and other matters in question arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the alleged breach hereof, or in any way relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the relationship between the parties created by this Agreement (hereafter, a “ Dispute ”), except for any claims for specific performance as set forth in Section 7.16 , shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“ AAA ”) under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, including the Procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes (the “ Rules ”) then in force to the extent such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The party or parties commencing arbitration shall deliver to the other party or parties a written notice of intent to arbitrate (a “ Demand ”) in accordance with Rule R-4. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§1 et seq.

 

(i) Selection of Arbitrators . Disputes shall be resolved by a panel of three independent and impartial arbitrators, (the “ Arbitrators ”). The party or parties initiating the arbitration shall appoint an arbitrator in its or their Demand; the responding party or parties shall appoint an arbitrator in its or their answering statement, which is due thirty (30) days after receipt of the Demand. If any party fails or refuses to timely nominate an arbitrator within the time permitted, such arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA from individuals with significant experience in renewable energy projects from its Large, Complex Commercial Case Panel. Within thirty (30) days of the appointment of the second arbitrator, the two party-appointed arbitrators shall appoint the third arbitrator, who shall act as the chair of the arbitration panel. If the two party-appointed arbitrators fail or refuse to appoint the third arbitrator within such thirty (30)-day period, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA from individuals with significant experience in renewable energy projects from its Large, Complex Commercial Case Panel in accordance with Rule R-12. The Arbitrators, acting by majority vote, shall resolve all Disputes.

 

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(ii) Confidentiality . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the arbitration proceedings and award shall be maintained in confidence by the parties.

 

(iii) Place of Arbitration . The place of arbitration shall be New York, New York. Any action in connection therewith shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any New York state court in New York County. Each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding, and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party further agrees to accept service of process out of any of the before mentioned courts in any such dispute by registered or certified mail addressed to the party at the address set forth in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

(iv) Conduct of the Arbitration . The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules and in a manner that effectuates the parties’ intent that Disputes be resolved expeditiously and with minimal expense. The Arbitrators shall endeavor to commence the arbitration hearing within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the third arbitrator’s appointment.

 

(v) Interim Relief . Any party may apply to the Arbitrators seeking injunctive relief until the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved. Any party also may, without waiving any remedy under this Agreement, seek from any court having jurisdiction any interim or provisional relief that is necessary to protect the rights or property of that party, pending the establishment of the arbitral tribunal (or pending the Arbitrators’ determination of the merits of the controversy).

 

(vi) Discovery . The Arbitrators, upon a showing of good cause, may require and facilitate such limited discovery as it shall determine is appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the needs of the parties, the burden on the parties, and the desirability of making discovery limited, expeditious, and cost-effective. The Arbitrators shall issue orders to protect the confidentiality of proprietary information, trade secrets and other sensitive information disclosed in discovery.

 

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of the arbitration hearing. The Arbitrators shall have the authority to assess some or all of the costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding (including the Arbitrators’ fees and expenses) against any party. The Arbitrators shall also have the authority to award attorneys’ fees and expenses to the prevailing party or parties. In assessing the costs and expenses of the arbitration and/or awarding attorneys’ fee and expenses, the Arbitrators shall consider the relative extent to which each party has prevailed on the disputed issues and the relative importance of those issues. The limitations of Section 7.15 shall apply to any award by the Arbitrators.

 

7.6        Headings; Construction; and Interpretation . The headings preceding the text of the sections and subsections hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the rules of construction set forth in Appendix A-2 shall apply to this Agreement. The parties agree that any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived.

 

7.7        Further Assurances . Each party shall cooperate and take such action as may be reasonably requested by the other party in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.8        Amendment and Waiver . The parties may by mutual agreement amend this Agreement in any respect, and any party, as to such party, may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of any other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in representations by any other party, (c) waive compliance by any other party with any of the agreements contained herein and performance of any obligations by such other party, and (d) waive the fulfillment of any condition that is precedent to the performance by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement. To be effective, any such amendment or waiver must be in writing and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the same is sought.

 

7.9        No Other Beneficiaries . This Agreement is being made and entered into solely for the benefit of Purchaser and Seller, and neither Purchaser nor Seller intends hereby to create any rights in favor of any other Person as a third party beneficiary of this Agreement or otherwise.

 

7.10        Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction specified in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

7.11        Schedules . References to a Schedule shall include any disclosure expressly set forth on the face of any other Schedule even if not specifically cross-referenced to such other Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such matter is reasonably apparent on the face thereof. The fact that any item of information is contained in a disclosure schedule shall not be construed as an admission of liability under any Governmental Rule, or to mean that such information is material. Such information shall not be used as the basis for interpreting the term “material”, “materially” or any similar qualification in this Agreement.

 

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7.12        Limitation of Representations and Warranties . The Purchaser acknowledges that except as expressly provided in Article 2 of this Agreement, Seller has not made, and Seller hereby expressly disclaims and negates, and the Purchaser hereby expressly waives, any other representation or warranty, express, implied, at Law or otherwise relating to the Acquired Interests, Seller or Seller Affiliates, the Project Company, the Wind Project or this Agreement.

 

7.13        Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile or electronically imaged version of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties hereto and an executed copy of this Agreement may be delivered by one or more parties hereto by facsimile or “PDF” electronic mail pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen, and such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes.

 

7.14        Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, 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 in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

7.15        Limit on Damages . Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that neither party shall be liable to the other party for any punitive damages (except to the extent paid to a third party in respect of a Third Party Claim) or damages that were not reasonably foreseeable.

 

7.16        Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC.

 

By: /s/ Esben Pedersen
Its:   Esben Pedersen

Chief Investment Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Panhandle 2 Purchase and Sale Agreement]

 

 

 

 

VERTUOUS ENERGY LLC

 

By: /s/ Guthrie Stewart
Its:  Guthrie Stewart 

Vice-President

 

By: /s/ Patrick Samson 

Its:  Patrick Samson 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Panhandle 2 Purchase and Sale Agreement]

  

 

 

APPENDIX A-1: GENERAL DEFINITIONS
(as applicable and to the extent used in the final Agreement)

 

AAA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b) .

 

Acquired Interests ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, as more fully described in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified, or who holds or beneficially owns 50% or more of the equity interest in the Person specified or 50% or more of any class of voting securities of the Person specified; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (a) Purchaser and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of Seller and (b) Seller and its Affiliates (other than Purchaser and their respective Subsidiaries) shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Purchaser.

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Arbitrators ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b) .

 

B Member 2 ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Basket Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Books and Records ” means books, Tax Returns, contracts, commitments, and records of a Person.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are authorized to be closed in New York, New York or Montreal, Québec.

 

Claim ” means a claim by an Indemnified Party for indemnification pursuant to Section 6.1 .

 

Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 .

 

Closing Date ” shall mean the date a Closing occurs.

 

Closing Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5 .

 

Code ” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Consent ” means any consent, approval, order or Permit of or from, or registration, declaration or filing with or exemption by any Person, including a Governmental Authority.

 

Contract ” means any agreement, lease, license, obligation, plan, arrangement, purchase order, commitment, evidence of indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract (whether written or oral) entered into by a Person or by which a Person or any of its assets are bound.

 

Demand ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b) .

 

 App. A-1- 1

 

Dispute ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b) .

 

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Environmental Claim ” means any suit, action, demand, directive, claim, Lien, written notice of noncompliance or violation, allegation of liability or potential liability, or proceeding made or brought by any Person in each case (a) alleging any liability under or violation of or noncompliance with any applicable Environmental Law, (b) with respect to the release of or exposure to Hazardous Substances, or (c) with respect to noise pollution or visual impacts, including shadow flicker.

 

Environmental Law ” means any Law pertaining to the environment, natural resources, human health and safety in connection with exposure to Hazardous Substances, and physical and biological natural resources, including, but not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.), and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Act of 1984, the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act) (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq.), the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 703 et seq.), the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 668 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.), and any similar or analogous state, local and municipal Laws, in effect as of the date hereof or the Closing Date, as applicable.

 

ERISA ” means the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Expected Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part II of Appendix B

 

Financial Model ” means the financial model for the Wind Project.

 

Financial Statements ” means (a) the annual audited consolidated financial statements of income and cash flows of HoldCo for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the related balance sheet as at December 31, 2016, in each case setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding year; and (b) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of income and cash flows of HoldCo for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017 and the related balance sheet as at March 31, 2017, in each case setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding year, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles used by the Project Company to prepare the Financial Statements, consistently applied throughout the specified period and in the immediately prior comparable period.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any federal or national, state, county, municipal or local government or regulatory or supervisory department, body, political subdivision, commission, agency, instrumentality, ministry, court, judicial or administrative body, taxing authority, or

 

 App. A-1- 2

 

other authority thereof (including any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing) having jurisdiction over the matter or Person in question, including Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. and each of their respective successors.

 

Governmental Rule ” means, with respect to any Person, any applicable law, statute, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code, judgment, decree, protocol, operating guide, injunction or writ issued by any Governmental Authority.

 

Hazardous Substances ” means all substances, materials, chemicals, wastes or pollutants that are defined, regulated, listed or prohibited under Environmental Law, including without limitation, (i) asbestos or asbestos containing materials, radioactive materials, lead, and polychlorinated biphenyls, any petroleum or petroleum product, solid waste, mold, mycotoxin, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and radon gas; (ii) any waste or substance that is listed, defined, designated or classified as, or otherwise determined by any Environmental Law to be, ignitable, corrosive, radioactive, dangerous, toxic, explosive, infectious, radioactive, mutagenic or otherwise hazardous; (iii) any pollutant, contaminant, waste, chemical, deleterious substances or other material or substance (whether solid, liquid or gas) that is defined as a “solid waste,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” “hazardous constituent,” “special waste,” “toxic substance,” or a word, term, or phrase of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any Environmental Law.

 

HoldCo ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

HoldCo Transferred Interests ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

HSR Act Approval ” means that the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act will have expired or been terminated.

 

Indebtedness ” means all obligations of a Person (a) for borrowed money (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees due, and any other amounts due), whether or not contingent, (b) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, mortgages or similar instruments or debt securities, (c) for the deferred purchase price of property, goods or services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business and not past due), including all seller notes and “earn out” payments, (d) under capital leases, (e) secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person, whether or not such obligation has been assumed by such Person, (f) with respect to reimbursement obligations for letters of credit, performance bonds and other similar instruments (whether or not drawn), (g) under any interest rate, currency or other hedging agreement (including collars) or commitment therefor, (h) to repay deposits or other amounts advanced by and owing to third parties, (i) under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person, (j) in the nature of guaranties of the obligations described in clauses (a) through (i) above of any other Person or as to which such Person has an obligation substantially the economic equivalent of a guaranty, or (k) in respect of any other amount properly characterized as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP.

 

 App. A-1- 3

 

Indemnified Party ” means either a Purchaser Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified Party, as the case may be.

 

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(c) .

 

Intellectual Property ” means all intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions, (b) Internet domain names, trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos and corporate names and registration and applications for registration of any item listed in clause (b), together with all of the goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights (registered or unregistered), works of authorship and copyrightable works, and registrations and applications for registration of any item in this clause (c), (d) computer software (whether in source code, object code or other form), data, databases and any documentation related to any item listed in this clause, (e) trade secrets and other confidential information (including confidential and proprietary know how, ideas, formulas, compositions, recipes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), manufacturing and production processes, procedures and techniques, research and development information, drawings, blueprints, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information), (f) all rights of privacy and publicity, (g) other intellectual property rights and (h) copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium).

 

Knowledge ” means (a) with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of the persons identified in Part VII of Appendix B , which shall include at a minimum (i) the senior developer responsible for the Wind Project, (ii) the construction manager responsible for the Wind Project, (iii) the transaction counsel responsible for the financing of the Wind Project and (iv) the finance manager responsible for the financing of the Wind Project and (b) with respect to the Purchaser, the actual knowledge of the persons identified in Part VII of Appendix B opposite the name of the Purchaser.

 

Laws ” means all common law, laws, by-laws, statutes, treaties, rules, Orders, rulings, decisions, judgments, injunctions, awards, decrees, codes, ordinances, standards, regulations, restrictions, official guidelines, policies, directives, interpretations, Permits or like action having the effect of law of any Governmental Authority.

 

Lease ” means a lease, ground lease, sublease, license, concession, easement, right of way, encroachment agreement, municipal right of way agreements, and road user agreements or other written agreement, including any option relating thereto, in each case, governing real property, to which HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

 

Lien ” on any asset means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothec, pledge, charge, security interest, restrictive covenant, right of first refusal, right of first offer, easement or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected or effective under applicable law, as well as the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

 

Loss ” means any and all losses (including loss of profit and loss of expected profit), claims, actions, liabilities, damages, expenses, diminution in value or deficiencies of any kind or

 

 App. A-1- 4

 

character including all interest and other amounts payable to third parties, all liabilities on account of Taxes and all reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any claims or actions, whether or not resulting in any liability.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means any circumstance, matter, condition, development, change, event, occurrence, state of affairs, or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, is or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations, assets or liabilities, financial condition or properties of NewCo, HoldCo and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; provided , however , none of the following shall be deemed (either alone or in combination) to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)       any change in general economic, political or business conditions;

 

(b)       changes resulting from acts of war or terrorism or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(c)       changes or developments generally affecting the power services industry;

 

(d)       any changes in accounting requirements or principles imposed by GAAP after the date of this Agreement;

 

(e)       any changes in applicable Law after the date of this Agreement;

 

(f)       changes in the wind power industry that, in each case, generally affect companies in such industry;

 

provided that the incremental extent of any disproportionate change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter described in clauses (a) through (f) with respect to NewCo, HoldCo and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated businesses in the wind power industry may be considered and taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract ” means (i) any Material Lease, (ii) the Contracts set forth in Part I of Appendix D and (iii) any other Contract that affects the Operating Period to which HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any such Person, or any of their respective assets, is bound (A) providing for past or future payments by or to HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 annually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (B) relating to any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement, (C) relating to any Indebtedness, (D) limiting the freedom of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area or granting “most favored nation” or similar status, (E) with Seller or any of its Affiliates, (F) with Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (G) relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business or material portion thereof (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or

 

 App. A-1- 5

 

otherwise), (H) that was not entered into in the ordinary course of business of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, or (I) the loss of which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Material Contract Change ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a) .

 

Material Leases ” means all Leases related to the Wind Project (i) the loss of which would result in a reduction in production of the Wind Project or in its ability to deliver energy to the point of interconnection or would otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that are otherwise material to the operations of the Wind Project.

 

NewCo ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

NewCo LLC Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4 .

 

Operating Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing Date.

 

Order ” means any writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, decision, order or similar direction of any Governmental Authority, whether preliminary or final.

 

Organization Documents ” means, with respect to (a) any corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws, (b) any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) any limited liability company, its articles or certificate of organization or formation and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, or (d) any other Person, documents of similar substance.

 

Outside Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part III of Appendix B .

 

Permitted Lien ” means any of the following: (a) Liens for Taxes either not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in the Project Company’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; (b) inchoate mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens for construction in progress and workmen’s, repairmen’s, warehousemen’s and carrier’s Liens arising in the ordinary course of business either for amounts not yet due or which have not been perfected, filed or registered in accordance with applicable Law against HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries, the Wind Project or the Project Company Real Property; (c) as to any Project Company Real Property, title defects, easements, rights of first refusal, restrictions, irregularities, encumbrances (other than for borrowed money), encroachments, servitudes, rights of way and statutory Liens that do not or would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the value or use by HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries of the Project Company Real Property; (d) security given to a public utility or any Governmental Authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (e) Liens in respect of which the Project Company is insured against loss or damage pursuant to the Title Policy identified in Part II of Appendix D .

 

Permit ” means filings, registrations, licenses, permits, notices, technical assistance letters, decrees, certificates, approvals, consents, waivers, Orders, authorizations, agreements, directions, instructions, grants, easements, exemptions, exceptions, variances and authorizations to or from any Governmental Authority.

 

 App. A-1- 6

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, business trust, estate, joint venture, unincorporated association, limited liability company, cooperative, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Personal Property ” means all office equipment, machinery, equipment, supplies, vehicles, tractors, trailers, tools, spare parts, production supplies, furniture and fixtures and other items of tangible personal property owned by HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries used primarily in connection with ownership, maintenance or operation of the Wind Project.

 

Project Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix C of the Agreement.

 

Project Company Real Property ” means all real property of HoldCo and its Subsidiaries, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures of the Wind Project thereon, (i) held pursuant to a Material Lease or (ii) required to be set forth on Part II of Appendix C .

 

PSP ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(b) .

 

PUFC ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 , and is more particularly described in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix B .

 

Purchase Rights Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2017 by and among Seller, Pattern Energy Group Inc. and, solely with respect to Article IV thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings LP and Pattern Energy GP LLC, as such agreement is amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2017 by and among Pattern Energy Group 2 LP, Pattern Energy Group Inc. and, solely with respect to Article III thereof, Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP and Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 GP LLC, as such agreement is amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

 

Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Purchaser Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a) .

 

Purchaser’s Maximum Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Rules ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b) .

 

Securities Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.10 .

 

Seller ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Seller Affiliates ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

 App. A-1- 7

 

Seller Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) .

 

Seller’s Maximum Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

Subsidiary Transferor ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part I of Appendix C .

 

Survival Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part VI of Appendix B .

 

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means, collectively all federal, state and local or foreign income, estimated, payroll, withholding, excise, sales, goods and services, harmonized, value-added, use, real and personal property, corporation, use and occupancy, business and occupation, mercantile, transfer, capital stock and franchise or other taxes, levies, duties, assessments, reassessments or other charges of any kind whatsoever (including interest, additions and penalties thereon), whether disputed or not.

 

Tax Returns ” means any return, declaration, notice, form, report, claim for refund or information return or statement relating to the determination, assessment, collection or payment of Taxes or to the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any legal requirement pertaining to Taxes, including, for greater certainty, any schedule or attachment thereto.

 

Third Party Claim ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a) .

 

Third Party Claim Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a) .

 

Wind Project ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and is more particularly described in Part II of Appendix C of the Agreement.

 

 

 App. A-1- 8

 

APPENDIX A-2: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

1. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

 

2. The word “or” is not exclusive.

 

3. A reference to a Governmental Rule includes any amendment or modification to such Governmental Rule, and all regulations, rulings and other Governmental Rules promulgated under such Governmental Rule.

 

4. A reference to a Person includes its successors and permitted assigns.

 

5. Accounting terms have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP, as applied by the accounting entity to which they refer.

 

6. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” are not limiting and shall be deemed to mean “include, without limitation”, “includes, without limitation” or “including, without limitation”.

 

7. A reference to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule or Appendix is to the Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule or Appendix of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

8. Any reference to “this Agreement”, “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

 

9. Any reference to another agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to that other agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, varied, amended, supplemented, substituted, novated, assigned or otherwise transferred.

 

10. References to “days” shall mean calendar days, unless the term “Business Days” shall be used. References to a time of day shall mean such time in New York, New York, unless otherwise specified.

 

11. This Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, Seller, Purchaser, and their respective counsel. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of the parties thereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against either Seller or Purchaser.

 

12. The words “will” and “shall” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect.

 

 

 App. A-2-1

 

  Appendix B: Transaction Terms and Conditions

 

Panhandle 2 Transaction

I.             Purchase Price

 

Purchase Price ”:

$58.8 million

 

Currency:

US Dollars

 

Purchase Price Adjustment ”:

 

The Purchase Price Adjustment at Closing shall be calculated to maintain the 25 year after tax IRR (assuming internal use of any tax benefits and excluding any amount paid pursuant to the Sponsor Services Agreement between PEGI and PSP or an Affiliate thereof) of the Purchaser based on the updated Financial Model delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(iii) , which has been updated solely to reflect the following:

 

(i)      change in the timing of Closing and the amount and date of the initial distribution to the Purchaser (considering any distributions received by the Seller prior to Closing and with the Seller leaving a reasonable amount of working capital in the project to fund near-term payables);

 

(ii)      changes to reflect amendments to or new Material Contracts that have an economic impact on the Operating Period (including the terms of any project debt and tax equity financing and changes to the length of the term of any power purchase agreement);

 

(iii)    changes in the amounts and timing of material acquired assets and liabilities not associated with operating the business in the ordinary course, including post-construction refunds, reserve amounts, outstanding debt balances, capital expenditures, etc.;

 

(iv)    manifest errors; and

 

(v)     changes to reflect actual quarterly financial performance.

Post-Closing Adjustment: N/A
Deferred Purchase Price: N/a

Payment Mechanics and Payee Information:

 

Bank Name:                 MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

Bank Address:            400 California Street

                                      San Francisco, CA 94104

 

 

ABA Number:            122000496
Swift Code:                 BOFCUS33MPK
Account Name:          Pattern US Finance Company LLC
Account Type:           Business Checking Account
Account Number:      7000179226

 

 

 

 

App. B-1 - 1

 

 

II.             Signing Date Deliverables

 

Seller’s Signing Date Deliverables:

 

N/A
Purchaser’s Signing Date Deliverables:

N/A

 

III.             Closing

 

Closing Location:

 

At the offices of PEGI:

Pier 1, Bay 3

San Francisco, CA 94111

 

Expected Closing Date:

October 13, 2017

 

Outside Closing Date:

 

December 12, 2017  

IV.             Closing Deliverables & Conditions Precedent to Closing

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of Seller:

In addition to the closing deliverables set forth in Section 1.5(a) of the Agreement, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser the additional closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-1 .

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of Purchaser:

In addition to the closing deliverables set forth in Section 1.5(b) of the Agreement, Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Seller the additional closing deliverables set forth in Appendix B-2 .

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligations to Close:

In addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement, the obligation of Purchaser and Seller to Close is subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Appendix B-3 .

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to Purchaser’s Obligations to Close:

In addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 of the Agreement, the obligation of Purchaser to Close is subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Appendix B-4 .

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to Seller’s Obligations to Close:

In addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.3 of the Agreement, the obligation of Seller to Close is subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Appendix B-5 .

 

V.             Additional Termination Rights

 

By Either Party:

 

Not applicable

 

By Purchaser:

 

Not applicable

 

By Seller:

 

Not applicable

 

 

App. B-1 - 2

 

 

VI.            Indemnification Provisions

 

Additional Seller Indemnity Obligations:

 

From the Closing Date to December 31, 2019, Seller agrees to indemnify Purchaser and each of Purchaser’s successors and assigns in respect of, and hold each of them harmless from and against, any Losses suffered by Purchaser as a result of the Realized Basis exceeding the Assumed Basis (the “ Basis Indemnity ”) and/or the Actual Curtailment exceeding the Assumed Curtailment (the “ Curtailment Indemnity ”), in each case that may occur during the Scheduled Outages and as calculated in the applicable manner described below.

 

In the case of the Basis Indemnity, if the Realized Basis during the period the transmission lines were not operational exceeds the Assumed Basis for such period, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser an amount equal to 39.69% of the positive difference between the Realized Basis and the Assumed Basis, multiplied by actual metered production that occurred during the period the transmission lines were not operational.

 

In the case of the Curtailment Indemnity, if the Actual Curtailment during the period the transmission lines were not operational exceeds the Assumed Curtailment for such period, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser an amount equal to 39.69% of the positive difference between the Actual Curtailment and the Assumed Curtailment, multiplied by the Curtailed Period Lost Opportunity Price.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the total indemnity payments made by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to the Basis Indemnity and the Curtailment Indemnity exceed $5 million in the aggregate. For greater certainty, the foregoing indemnities are not subject to the limitations contained in Sections 6.2(a) or 6.2(b)(i) .

 

Actual Curtailment ” shall mean production that is curtailed via dispatch signals from ERCOT when actual Wind Project node clearing price is lower than the Wind Project’s offer price for real time energy, and is calculated as the difference between theoretical production that would have been delivered if the Wind Project was not being curtailed, minus actual metered production.

 

Assumed Basis ” means the assumed Basis included in the Financial Model for the period the transmission lines were not operational.

 

Assumed Curtailment ” means the assumed Curtailment included in the Financial Model for the period the transmission lines were not operational.

 

Basis ” shall mean the integrated real time price at the North Hub minus the integrated real time price at the Wind Project node for each 15-minute period.

 

Curtailed Period Lost Opportunity Price ” shall mean the Curtailment weighted price at the North Hub minus the Assumed Basis during the period the transmission lines were not operational.

 

 

 

App. B-1 - 3

 

 

 

Curtailment ” means a reduction in production as a result of dispatch signals from ERCOT when the Wind Project node clearing price is lower than the Wind Project’s offer price for real time energy, and is calculated as the difference between theoretical production that would have been delivered if the Wind Project was not being curtailed, minus actual metered production.

 

Realized Basis ” shall mean the aggregate production weighted price at the North Hub minus the aggregate production weighted price at the Wind Project node for the period the transmission lines were not operational.

 

Scheduled Outages ” means the outages planned by Electric Transmission Texas, LLC on its transmission lines running between Tesla and Edith Clark and between Tesla and Riley as more particularly described in the notice dated May 19, 2017 from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ ERCOT ”).

 

Additional Purchaser Indemnity Obligations:

 

Not applicable

 

Survival Period:

 

Until the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except for (i) the representations and warranties in Sections 2.1 , 2.2 , 2.3(a) , 2.6 and 2.11 and any claim for any breach of any representation or warranty involving actual fraud or willful misrepresentation, which shall survive until the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations, (ii) the representation and warranty in Section 2.18 with respect to the Indebtedness of HoldCo and its Subsidiaries, which shall survive until the date that is the later of (A) 6 months after the Closing and (B) 3 months following the completion of HoldCo’s first annual audited financial statements and (iii) the representations and warranties in Section 2.9 , which shall survive until the date that is 60 days after the expiration of the period, if any, during which an assessment, reassessment or other form of recognized written demand assessing liability for Tax, interest or penalties under applicable Law in respect of any taxation year to which such representations and warranties relate could be initiated (the “ Survival Period ”).

 

Limitation on Liability:

Basket Amount ”:

 

1% of the Purchase Price

 

Seller’s Maximum Liability ”:

11% of the Purchase Price

 

Purchaser’s Maximum Liability ”:

 

11% of the Purchase Price

 

Additional Refund or Reimbursement Obligations:

 

By Purchaser or Purchaser Indemnified Party:

1.      N/A

 

By Seller or Seller Indemnified Party:

1.      N/A

 

 

App. B-1 - 4

 

 

VII.             Additional Transaction Terms

 

Required Governmental Approvals:

1.       Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to Title II of the Texas Utilities Code, Section 39.158

 

2.       Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

 

Persons with Knowledge:

Seller’s Persons with Knowledge: Andrew Murray, Scott Creech, Daniel Elkort, Glen Hodges and Mike Lyon

 

Purchaser’s Persons with Knowledge: Guthrie Stewart and Patrick Samson

 

Additional Assignment Rights:

 

Assignment Rights of Seller: None

 

Assignment Rights of Purchaser: None

 

Governing Law:

New York

 

Notice Information:

To Seller:

 

c/o Pattern Energy Group Inc.

Pier 1, Bay 3

San Francisco, CA 94111

Attention: Amy Smolen

Phone: 415-283-4000

Fax: 415-362-7900

 

To Purchaser:

 

c/o Public Sector Pension Investment Board
1250 René-Lévesque Blvd. West.
Suite 1400
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3B 5E9

 

Attention: Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments
Facsimile:       (514) 937-0403
E-mail:             vertuousenergy@investpsp.ca

and legalnotices@investpsp.ca

 

with a copy to:

 

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
1501, avenue McGill College
26 th Floor
Montreal, Québec
Canada H3A 3N9

 

Attention: Franziska Ruf
Facsimile:        (514) 841-6499
E-mail:              fruf@dwpv.com

 

App. B-1 - 5

 

Appendix B-1:

 

ADDITIONAL CLOSING DELIVERABLES OF selleR

 

1. A properly executed certificate from the Seller in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) certifying that Seller (or, as the case may be, the Subsidiary Transferor) is not a “foreign person” as defined in Section 1445 of the Code.

 

1. Copies or originals of the following documents, each dated as of or prior to the Closing Date:

 

a. Certificate of Formation of NewCo.

 

b. Replacement Class B Membership Interest Certificates (for the HoldCo Transferred Interests).

 

c. Assignment and Assumption Agreement (between NewCo and Panhandle B Member 2 LLC), substantially in the form attached hereto.

 

d. Tax Investors’ Consent.

 

e. Voting Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto.

 

f. Reimbursement Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto.

 

g. NewCo LLC Agreement in the form to be negotiated in good faith by the Purchaser and the Seller on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

App. B-1 - 6

 

Appendix B-2:

 

Additional Closing Deliverables of purchaser

 

Copies or originals of the following documents, each dated as of or prior to the Closing Date:

 

1. Voting Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto.

 

2. Reimbursement Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto..

 

3. NewCo LLC Agreement in the form to be negotiated in good faith by the Purchaser and the Seller on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

App. B-2 - 1

 

Appendix B-3:

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to

 

Each Party’s Obligations to Close

 

1. Receipt of the required Governmental Approvals identified in Part VII of Appendix B .

 

2. The Purchaser and the Seller shall have agreed on the terms of the NewCo LLC Agreement and such agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the Purchaser and the Seller.

 

App. B-3 - 1

 

Appendix B-4:

 

[RESERVED]

 

App. B-4 - 1

 

Appendix B-5:

 

Additional Conditions Precedent to

 

seller’s Obligations to Close

 

None.

 

App. B-5 - 1

 

Appendix C: Acquired Interests; Ownership Structure;

and Wind Project Information

 

PANHANDLE 2 TRANSACTION
I. Acquired Interests & Ownership Structure
Project Company: Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

Holding Company ( HoldCo ):

 

Panhandle Wind Holdings 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Subsidiaries of HoldCo: Project Company
Subsidiaries of Project Company None
Purchaser:

Vertuous Energy LLC as the ultimate purchaser; NewCo (as defined below) as the direct purchaser.

 

Percentage of HoldCo Acquired by Purchaser: 49% of Class B membership interests in HoldCo (indirectly).
Percentage Retained by Seller: 51% of Class B membership interests in HoldCo (indirectly).
Acquired Interests:

As of the date hereof, HoldCo owns 100% of the membership interests in the Project Company.

 

The membership interests in HoldCo consist of Class A membership interests (owned by the Tax Investors) and Class B membership interests, which are owned by Panhandle B Member 2 LLC (“ B Member 2 ”), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pattern US Finance Company LLC (“ PUFC ”), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Seller. In connection with Closing, (i) PUFC will form a Delaware limited liability company (“ NewCo ”), (ii) B Member 2 will transfer 50% of the Class B membership interests in HoldCo (the “ HoldCo Transferred Interests ”) to NewCo, and (iii) Purchaser will acquire a 98% membership interest in NewCo (the “ Acquired Interests ”) from PUFC.

 

Subsidiary Transferor(s): PUFC and B Member 2
Direct or Indirect Co-Owners of Project Company: HoldCo owns 100% of the membership interests in the Project Company.

 

 

App. C- 1

 

 

II. Wind Project Information
Wind Project:

Nameplate capacity: 181.7 MW Location: Carson County, Texas

 

Turbine type and manufacturer: Siemens 2.3 MW SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine generators

 

Number of turbines: 79

 

Commercial Operation Date of Wind Project: November, 2014
Permits & Governmental Approvals: See attached Appendix C-1 .
Legal description of Wind Project site (i.e., real property description): See attached Appendix C-2 and the meets-and-bounds description separately provided to Purchaser.

App. C- 2

 

APPENDIX C-1: PERMITS & GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS

COMPLETED PERMITS

 

 

  Document
1. WTG Federal Aviation Administration 7460-1 Determination of
  No Hazard to Navigation, Aeronautical Study Nos.: 2012-
  WTW-10431; 2012-WTW-10432; 2012-WTW-10480; 2012-
  WTW-10481; 2012-WTW-10482; 2012-WTW-10484; 2012-
  WTW-10494; 2012-WTW-10495; 2012-WTW-10496; 2012-
  WTW-10497; 2012-WTW-10498; 2012-WTW-10499; 2012-
  WTW-10500; 2012-WTW-10501; 2012-WTW-10502; 2012-
  WTW-10503; 2012-WTW-10504; 2012-WTW-10505;
     2013-WTW-2584; 2013-WTW-2585; 2013-WTW-2587 and
   2013-WTW-2583;; 2013-WTW-2586; and
  2013-WTW-3597; 2013-WTW-3598; 2013-WTW-3599; 2013-
  WTW-3600; 2013-WTW-3601; 2013-WTW-3602; 2013-WTW-
  3603; 2013-WTW-3604; 2013-WTW-3605; 2013-WTW-3606;
  2013-WTW-3607; 2013-WTW-3608; 2013-WTW-3609; 2013-
  WTW-3610; 2013-WTW-3611; 2013-WTW-3612; 2013-WTW-
  3613; 2013-WTW-3614; 2013-WTW-3615; 2013-WTW-3616;
  2013-WTW-3617; 2013-WTW-3618; 2013-WTW-3619; 2013-
  WTW-3620; 2013-WTW-3621; 2013-WTW-3622; 2013-WTW-
  3623; 2013-WTW-3624; 2013-WTW-3625; 2013-WTW-3626;
  2013-WTW-3627; 2013-WTW-3628; 2013-WTW-3629; 2013-
  WTW-3630; 2013-WTW-3631; 2013-WTW-3632; 2013-WTW-
  3633; 2013-WTW-3634; 2013-WTW-3635; 2013-WTW-3636;
  2013-WTW-3637; 2013-WTW-3638; 2013-WTW-3639; 2013-
  WTW-3640; 2013-WTW-3641; 2013-WTW-3642; 2013-WTW-
  3643; 2013-WTW-3644; 2013-WTW-3645; 2013-WTW-3646;
 

2013-WTW-3647; 2013-WTW-3648; 2013-WTW-3649; 2013-

 

WTW-3650; 2013-WTW-3651; 2013-WTW-3652; 2013-WTW-3653.

 

2.                      

Notice of Intent for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity under TPDES General Permit

3.                      

Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan for Construction Activities

4.                     

 

Carson County Crossing Road and Right of Way and Use Permit in connection with project infrastructure crossing County Roads 15, 16, 17, K, O, S, U, W, X, Y and R.

5.                      

PUCT Approval of Application of Sharyland Utilities LP to amend a Certificate of Convenience and Necessary for a Service Area Exception in Carson County.

6.                      

State (TXDOT) Permit No. 7 to Construct Access Driveway Facilities on Highway Right of Way

 

App. C- 1

 

 

7.                      

State (TXDOT) Permit No. 8 to Construct Access Driveway Facilities on Highway Right of Way

8.                  

 

State (TXDOT) Permit No. 9 to Construct Access Driveway Facilities on Highway Right of Way

9.                      

State (TXDOT) Permit No. 10 to Construct Access Driveway Facilities on Highway Right of Way

10.                  

 

State (TXDOT) Notice and Approval No.

 

AMA20131029093328 in connection with project transmission line crossing US Highway 60

 

11.                  

 

State (TXDOT) Notice and Approval No.

 

AMA20131029103344 in connection with project transmission line crossing FM Highway 294

 

12.                  

 

FERC Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status pursuant to Section 1262(6) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and 18 C.F.R. § 366.7(a)

13.                  

 

Registration, filing and certification as a “Power Generation Company” under Title 16, § 25.109 of the Texas Administrative Code, as amended

14.                  

 

Registration, filing and certification as a renewable energy credit (“REC”) generator under Title 16, § 25.173 of the Texas Administrative Code

15.                  

 

Submission and ERCOT acceptance of the Resource Entity Registration Form and Resource Asset Registration Form (“RARF”) pursuant to ERCOT Protocol 16.5

16.                  

 

Execution of the ERCOT Standard Market Participant Agreement pursuant to ERCOT Protocol 16.5

17.                  

 

Submission of the QSE Acknowledgement Form pursuant to ERCOT Protocol 16.5

18.                  

 

Establishment of Generator REC Account with ERCOT pursuant to ERCOT Protocol 16.7

19.                  

 

Submission and acceptance by ERCOT of the New Generator Commissioning Checklist

20.                  

 

Registration with the North American Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) as a “Generator Owner” and “Generator Operator” pursuant to Section 500 of the NERC Rules of Procedure

21.                  

 

Public Utility Commission of Texas approval of the “Capital Contributions” pursuant to Title II, Texas Utilities Code, Section 39.158.

22.                  

 

One (1) Met Tower Federal Aviation Authority Determinations of No Hazard to Air Navigation:  2013-WTW-11328-OE

23.                  

 

State (TXDOT) Notice and Approval Nos. AMA20131210141723, AMA20140115132258, AMA20140115133149, AMA20140115141544, AMA20140115143921, AMA20140115144803, AMA20140128121212, in connection with project transmission

 

App. C- 2

 

 

24.                  

 

Form 7460-2, Part II for the following Federal Aviation Administration 7460-1 Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation, Aeronautical Study Nos.: 2012-WTW-10431; 2012-WTW-10432; 2012-WTW-10480; 2012-WTW-10481; 2012-WTW-10482; 2012-WTW-10484; 2012-WTW-10494; 2012-WTW-10495; 2012-WTW-10496; 2012-WTW-10497; 2012-WTW-10498; 2012-WTW-10499; 2012-WTW-10500; 2012-WTW-10501; 2012-WTW-10502; 2012-WTW-10503; 2012-WTW-10504; 2012-WTW-10505; and 2013-WTW-2583; 2013-WTW-2584; 2013-WTW-2585; 2013-WTW-2586; 2013-WTW-2587; 2013-WTW-3597; 2013-WTW-3598; 2013-WTW-3599; 2013-WTW-3600; 2013-WTW-3601; 2013-WTW-3602; 2013-WTW-3603; 2013-WTW-3604; 2013-WTW-3605; 2013-WTW-3606; and 2013-WTW-3607; 2013-WTW-3608; 2013-WTW-3609; 2013-WTW-3610; 2013-WTW-3611; 2013-WTW-3612; 2013-WTW-3613; 2013-WTW-3614; 2013-WTW-3615; 2013-WTW-3616; 2013-WTW-3617; 2013-WTW-3618; 2013-WTW-3619; 2013-WTW-3620; 2013-WTW-3621; 2013-WTW-3622; 2013-WTW-3623; 2013-WTW-3624; 2013-WTW-3625; 2013-WTW-3626; 2013-WTW-3627; 2013-WTW-3628; 2013-WTW-3629; 2013-WTW-3630; 2013-WTW-3631; 2013-WTW-3632; 2013-WTW-3633; 2013-WTW-3634; 2013-WTW-3635; 2013-WTW-3636; 2013-WTW-3637; 2013-WTW-3638; 2013-WTW-3639; 2013-WTW-3640; 2013-WTW-3641; 2013-WTW-3642; 2013-WTW-3643; 2013-WTW-3644; 2013-WTW-3645; 2013-WTW-3646; 2013-WTW-3647; 2013-WTW-3648; 2013-WTW-3649; 2013-WTW-3650; 2013-WTW-3651; 2013-WTW-3652; 2013-WTW-3653.

25.                  

 

NWP 12 (Utility Lines) and NWP 14 (Linear Transportation Projects) from the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)

26.                  

 

State (TCEQ) Section 401 State Water Quality Certification

 

 

App. C- 3

 

 

Appendix D: Documents & Key Counterparties

 

Panhandle 2 Transaction
I. B. Material Project Agreements & Key Counterparties
Balance of Plant Agreement: Balance of Plant Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and M.A. Mortenson Company
Balance of Plant Contractor: M.A. Mortenson Company
Turbine Supply Agreement: Wind Turbine Generator and Tower Supply and Commissioning Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Siemens Energy, Inc.
Turbine Supplier: Siemens Energy, Inc.
Turbine O&M Agreement: Long Term Turbine Service Agreement. Long Term 250H Program Service Agreement dated as of January 1, 2017, between  the Project Company and Siemens Wind Power, Inc.
Turbine O&M Provider: Siemens Wind Power, Inc.
Transformer Purchaser Agreements: (1) Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and HICO America Sales & Technology, Inc., and (2) Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and GE Prolec Transformers, Inc.
Transformer Suppliers: (1) HICO America Sales & Technology, Inc. and (2) GE Prolec Transformers, Inc.
Interconnection Agreement: ERCOT Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement, dated October 2, 2013, between Cross Texas Transmission, LLC and Project Company, as amended by the First Amendment to the ERCOT Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement, dated December 10, 2013, between Transmission Service Provider and Project Company, and the Second Amendment to the ERCOT Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement, dated December 19, 2013, between Transmission Service Provider and Project Company.
Transmission Service Provider: Cross Texas Transmission, LLC
Management, Operations and Maintenance Agreement: Management, Operation and Maintenance Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Operators LP
O&M Provider: Pattern Operators LP
Project Administration Agreement: Project Administration Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Operators LP as amended by an amendment dated 12/15/16.
Project Administrator: Pattern Operators LP

 

App. D- 1

 

 

Energy Hedge Agreement:

(1)   ISDA 2002 Master Agreement, dated December 12, 2013, between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and Project Company; (2) Amended and Restated Schedule to the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and Project Company; (c) Amended and Restated ISDA Credit Support Annex to the Schedule to the ISDA Master Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and Project Company; and (4) Power Confirmation, dated December 13, 2013, between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and Project Company.

 

(2)   Energy Hedge Security Documents:

 

Pledge Agreements . (a) Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the December 20, 2013, by and among the Project Company, HoldCo and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. as Collateral Agent (as defined therein); and (b) Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2013, by and among the Project Company, B Member 2 and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. as Collateral Agent (as defined therein).

 

Security Agreement . Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2014, by and among the Project Company and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. as Collateral Agent (as defined therein); Special Account Control Agreement (account 0060812462) and Special Account Control A( account 0060812454), each effective as of November 10, 2014, each by and among the Project Company, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. as Secured Party (as defined therein) and MUFG Union Bank N.A. as “Bank” (as defined therein).

 

Deed of Trust . Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, recorded December 20, 2013, created by the Company in favor of Louis Canaras, as trustee for the benefit of Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. as Agent (as defined therein), as amended by First Amendment of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated November 10, 2014.

 

(3)   Morgan Stanley Hedge Guarantee:

 

Guarantee, dated as of December 12, 2013, of Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation, in favor of Project Company.

 

Energy Hedge Provider: Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.

 

App. D- 2

 

 

QSE Agreement:

Agreement to Provide QSE Services, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Tenaska Power Services Co., as amended by that First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide QSE Services, dated as of December 19, 2014 and that Second Amendment to the Agreement to Provide QSE Services, dated as of July 25, 2016; Guarantee, by Tenaska Energy Inc. and Tenaska Energy Holdings, LLC in favor of the Project Company, dated as of December 20, 2013; Collateral Agency and Designated Account Control Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2013, by and among the Project Company, Tenaska Power Services Co., Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., as collateral agent and as Energy Hedge Provider, and Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary and Depository Bank.

 

Shared Facilities Agreements:

Phase 1: Cotenancy, Common Facilities and Easement Agreement, dated August 19, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, as amended by that certain Amendment to Cotenancy, Common Facilities and Easement Agreement, dated December 18, 2013 between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC.

 

Phase 2: Cotenancy, Common Facilities and Easement Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind 3 LLC.

 

Build Out Agreement: Build-Out Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Renewables LP.  
Tax Agreements:

Partial Assignment Agreement (Phase 2 Rights under Carson County Tax Abatement Agreement), dated as of October 28, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC.

 

Limitation on Appraised Value Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2013, between the Project Company and Panhandle Independent School District, a Texas independent school district operating under and subject to the Texas education code.

II. Reports, Other Deliverables and Consultants
Environmental Consultant: Blanton & Associates, Inc.
Environmental Report: Blanton & Associates, Inc., Final Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Panhandle I Wind Project, Carson County, Texas, dated October 15, 2013
Independent Engineer: GL Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Independent Engineer’s Report: GL Garrad Hassan America, Inc., Technical Due Diligence of the Panhandle Wind Power Project, dated December 20, 2013
Title Company: Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Chicago Title

 

 

App. D- 3

 

 

Title Policy: Form T-1 Owner’s Policy of Title Insurance, Policy No. O-5966-000020605 dated November 10, 2014; Form T-1 Owner’s Policy of Title Insurance, Policy No. 0-5966-000020580
Wind Consultant: GL Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Wind Energy and Resource Assessment Report: GL Garrad Hassan America, Inc., Assessment of the Energy Production of the Proposed Panhandle Wind Farm, dated December 20, 2013
Insurance Consultant: Moore McNeil, LLC
Insurance Consultant s Report: Operational Insurance Report dated October 24, 2014, as updated by the letter from Insurance Consultant to the Tax Investors and Holdco dated November 5, 2014
Insurance Policies:

Property & Business Interruption for US Operating Wind & MET Towers, Policy PER 16WPO0066

 

US Operations & Development GL including Pollution, Policy Number PMG G24921578 005

 

Umbrella Liability Worldwide US, Policy Number G28124387002

 

Local Content Consultant: Not applicable.
Local Content Report: Not applicable.
Transmission Consultant: Leidos Engineering LLC (f/k/a SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC)
Transmission Consultant’s Report: SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC, Independent Transmission Assessment, Panhandle Wind Project, June 30, 2013
Cost Segregation Consultant: Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP or another accounting firm of recognizable standing, reasonably acceptable to Panhandle B Member 2 LLC and the Tax Investors
Cost Segregation Report: The report of the Cost Segregation Consultant delivered to the Tax Investors.

III. Financing Arrangements & Key Counterparties
Term Loan Agreement: None
Other Financing Arrangements: None

 

App. D- 4

 

 

Amendments to any document in this Part III of Appendix D n/a

IV. Equity and Co-Ownership Arrangements & Key Counterparties
Equity Capital Contribution Agreement (the ECCA ): Closing under the ECCA has occurred in November 2014.
Tax Equity Investors (Class A members of Holdco) (the Tax Investors ):

JPM Capital Corporation

Morgan Stanley Wind LLC

Comet Wind TX LLC

 

Project Agreement:

Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Panhandle Wind Holdings 2 LLC, dated as of November 10, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated December 30, 2016 (the “ Project Agreement ”).

 

V. Real Estate Documents

Tract 1

Fee Owner: John Tom Smith and Carrie Shadid Smith \

Commitment No. 10652B

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and between John T. Smith and Carrie Shadid Smith and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, dated July 10, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated July 10, 2013, recorded July 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001006, in Volume 586, Page 338 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated July 29, 2013, recorded July 31, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001105, in Volume 587, Page 484 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas; as assigned to Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC pursuant to that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC (“Assignor”) and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC (“Assignee”) dated November 18, 2013, recorded November 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013- 00001744, in Volume 597, Page 36 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001778, in Volume 597, Page 283 , Official Public Records, Carson County.

 

Tract 2

Fee Owner: Mary Kate Surratt Rittmann, Trustee of the Mary Kate Surratt Rittmann GST

Exempt Trust, and Alice S. Dawson and Robbin R. Dawson

Commitment No. 10652J

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and between Mary Kate Surratt Rittmann, as Trustee of the Mary Kate Surratt Rittmann GST Exempt Trust established under the Last Will and Testament of Margaret P. Surratt, Deceased dated September 6, 1996 and Margaret Alice Surratt Dawson, as Trustee of the Margaret Alice Surratt Dawson GST Exempt Trust established under the Last Will and Testament of Margaret

  

App. D- 5

 

 

P. Surratt, Deceased dated September 6, 1996 and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, dated October 1, 2011 (“Option Agreement”),, as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated October 1, 2011, recorded December 19, 2011, as Document No. 2011- 00001422, in Volume 551, page 145 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Option Agreement for Easement by and between Mary Kate Surratt Rittmann, as Trustee of the Mary Kate Surratt Rittmann GST Exempt Trust, as to an undivided ½ interest, Margaret Alice Surratt Dawson, as Trustee of the Margaret Alice Surratt tt Dawson GST Exempt Trust established under the Last Will and Testament of Margaret P. Surratt, Deceased, dated September 6, 1996, and Margaret Alice Surratt Dawson a/k/a Alice S. Dawson and husband, Robbin R. Dawson, as to their undivided ½ interest (“Owner”)and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, dated June 28, 2013, as evidenced of record by that certain First Amendment to Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated June 28, 2013, recorded July 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001007, in Volume 586, page 344 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as assigned to Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC pursuant to that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC formerly known as Babcock & Brown Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 13, 2013, recorded August 14, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001191, in Volume 589, page 156 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001782, in Volume 597, Page 305 , Official Public Records, Carson County.

 

Tract 3

Fee Owner: Anne Easter f/k/a Anne Drawe

McNeill Commitment No. 10652G

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and between Anne Easter and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC dated January 13, 2011 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated January 13, 2011, recorded November 5, 2012, as Document No. 2012-00001378, in Volume 570, Page 140 , Official Public Records of Carson County, Texas as assigned to Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC pursuant to that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC formerly known as Babcock & Brown Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 13, 2013, recorded August 14, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001191, in Volume 589, page 156 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013- 00001780, in Volume 597, Page 296 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 4

Fee Owner: Jerry D. Biggs and Judy L. Biggs

Commitment No. 10652E

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Amended and Restated Option Agreement for Easement by and between Jerry D. Biggs and Judy L. Biggs, husband and wife and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated effective as of March 27, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Amended and Restated Option and Easement dated effective as of March 27, 2013, recorded October 1, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001433, in Volume 592, Page 470 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the

 

App. D- 6

 

Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option (Partial Exercise) dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001779, in Volume 597, Page 288 , Official Public Records, Carson County.

 

Tract 5

Fee Owner: Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC

Commitment No. 10652DD

 

Special Warranty Deed dated March 20, 2014, recorded March 27, 2014 as Document No. 2014-00000414, in Volume 608, Page 255, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas

 

Tract 6, Parcels 1-3

Fee Owner: Simms & Son Inc .

Commitment No. 10652D and 10652M

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Amended and Restated Option Agreement for Easement by and between Simms & Son Inc. and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated effective as of March 16, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Amended and Restated Option and Easement dated effective as of March 27, 2013, recorded September 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001415, in Volume 592, Page 375 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option (Partial Exercise) dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001785, in Volume 597, Page 323 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 6, Parcel 4

Fee Owner: Simms & Son Inc .

Commitment No. 10652D and 10652M

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 18, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 6, Parcel 5

Fee Owner: Simms & Son Inc .

Commitment No. 10652D and 10652M

 

Aerial Easement Agreement by and between Simms and Son, Inc. and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated November 21, 2013, recorded November 26, 2013, as Document No. 2013- 00001796, in Volume 597, Page 402, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

App. D- 7

 

Tract 6, Parcel 6

Fee Owner: Simms & Son Inc .

Commitment No. 10652D and 10652M

 

Easement Agreement by and between Simms and Son, Inc. and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated effective as of November 10, 2014, recorded November 10, 2014 as Document No. 2014-00001405, in Volume 622, Page 370, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas

 

Tract 7

Fee Owner: Wade Ritter and Skye Ritter

Commitment No. 10652A

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Amended and Restated Option Agreement for Easement by and between Wade Ritter and Skye Ritter, husband and wife and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated effective as of August 24, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Amended and Restated Option and Easement dated August 24, 2013, recorded November 5, 2013, as Document No. 2013- 00001650, in Volume 595, Page 363 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 2, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001824, in Volume 598, Page 70 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 8

Fee Owner: Mogie R McCray, Trustee of the James B. McCray Testamentary Trust

Commitment No. 10652L

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and between Mogie R. McCray, Trustee, James B. McCray Testamentary Trust and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated April 10, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated April 10, 2013, recorded May 9, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00000679, in Volume 582, page 198 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 2, 2013, as Document No. 2013- 00001825, in Volume 598, Page 75 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 9

Fee Owner: 1/2 Opal Herndon; 1/6 Lynelle Herndon MacKechnie (f/k/a Lynelle

Herndon McMurtry); 1/6 Lisa Herndon Klett; 1/6 Hal Herndon (a/k/a Hal Joe Herndon)

Commitment No. 10652H

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and between Opal Herndon, Hal Joe Herndon, Lynelle Herndon Mackechnie and Lisa Herndon Klett and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, dated March 20, 2007 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated March 20, 2007, recorded April 11, 2007, as Document No. 00000430, in Volume 448, page 262 , and recorded April 11, 2007, as Document No. 00000431, in Volume 448, Page

 

App. D- 8

 

267 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas; as amended by that certain First Amendment to Option Agreement for Easement by and between Opal Herndon, Hal Joe Herndon, Lynelle Herndon Mackechnie and Lisa Herndon Klett and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, successor to Babcock & Brown Panhandle Wind LLC dated October 18, 2012, as evidenced of record by that certain First Amendment to Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated October 18, 2012, recorded November 1, 2012 , as Document No. 2012-00001363, in Volume 570, page 87 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as assigned to Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC pursuant to that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC formerly known as Babcock and Brown Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 13, 2013, recorded August 14, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001191, in Volume 589, page 156 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option (Partial Exercise) dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001784, in Volume 597, Page 316 , Official Public Records, Carson County.

 

Tract 10

Fee Owner: Kerri Sue Biggs Hicks (1/2 interest) Vanessa Dianne Biggs Watkins (1/4 interest)

and Lucas Cortney Biggs (1/4 interest)

Commitment No. 10652F

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Kerri Sue Biggs Hicks, Vanessa Dianne Biggs Watkins and Lucas Cortney Biggs and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated November 27, 2013, (“Option Agreement”) as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated November 27, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), recorded December 3, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001828, in Volume 598, Page 96, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated December 3, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 3, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001833, in Volume 598, Page 140 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 11

Fee Owner: Elizabeth Ann Metcalf

Commitment No. 10652I

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and between Curtis Metcalf and Ann Metcalf and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, dated February 9, 2007, as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated February 9, 2007 (“Option Agreement”), recorded April 11, 2007, as Document No. 00000439, in Volume 449, page 1 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Option Agreement for Easement by and between Elizabeth Ann Metcalf aka Ann Metcalf, individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of George Curtis Metcalf, deceased and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, a successor to Babcock and Brown Panhandle Wind LLC, dated July 23, 2012, as evidenced of record by that certain First Amendment to Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated July 23, 2012, recorded July 30, 2012, as Document No. 2012-00000918, in Volume 564, page 494 ; Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as assigned in Assignment and

 

App. D- 9

 

Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC formerly known as Babcock & Brown Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 13, 2013, recorded August 14, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001191, in Volume 589, page 156 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, as amended, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001781, in Volume 597, Page 300 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 12

Fee Owner: B. F. Urbanczyk Farms Inc

Commitment No. 10652K

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement for Easement by and B.F. Urbanczyk Farms Inc. and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, dated March 16, 2007 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated March 16, 2007, recorded April 11, 2007, as Document No. 00000423, in Volume 448, page 233 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Option Agreement for Easement by and between B.F. Urbanczyk Farms Inc. and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, a successor to Babcock and Brown Panhandle Wind LLC, dated May 4, 2012, as evidenced of record by that certain First Amendment to Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated May 4, 2012, recorded May 17, 2012, as Document No. 2012-00000597, in Volume 560, page 192 ; Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as assigned to Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC pursuant to that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC formerly known as Babcock & Brown Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle 2 LLC, dated August 13, 2013, recorded August 14, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001191, in Volume 589, page 156 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas and that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated November 15, 2013, recorded November 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001744, in Volume 597, Page 36 ,, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option (Partial Exercise) dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 25, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001783, in Volume 597, Page 311 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 13

Fee Owner: Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC

Commitment No. 10652CC

 

Special Warranty Deed from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC to Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001963, in Volume 600, Page 298 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175 , Official Public Records, Carson

 

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County, Texas.

 

Tract 14, Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Jack Ramey and Susan O Ramey

Commitment No. 10652N

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Jack Ramey and Susan Ramey, husband and wife, and Dan Thomas Ramey and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated October 8, 2013, as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated October 8, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), recorded October 16, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001494, in Volume 594, Page 10 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 27, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001807, in Volume 597, Page 465, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 14, Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Jack Ramey and Susan O Ramey

Commitment No. 10652N

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 15 – Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Jerry D. Biggs and Judy L . Biggs

Commitment No. 10652O

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Jerry D. Biggs and Judy L. Biggs, husband and wife, and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated September 23, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated September 23, 2013, recorded September 25, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001414, in Volume 592, Page 369, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 27, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001806, in Volume 597, Page 461 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern

 

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Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 15 – Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Jerry D. Biggs and Judy L . Biggs

Commitment No. 10652O

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 16 – Parcel 1

Fee Owner : Max Helen Pickens Harrison as to a 5/6

interest Wendellyn Max Mixson Allen as to a 1/6 interest

Commitment No. 106520P

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Max Helen Harrison Millican, individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Max Helen Pickens Harrison, Deceased and Wendellyn Max Mixson Allen and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated November 19, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated November 19, 2013, recorded December 5, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001851, in Volume 598, Page 246 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 6, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001856, in Volume 598, Page 290 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 16 – Parcel 2

 

Fee Owner: Max Helen Pickens Harrison as to a 5/6

interest Wendellyn Max Mixson Allen as to a 1/6 interest

Commitment No. 106520P

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

App. D- 12

 

 

Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 16 – Parcel 3

Fee Owner: Max Helen Pickens Harrison as to a 5/6

interest Wendellyn Max Mixson Allen as to a 1/6 interest

Commitment No. 106520P

 

Aerial Easement Agreement by and between Max Helen Harrison Millican, individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Max Helen Pickens Harrison, Deceased and Wendellyn Max Mixson Allen and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated November 19, 2013, recorded December 6, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001855, in Volume 598, Page 282 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 17

Fee Owner: Allene Joyce Stovall and Eula Mae Stovall

Commitment No. 10652Q

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Allene Stovall, individually and as Attorney in Fact for Eula Mae Stovall and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated September 25, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Optionand Easement dated September 25, 2013, recorded October 1, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001435, in Volume 592, Page 484 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise of Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001841, in Volume 598, Page 191 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 18 – Parcel 1

Fee Owner: DCB Prewit Farm LLC

Commitment No. 10652R

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between DCB Prewit Farm L.L.C. and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated July 29, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated July 29, 2013, recorded July 31, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001110, in Volume 588, Page 9 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as amended by that certain unrecorded First Amendment to Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement dated September 30, 2013. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, as amended, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No.

 

App. D- 13

 

 

2013-00001836, in Volume 598, Page 169 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 18 – Parcel 2

Fee Owner: DCB Prewit Farm LLC

Commitment No. 10652R

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 19

Fee Owner: Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC

Commitment No. 10415QQQ

 

Transmission Easement Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001962, in Volume 600, Page 283 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 20 – Parcel 1 Fee Owner: Kevin Powers, Jowannah Powers, Lewis Powers and Tommie Kay Powers

Commitment No. 10652S

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Lewis W. Powers and wife, Tommie Kay Powers and Kevin Powers and wife, Jowannah Anjannett Powers and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 15, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated August 15, 2013, recorded August 16, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001210, in Volume 589, page 271 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as amended by that certain unrecorded First Amendment to Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement dated October 22, 2013. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, as amended, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No. 2013-

 

App. D- 14

 

 

00001840, in Volume 598, Page 187 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 20 – Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Kevin Powers, Jowannah Powers, Lewis Powers and Tommie Kay Powers

Commitment No. 10652S

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 21 – Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Dorothy E Broadaway

Commitment No. 10652T

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Dorothy E. Broadaway and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated July 29, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated July 29, 2013, recorded July 31, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001107, in Volume 587, Page 493 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas and re-recorded on November 27, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001801, Volume 597, Page 436 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas, as amended by that certain unrecorded First Amendment to Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement dated November 27, 2013. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, as amended being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001842, in Volume 598, Page 195 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Waiver Agreement from Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC in favor of Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC effective as of December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001959 in Volume 600, Page 255, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 21 – Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Dorothy E Broadaway

Commitment No. 10652T

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013,

 

App. D- 15

 

 

effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 22 – Parcel 1 & 2

Fee Owner: Marvin L Urbanczyk and Janet Urbanczyk

Commitment No. 10652U

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Marvin L. Urbanczyk and wife, Janet Urbanczyk and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated July 29, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated July 29, 2013, recorded July 31, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001108, in Volume 587, Page 500 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001843, in Volume 598, Page 200 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 22 – Parcel 3

Fee Owner: Marvin L Urbanczyk and Janet Urbanczyk

Commitment No. 10652U

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 23 – Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Brett Lee Bamert, Trustee of The Brett Lee Bamert 2012 Trust

Commitment No. 10652V

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Brett Lee Bamert Trustee of The Brett Lee Bamert 2012 Trust and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 15, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated August 15, 2013, recorded August 16, 2013, as Document No. 2013- 00001211, in Volume 589, page 279 , and re-recorded on November 11, 2013, as Document

 

App. D- 16

 

 

No. 2013-00001695, in Volume 596, Page 118 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001837, in Volume 598, Page 174 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 23 – Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Brett Lee Bamert, Trustee of The Brett Lee Bamert 2012 Trust

Commitment No. 10652V

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 24 Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Freeman Bros Inc.

Commitment No. 10652W

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Freeman Bros. Inc. and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated July 29, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated July 29, 2013, recorded July 31, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001109, in Volume 588, Page 1 , and re-recorded on November 13, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001694, in Volume 596, Page 109 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001839, in Volume 598, Page 183 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 24 Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Freeman Bros Inc.

Commitment No. 10652W

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern

 

App. D- 17

 

 

Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 25 Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Dudley Pohnert and Cindy Pohnert

Commitment No. 10652X

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Dudley Pohnert and Cindy Pohnert, husband and wife and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated August 9, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement, dated August 9, 2013, recorded August 15, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001206, in Volume 589, page 248 , and re-recorded on November 13, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001693, in Volume 596, Page 102 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated December 2, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded December 4, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001838, in Volume 598, Page 179 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 25 Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Dudley Pohnert and Cindy Pohnert

Commitment No. 10652X

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 26 Parcel 1

Fee Owner: Stephen Warminski

Commitment No. 10652Y

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between Stephen Warminski and Bonnye Warminski and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated October 22, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated October 22, 2013, recorded October 30, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001629, in Volume 595, Page 208 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 27, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001805, in Volume 597, Page 457 , Official

 

App. D- 18

 

 

Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 26 Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Stephen Warminski

Commitment No. 10652Y

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 27 Parcel 1

Fee Owner: John Homen and Tonya Homen

Commitment No. 10652Z

 

Easement created pursuant to the following documents: Option Agreement and Easement Agreement for Transmission Line Easement by and between John Homen and Tonya Homen and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated October 22, 2013 (“Option Agreement”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Option and Easement dated October 22, 2013, recorded October 30, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001630, in Volume 595, Page 215 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. The exercise of the option granted in the Option Agreement, being evidenced by that certain Notice of Exercise Option dated November 22, 2013, executed by Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, recorded November 27, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001808, in Volume 597, Page 470 , Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 27 Parcel 2

Fee Owner: John Homen and Tonya Homen

Commitment No. 10652Z

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas. Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 28 Parcel 1

 

App. D- 19

 

 

Fee Owner: Cross Texas Transmission, LLC

Commitment No. 10652AA

 

Transmission Easement Agreement by and between Cross Texas Transmission, LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC, dated December 17, 2013 (“Easement Agreement”), recorded December 19, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001967 in Volume 600, Page 311, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 28, Parcel 2

Fee Owner: Cross Texas Transmission, LLC

Commitment No. 10652AA

 

Amended and Restated Common Facilities Easement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC made and entered into as of December 17, 2013, effective as of August 19, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013- 00001958, in Volume 600, Page 209, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Undivided interests in certain properties and assets evidenced pursuant to that certain Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated August 19, 2013, as amended by that certain Amendment to Memorandum of Transfer by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013 as Document No. 2013-00001957 in Volume 600, Page 175, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 29

Fee Owner: Simms and Son Inc.

Commitment No. 10652FF

 

Sublease Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Sublease Agreement (Laydown Area Lease – Simms and Son Inc.) dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001960 in Volume 600, Page 272, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

Tract 30

Fee Owner: Stephen Warminski

Commitment No. 10652DDD

 

Sublease Agreement by and between Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC and Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC dated December 18, 2013, as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of Sublease Agreement (Laydown Area Lease – Warminski) dated December 18, 2013, recorded December 18, 2013, as Document No. 2013-00001961 in Volume 600, Page 277, Official Public Records, Carson County, Texas.

 

BNSF License:

 

License for Electric Supply Line Across or Along Railway Property (Electric Light, Power Supply, Irrespective of Voltage, Overhead or Underground) effective as of November 18, 2013 by and between BNSF Railway Company, a Delaware corporation (“Licensor”) and Pattern Panhandle Wind

 

App. D- 20

 

 

 

2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Licensee”), as evidenced of record by that certain Memorandum of License for Electric Supply Line Agreement dated November 18, 2013; Tracking No. 13-48626

 

 

 

 

App. E

 

  Appendix E:

 

Affiliate Transactions

 

Shared Facilities Agreements:

Phase 1: Cotenancy, Common Facilities and Easement Agreement, dated August 19, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC, as amended by that certain Amendment to Cotenancy, Common Facilities and Easement Agreement, dated December 18, 2013 between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC.

 

Phase 2: Cotenancy, Common Facilities and Easement Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind 3 LLC.

 

Build Out Agreement: Build-Out Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Renewables LP.  
Tax Agreement:

Partial Assignment Agreement (Phase 2 Rights under Carson County Tax Abatement Agreement), dated as of October 28, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC.

 

Management, Operations and Maintenance Agreement: Management, Operation and Maintenance Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Operators LP
Project Administration Agreement: Project Administration Agreement, dated December 20, 2013, between Project Company and Pattern Operators LP as amended by an amendment dated 12/15/16.
As of Closing Date, Assignment and Assumption Agreement Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of or about the Closing Date, between Panhandle B Member 2 LLC and NewCo, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Project Agreement.  

 

 

App. E

 

Schedule 2.5

 

Seller Consents and Approvals

 

Tax Investors’ consent in the form attached to Appendix B-1 .

 

Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to Title II of the Texas Utilities Code, Section 39.158

 

Schedule 2.5

 

Schedule 3.5

 

Purchaser Consents and Approvals

 

Following the submission of a joint voluntary notice by Purchaser and Seller to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“ CFIUS ”) under the Exon-Florio Amendment to the U.S. Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, CFIUS has completed its review or, if CFIUS initiates an investigation, its investigation of such transactions and made a determination that there are no unresolved national security concerns, the President of the United States of America shall not have taken action to block or prevent the consummation of such transactions and no requirements or conditions to mitigate any national security concerns shall have been imposed.

 

Schedule 3.5

 

Schedule  6.4(b)

 

Control of Defense of Third Party Claims

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

Schedule  6.4(b)

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

   

 

 

Pattern Energy Announces Key Strategic Initiatives for
Major Expansion of Growth and Capital Opportunities with Pattern Development, Riverstone and PSP Investments

 

· Up to $1 billion in new capital commitments for Pattern Development 2.0, including a $60 million minority investment by Pattern Energy (with a right but not an obligation to fund an additional $240 million) and more than $700 million primarily from institutional investors through a Riverstone managed entity

 

· Strategic co-investment relationship with PSP Investments, who becomes the largest shareholder in Pattern Energy

 

· Pattern Energy to acquire two accretive new dropdown projects with PSP Investments, and sell a partial interest in Panhandle 2 to PSP Investments

 

· Pattern Energy to host conference call today, Monday, June 19 at 10:30am ET

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, NEW YORK, New York and Montréal , Québec, June 19, 2017 – Pattern Energy Group Inc. (NASDAQ and TSX: PEGI) (“Pattern Energy” or the “Company”), Pattern Energy Group LP (“Pattern Development 1.0”), Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (“Pattern Development 2.0” and together with Pattern Development 1.0, “Pattern Development”), Riverstone Holdings LLC (“Riverstone”) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP Investments”) today announced a series of strategic initiatives to significantly increase Pattern Energy’s long-term growth outlook and enhance its access to capital. Collectively, these strategic initiatives position Pattern Energy to capture an increased share of the annual $250 billion global renewable energy market, and support its Pattern 2020 vision to double its portfolio to 5 gigawatts (“GW”) by 2020. All references herein to “$” or dollars are to U.S. dollars.

 

The initiatives include a major increase in capital committed to Pattern Development 2.0, and a minority investment by Pattern Energy, as well as a significant expansion of the development pipeline. In addition, Pattern Energy has created a strategic relationship with PSP Investments, aligning it with one of the world’s leading long-term institutional investors. PSP Investments will have a direct ownership stake in Pattern Energy and co-invest in projects.

 

Highlights

 

 

 

 

Pattern Development secures long-term funding commitments for expanded development business:

 

o The arrangements create increased opportunities for growth with improved alignment with Pattern Energy’s core business strategy;

 

o Pattern Development’s pipeline expands to 10 GW total capacity, including an additional 275 megawatts (“MW”) of owned capacity to the identified right of first offer (“ROFO”) list;

 

o $724 million in new long-term funding commitments for Pattern Development 2.0, primarily from major institutional investors through a Riverstone managed investment entity; and

 

o A $60 million initial investment by Pattern Energy, for a ~20% interest in Pattern Development 2.0, ensuring access to an exclusive project pipeline and enhancing alignment with the development business.

 

Strategic partnership with PSP Investments:

 

o PSP Investments to acquire 8.7 million shares (~9.9%) of Pattern Energy stock from Pattern Development 1.0;

 

o PSP Investments to co-invest $500 million in projects acquired by Pattern Energy under the Company’s ROFO with Pattern Development, including investments in the Meikle, Mont Sainte-Marguerite and Panhandle 2 projects (the “Initial Projects”); and

 

o PSP Investments to have an indirect investment interest in Pattern Development 2.0.

 

Accretive acquisition of two new projects and sale of a minority interest in Panhandle 2:

 

o $65 million 1 acquisition by Pattern Energy for a 51% interest in the 179 MW Meikle project from Pattern Development 1.0, which represents a 10x multiple of the five-year average cash available for distribution 2 (“CAFD”), PSP Investments will acquire the remaining 49%;

 

o $40 million 1 acquisition by Pattern Energy of a 51% interest in the 143 MW Mont Sainte-Marguerite project from Pattern Development 1.0 at the project’s commercial operations date (expected in the first quarter of 2018), which represents a 10x multiple of the project’s five-year average CAFD 2 , PSP Investments will acquire the remaining 49%; and

 

o $59 million sale by Pattern Energy of 49% of the Class B interest in the 182 MW Panhandle 2 project to PSP Investments, which represents a cash gain of 20% over the Company’s net investment basis and more than a 12x multiple of the project’s five-year average CAFD 2 .

 

1) Based on a CAD to USD exchange rate of $1.32.

2) This forward looking measure of five-year average annual purchase price multiple of cash available for distribution (CAFD) contribution from the Meikle, Mont Sainte-Marguerite and Panhandle 2 projects is a non-GAAP measure that cannot be reconciled to net cash provided by operating activities as the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure without unreasonable effort primarily because of the uncertainties involved in estimating forward-looking changes in working capital balances which are added to earnings to arrive at cash provided by operations and subtracted therefrom to arrive at CAFD. A description of the adjustments to determine CAFD can be found on page 60 of Pattern Energy’s 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

The initial investment by Pattern Energy in Pattern Development 2.0, Meikle and Mont Sainte-Marguerite, net of the Panhandle 2 proceeds, will require $106 million from Pattern Energy, which can be funded from available liquidity, with no capital raise required. Closing of the above transactions, which are subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to occur in the next 60 days for the initial investment in Pattern Development 2.0 and the acquisition of Meikle, 120 days for the Panhandle 2 acquisition, and 210 days for the Mont Sainte-Marguerite acquisition. The transactions are not conditioned on closing of the other above transactions.

 

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“With these exciting initiatives, we have created an extraordinary opportunity to continue our growth. Pattern Development has secured major long-term commitments, increased the size of its pipeline by 70% and increased the identified ROFO list by 43%,” said Mike Garland, Chief Executive Officer of Pattern Energy. “Pattern Energy’s investment in the development business allows us to improve our margins and secure access to a tremendous pipeline of new projects. The strategic relationship with PSP Investments provides us with increased capital flexibility for new opportunities while allowing us to meet our growth targets. PSP Investments’ participation demonstrates confidence in our business model, and in the renewables sector. We believe these major initiatives support our commitment to increase value for our shareholders, and we can make all of these initial investments without an equity raise.”

 

Pattern Development 2.0 Transaction

 

To support the expanded growth, Pattern Development has secured $724 million in long-term capital commitments from an investment entity managed by Riverstone and an investment by Pattern Development management. This includes commitments from leading pension, sovereign wealth, endowments, family office, and investment funds.

 

Pattern Development 2.0 will initially own development assets, subject to Pattern Energy’s ROFO rights, and focus on wind, solar, transmission and storage projects in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Excluding the Grady and Crazy Mountain projects, which are owned by Pattern Development 2.0, the balance of the current identified ROFO assets will remain with Pattern Development 1.0 and are subject to Pattern Energy’s ROFO rights. Pattern Development 1.0 will gradually wind up its business by completing and selling the remaining projects.

 

To enhance alignment and allow Pattern Energy to benefit from development, Pattern Energy has agreed to an initial investment of $60 million in Pattern Development 2.0, which will result in an initial ownership of ~20%. Pattern Energy will have the right, but not the obligation, to participate in subsequent capital calls for a total commitment of up to $300 million. If this right is exercised for all future capital calls, this would increase Pattern Energy’s ownership to ~29%. All investors are investing on the same financial terms.

 

Pattern Energy retains all its prior ROFO arrangements with Pattern Development 1.0 and has enhanced certain of these rights under the arrangements with Pattern Development 2.0. For example, while Pattern Development 1.0 can under certain circumstances sell assets to another party so long as the price is not less than 105% of Pattern Energy’s ROFO price, such threshold has now been increased to 110% for Pattern Development 2.0.

 

“Riverstone and Pattern have had a successful and profitable partnership over the last eight years. We continue to be excited about both the sector and the Pattern team, and look forward to supporting Pattern’s further growth with a significant amount of new capital,” said Chris Hunt, partner at Riverstone.

 

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Expanded Development Pipeline and Identified ROFO List

 

Pattern Development has expanded its pipeline to 10 GW of development projects, which are subject to Pattern Energy’s ROFO rights.

 

From Pattern Development’s expanded pipeline, Pattern Energy has added 275 MW of owned capacity to its identified ROFO list, for a total of 910 MW of owned capacity.

 

Since its IPO, Pattern Energy has purchased, or agreed to purchase, 1,358 MW from Pattern Development 1.0 and in aggregate grown the identified ROFO list from 746 MW to more than 2 GW. Below is a summary of the identified ROFO projects that Pattern Energy expects to acquire from Pattern Development in connection with Pattern Energy's project purchase rights:

 

                        Capacity (MW)
Identified
ROFO Projects
  Status   Location   Construction
Start (1)
  Commercial
Operations  (2)
  Contract
Type
  Rated (3)   Pattern
Development-
Owned (4)
Pattern Development 1.0 Projects
Kanagi Solar   Operational   Japan   2014   2016   PPA   14   6
Futtsu Solar   Operational   Japan   2014   2016   PPA   42   19
Conejo Solar (5)   Operational   Chile   2015   2016   PPA   104   104
Belle River   In construction   Ontario   2016   2017   PPA   100   43
Ohorayama   In construction   Japan   2016   2018   PPA   33   31
North Kent   In construction   Ontario   2017   2018   PPA   100   35
Henvey Inlet   Late stage development   Ontario   2017   2018   PPA   300   150
Tsugaru   Late stage development   Japan   2017   2020   PPA   122   91
El Cabo   Late stage   U.S.   2016   2017   PPA   298   125
Sumita   Late stage   Japan   2019   2021   PPA   100   50
Pattern Development 2.0 Projects
Crazy Mountain   Late stage   U.S.   2018   2018   PPA   80   68
Grady   Late stage development   New Mexico   2018   2019   PPA   220   188
                        1,513   910
                               
(1) Represents year of actual or anticipated commencement of construction.

(2) Represents year of actual or anticipated commencement of commercial operations.

(3) Rated capacity represents the maximum electricity generating capacity of a project in MW. As a result of wind and other conditions, a project or a turbine will not operate at its rated capacity at all times and the amount of electricity generated will be less than its rated capacity. The amount of electricity generated may vary based on a variety of factors.

(4) Pattern Development-Owned capacity represents the maximum, or rated, electricity generating capacity of the project in MW multiplied by Pattern Development 1.0's or Pattern Development 2.0's percentage ownership interest in the distributable cash flow of the project.

(5) From time to time, we conduct strategic reviews of our markets. We have been conducting a strategic review of the market, growth, and opportunities in Chile. In the event we believe we can utilize funds that have already been invested in Chile or funds that might otherwise be invested in Chile in a more productive manner elsewhere that could generate a higher return on investment, we may decide to exit Chile for other opportunities with greater potential. In addition, Pattern Development 1.0 is also concurrently exploring strategic alternatives for its assets in Chile.

 

PSP Investments Transaction

 

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Pattern Energy’s strategic partnership with PSP Investments is intended to expand capital access and improve flexibility in managing capital requirements. As part of the transaction, PSP Investments has agreed to purchase a 9.9% interest in Pattern Energy from Pattern Development 1.0, at a 2.5% discount to the 20-day volume weighted average price of Pattern Energy as of June 9, 2017, making it the largest shareholder. A person designated by PSP Investments may be added to the Pattern Energy Board of Directors at a future date.

 

In addition, Pattern Energy and PSP Investments will co-invest in ROFO projects based on a process that will be controlled by Pattern Energy. PSP Investments will invest at the same purchase price and on the same terms as Pattern Energy. Pattern Energy can elect the percentage interest to offer PSP Investments in each project, which are expected to range from 30% to 49.9%. Pattern Energy will continue to maintain operational and management control.

 

PSP Investments has agreed to cooperate with Pattern Energy on future third-party acquisitions and to support the Company’s funding through potential bridge financing for projects under construction.

 

“We are pleased to partner with Pattern Energy, whose talented leadership team has built a solid reputation in the renewables sector, the fastest growing market of power generation,” said Patrick Samson, Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments, PSP Investments. “This relationship grants us access to a portfolio of projects and a source of new assets in renewables, and we believe it will provide good and stable returns for our contributors and beneficiaries. Furthermore, it demonstrates our ability to structure large complex transactions that fulfill both our needs and those of our partners.”

 

“PSP Investments is a well-respected, experienced, global and long-term investor in power assets, including renewable energy,” added Mike Garland. “Their commitment to provide up to $500 million in capital supports our growth strategy and our ability to fund continued growth in the portfolio through alternatives to conventional equity and debt. We look forward to their participation in our business both at the Board level and as co-investors in projects.”

 

Project Acquisitions and Divestment

 

Pattern Energy will acquire interests in the Meikle and Mont Sainte-Marguerite projects and will sell a partial interest in the Panhandle 2 project. These three projects are also the first projects included under the PSP Investments arrangement for co-investment.

   

Meikle

 

Meikle will be jointly owned by Pattern Energy and PSP Investments. The facility commenced commercial operations in the first quarter of 2017 and operates under a 25-year power purchase agreement with BC Hydro, which has a AA/Aaa credit rating.

 

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Located in the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada, the 179 MW project consists of 61 GE wind turbines, including 35, 3.2 MW turbines and 26, 2.75 MW turbines.

 

Pattern Energy will acquire its 51% interest in Meikle for a total investment of approximately $65 million 1 , which represents a CAFD multiple of 10x of the project’s five-year average CAFD 2 . The acquisition will be funded with available liquidity and is expected to close within the next 60 days, subject to customary closing conditions.

 

Mont Sainte-Marguerite

 

Mont Sainte-Marguerite will be jointly owned by Pattern Energy and PSP Investments. The facility is expected to commence commercial operations in late 2017 and operate under a 25-year power purchase agreement with Hydro-Québec, which has a A+/Aa2 credit rating.

 

Located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region south of Québec City, Canada, the 143 MW project consists of 46, 3.2 MW Siemens wind turbines.

 

Pattern Energy will acquire its 51% interest in Mont Sainte-Marguerite for a total investment of approximately $40 million 1 , which represents a CAFD multiple of 10x of the five-year average CAFD 2 . The acquisition is expected to close within 210 days, following the commencement of commercial operations and subject to customary closing conditions. It will be funded at the time of closing using available liquidity.

 

Panhandle 2

 

Pattern Energy has agreed to sell 49% of the Class B interests in its Panhandle 2 project to PSP Investments. The facility commenced commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2014 and approximately 80% of its production is under a contracted hedge with Morgan Stanley.

 

Located in Carson County, Texas, the 182 MW project consists of 79, 2.3 MW Siemens wind turbines.

 

Pattern Energy will receive $59 million from PSP Investments in return for 49% of the Class B ownership in the project, which represents a cash gain of 20% over the Company’s net investment basis and implies a CAFD multiple 2 of more than 12x on the five-year average CAFD 2 . The acquisition is, subject to customary closing conditions, expected to close in 120 days.

 

The Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Pattern Energy, which is comprised entirely of independent directors, recommended the terms of the transactions with Pattern Development and PSP Investments for approval by the Board of Directors, and they were approved by the Board. The Conflicts Committee was advised on financial matters by Evercore, which also provided fairness opinions, and on legal matters by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

 

1) Based on a CAD to USD exchange rate of $1.32

 

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2) This forward looking measure of five-year average annual purchase price multiple of Cash Available for Distribution (CAFD) contribution from the Meikle, Mont Sainte-Marguerite and Panhandle 2 projects is a non-GAAP measure that cannot be reconciled to net cash provided by operating activities as the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure without unreasonable effort primarily because of the uncertainties involved in estimating forward-looking changes in working capital balances which are added to earnings to arrive at cash provided by operations and subtracted therefrom to arrive at CAFD. A description of the adjustments to determine CAFD can be found on page 60 of Pattern Energy’s 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

Pattern Energy will host a conference call and webcast with slides to discuss the initiatives at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 19, 2017. Mike Garland, President and CEO, will chair the call. Participants should call (888) 231-8191 or (647) 427-7450 and ask an operator for the Pattern Energy conference call. Please dial in 10 minutes prior to the call to secure a line. A replay will be available shortly after the call. To access the replay, please dial (855) 859-2056 or (416) 849-0833 and enter access code 30185440. The replay recording will be available until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on July 10, 2017.

 

A live webcast of the conference call with slides will be also available on the Events & Presentations page in the Investors section of Pattern Energy's website at www.patternenergy.com. An archived webcast will be available for one year.

 

About Pattern Energy

 

Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Pattern Energy) is an independent power company listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and Toronto Stock Exchange. Pattern Energy has a portfolio of 20 wind power facilities, including the two projects it has agreed to acquire, with a total owned interest of 2,736 MW in the United States, Canada and Chile that use proven, best-in-class technology. Pattern Energy’s wind power facilities generate stable long-term cash flows in attractive markets and provide a solid foundation for the continued growth of the business. For more information, visit www.patternenergy.com.

 

About Pattern Development

 

Pattern Development is a leader in developing renewable energy and transmission assets. With a long history in wind energy, Pattern Development's highly experienced team has developed, financed and placed into operation more than 4.5 GW of wind and solar power projects. A strong commitment to promoting environmental stewardship drives the company's dedication in working closely with communities to create renewable energy projects. Pattern Development includes its affiliate Pattern Development 2.0, which is the long-term development vehicle in which Pattern Energy intends to invest in. Pattern Development has offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Santiago, Chile, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit www.patterndev.com.

 

About PSP Investments

 

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP Investments”) is one of Canada's largest pension investment managers with C$135.6 billion of net assets under management as at March 31, 2017. It manages a diversified global portfolio composed of investments in public financial markets, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and private debt. Established in 1999, PSP Investments manages net contributions to the pension funds of

 

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Canada’s federal Public Service, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, PSP Investments has its principal business office in Montréal and offices in New York and London, its European hub. For more information, visit www.investpsp.com, Twitter @InvestPSP or LinkedIn.

 

About Riverstone Holdings LLC

 

Riverstone is an energy and power-focused private investment firm founded in 2000 by David M. Leuschen and Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. with approximately $36 billion of capital raised. Riverstone conducts buyout and growth capital investments in the E&P, midstream, oilfield services, power, and renewable sectors of the energy industry. With offices in New York, London, Houston, and Mexico City, Riverstone has committed over $35 billion to more than 130 investments in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and “forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Readers can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar words. Readers should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss the Pattern Energy’s current plans, strategies, prospects and expectations concerning its business, operating results, financial conditions, and other similar matters. While the Pattern Energy believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there may be events in the future that it was not able to predict accurately or control, and there can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Pattern Energy will be those that the Pattern Energy anticipates. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of the transactions to support Pattern Energy’s long-term growth outlook, the ability to consummate the investment into Pattern Development 2.0, the ability to consummate future investments in Pattern Development 2.0, the ability of Pattern Development 2.0 to buy back equity from its existing investors, the ability of the strategic partnership with PSP Investments to support Pattern Energy’s growth plans, the ability to consummate acquisitions of majority interests in the Meikle and Mont Saint-Marguerite project, the ability to consummate the sale of a minority interest in the Panhandle 2 project to PSP Investments, the ability of PSP Investments to consummate project co-investments, the CAFD multiple and five year average CAFD of each of the Meikle, Mont Sainte-Marguerite, and Panhandle 2 projects, the ability of the Pattern Development 2.0 investment to bring economic alignment and ongoing access to a pipeline of projects, the ability to achieve a target of 5 GW of projects by 2020, the ability of the relationship with PSP Investments to unlock value in the Pattern Energy portfolio and growth potential, the ability of Pattern Development 2.0 to acquire the Mexican and Canadian development assets of Pattern Development 1.0, the ability of Pattern Development 1.0 to wind up its business, the ability of an individual designated by PSP Investments to join Pattern Energy’s Board of Directors, the ability of PSP Investments to consummate the purchase of minority interests in each of the Meikle and Mont Sainte-Marguerite projects, the ability of PSP Investments to provide up to $500 million in capital to support Pattern Energy’s growth, the ability of PSP Investments to arrange for or provide bridge loans and construction financing for Pattern Energy’s acquisition funding commitment on co-investment projects, and the ability to use proceeds from the sale of a portion of Panhandle 2 to PSP Investments to fund part of the purchase prices of Meikle and Mont-Sainte-Marguerite from Pattern Development 1.0. These forward-looking statements represent Pattern Energy’s expectations or beliefs concerning future events, and it is possible that the results described in

 

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this press release will not be achieved. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of Pattern Energy’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.

 

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law, Pattern Energy does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Pattern Energy to predict all such factors. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in Pattern Energy’s annual report on Form 10-K and any quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The risk factors and other factors noted therein could cause actual events or Pattern Energy’s actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

 

The forward-looking measures of CAFD multiple and five-year average CAFD herein are non-GAAP measures that cannot be reconciled to net cash provided by operating activities as the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure without unreasonable effort primarily because of the uncertainties involved in estimating forward looking changes in working capital balances which are added to earnings to arrive at cash provided by operations and subtracted therefrom to arrive at CAFD.

 

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Contacts:

 

Media Relations

Matt Dallas

917-363-1333

matt.dallas@patternenergy.com

 

Investor Relations

Ross Marshall

416-526-1563

ross.marshall@loderockadvisors.com

 

 

Verena Garofalo

PSP Investments

514-218-3795

media@investpsp.com

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2